Co-hosts the West Indies are officially through to the next stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup after pulling off a clutch win over fellow tournament heavyweights New Zealand at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad yesterday.

Bangladesh took a big step towards qualification for the T20 World Cup Super 8s stage as they beat the Netherlands by 25 runs in St Vincent.

Vidyartha College, led by the experienced Gayan Perera, will field a formidable outfit in this year’s Inter-Schools Under-19 League Rugby Tournament.

Thurstan College, after being stagnated in the Division 1 Segment ‘B’ League for the last 12 years, and by virtue of having ended as the champions last year, will make their appearance in the Division 1 Segment ‘A’ and will lock horns with th

Ace Capital CC along with Moors SC and CCC recorded their second successive wins of the SLC Major Club Limited Over Cricket Tournament encounters played at Dombagoda, Moratuwa and P. Sara Oval in Colombo yesterday.

Sri Lanka suffered a 0-1 defeat at the hands of Brunei in their FIFA World Cup friendly series second encounter played at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in Brunei.

Four age group events of the race walking meet will be conducted for the first time in parallel with the Junior National Athletic Championships 2024, which will be held on July 13 and 14 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex in Diyagama.

The Director General (DG) of Sports Professor (Rear Admiral) Shemal Fernando yesterday responded to accusations about Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) published in certain media.

E. Brian and W. D. A. T. Diyawadana – both from the Western Province - won the Most Outstanding Player Award for Men and Women respectively at the 48th National Sports Games (NSG) Karate-Do Championships held at the District Sports Complex in Kotav

Trinity College First XV Rugby Squad second row player, Shabeer Ahamed passed away and his Janazah took place at the Katugastota Mosque in Kandy yesterday.

An Army corporal was taken into custody by the Meegoda Police yesterday after he had inflicted harm on his nine-year-old stepdaughter.

Isipathana College dubbed the Kings of Schools Rugby who had to be satisfied to play second fiddle last season in both the league and knockout segments have made enormous preparations and are ready for the Under 19 schools rugby title challenge to fa

St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota, which performed extremely well and became the only side to qualify for round two from Kandy last season, will be all out to reach the Super Round of the Inter-Schools Under-19 League Rugby Tournament this year as

At a rain-soaked Central Broward Regional Park, organisers made the decision nobody wanted to hear as Sri Lanka’s must-win game with Nepal was officially abandoned due to bad weather yesterday.

Dinura Kalupahana of Mahinda College has been selected to lead the 18 member Sri Lanka U19 team for the forthcoming England tour and apart from the squad eight players have been named as standbyes.

Sri Lankan sprinter Aruna Dharshana left the island yesterday to participate in the North American and Caribbean Athletics Association Championships to be held in the Bahamas on June 16.

Suryakumar Yadav hit an unbeaten half-century and left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh claimed a career-best 4-9 as India defeated the United States by seven wickets to reach the T20 World Cup second round on Wednesday.

Nepali Captain Rohit Paudel believes a move to Florida and the skillset of his squad in the USA’s south-east point to a potential upset of Sri Lanka in their Men’s T20 World Cup meeting today.

Vidyartha College felicitated their rugby sponsors at a ceremony held at their Club House in Nittawela, Kandy.

Mohammad Rizwan and captain Babar Azam starred as Pakistan stayed alive at the T20 World Cup with a seven-wicket win over Canada yesterday.

Four Sri Lankan javelin champions left the island yesterday to participate in the Asian Throwing Championships in Mokpo, South Korea to be worked off on June 14 and 15. Javelin throwers Nadeesha Dilhani, Diana Harshani, Sumedha Ranasinghe and Rumesh

Normally, an India v USA contest would not elicit a lot of interest but given what has happened so far at the ICC T20 World Cup, today’s match between the two sides has become a must-watch.

Wesley College in the past few seasons have performed with credibility but last season they were the most unfortunate side as they underwent close defeats, having dominated proceedings in some of the lost matches and was able to record only one win.

North Western Province (NWP) and North Central Province (NCP) clinched the Men’s and Women’s Championship respectively at the 48th National Sports Games (NSG) Weightlifting Championship held at the National Sports Complex in Polonnaruwa.

The 48th National Sports Games (NSG) marathon, cycling and race walking events for Men and Women conducted by the Department of the Sports Development of the Ministry of Sports will be held on June 15 and 16 in Mahiyanganaya.

The Sri Lanka Cricket selection committee named a 16 member Sri Lanka Women’s squad led by Chamari Athapaththu for the three match ODI series against the visiting West Indies Women. The three match ODI series is scheduled to be played on June 15, 1

Niroshan Dickwella slammed a 59 ball 112 inclusive of eight boundaries and eight sixes while Lahiru Udara cracked 88 in 54 balls with 12 boundaries and three sixes and right arm spinner Ashian Daniel bagged four scalps as the trio combined to steer N

Australia will be hoping to seal their Super Eight spot when they take on Namibia in the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup Group ‘B’ fixture at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua today.

Sri Lanka will look to register their first win when they face Nepal in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Group ‘D’ fixture at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Grounds in Lauderhill, Florida, USA. The match will commence at 5.00 a.m

Shenuk Samararatne and Rashmi Bhagya claimed top honours of the PDBA All-Island Open Badminton Championship, which concluded at the Albert F. Peiris Indoor Stadium in Wennappuwa.