The women’s national hockey team will take part in the Asian Games 2023 Hockey qualifying tournament, the Sri Lanka Hockey Federation (SLHF) confirmed. The qualify

The Netball Federation of Sri Lanka (NFSL) will conduct their election of office bearers on May 30 at the Sports Ministry’s Duncan White auditorium at 10 a.m. with the participation of 32 District Associa

Rain played a major part in the league stage of the 29th Singer-MCA Super Premier League 2022 which had a damp finish last Tuesday. Out of the three

Sri Lankan sprinter Yupun Abeykoon ran a personal best of 10.04 secs in the Men’s 100m at the City of Savona International Meeting yesterday, although an over-the-limit tailwind meant it did not count as a new South Asian record. Abeykoon

Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das struck fifties after Tamim Iqbal made a hundred to put Bangladesh in pole position in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Chittagong on Tuesday. Liton hit 5

Uncapped batsman Tristan Stubbs was yesterday named in a 16-man South African squad for a series of five Twenty20 internationals in India next month. The 21-year

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has been quite popular in Sri Lanka this year. For the first time in many years there are six players involved in five different teams and on Sunday, the entire cricket

Tom Harrison is to step down as chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board in June -- part of a major overhaul following a slump in Test results. Since the turn of the year, managing director of men’s cricket Ashley Giles, head coach

The Torrington hostel and kitchen which comes under the Sports Ministry will be shut down temporarily with immediate effect by the Department of Sports Development (DSD). Director

A three-year ban was imposed on nine officials from the Tri-Services by the Sri Lanka Kabaddi Federation for violating the rules and regulations of the federation. As a res

Angelo Mathews missed out on his second double hundred by one run as Bangladesh bowled out Sri Lanka for 397 runs in the first Test in Chittagong yesterday. Bangladesh made

Sri Lankan batsman Angelo Mathews has joined the company of 12 other Test cricketers who were dismissed on 199 runs. The

Sri Lanka’s Roshan Abeysinghe and South Africa’s HD Ackerman are part of the commentary team for Sri Lanka’s two Test m

The Sports Ministry has decided to appoint Damayanthi Jayathilaka as the chairperson of the Sri Lanka netball select

Sri Lanka lost to Indonesia 3-1 in their third match of the Asian Games Men’s Hockey qualifying tournament jeopar

The president and secretary of the Netball Federation of Sri Lanka (NFSL) Ranjani Jayakody and Kumudini Gomes respectively have decided not to contest the 2022 election. The NFSL

Sri Lanka Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne, speaking two days before the first Test of their World Test Champio

Neutral match officials have been assigned for the two Test matches between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. According to highly placed sources in the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), two officials from England (one umpire and one m

The Netball Federation of Sri Lanka (NFSL) has decided to reduce the national netball pool to 15. This is in v

Blue Universal SC beat Prison SC by 167 runs in their Kandy District Cricket Association conducted Division 3 cricket encount

The final rites of veteran athlete and administrator P. Don Victor took place recently. He was 88 at the time of his death.

Out-of-form Virat Kohli says that he has a sure-fire way of drowning out his growing number of critics -- he just mutes the television.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) named a 15-member Women’s squad for the tour of Pakistan starting later this month. While it is u

​The Qatar Football Association has agreed to provide the services of three international football coaches to Sri Lanka.

The Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB) has decided to participate in only two out of five international volleyball tournamen

The second day of Sri Lanka’s warm-up match against the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI was also rain affected, with only 10 overs

Citizens Development Business Finance remained as the only unbeaten team with four wins on the trot, in the 29th Singer-MCA Super Premier League 2022.

Gujarat Titans returned to winning ways after back-to-back losses and became the first team to seal their place in the play-offs by defeating Lucknow Super Giants by 62 runs in an Indian Premier League match in Pune on yesterday. Eve

Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka 3-1 in the second match of the Asian Games Hockey Men’s Qualifying tournament on Monday.

Sri Lanka’s national men’s team and emerging players have already reached Bangladesh and England respectively, however, the fate of the national women’s team tour of Pakistan hangs in balance. “We are not sure at this moment whether the tour