The Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVF) has decided to postpone the selection trial scheduled to be held for the Central Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship 2023. SLVF arranged to hold the selection trial on February 11-12 at Torrington Ind

Sri Lanka’s Wheelchair Tennis champion Suresh Ranjan Dharmasena made it to the final of the International Wheelchair Tennis Championship when he defeated Sagg-Ho Oh of Korea by two sets

Sri Sumangala College Kandy won on first innings in their Under 19 Inter-school cricket encounter against Wickramabahu Central concluded at the Police ground in Kandy recently. Wickramabahu Central Gampola 184 and 52 for 4 in 12 overs (N. Soyza 22 no

The national cricket selectors are awaiting an invitation from Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to select the red and white ball teams for the forthcoming tour of New Zealand where Sri Lanka will play two Test matches, three ODIs and three T

Sri Lanka’s pair D.S.R. Dharmasena and Gamini Dissanayake qualified to the singles quarter-finals of the International Wheel Chair tennis tournament when they coasted to comfortable two sets to nil win in the pre-quarter final en

CR and FC pulled off another close win over traditional rivals Havelock SC by 17 points to 14 in the Nippon Paint Rugby Cup Championship encounter played at Longden Place yesterday.It was a repeat of their close first round league encounter win which

Kandy SC had it relatively easy against Navy SC in the other Cup championship match recording a 37 points to 28 win at Welisara yesterday. Kandy SC having taken a 18-7 lead at lemons made up their points through three goals, two tries and two penal

Colombo recorded a comfortable first-innings win over Jaffna in the National Super League tournament cricket encounter that concluded at the Pallekele Stadium yesterday. Colombo in reply to Jaffna’s score of 199 resuming from their overnight score

Dialog Axiata PLC has come forward to sponsor the Netball Nationals for the fourth time. Conducted by the Sri Lanka Netball Federation (SLNF), the preliminary round of the tournament will be held on February 11-12 at Torrington Indoor Stadium and the

Nishan Madushka led Sri Lanka ‘A’s fight back and was supported by Lakshitha Manasinghe and Nuwanidu Fernando against the visiting England Lions on day three of the 1st unofficial Test match

The HSBC Future Lions Golf grassroots programme, conducted for the second time in a partnership between Sri Lanka Golf (SLG) and HSBC, will be held from February 24 to April 9. The p

We have heard and seen of teachers serving schools with dedication for two, three or nearly four decades to produce disciplined citizens but it is rarely that we hear of any individual who serves almost the same period in sports activities of a schoo

The Department of Sports Development (DSD) has decided to call for nominations through a newspaper advertisement for the 2023 Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee. This fo

With a recorded history dating back to 1970, the Royal-Thomian Golf Tournament for old boys of the two schools, will be played on March 5 2023. As tradition has it,

Chandika Hathurusingha has been appointed Bangladesh National Team Head Coach. This will be the former Sri Lanka batsman’s second spell with the Bangladesh team which he had previously coached from 2014 to 2017. The 54-year old Hathurusingha has re

All-rounder Dewmi Vihanga was the only Sri Lankan in the inaugural ICC Under 19 Women’s T20 World Cup Team o

New Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic said yesterday he hopes to return to action in a month’s time but is “not sure” how quickly his injured hamstring will heal. The Serb a

Sampath Bank Badminton team secured fifth spot in the annual Inter-Firm Team Badminton Championship 2023 concluded at the Royal College Sports Complex recently. Org

An emotional Novak Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas yesterday to claim a 10th Australian Open title and equal Rafael Nadal’s 22 Grand Slam crowns, a victory that returned him to world number one.

CR and FC lived up to the expectations of their fans when they pulled off a comfortable 22 points to 18 win over Army SC in the inter-club Nippon Paint Rugby league encounter played at Long

Nepal wicket keeper Aasif Sheikh becomes the first player from Nepal to win the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award. On Thursday, the 22-year-old wicket keeper (and batsman) was named the recipient of the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2022 for his decision

Trinity College scored a first inning win over Mahanama College in their Under 19 Inter School cricket encounter which concluded at Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy yesterday. The highlight of the encounter was a fine unbeaten century scored by Trinitian, Man

The Cycling Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) and the Ministry of Sports have made all arrangements to start the 75th Independence National Cycling Tour from Point Pedro to Devundarathuduwa (Dondra) tomorrow at 9.00am. A total of Rs 2.6 million in prize

Navy Sports Club will look to return to the top four of inter club league rugby tournament when they face Air Force Sports Club at Welisara today.

A fine knock of 150 in 158 balls with 24 boundaries and a six by Nishan Madushka and Lahiru Udara who made 93 in 85 balls with 13 boundaries and two sixes helped SLC Board XI resuming from their overnight score of 93 for 2 to make a bold reply of 355

Sandun Weerakkody and Ahan Wickramasinghe shone for Kandy against Galle on day one of the National Super League four day cricket tournament encounter played at P Sara Stadium.

The Sri Lanka National Baseball team is set to face Nepal in their opener of the West Asia Baseball Cup 2023 on the 27th of January.

Savinaka Weerasekera of D.S. Senanayake College and Rashmi Mudalige of Gateway International School clinched the Under-19 boys and girls championships respectively while Pulina Wellalage of St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa grabbed a triple crown at

Sri Lankan Airlines retained the Travel Trade Sports Club, five-a-side, Futsal Soccer title for the second year running, when they beat Cinnamon Grand Colombo “A” by a goal to nil, at its third edition, sponsored by Yenesha Travels, concluded rec

Naveen Athishta stole the limelight with a match bag of 11 wickets in St. Peter’s College outright win by five wickets against Karande Central in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at Karandeniya.