Sri Lanka and Dambulla Aura captain Dasun Shanaka underwent finger injury surgery on Monday, it is learnt.

Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain Lionel Messi has quashed speculation and pledged to continue playing for his country, despite realising his lifetime ambition of winning the sport’s biggest prize.

Lionel Messi crowned his glittering career with victory in the World Cup yesterday as Argentina beat France on penalties in a final for the ages, triumphing 4-2 after Kylian Mbappe’s hat-trick ensured the game ended level following extra time. Go

Jaffna Kings claimed a comfortable 16-run win over Galle Gladiators in their Lanka Premier League 2022 fixture carried out at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo, yesterday

Defending league champions Kandy Sports Club will face one of their most difficult hurdles in retaining their league title this season when they confront the centenary-year celebrating CR&FC at Longdon Place on December 17.

CH and FC who were stunned by Air Force Sports Club in the opening week of the Nippon Club Rugby League 2022/2023 will look to return to winning ways when they face Navy Sports Club in their second match at Race Course tomorrow.

Kandy Falcons gained a psychological edge over defending champions Jaffna Kings, retaining their lead at the top of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) points table with a close 10-run win in Pallekele today.

A career-best five-wicket haul by Kasun Rajitha set up an easy nine-wicket victory for the Colombo Stars at Pallekele today as they handed Dambulla Aura their fifth loss in as many games this season.

Having fallen seven runs short of the target against the Jaffna Kings on Monday, the Colombo Stars completed a remarkable run chase against the Galle Gladiators yesterday at the Pallekele International Stadium, plundering 111 runs off the last ten ov

Havelock Sports Club will open their league campaign when they go head-to-head against CR and FC at Havelock Park tomorrow.Havelock, having to settle for second place last season,

Ministry of Sports on Thursday (8) announced that Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) President Rizly Illyas has been handed a suspension from engaging in any rugby related activities in Sri Lanka.

Goncalo Ramos justified the shock decision to drop Cristiano Ronaldo by scoring a hat-trick on his full debut as Portugal demolished Switzerland 6-1 on Tuesday to power into the World Cup quarter-finals.

It may only have been the first day of this season’s Lanka League Premier, but it is possible there may not be as comprehensive a win as the Kandy Falcon’s 109-run decimation of the Colombo Stars, for the rest of the tournament.

Defending champions, the Jaffna Kings, opened their Lanka Premier League 2022 campaign with a 24-run win over the Galle Gladiators, in a rematch of last year’s final.

Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has appointed a six-member Fact Finding Committee to inquire not only about the players’ behaviour during the T20 World Cup in Australia but also to ascertain whether officials showed ’’real concerns’’ for

Sri Lanka all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne could face a fresh inquiry, this time from the Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe, after a letter written about the player’s behaviour while on tour with the national team at the T20 World Cup in Australia l

Sri Lanka’s symbol of pride in the United Arab Emirates, Sri Lions, are set to make another appearance in the prestigious Emirates Dubai 7’s Tournament set to be kicked off on December 1 in Dubai.

A rather tired looking Sri Lanka recorded a consolation 26-12 win over Malaysia in the 7th/8th play-off final in the eight nation men’s Asian Sevens Series 2022 – 3rd edition last evening at the Al Amblers RFC in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Opener Ibrahim Zadran’s sparkling century and four wickets by Fazalhaq Farooqi led Afghanistan to an emphatic 60-run win over Sri Lanka in the opening one-day international on Friday.

Following their late arrival on Thursday and ensuing internal travel, the Sri Lanka men’s squad did not undergo a morning training session yesterday ahead of the Tuskers’ crunch first group fixture against China at 11:30 a.m. today at the Amblers

New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham and T20 World Cup winning West Indian Carlos Brathwaite are among the overseas players signed for this year’s Lanka Premier League (LPL).

A second-half brace by Richarlison, including a stunning overhead scissor kick, gave tournament favourites Brazil a 2-0 win over Serbia in their opening World Cup game at the Lusail Stadium on Thursday.

Mild weather conditions with less humidity (around 25 Celsius) will suit the Sri Lankan rugby sevens contingent that landed in Dubai late last night. A journey of a couple of hours to the region of Al Ain followed where the action is to unfold from t

Cristiano Ronaldo rewrote the history books again on Thursday after becoming the first man to score at five World Cups with the opening goal in Portugal’s tight 3-2 win over Ghana.

The returning Son Heung-min could not inspire South Korea as the Tigers of Asia started their World Cup Group H campaign with a 0-0 draw against Uruguay in Qatar on Thursday.

Breel Embolo scored against the country of his birth as Switzerland defeated Cameroon 1-0 to make a winning start to their World Cup campaign on Thursday.

Spain launched their bid to lift a second World Cup in spectacular style on Wednesday by shredding Costa Rica 7-0 in a brutal display which will serve as a warning to their rivals.

Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has called for the Director General of the Ministry’s Sports Department to conduct an inquiry into the omission of all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne by the national Cricket selection Committee for the upcoming three-

An unusually hard talking Asoka Jayasena, Chairman of National rugby selection panel, reiterated the priority placed on performance in selecting the Al Ain bound Sri Lanka Rugby 7’s squad.