Birmingham Bears and Kent recorded their fourth wins of the ongoing Vitality Blast T20 tournament to take the top spot in their respective groups.

An upbeat New Zealand will take on an undercooked India aiming to become Test cricket’s first official world champions when they clash in the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) final in Southampton from Friday. The one-off match at the

Aaron Ramsey and Connor Roberts scored as Wales took a huge step towards reaching the last 16 at Euro 2020 with a 2-0 win over Turkey in Baku yesterday.

Tom Moody, who has been sent with the touring squad to England by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), is guiding the young players well, sources told the Daily Mirror. “He is actively

The Sports Ministry has joined hands with the National Shooting Sport Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF) to build a shooting range as a High Performance Centre (HPC). The intended ‘nat

David Warner and Pat Cummins were among six top names to opt out of Australia’s white ball tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh on Wednesday, while Steve Smith will be missing injured. Those who asked not to be considered

The 24-member Sri Lanka squad for the limited over series in England have tested negative for Covid-19, it is learnt, with a fourth round of tests to be carried out on Thursday. The first and third round of testing have been conducted by the England

The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) will, for a second year running, conduct its Olympic Day celebrations virtually on June 23.

An enterprising knock of 64 in 35 balls inclusive of eight boundaries and three sixes by Jason Roy helped Surrey to record their third su

New Zealand and India announced yesterday 15-man squads for the World Test Championship final, with Black Caps captain Kane Williamson included after recovering from injury. Williamson missed New Z

Lawrence’s frank portrayal of an extramarital affair and the explicit sexual explorations of its central characters caused this controversial b

India’s players are positive ahead of the World Test Championship final against a New Zealand side primed for the encounter after a successful series in England, said batsman Cheteshwar Pujara. Friday’s final in Southampton comes after two years

CBL Samaposha joined hands with the Sri Lanka Squash (SLS) to become the official nutrition partner for its national a

Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club (CR & FC) will conduct its 92nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) on June 18. Royal College rugby captain of 1982 Ted Muttiah is expected to continue as President once more. The Red Shirts will be celebrating their Centenar

Novak Djokovic fought back from two sets down to beat Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to win the French Open title for the second time yesterday. The Serbian w

Kumar Sangakkara was among the 10 cricket icons that were inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame yesterday. The ICC announced

Suranjith Premadasa has been re-elected president of the Sri Lanka Equestrian Federation (SLEF) uncontested for another term. All office-bearers for the period 2021-2025 were elected uncontested at the elections held via zoom technology.

The Football Sri Lanka (FSL) elections which has been postponed thrice because of Covid-19 and travel restrictions ha

Sri Lanka spinner Amila Aponso will migrate to the USA, it is learnt. The left-arm spinner, who will turn 27 later this month, has taken 14 international wickets in 9 ODIs and 3 T20Is. His last international match was against the visiting England tea

India will play three ODIs and three T20Is in Sri Lanka next month, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed yesterday. Shihkar Dhawan will lead the Indian team that also features the likes of Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar in an otherwise largely s

England have rested George Ford, Jonny May and Ben Youngs for July’s Test matches against the USA and Canada. Head coach Ed

The Sri Lanka squad led by Kusal Janith Perera left for England on Wednesday. Sri Lanka will play three ODIs and three T20Is in England.

South Korea defeated Sri Lanka 5-0 in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier played at the Goyang Stadium in South Korea yesterday. Ranked 39

Most of those in Kusal Perera’s squad which left for England just past midnight on Wednesday will get their second dose of t

The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) confirmed that two-time Olympian and veteran badminton star Niluk

Kusal Janith Perera has been retained as captain of Sri Lanka’s limited over teams for the tour of England this month.

After weeks of cold war between Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and the national cricketers, it was reported on Monday (7) that the contract saga has been settled for the moment. The players had refuse

Japanese ambassador to Sri Lanka Akira Sugiyama donated gymnastics equipment to Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa on behalf

Sri Lanka will eye a draw or a clean sheet when they take on South Korea today in their World Cup qualifier, the team’s ca

Veteran sports Administrator and international wushu official Manel Dharmakeerthi has been elected President of the Sri Lanka Wushu Federation (SLWF) for a second term uncontested. Conducte