Trinity College emerged group winners at the Sri Lanka Schools’ Football Association-organised Under 20 football tournament, which concluded at their Pallekele Rugby Stadium recently. Trinity beat St. Anthony’s College (7-0), St. Sylvester’s

A total of four new meet records were established on the opening day of the 91st Ritzbury Sir John Tarbat Senior Athletic Championships, conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Athletic Association that commenced at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo yest

The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 Trophy arrives in Sri Lanka. The ICC Men’s Cricket

India outlasted a plucky seventh-wicket partnership between Dhananjaya de Silva and Dunith Wellalage to beat Sri Lanka by 41 runs and qualify for the final of the Asia Cup yesterday. Chasing a 222-run target, a figure magnified by a pitch that spat o

South Asia’s fastest man Yupun Abeykoon has informed that he will not participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games as well, Sri Lanka Athletic (SLA) President Major General Palitha Fernando said. The Hangzhou Asian

The Boxing Referees and Judges Commission (BRJC) is calling for applications from past boxers to recruit new officials as referees and judges. The course is scheduled to be held from October 1-7 alongside the Layton Cup boxing tournament at the Sug

Sri Lankan Golf Ranking Tournament commenced at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) with national amateur golfers vying for valuable World Amateur ranking points. The tournament promises four days of thrilling competition, featuring some of Sri Lan

The Sri Lanka Hockey Federation (SLHF) will work-off the Senior National Hockey tournament 2023 for men and women from October 9-12 at Shalika ground, Narahenpita. The last date to accept applications for this tournament is October 3. It should be

The Court of Appeal yesterday issued an interim order preventing the Sports Minister from proceedings with a draft constitution for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). The Court of Appeal made this order pursuant to a writ petition filed by Sri Lanka Cricket

Sri Lanka will be hosting 7th Central Asia Men’s Challenge Cup 2023 Volleyball Tournament for which a squad of 18 senior players has now started training, according to the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB). Central Asian Volleyball Associat

Sri Lanka may have put together the second longest win streak in ODI cricket, but they will face their most formidable opponent since beginning their run of 13 successive victories, when they face India in their Asia Cup Super 4 match at the R. Prema

Sri Lanka has decided to participate in the Singapore Nation Cup Invitation International Netball tournament after ten years. One of the main invitation netball tournaments held in the Asian region, it will be held at OCBA Arena Sports Hub Singapo

A judge at Spain’s top criminal court opened an investigation into former Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales on Monday, following a lawsuit filed over his forcible kiss on Jenni Hermoso’s lips after the Women’s World Cup final.

St. John’s College Jaffna coasted to their third win in the ongoing Under 19 inter-schools limited over tournament with a comfortable 68-run win over St. Peter’s College Negombo in the match played at Jaffna.

Lochana de Silva and Ranitma Liyanage emerged singles champions in the open men’s and women’s divisions respectively at the North Central Province Open Badminton Championship, held in Anuradhapura. At the event organised by the North Central P

St. Peter’s kept up their reputation as reigning schools league champions as they pulled off a 25-16 win over Isipathana in the Schools President’s Trophy knockout final played at the Sugathadasa Stadium ye

Heavy rain ensured that the ad hoc allocation of a reserve day for the Asia Cup Super 4 match between India and Pakistan turned out to be more than just a contingency plan. It took two spells of rain – the first shortly before 5 pm, which was har

Dasun Shanaka’s 32nd birthday proved lucky for him. The captain, who turned 32 on Saturday, had a good Asia Cup game against Bangladesh. He showed the value he can bring to the side by simply showing intent with 24 runs and taking three wickets (in

Sri Lanka rugby stars are set to take part in the Asian Games Rugby 7s under the flag of the Olympic Council of Asia after Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) failed to register the team for the initial draw.

The national football pool will commence training on September 13, the three-member football administration committee has decided. Training is in preparation for the FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asia Cup 2027 qualifying first-round matches. Following

Former Trinity College Hockey Lion and cricketer, Deva Ellepola, has been appointed President of the Trinity Hockey Foundation once again during their recent Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Old Trinitians Sports Club (O

St. Sylvester’s College Kandy became champions at the Inter-Schools Boxing Championship played for T. B. Jayah Boxing event, which took place in Akurana at the Azhar College recently. St. Sylvester’s won three Golds, one Silver and one Bronze in

Anuradhapura Football League president Dacshitha Sumathipala says that the decision taken by the Election Committee and Appeals Committee to reject the nomination of four people including himself for the Football Sri Lanka (FSL) elections is unaccept

In a bid to promote and develop women’s rugby in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan Consul General Office in Melbourne has joined hands with the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau to organize a mini rugby tournament. Sandith Samarasinghe, Sri Lanka Consu

Former spin bowler Sachithra Senanayake was on Wednesday arrested on allegations of match-fixing under a Sri Lankan law aimed at stamping out corruption in cricket in the country. The 38-year-old was taken into

Reshan Algama fought back boldly from his number two position on day one to win the Gold Segment for Boys at the Prima Sunrise sponsored Kandy Regional Junior Open Golf Championship which took place at Rajawella. This exciting tournament not only sho

Pawendra Ramesh of Colombo and Nimesha Dharshani of Moneragala won the mens and womens marathon championship at the 34th National Youth Games (NYG) held in Maharagama. Conducted by the National Youth Service Council (NYSC) as the first event of the 2

The Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) recently announced the appointment of Retired Senior Deputy Inspector General (DIG) M. R. Latiff as the Security Consultant for the upcoming Schools Rugby Knockouts tournament. He served as C

St. Joseph Vaz College Wennappuwa and Holy Family Convent Wennappuwa won the inaugural Under 20 Boys’ and Girls’ Hockey Championship 2023 held at the National School Ground, Sandalan

Reigning Schools Rugby League champions St. Peter’s College prevailed thanks to a last-minute unconverted try by scrum half Praneeth de Silva in a thrilling semi-final encounter of the Schools President’s Trophy Knockout tournament by 16 points t