The Rotary Club of Colombo Metropolitan, in partnership with the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) and Dialog Enterprise, held its Par 3 Golf Classic for the 6th year in tandem at RCGC last weekend with more than 170 golfers teeing off in two sessions o

Hatton National Bank (HNB) won the 2022 Mercantile League ‘A’ Division Netball Championship when they outplayed Seylan Bank 68-35 in the final, which concluded at the St. Joseph’s

Surprises kept coming at the Twenty20 World Cup after Zimbabwe followed Ireland’s shock win over England by stunning Pakistan by one run in a nail-biting finale on Thursday. There was no such trouble however for S

Sri Lanka fast bowler Asitha Fernando on Thursday replaced injured Binura Fernando in their squad at the Twenty20 World Cup, tournament organisers said. Binura, himself an injury replacement, bowled just five balls in his team’s loss to hosts Austr

Leg spinners in cricket are like the policemen in a society. The respect that the civilians have for the policemen is similar to the respect that is shown to the leg spinners by the batsmen and bowlers like Wanindu Hasaranga, Imran Tahir, Yuzvendra C

The preliminary round matches of the Mercantile Volleyball Championships 2022, conducted by the Mercantile Volleyball Association (MVA) will be held on October 29 and 30 at the Volleyb

Colombo North Zone 1 recorded two big wins in the Western Province segment of the ongoing Junior Youth League limited over cricket tournament. In the first match they outclassed Gampaha Zone 2 by 101 runs on Parabola Method in the match played at Kot

Sri Lanka coach Chris Silverwood says his team have what it takes to emerge from a tough group at the Twenty20 World Cup despite their loss to holders Australia. The Asian champions went do

Trinity College and Gateway International Kandy were declared joint winners at the Under 18 Basketball Tournament conducted by the Central Province which took place in Kurunegala recently. Scho

Sri Lanka’s 24-year-old Mechanical Engineering student Miyulika Weeramanthree is proud to be the winner of the contest to design the LPL (Lanka Premier League) logo. “It wa

Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has been entrusted with the task of appointing an Election Committee within 14 days, to look into the activities relating to the Football Sri Lanka (FSL) elections.

Marcus Stoinis smashed an unbeaten 59 off 18 balls to power Australia to a seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka and reinvigorate their Twenty20 World Cup defence yesterday. Chasing 1

CameraLK, Sri Lanka’s leading camera store, has appointed highly-talented national cricketer Pathum Nissanka as the company’s Brand Ambassador as it outlines plans to expand into overse

Top class young school boy golfers Imran Nazeer and Jevahn Sathasivam won the President’s Prize and Aitken Cup respectively at the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) course recently. There w

The Sri Lanka Motor Cycle Club is set to conduct a programme titled ‘How to become a qualified racing driver/rider’ on

Sri Lanka Rugby conducted Inter-University (government) Women’s seven-a-side rugby saw Sri Jayawardenapura girls beco

All-rounder Mitchell Marsh said yesterday that defending champions Australia were confident of bouncing back from their opening defeat at the T20 World Cup declaring: “Our best is the best in the world.” The hosts suffered a crushing loss by 8

Sri Lanka cruised to a nine-wicket victory over Ireland in their Super 12s opener at the T20 World Cup in Hobart. Kusal Mendis smashed an unbeaten 68 from 43 balls as Sri Lanka secured victory with five overs to spare. Ireland earlier lim

Samaposha successfully concluded the ‘Provincial School Games 2022’, for the fifth consecutive year, to recognise and develop school athletic talent at a national level. School talent from Uva, North Centra

The Principal of Gankanda MMV, Pelmadulla, Sudeera Fonseka was unanimously elected President of the Sri Lanka Schools Volleyball Association (SLSVA) for the period of 2022/23 at their annual general meeting held at the Sports Ministry Auditorium in C

The weightlifting national championships for 2022, conducted by the Sri Lanka Weightlifting Federation (SLWF), will be held from November 10-13 at the Gallalla National School Complex in P

A Virat Kohli-inspired India beat rivals Pakistan in an extraordinary finish to a Men’s T20 World Cup classic at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday. In a finale fitting the o

The official sponsor of the National Cricket Team, Dialog Axiata PLC, launched a wishing sticker campaign in support of the National T20 Cricket Team who qualified for the Super 12 Round of the World Cup currently being played in Australia. After th

Opener Kusal Mendis slammed a 44-ball 79 as Asian champions Sri Lanka beat the Netherlands by 16 runs to sweep into the Super 12 stage of the Twenty20 World Cup yesterday. The

At a time when the school celebrates its 25th anniversary, Gateway College has made a significant contribution to the development of sports in Sri Lanka by having twelve of their young students represent the country in 2022.

A total of 255 pugilists will participate in the 37th All-Island School Games Boxing Championships conducted by the Ministry of Education and to be held from October 21 to 23 at the Royal College Boxing Arena in Colombo. A total of 214 boys

The Director General of Sports Amal Edirisuriya yesterday (20) informed the Court of Appeal that elections for the Football Sri Lanka (FSL) would be held within 69 days. The undertaking was given when a case filed by President FSL Jaswar Umar and FSL

Fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera will likely miss up to three months of cricket, with the player expected to now undergo a pre-planned ankle surgery, after being ruled out of the ICC Men’s

Bimsara Rathnayake of Maliyadeva College Kurunegala and Samindi Weerasooriya of Good Shepherd Convert Kandy won the Men’s and Women’s Novices Singles title at the All-Island Intermediate Novices Age Group Table Tennis Championships 2022 organised

Sri Lanka were dealt injury blows on Tuesday, with fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera ruled out from the World Cup and Pramod Madushan doubtful for Sri Lanka’s winner-takes-all clash against the Netherlands in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022. Chame