Rebellious resilience seems to be the norm for Rajapaksas at present, but in the case of Bhanuka Rajapaksa, the rebellious resilience has come in a very positive manner. The burly left-hander had a reputation for hard-hitting from his school days,

Bangladesh suffered a blow ahead of next month’s Test series against Sri Lanka with off-spinner Mehidy Hasan ruled out of at least the first match with a finger injury. Mehidy has been a regular starter for Bangladesh in Tests and is the country

Sadisha Rajapakse made a top score of 103 in 100 balls inclusive of 13 fours and a six as he along with Savindu Senaratharachchi put on a valuable 130 runs for the second wicket to help Royal College end day one with a score of 206 for 4 against Thur

Kandy District Cricket Association (KDCA) has postponed the Inter club division III tournament which was scheduled to commence on April 20 and end on May 25. Nearly 40 teams are to play with some leading clubs such as Sylvestrians CC, Prisons SC,

A career best knock of 156 inclusive of eight boundaries and nine sixes by St. Benedict’s College skipper Pasan Suwahas and an unbeaten ton by Hiran Jayasundara were the highlights of the drawn

The Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB) will commence residential training for beach volleyball from May 2 in preparation for the Commonwealth Games. Commonwealth pool training was suspended before the New Year holidays. The 12-memb

Wimbledon banned Russian and Belarusian players from this year’s Championships to avoid “being used to benefit the propaganda machine of the Russian regime”, tournament chiefs said yesterday. The All England

Kandy SC scrum-half Srinath Sooriyabandara has been named as captain of Sri Lanka 7’s rugby team ahead of the Commonwealth Games and Asia Games later this year. The form

Virat Kohli deserves more respect and will fight his way out of an alarming slump which hit a new low when he suffered a second successive golden duck in the IPL, fellow cricket stars say. It is the

​Ranuda Somaratne and Rahal Amarasinghe shone for Trinity College with half tons against Nalanda College on day one of the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at Campbell Place. Somaratne

Sri Lanka’s chief selector Pramodya Wickramasinghe will travel with the team to Bangladesh, it is learnt. According t

National champions Sumedha Ranasinghe and Nilani Ratnayake were adjudged the best athletes overall at the Centenary National Athletic Championships, which concluded at the Mahinda Rajapakse Sports Complex in Diyagama. Ranasinghe won the javelin by th

Sri Lanka’s leading athlete (400m national champion ) Kaushalya Madushani passed away suddenly yesterday (April 24), Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) announced. A produ

The 53rd Battle of the Blues big match between traditional rivals Dharmasoka MV Ambalangoda and Sri Devananda MV Ambalangoda concluded at the UC ground Ambalangoda yesterday. The match was called off due to a delay in the final stages which resulted

The 43rd First XI cricket two-day encounter between Nalanda College, Colombo and Trinity College, Kandy, played for the Mahela-Sanga Challenge Trophy, is set to get underway today at the Nalanda College Grounds in Colombo.

Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has declined an offer to coach England’s Men’s team, it is learnt. According to sources, Jayawardene was approached by Rob Key, who has recently appointed as Managing Director of

Ravindu Fernando shone for Tamil Union with an unbeaten knock of 63 against Sebastianites CC on day one of the Major Club Emerging inter-club final played at the SSC ground. Fernando’s k

The Sri Lanka Esports Association (SLESA) has announced the Dialog-SLESA All-Island Free Fire Championship -- a district-wise Esports tournament being organised to discover the next generation of Esports talent from across the island.

England’s Joe Root has been named the ‘Leading Cricketer in the World’ in the latest edition of the Wisden Cricketers’

The first day’s proceedings of the annual 115th Battle of the North big match between traditional rivals St. John’s College Ja

Uncapped Matheesha Pathirana was signed by the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season, as an injury replacement for New Zealand pace bowler Adam Milne. Pathirana, a right-arm fast bowler whose action closely res

Sri Lanka youth player Vinuja Ranpul, Kushmitha Silva and Chanul Athukorala shone for Nalanda College against Dharm

The Summer Season Open Badminton Tournament organised by the Central Province Badminton Association under

Royal Challengers Bangalore moved up to second place in the Indian Premier League with their fifth win in seven matches on Tuesday and skipper Faf du Plessis said they can get even better with a little more contribution from the top order. Bangal

Several national sports associations have decided to limit getting down foreign coaches for international tournaments this year. Sri Lank

Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) has named the provisional squad for the upcoming international tournaments ahead of the busy schedule despite the uncertainties of participating in the tournaments.

Sri Lanka’s new Sports Minister Thenuka Vidanagamage has invited the members of the defunct National Sports Council to meet him on Friday. Confirming t

Russian players will not be allowed to compete at Wimbledon this year due to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a report in sports industry news site Sportico yesterday. Earlier this month, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), which

The Sri Lanka Golf – Junior Development Committee conducted a two-day golf tournament for junior golfers under training in Anuradhapura over the weekend of April 9 and 10 in China Bay Trincomalee.

Football Sri Lanka (FSL) has decided to conduct a fitness test on April 25 to select the national pool. The natio