Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is considering opening gates for fans for the forthcoming Lanka Premier League (LPL) matches, according to Prof. Arjuna de Silva, the chairman of SLC’s medical unit. “We may

The National Football Selectors yesterday announced a 23-member squad to compete in the SAFF 2021 Football Tournament from October 1 to 16 in the Maldives. The final squad w

The Sri Lanka Wrestling Association (SLWA) will field a five-member contingent for the 17th World Wrestling Championships, which will be held from October 2 to 10 in Oslo, Norway. Sri Lanka team will leave for Oslo on September 29

The Boxing Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) will conduct a Selection Trial Meet targeting the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the World Women’s Boxing Championships from November 28 to 30 at the Royal MAS Arena in Reid Avenue. The trial

Sri Lanka’s Under-19 cricket team will return to action next month in a five-match limited-overs series versus their Bangladeshi counterparts as part of their preparation for the Under-19 World Cup to be held in the West Indies early next year.

Former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene, who has been recently appointed as a consultant, is ‘eligible’ to attend the selectio

Sri Lanka won two Bronze Medals at the 58th World Military Boxing Championships in Russia with Army’s Sajeewa Nuwan Kumara fighting his way to victory in the light flyweight (49kg) class while Air Force’s Gayani Kaluarachchilage created history b

A ton knock of 112 by Ollie Robinson and a half-ton by Tawanda Muyeye paved the way for Kent to defeat Middlesex by two wickets played at Canterbury and help them to record their fourth successive outright win of the ongoing County Cham

Real Madrid forward Marcos Asensio grabbed a hat-trick and Karim Benzema struck twice as Carlo Ancelotti’s free-scoring side crushed Mallorca 6-1 at home in LaLiga on Wednesday.

The second edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) will be held from December 4 to 23, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed yesterday.

President of the Cycling Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) N. Karunaratne left for Belgium yesterday to attend the Congress and E

Meanwhile, SLVB have decided to field a Men’s and a Women’s team for the Central Asia Zone Tournament in December in Bangladesh.

Essex and Gloucestershire coasted to easy outright wins with two days to spare in the County Championship matches which concluded at Chelmsford and Bristol yesterday. The two teams re

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will send its chief selector Pramodya Wickremasinghe to the UAE for the forthcoming T-20 World Cup

Marylebone Cricket Club yesterday announced an amendment to the laws of the game meaning the gender-neutral term “batter” will be used from now on instead of “batsman.” The club, th

Chameera Ginige and Ishara Madurangi will lead the Sri Lankan Men’s and Women’s Team for the 25th Asian Table Tennis C

The Sri Lanka Air Force Cycling Union plan to conduct the 23rd Tour de Sri Lanka Air Force cycle race in March 2022.

Sri Lanka’s number 1 ranked and International Master Harshana Thilakarathne won Gold in the under 18 years (Open) category of the Western Asian Online Youth Chess Championships concluded on September 20. Thilakarathne, w

Sri Lanka Seven’s rugby team may not be able to take part in the Asia Rugby Seven Series set to be kicked off in November, if they fail to submit their final squad before the end of this month, Daily Mirror reliably learns. It is quite e

Pakistan have been let down by the “Western bloc” and the back-to-back pullouts by New Zealand and England could have a “domino effect” for cricket in the South Asian country, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja said.

Former Fiji Captain Setefano Cakau has been considered for the Sri Lanka Seven’s rugby head coach job despite Sri Lanka Rugby’s (SLR) failure to finalize the national squad ahead of the Asia Rugby Seven’s Series in November.

The Ministry of Sports have planned to grant a sum of Rs. 1,975,000 for the betterment of the Sri Lanka weightlifting elite pool under the directions of the National Sports Council (NSC). Therefore, th

Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns said he faces the “greatest challenge” he has ever faced after suffering a spinal stroke following life-saving treatment for a torn artery. Cairns posted a video on social media on Sunday to thank medic

Football Sri Lanka (FSL) have decided to grant a financial reward to the national football team if they win the SAFF Tournament in th

Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) have identified a total of nine major international events, which they will participate in in 2022.

The Asia Rugby (AR) Sevens for 2021 will be worked off in UAE on November 19 and 20 with only one tournament in this year’s cale

Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa believes that Sri Lanka has the potential to win medals in gymnastics at future international tournaments. The Minister stressed that Milka de Silva’s participation at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was a huge achieveme

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) would ‘seriously consider’ replacing New Zealand in Pakistan should they receive an invitation from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) according to SLC Secretary Mohan de Silva. Pakist

The responsibility placed on National Sports Federations (NSF) to focus on international status and medal prospects reson

The Sri Lanka Weightlifting Federation (SLWF) have submitted a 20-member contingent for Sports Minister’s approval targeting the Commonwealth Championships and the IWF World Championships, from December 7 to 17 in Uzbekistan.