The ownership of the Jaffna Stallions franchise, the winners of the inaugural Lanka Premier League (LPL) tournament, has changed hands, with Sri Lanka-born British entrepreneur Subaskaran Allirajah acquiring the team for the upcoming season.

Dr. Daminda Attanayake will represent Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) at the upcoming ICC and BCCI organised bio-safety meeting on Thursday.

Former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardena, who was recently appointed as a consultant to the national cricket team for the T20 World Cup next month, is eligible to attend the selection committee meetings, according to Aravinda de Silva, the chief

Former national cricket captain Mahela Jayawardene was appointed as a ‘Consultant’ to the Sri Lanka team for the first round of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup next month.

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.

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.

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.

Championship leader Fawzul was close behind mounting the pressure and making his presence felt, this fight went on for almost half way of the race and saw the leader Andrew making a mistake which paved the pathway for Fawzul who didn’t need a secon

Sri Lanka will tour India next year for two Tests and three T20Is, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced yesterday, part of a busy home summer for the Indians.

Cairns posted a video on social media on Sunday to thank medical teams in Canberra and Sydney, who treated the 51-year-old after he experienced an aortic dissection, a tear in the body’s main artery.

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.

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.

It doesn’t take a deep dive into cricket analytics to see what the biggest headache for Sri Lanka cricket is ahead of the T20 World Cup – a cursory glance at the list of top run scorers in the recently concluded T20I series against South Africa w

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today denied media reports that certain players in the national team that played in the T20I series against South Africa did not fully commit themselves or deliberately underperformed on the field.

Sri Lanka’s embarrassing defeat to South Africa in the T20I series has made their chances of winning the upcoming World Cup a distant dream, and qualifying for it, playing against the likes of Ireland, Netherlands and Namibia, a fair challenge.

From winning the World Cup in 2014 to a home whitewash, signifies the downfall of Sri Lanka’s cricket. Sri Lanka never looked like winning a single moment during the recent 3-0 thrashing thanks to horrendous team selections and tactics from the sel

Former Sri Lankan fast bowler Champaka Ramanayake believes that the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) should ’’retire’’ the number 99 jersey Lasith Malinga’s wore when playing for the national team.

The Sri Lankan team management had sought the match official’s permission to allow Dinesh Chandimal, the reserved player, to keep wickets in place of Kusal Perera, who batted but was unfit to field in the last T-20I against South Africa on Tuesday.

While Sri Lanka struggled to 120 for 8 in their 20 overs, de Kock and Hendricks chased the score down with 32 balls to spare for South Africa to record their first-ever 10-wicket win against the hosts.

Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga announced his retirement from all formats of cricket today.

Cheering fans, screeching tyres amidst an intense start that saw a shakeup of many of the favourites including Fawzul who qualified on pole being elbowed out unceremoniously, and put down to 4th place whilst Raptor kept his composure to maintain the

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday confirmed the 15-man squad who will represent the island in next month’s T20 World Cup in the UAE and Oman.

Sri Lanka’s total of 103 all out was their lowest ever score batting first at home, and the lowest score they have been bowled out for by South Africa.

It is perhaps hard to imagine an e-race where spectators were forced to the edge of their seats, but that is exactly what happened on the 8th of September as local boys took on Italy’s Mugello circuit at what is Sri Lanka’s first ever Formula One

Chamika Karunaratne has the opportunity to become Sri Lanka’s first ever genuine all-rounder after Sanath Jayasuriya, only if the management around him gives him the opportunity to showcase his talent or else he could easily be another Asela Gunara

Right-arm off-spinner Maheesh Theekshana became the first 21st century-born player from Sri Lanka when he made his ODI debut against the visiting South Africans at the R. Premadasa Stadium, today.

’’I am not surprised. It was the right time to hand over the cap to him’’, his mentor and the coach at the Colts Cricket Club, speaking exclusively over the telephone, said.

In what has been a career year for Abeykoon, he became the first Sri Lankan athlete to be invited for a Diamond League meet in June, where he broke his own national record, also becoming the first sprinter in 25 years to represent the country at the

After a close 14-run win in the series-opener last Thurday, Sri Lanka were comfortably beaten in the rain-shortened second ODI on Sunday, losing by 67 runs on the Duckworth/Lewis method.