St. Ioseph Vaz Wennappuwa recorded their tenth limited over series win against traditional rivals St. Mary’s College Chilaw with

The Asia Pacific Junior Golf Tournament 2023 came to an end last Friday (19), with Reshan Algama leading the Sri Lankan team to a formidable comeback on the final day of the tournament. With a

Colombo South Zone 2 maintained their unbeaten record in the ongoing Under-19 Provincial Youth League limited overs tournament by chalking up their fourth successive win when they recorded a comfo

The 2023 APGC Junior Championships teed off in Philippines Orchard GCC this week. The region’s premier team and individual championship for Boys and Girls features leading juniors aged 17 and under from 11 APGC member nations as well as two teams

Minister of Sports Roshan Ranasinghe in a bid to turn Sri Lanka’s luck with World Rugby (WR) has made first communication through a letter dated May 11. WR on Wednesday opted to suspend Sri Lanka Rugby as a member of the global body following the

Kandy Zone 1 beat Nuwara Eliya in their Under 19 Inter District Cricket encounter which concluded at the Dharmaraja College ground. The Trinity College cricketers were in sparkling form with Dinusha Peiris (98), Vibavith Ehelepola (90) and Rahal Ama

Colombo South Zone 2 chalked up their third successive win of the ongoing Under 19 Provincial Youth League limited over cricket tournament with a 29-run win over Colombo South Zone 1 in the match played at Reid Avenue. CSZ 2 taking first lease of th

Hayleys Group, CL Synergy, CDB Finance and Fairfirst Insurance booked their berths for the semi-finals, in the ongoing 30th Singer-MCA Super Premier League T20 tournament 2023. The League stage of the tournament came to a conclusion with the last ba

Oak Ray Hotels and Resorts for the first time have come forward to sponsor the second Travel Trade Sports Club Indoor Softball Cricket “Sixes” 2023, to be held on Sunday (21) at the Club Fusion Sports Arena, Boralesgamuwa, Werahara, commencing 8:

Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) has been formally suspended by World Rugby (WR) as per a letter received by SLR Executive Director Hassan Sinhawansa. The decision has been confirmed after the Sports Ministry’s appointment of a stabilization committee. “The

Women’s captain Chamari Athapaththu and batsman Harshitha Samarawickrama were among the Sri Lankan players who moved up in the latest ICC Women’s T20I batting rankings.

Gampaha Women recorded their third win of the Women’s U23 Inter-District T20 cricket tournament with a close five-run win over Colombo South Women in the match played at the Ananda Sastralaya ground in Kotte.

Kandy continued their winning run in the Under 23 Inter -District Women’s T-20 tournament when they beat Ampara by eight wickets at the Prison ground in Pallekele yesterday. Ampara 67 for 9 in 20 overs (Malshani Seumini 10: Nimeshika Senevirathne

Sri Lankan sprinter Yupun Abeykoon will compete in his first Diamond League event for 2023, at the Florence leg of the multi-meet series on June 2. Abeykoon, who in 2021 became the first Sri Lankan sprinter to compete in a Diamond League meet before

The Schools Relay Carnival 2023 jointly organized by the Ministry of Education and Sri Lanka Athletics Association (SLAA) will take place from June 24 to 26 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex Diyagama, and will be sponsored for the first time by

Sri Lanka’s 23-year-old Emerging Team captain Dellon Peiris, who won the Player of the Series on Monday in Japan, has ambitions of playing for the national team. ’’Definitely that’s the dream of any young cricketer. I think this is a good br

The annual rugby encounter between the present Wesleyites and Old Wesleyites will be played on May 19 at the College Grounds, Campbell Park. Kick-off is at 4:00 p.m. Wesley C

Puttalam coasted to their third successive win of the ongoing Under 19 Provincial Youth League limited over tournament when they crushed Kurunegala Zone by nine wickets in the match played at the Welagedera Stadium. The architects of

Afghanistan yesterday named a squad packed with spin bowlers for the three-match one-day series in Sri Lanka next month, with one eye on this year’s World Cup in India. Ace spinner Rashid Khan and experienced spinning all-rounde

Kurunegala Women recorded their third win of the ongoing Women’s U23 Inter-District T20 cricket tournament with a convincing 57-run win over Puttalam Women in the match played at the Welagedara Stadium in Kurunegala. Kurunegala Women taking firs

Entries for the Otters Open Badminton Championship organised by the Western Province Badminton Association and the Otters Aquatics Club under the supervision of Sri Lanka Badminton (SLB) will close on May 30. A Level 1 ranking tournament, it will be

The International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced a major change to the Playing Conditions, among other tweaks, effective June 1, 2023. ICC announced changes to the Playing Conditions after the Chief Executives’ Committee approved of the recom

A record number of 188 teams will compete at the National Beach Volleyball 2023 (Men and Women) Championship, according to the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB) Beach Volleyball Competition Committee. SLVB has made arrangements to hold this tour

By Susil Premalal The Sri Lanka Hockey Federation (SLHF) has made arrangements to hold the AHF International Development Coaching and Umpiring Education Programme conducted by the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) from June 4 to 11 in Colombo. AHF will b

Debutants turned giant killers CL Synergy will take on the fancied Hayleys Group in the 30th Singer –MCA Super Pre

Kegalle Women won their double header in the Under 23 Inter-District Women’s T20 tournament, beat Batticaloa Women by 133 runs and Ampara Women by 10 wickets. Kegalle beat Battical

The Trinity cricket outfit, under the watchful eyes of their head coach, Naveen Ekanayake, ended a great season in 2022/23. They became champions in the one-day encounter and joint champions in the two-day encounter against Joes. Rahal Amarasinghe le

Half-tons by Muditha Dissanayake, Eranga Jayakody, and Ashan Isuru helped Colombo North Zone 1 record a massive 100-run win over Gampaha Zone 3 in their encounter played at Campbell Place to give them a winning start in the ongoing Under-19 Provincia

The South Asia Regional Qualifying Event, ITF Asia Under-12 Team Competition 2023 (Girls and Boys), will be held in Bangladesh from May 16–20. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, and Pakistan will participate in this tourname

Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) has decided to send eight athletes for the 20th Asian U-20 Athletic Championship 2023. The tournament, conducted by the Asian Athletic Association (AAA), is scheduled to be held from June 4–7 in Yecheon, South Korea. AAA s