Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa has allocated Rs. 41,887,800/- to the Sri Lanka Kabaddi Federation (SLKF) for the development of kabaddi. On a reco

Olympic medallist Angelique Kerber has become the latest big name to pull out of the July 23 to August 8 Tokyo Games, with the German saying on Thursday that the past few weeks on the Tour had taken its toll on her body. Kerber, a thr

A three-week residential training camp organised by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for selected Under-19 Provincial cricketers

Sri Lanka’s solitary shooter at Tokyo 2020 may have had less than ideal preparation as she takes aim at arguably the most important target of her life, but Tehani Egodawela is hoping to make the best out of a rough situation. Egodawela

Questions his omission from National squads

Sri Lanka qualified for the 21st Asian Men’s Volleyball Championships after beating Uzbekistan 3-0 in the Central Asia Qualifier held at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. The hosts edg

The International Cricket Council on Wednesday said the next World Test Championship will have a “simpler” equal points system to decide the finalists after the previous system came under criticism. The second c

Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) will hold the final selection trial for the World Junior Under-20 Athletic Championship on July 27 at the Sugathadasa Stadium. This comp

Football Sri Lanka (FSL) has decided to form a national pool from August 1 in preparation for the AFC Under-23 Asian Cup

Roger Federer announced yesterday he has withdrawn from the upcoming Tokyo Olympics after a “setback” in his recovery from a knee injury. The 20-time

Captain Andy Balbirnie scored a stylish century as Ireland recorded their first ever One-Day International victory over South Africa with a win by 43 runs in the second match of their five-game series in Malahide yesterday. Balbirnie stroked

Serena Williams dropped out of the WTA top 10 for the first time in more than two years when the new rankings were released on Monday.

The Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka (TTASL) has selected eight players – four men and four women – for its High Performance Development Programme for a period of two years. Table Tennis i

Trinity College, Kandy is set to lodge a complaint to the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Headquarters in Switzerland on

Italy won the European Championship for the first time since 1968 as Gianluigi Donnarumma saved two England penalties en route to a 3-2 shootout win after the teams had fought out a 1-1 extra-time draw at a raucous Wembley on Sunday. The giant ke

Sri Lanka Squash (SLS) has teamed up with renowned isotonic sports drink manufacturer Yeti as their official isotonic sports drink

The Sri Lanka Basketball Federation (SLBF) filled its vacant President’s post, with Aelian Gunawardene being elected uncontested at a

The Central Asian region qualifying match between Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan for the 21st Senior Men’s Asian Volleyball Champ

The National Sports Council (NSC) has identified boxing as one of the sports Sri Lanka could win medals at international level.

Newly-crowned Wimbledon champion Ash Barty has set her sights on Olympic glory after the Australian claimed her second Grand Slam title at the All England Club over the weekend. The world

Former Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu believes that it would be a crime to let go of Angelo Mathews at this stage of his career ahead of arguably ‘the three best years of his career.’ The elegant right-hander also claimed that Sri Lanka’s cr

Superstar Lionel Messi won his first trophy with his national team as Angel Di Maria’s goal gave Argentina a 1-0 win over hosts Brazil in the Copa America final on Saturday.

As many as 100 shuttlers selected to the national pool received a full complement of Li-Ning gear which consists of high-end racquets, shoes, and training plus competition dress ensemble at Sri Lanka Badminton (SLB) yesterday. They are await

Overcoming the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and a deferred start to the 2020 Olympics that has hampered their training, Sri Lanka’s nine-member will carry the hopes of the nation when they travel to Japan for this month’s Tokyo 2020 games.

The second edition of the Lanka Premier (LPL) is set to be rescheduled to November, it is reliably learnt. According to highly placed sources at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the decision was taken after the organisers had a meeting with

West Indies and Australia commence a five-match Twenty20 series today under lights at the Daren Sammy Stadium in St Lucia with both teams in pursuit of a winning momentum as the countdown to the World T20 continues.

Sri Lanka’s batting coach Grant Flower has tested Corona positive, it is confirmed. According to the highly placed sources close to the team management, the 50-year-Zimbabwe-born Flower, along with other tea

Roger Federer crashed out of Wimbledon in the quarter-finals at the hands of Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz yesterday, potentially bringing down the curtain on the Swiss legend’s All England Club career. Federer, the 20-time

The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) has officially named judoka Chamara Nuwan Dharmawardana (men) and gymnast Milka Gehani (women) as captains of the Sri Lanka contingent at the Tokyo Olympics.

All-rounder Angelo Mathews has taken an indefinite break from national duties but his Sri Lanka team mates have signed tour contracts ahead of the limited-overs series against India, the country’s cricket board said yesterday. The players have