Sri Lanka National Rugby Selectors were stunned today (24) to read an e-mail from the most experienced player of the Fifteen-A-Side Squad, Sajith Saranga stating that the 29-year-old is unable to take part in the Asian Championship in Chinese Taipei

Sri Lanka’s youngest fifteen-a-side captain Omalka Gunarathne is confident of what appears to be a very young side ahead of their Asia Championship campaign which gets underway in Chinese Taipei later this month.

Kandy scrum-half Roshan Weeraratne who missed the Malaysian friendly matches, has returned to Sri Lanka fifteen-a-side squad ahead of their Asia Championship campaign in Chinese Taipei later this month.

Top seeded player Sharmal Dissanayake clinched the Clay Court Tennis Nationals singles title on Thursday (23) with a convincing straight sets 6/4, 6/2 win over defending champion Dineshkanthan Thangarajah in the final played at the SLTA tennis courts

The Sri Lanka Netball Squad left for Botswana yesterday (20) to participate in a series of international matches over the next few weeks.

The possible resumption of the Inter-Schools Under-19 League Rugby Tournament second-round matches have been put under a serious doubt with the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) still not properly receiving permission from the Min

Sri Lanka are confident of winning the Men’s and Women’s Gold Medals in the South Asian Games (SAG) Beach Volleyball Tournament which will be worked off in Kathmandu, Nepal in December.

The Wrestling Federation of Sri Lanka (WFSL) is hoping to obtain the services of four top coaches from Iran to train the National Wrestling Squad in their preparation for the South Asian Games (SAG) which will be staged in Kathmandu, Nepal in Decembe

Former Kingswood College, Police Sports Club and current Navy Sports Club playmaker Mohamed Abzal has pulled out from the training sessions for the Asian Rugby Championship which will take place in Chinese Taipei later this month.

Gateway College won the U- 20 Western Province ‘A Division’ Basketball Championship beating Royal College, Colombo (31-26) in the final played at the Royal College court.

The Sri Lanka Archery Association (SLAA) have successfully negotiated with the Ministry of Sports to regain the services of a foreign coach in their preparations for the South Asian Games (SAG) which will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal in December.

The postponed Inter-Schools Under-19 League Rugby Tournament second-round would resume next month with a card of three matches to be worked off in Colombo and in Kandy.

The Cycling Federation of Sri Lanka has scheduled the National Cycling Championships to be held on August 11 and 12 in Colombo or Kurunegala.

The Super League Round of the 33rd Rupavahini Volleyball Tournament will be held from May 13 to 20 at the National Youth Service Council (NYSC) Indoor Courts in Maharagama.

The Sri Lanka Paralympics Committee is to request the Ministry of Sports via the South Asian Games Federation to include several Para Sports events for the 13th South Asian Games (SAG) to be held from December 1 to 10 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

CR and FC number eight Omalka Gunarathne is set to lead Sri Lanka in the two friendly games against Malaysia later this week in a shocking turn of events within the last 24 hours.

Former St. Peter’s College Captain Sandesh Jayawickrama has earned a place in the Sri Lanka fifteen-a-side squad ahead of the Asia Rugby Championship next month.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has given former Sri Lanka opening batsman Avishka Gunawardene the shock of his life as the 41-year-old has been demoted from his post as the head coach of the Sri Lanka ‘A’ team despite his successful record.

Sri Lanka finished their campaign with just a solitary medal in the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships which concluded at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar today (24).

Sri Lanka’s Nilani Ratnayake missed out a medal by a whisker on the third day of the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships which continued at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar today (23).

Sri Lankan athletes produced uninspired performances at the 23rd Asian Athletic Championships in Doha yesterday, with two of the prime hopes for medals finishing outside the podium.

Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) National Selectors yesterday named a 39-member pool for the upcoming tour of Malaysia and for the Asia Rugby Championship XV’s Division One which will be held in Chinese Taipei in May.

Alcazaba, the 9-year-old seasoned mare, will be eyeing for a rare hat-trick at the RTC Governor’s Cup 2019, which will take place on April 15, post Sinhala and Tamil new year, at the Racecourse in Nuwara Eliya.

The inaugural SLBL Pro Basketball League Tournament conducted by the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation (SLBF) and sponsored by Mobitel will commence on May 2 at the Sugathadasa Stadium and Sri Lanka Air Force Indoor Stadium in Colombo 7.

St. Peter’s College will be determined to bring an end to Royal’s unbeaten record this season when they clash in a high profile Inter-Schools Under-19 League Rugby Tournament encounter at Bambalapitiya tomorrow (30).

Two unbeaten teams, St. Joseph’s College and Isipathana College will clash in a vital Inter-Schools Under-19 League Rugby Tournament encounter at Havelock Park tomorrow (30). The kick-off is at 4.15 p.m.

St. Peter’s College who finished third last season were under all sorts of pressure even before the start of the ongoing season attracting some unwanted media attention for all the wrong reasons.

Isipathana College may not have had a great last season, but the Green Machine from Havelock Park would certainly be one of the favourites to win the title this season.

Kingswood College will look to build on their impressive league campaign in the last season where they finished fifth having returned to ‘A’ Division rugby.

Trinity College, who suffered their first defeat in the current Inter-Schools Under-19 League Rugby Tournament last week at the hands of Isipathana College, would look to bounce back immediately with what has been described as a ‘balanced squad’