Sri Lanka’s star shuttlers Buwaneka Goonethilleka and Viren Nettasinghe clinched the bronze medal in the men’s doubles event at the LI-NING Maldives International Challenge 2023, in Male, over

The second Edition of the ‘Cricket Sixes Challenge’ organised by the Class of 2008 of S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia (STC) Committee, held in memory of late classmate Navoda Meeg

Sri Lanka’s Youth Netballers were trounced by Singapore 51 points to 29 in their preliminary round match in the Asian Youth Netball Championships in South Korea yesterday. Singapore, who are ranked second in Asia in the Under 21 category, outscored

The school that introduced rugby football to Sri Lanka in 1906, Kingswood College, has probably had a long wait since 2008 for a League win. It was Gayan Rathnage who led the outfit in 2008 for their last league win for the Randles Hills outfit a

The final encounter of the Major Club T20 cricket tournament between NCC and Colts CC, scheduled to be played at SSC Ground yesterday, was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to wet outfield from the overnight rain. The match, which w

Right-arm fast bowler Gerald Coetzee took a five-wicket haul while Tristan Stubbs and Senuran Muthusamy made valuable knocks to pave the way for South Africa ‘A’ to record a comfortable five-wicket win over Sri Lanka ‘A’ at Pallekele to take

The Sri Lanka youth netball team left for South Korea to participate in the 12th Asian Youth (U-21) Netball Championship 2023. The tournament conducted by Asian Netball is scheduled to be held in South Korea from June 10 to 17 with the participati

NCC, Colts CC, Ace Capital CC and Moors SC will clash in the two semi-final encounters of the Major Club T20 cricket tournament today, scheduled to be played in the morning and evening.

The World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) has decided to hold the 18th Asia/Oceania Region Inter-Government Ministerial Meeting on ‘Anti Doping in Sports’ on June 12 and 13 at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo. The Ministry of Spo

Sri Lanka demolished the hapless Afghanistan side by nine wickets in the third and deciding ODI encounter played at the Sooriyawewa Stadium and in the process with the back to back wins they went on to clinch the series.

NCC, Colts CC, Ace Capital CC and Moors SC progressed to the semi-finals of the Major Club T20 tournament, on the final day of the league stage matches yesterday.

Travis Head’s dashing century put Australia in a strong position against India on Wednesday’s opening day of the World Test Championship final at the Oval. Hea

Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will play a crucial series deciding match when they clash in the third and final ODI scheduled to be played at the Sooriyawewa Stadium today. The hosts will come into the game with confidence after their convincing win by 13

The T20 World Cup 2024 scheduled to be held in the West Indies and USA could well be shifted to a new venue due to the under-preparedness in the latter country. The current infrastructure in the USA which is not yet ready for the marquee event is for

The Past Cricketers’ Association of Nalanda College held their 12th annual general meeting at Nalanda College under the patronage of its patron and principal Thilak Waththuhewa recently, launching a five-year Cricket development plan. This special

Hasantha Sehan Dilranga of A. Rathnayaka Central College, Walala, who is considered to be Sri Lanka’s last medal hope, will participate in the 1,500m Boys final today (June 7) in the 12th Asian Junior (U

Sri Lanka won two Gold medals on the second day of the Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Yecheon South Korea, in the

An unbeaten 98 in 71 balls inclusive of six boundaries and seven sixes by Dewald Brevis paved the way for the visiting South Africa ‘A’ side to record an easy four-wicket win over host Sri Lanka ‘A’ in the first unofficial ODI played at

Reigning national champion Ranithma Liyanage stamped her class by winning the singles and doubles titles at the women’s badminton event of the 47th National Sports Festival. The 16-ye

An unbeaten knock of 67 in 39 balls, inclusive of three boundaries and five sixes by Sakuna Liyanage, paved the way for Ace Capital CC to record a close 13-run win over SSC in the Major Club T20 cricket tournament encounter played in the evening sess

Kusal Mendis and Dimuth Karunaratne shone with match-winning knocks in Sri Lanka’s convincing 132-run win over Afghanistan in the 2nd ODI encounter played at the Sooriyawewa Stadium yesterday, which helped the host side level the three-match series

Defending double world champion Max Verstappen extended his lead in this year’s title race to 53points yesterday when he completed a hat-trick by driving his Red Bull to a masterful victory in the Spanish Grand Prix. The 25-year-o

Tharushi Karunarathna of A. Rathnayaka Central College, Walala and Jayeshi Uttara of Holy Cross College, Gampaha won silver and bronze medals in the 400m Girls event on day one of the 20th Asian Junior U-20 Athletic Championships in Yecheon,

Right-handers Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah cracked half-centuries laying the foundation for Afghanistan to ease to a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first ODI played at the Sooriyawewa Stadium yesterday. Zadran m

Indian golfer Dwivedi Samarath shot a final day score of 69 on the way to winning the Dialog Sri Lanka Open Golf Championship 2023 at the Royal Colombo Golf Course (RCGC) yesterday. Samarath, who equ

Indian golfer Dwivedi Samarath had another fine day with his accurate and powerful long range golfing shots remaining on top at the end of day 3 of the Dialog Sri Lanka Open Golf Championship at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) in Colombo yesterday

Leg spinner Dushan Hemantha and sling-armed fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana are in line for One Day International debuts when Sri Lanka take on Afghanistan in the first ODI in Hambantota today. Sri Lanka will be without their main bowling weapon Wa

Tamil Union maintained their unbeaten record registering their third successive win of the Major Club T20 tournament when they coasted to a comfortable 39-run win over Kurunegala YCC in the match

The Sri Lanka Netball Federation (SLNF) has selected Sajini Rathnayaka of Hatton National Bank as captain of the Sri Lanka team that will participate in the 12th Asian Youth Netball Championship 2023.

Veteran golfer Anura Rohana was pushed to fourth with two Indian golfers Dwivedi Samarath, Chouhan Omprakash and Bangladesh golfer Hossain Jamal holding onto the top three positions in the Dialog Sri Lanka Open Golf Championship 2023 yesterday, after