The completion of the fifth week matches of the Dialog Schools Rugby Under 19 league tournament saw most of fancied teams winning their games with two teams, St. Peter’s College and Trinity College, crossing the 50-point mark. The Peterites, who sc

Australia retained the Women’s Ashes with a thrilling three-run win over England in the second one-day international at Southampton despite an unbeaten hundred from home batter Nat Sciver-Brunt. England, set 283 to win, finished agonisingly shor

Pakistan ‘A’ cruised to a massive 184-runs win over UAE in the ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup limited over tournament played at P Sara Stadium. Pakistan ‘A’s win came on the back of half tons scored by Sahibzada Farhan Ullah, Kamran Ghul

Galagedera CC beat Madawala CC in their Kandy District Cricket Association Division III cricket encounter which concluded in Pallekelle at the Prison ground. Madawala CC 184 in 33.1 overs (Mohamed Imran 37, Mohamed Naleen 27: Chamalka Bandara 3 for 4

St. Anthony’s College Katugastota moved into the Pre-Quarter finals of the Sri Lanka Schools Under 15 Division 2 cricket tournament when they beat Christ Church College by an innings and 77 runs at Katugastota recently.

Angelo Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva came to the rescue of Sri Lanka after Pakistan left-arm pacie Shaheen Afridi ripped through the host side’s top order batting with three scalps in the morning session of play to have them struggling on 53 for

Breaking a 25-year-old Asian Athletic Championship record, Sri Lanka’s star athlete Tharushi Karunarathna won the gold medal in the 800m women’s event on the last day of the 25th Asian Athletic Championship 2023 yesterday. Tharushi broke the reco

Carlos Alcaraz won the Wimbledon men’s singles title for the first time by ending Novak Djokovic’s recent dominance with a stunning victory. Spain’s Alcaraz, 20, fought back from a nervy start to win 1-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 3-6 6-4 against the defend

Osanda Perera (Capt.), Lakmal Illeperuma, Imesh Perera, Dineth Ekanayake, Sahan Ranasinghe, and Oshala Kodikara emerged victorious with an exciting display of skill,

He was unique in the sense that he captained Royal College in three sports: Tennis, Hockey, and Cricket in 1961, when he led the Royal team in the big match and also won the Dornhorst prize for the best all-round boy at Royal. Thereafter, he secured

Sri Lanka Paralympian at the 2020 Tokyo Games, Samitha Dulan Kodithuwakku won the bronze medal at the World Para Athletic Championship 2023 held in Paris, France yesterday. This tournament will continue till July 18.

Sri Lanka’s elite athlete Nadeesha Ramanayake of Army won the 400m women’s gold medal at the 25th Asian Athletic Championship 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand yesterday. Ramanayake finished the 400m semifinals in 53.06 seconds to qualify for the finals

Five matches of the Dialog School Rugby league tournament are down for decision this weekend in Colombo with one scheduled to be kicked off today, between D. S. Senanayake College and Kingswood College to be played at Havelock Park with the others sl

The Sri Lanka netball team will leave for Botswana today ahead of the World Cup Netball 2023 to be held in South Africa from July 28 to August 8 in Cape Town. The Sri Lanka Netball Federation has taken steps to provide a 10-day tour to Botswana for t

Hosts Sri Lanka ‘A’ got off to a winning start in the ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup limited over tournament prevailing with a 48-run win over Bangladesh ‘A’ in a high-scoring encounter played at the SSC ground yesterday.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Saudi club Al-Nassr are banned from registering new players until unpaid debts are settled, FIFA said yesterday.

Zubairullah Akbari shone with a top knock of 79 in Afghanistan ‘A’’s comfortable 72-run win over Oman ‘A’ in their opening match of the ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup limited over tournament played at the CCC ground yesterday.

Opener Pathum Nissanka was recalled to Sri Lanka’s Test team, ahead of the two-Test series against Pakistan, having missed the country’s last two red-ball assignments.

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge will race the Berlin marathon on September 24, a year after having set a new world record on the same course, his management team announced yesterday.

A quick-fire 132 in 104 balls, inclusive of 24 boundaries, by Uthayanan Abijoyshanth paved the way for St. John’s College Jaffna to coast to an easy 124-run win over Wickramashila National School Giriulla in the Under 17 inter-school limited over

Sri Lanka Women skipper Chamari Athapaththu made amends for two earlier failures in the T20 series against New Zealand Women slamming a swashbuckling 47-ball unbeaten 80 and leading her team to a 10-wicket at the P. Sara Stadium yesterday.

The Sri Lankan Ministry of Sports has appointed a new National Rugby Selections Committee, headed by former rugby player Sudath Sampath. The other members of the committee are Duminda de Silva, Alex Nishantha Chanaka, Rajiv Ganapathy, and C. P. Abey

Dr. Shemal Fernando, PhD was appointed the new Director General of Sports after receiving Cabinet approval, the Ministry of Sports confirmed in a statement yesterday. Dr. Fernando was recommended to the position by the Minister of Sports and Youth A

Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel shone on day two in their drawn two-day warm-up match against the SLC President’s XI concluded at the Sooriyawewa Stadium yesterday.

The Boxing Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has taken significant steps to ensure the highest standards in boxing by forming four new commissions in alignment with the constitution of the International Boxing Association (IBA).

The ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup limited overs tournament will get underway today with the clash between host Sri Lanka and Bangladesh scheduled to be played at the SSC ground.

Rishmitha Nonis slammed an unbeaten knock of 219 inclusive of 23 boundaries and 16 sixes in only 92 balls which paved the way for Christ King College Ja-ela to coast to a convincing innings and 108 run win over Kirindiwela Central in the Under 15 int

Sri Lanka team captain and middle-distance runner Gayanthika Abeyrathna and Dilhani Lekamge won bronze medals on the first day of the 25th Asian Senior Athletics Championship 2023 held at the National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand yesterday.

The 14th Sri Lanka University Games 2023 conducted by the Sri Lanka University Sports Association (SLUSA) will held from July 15 to September 30. SLUSA has organised 23 sports beginning with Rugby, Cricket and Rowing in July.

The Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) Cricket Academy will participate at the 2023 Global Academy Cricket Championship conducted by the International Council of Cricket Academies which is to be held in Nottingham, United Kingdom from July 16 to 26