The Women’s 4x400m Silver medal was won by Tharushi, Nadeesha Ramanayake, Sayuri Lakshima, and Nishendra Fernando.

Breaking a 25-year-old Asian Athletic Championship record, Sri Lanka’s star athlete Tharushi Karunarathna won the gold medal in the 800m women’s event on the last day of the 25th Asian Athletic Championship 2023 today.

Two former Pakistani captains, Ramiz Raja and Aamer Sohail, will be in the television commentary box for the upcoming two-Test bilateral series between Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Asia Rugby today announced that it has upheld its suspension of Sri Lanka Rugby President Rizly Illyas, after his appeal was dismissed by an AR Appeal Panel.

The Court of Appeal issued an Interim Order preventing Sports Authorities from interfering with the administration and affairs of Sri Lanka Rugby.

Men’s and women’s teams competing in International Cricket Council (ICC) events will receive equal prize money, the sport’s governing body said on Thursday.

Sri Lanka’s elite athlete and Nadeesha Ramanayake of Army won the 400m women’s gold medal at the 25th Asian Athletic Championship 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Samitha Dulan won bronze at the World Para Athletics Championships taking place in Paris, France. Dulan threw for a distance of 64.06 metres, a season’s best.

Tourism Minister Harin Fernando and former cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya, who are currently in Australia for a tourism promotion event, met Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunatilleke in Sydney.

Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi will have one eye on taking his 100th Test wicket when the two-Test series against Sri Lanka begins in Galle on Sunday.

Sri Lanka’s 35-year-old Test captain and opening batter Dimuth Karunaratne is doubtful for the first Test match against Pakistan, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) sources said.

Sri Lanka’s Maheesh Theekshana and Pathum Nissanka made big gains in the ICC’s ODI player rankings, after making significant contributions to their team’s unbeaten run at the Cricket World Cup Qualifier which concluded on Sunday.

Dr. Shemal Fernando has been appointed as the new Director General of Sports, the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs announced.

Dunith Wellalage has been selected to lead the Sri Lanka ‘A’ team for the forthcoming inaugural ACC Men’s Emerging Asia Cup limited over tournament which is scheduled to get underway from July 13.

An unbeaten 80 from captain Chamari Athapaththu and 49 not out from Harshitha Samarawickrama set Sri Lanka Women up for a dominant 10-wicket win over New Zealand Women in the third and final T20I played in Colombo.

The Sri Lankan Ministry of Sports has appointed a new National Rugby Selections Committee, headed by former rugby player Sudath Sampath. The other members of the committee are Duminda de Silva, Alex Nishantha Chanaka, Rajiv Ganapathy, and C.P. Abeygo

Six Sri Lankan athletes are scheduled to participate in the finals and preliminary rounds of the 25th Asian Senior Athletics Championship 2023 tomorrow.

Pakistan made a bold reply reply of 160 for 3 in reply to SLC President’s XI score of 196 at the end of the first day’s play in the two day warm up match played at the Sooriyawewa Stadium.

Experienced lock Eben Etzebeth will return from a shoulder injury to captain a much-changed South Africa against hosts New Zealand in Saturday’s crunch Rugby Championship tie.

Footage has emerged of the Nou Camp being torn down to rubble as Barcelona push ahead with plans to redevelop the iconic stadium.

Novak Djokovic breached the previously impregnable defences of Hubert Hurkacz to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the 14th time on Monday.

St. Joseph’s College Head Coach Nilfer Ibrahim, who was assaulted by a spectator after their game against Kingswood College and was admitted to the General Hospital in Peradeniya was discharged late in the evening today.

Three Sri Lankan players are retained by their franchise team (Desert Vipers) to play in the second edition of the UAE’s ILT20 tournament next year, it is learned.

Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka, Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana were included in the Team of the Tournament for the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier which ended on Sunday.

Kamindu Mendis will captain a 14-member SLC President’s XI squad for a two-day warm-up match against Pakistan starting tomorrow (11) in Hambantota.

Veteran batter Suzie Bates scored a half-century to help New Zealand Women to a series win over Sri Lanka Women in the second T20I played in Galle, avenging the ODI series defeat earlier this month.

Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza may travel with the national team to India for the World Cup as the mentor or consultant for the Bangladesh team.

Wanindu Hasaranga claimed the most scalps at the Cricket World Cup Qualifier as Sri Lanka’s spin sensation matched his feats at the past two T20 World Cups.

Nilfer Ibrahim, the Head Coach of the St. Joseph’s College rugby team, was assaulted after their match against Kingswood College at Pallekele.

Sri Lankan-born Australian Gold Medalist Tania Van Heer revealed that she almost withdrew from the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, where she eventually won multiple medals, including Gold.