A 57-member Sri Lankan contingent left the country yesterday to take part in the Toyota Gazoo Racing Badminton Asia Under-17 and Under-15 Junior Badminton Championships, which will take place from November 29 to December 4 in Thailand. The Sri Lankan

The National Sports Council (NSC) headed by Chairman Arjuna Ranatunga is set to propose to the Sports Minister to appoint only reputed veteran players in their field as members of the respective National Sports Associations (NSA’s) including c

Mild weather conditions with less humidity (around 25 Celsius) will suit the Sri Lankan rugby sevens contingent that landed in Dubai late last night. A journey of a couple of hours to the region of Al Ain followed where the action is to unfold from t

Sri Lanka will be without middle order batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa for the three-match ODI series that begins in Pallekele today, after he asked to be released from the playing squad to take a break from the format. Rajapak

An unusually hard talking Asoka Jayasena, Chairman of National rugby selection panel,reiterated the priority placed on performance in selecting the Al Ain bound Sri Lanka Rugby 7’s squad. The selection panel headed by the former Sri Lanka skipper (

The Sri Lanka Men’s Volleyball Team will participate in the Engro Central Asian five-nation Volleyball Championship, which begins in Lahore, Pakistan today. Hosts Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are the other countries participating in t

Team Grey continued their winning streak in the ongoing Women Super Four limited over cricket tournament when they defeated team Red by three wickets in a low scoring match played at the BRC ground.

Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has called for the Director General of the Ministry’s Sports Department to conduct an inquiry into the omission of all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne by the national Cricket selection Committee for the upcoming three-

Mahinda College Galle and Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda were declared joint champions of the 22nd Col Henry Steele Olcott Memorial cricket tournament which concluded at the Uyanwatta Stadium in Matara recently. The two teams qualified to the fina

Saudi Arabia stunned Lionel Messi’s Argentina yesterday, beating the two-time winners 2-1 in one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history. Salem Al-Dawsari hit a stunning winner to sink the red-hot favourites, bringing the South American side

South Asia’s fastest athlete Sri Lanka’s Yupun Abeykoon yesterday received a further boost to enhance his performances when he was presented with a donation of US $1,00,000 courtesy the Ministry of Sports and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). The do

Sri Lanka Baseball conducted workshop for Umpires for the future games in Baseball (Local and International) at the Diyagama Mahinda Rajapakse International Baseball ground recently. Two day baseball umpires training programme was conducted to tra

Tunisia held Denmark to a goalless draw in their World Cup opener yesterday, kicking off their Group D campaign with a strong performance against one of the pre-tournament dark horses. Tunisia hav

Qais Al-Dhalai, the President of Asia Rugby in an exclusive interview with the ‘Daily Mirror’ elaborated on the vision, path, process and role administered by the regional body in ensuring the devel

Lochana de Silva and Nadeesha Gayathri clinched triple crowns at the Uva Provincial Open All-Island Badminton Cham

impressive match figures of 11 for 67 runs by Dimath Abeysinghe paved the way for Maliyadeva College Kurunegala to record an outright win by four wickets over Dharmasoka MV Ambalangoda in the Under 19 inter-school conc

The Lanka T10 League that was launched on Sunday (20) could help cricket in Sri Lanka in so many different ways.

A frustrated David Warner on Monday said he was “not a criminal” and everyone should have the right to appeal as Cricket Australia paved the way for his lifetime leadership ban to be lifted. The dynamic opener and former Test vice-captain was

CCC, led by Ashan Priyanjan, put in a gallant fightback in a high-scoring Major Club Cricket final to record a first-inning win over Tamil Union concluded at the SSC ground yesterday to clinch the title. The title win saw

Fairfirst Insurance emerged Men’s ‘A’ Division champions in the 30th Mercantile Services Basketball League Championship for 2022, held at the Royal College Indoor Stadium in Colombo. Led by National player Shehan Udayanga, Fairfirst beat Comm

The 14th South Asian Games (SAG) have been put off until 2024, the South Asian Olympic Council (SAOC) and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced. The

The All-Island Schools’ Under-20 Boys’ and Girls’ Hockey Tournament will continue after its brief stoppage for heavy rain in the Central Region. The girls’ event reached the semi-final stage with the games to be worked off in the morning sess

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officially launched the ‘Lanka T10’; a franchise league set to be contested in a 10 overs per side format, at a media briefing held in Colombo yesterday. The tournament is to be conducted in Partnership with TTen Global S

Holy Family Convent (HFC) Bambalapitiya won two age-group titles at the 2022 All-Island School Games Basketball Championships held in Colombo. HFC managed to secure the girls’ Under-20 and Under-17 titles at this tournament, which was conducted by

Isuru Udana cracked a quick-fire 72-ball knock of 88, inclusive of eight boundaries and three sixes, as he helped Tamil Union to a formidable score of 558 runs on day two of the Major Club cricket final played at the SSC ground. Apart from Udana’s

Tamil Union skipper Sadeera Samarawickrama shone with a fine knock of 188 in 243 balls which had 18 boundaries and six to help his side end day one with a formidable score of 356 for 5 in t

An unbeaten 110 in 126 inclusive of seven boundaries and two sixes by skipper Nilakshi de Silva helped Team Red record a comfortable 93 runs win over Team Green to begin the Women’s Super Four limited over tournament campaign on a winning note in t

The champion Under 15 team of Holy Family Convent Kurunegala posing for a picture after receiving the Milo trophy. Action in the

S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia recorded their second successive outright win in the ongoing Under 19 inter-school season when they outclassed Isipathana College by nine wickets in the match concluded at Mount Lavinia yesterday. The second day