Nalanda College broke a 69-year drought against traditional rivals Ananda College by winning the Battle of Maroons when they coasted to a convincing nine-wicket win in the 92nd encounter concluded at the SSC ground today.

Prabath Jayasuriya and Dinesh Chandimal scripted an incrediblewin for Sri Lanka to draw the two-Test series against Australia in Galle today, exorcising the horrors of an embarrassing defeat in the first Test last week.

History was created when the two umpires – Naeem Ashraf and Jasmine Naeem – became the first husband and wife couple to officiate a professional fixture in England together.

Novak Djokovic won a seventh Wimbledon title and 21st Grand Slam crown on Sunday with a four-set triumph over Nick Kyrgios, whose challenge unravelled in frustration after a blistering start.

Dinesh Chandimal’s fortuitous century and fifties from Kamindu Mendis and Angelo Mathews ensured Sri Lanka added to their collection of good sessions to gain a 67-run lead against Australia in the second Test in Galle on Sunday.

Defending champions Royal met their waterloo as arch-rivals Trinity pulled off a thrilling victory by a single point with a score of 21-20 in the crucial Dialog Schools Rugby tournament encounter played at the Royal Complex ground on Friday.

Centuries from Steven Smith and Marnus Labuschagne ensured that the opening day of the second Test belonged to Australia, benefiting from Sri Lanka’s rejigged bowling attack failing to impose itself on the visitors.

Sri Lanka will field a new-look bowling attack for the second Test against Australia, which begins in Galle tomorrow, but its final composition remains unclear after the home team was hit with a number of positive Covid-19 cases on Thursday.

Dimuth Karunaratne’s Sri Lanka are looking to level the Test series with spin reinforcements for the second match starting Friday against an upbeat Australia.

West Indians Carlos Brathwaite and Evin Lewis were among the overseas players who secured top dollar at the Player Draft for the third season of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) which starts later this month.

The Dialog Inter-School rugby league 2022 encounter between Trinity College and Royal College has been brought forward by a day.

Sri Lanka have bolstered their spin bowling options ahead of the second Test against Australia in Galle on Friday, calling up uncapped spinners Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage and Lakshitha Manasinghe.

A total of 353 have been included in the player draft for the third season of the Lanka Premier League that will be conducted virtually today (7).

Sarri-ball perhaps is quite a popular term in football, but the cricket world was taken by surprise with England’s stunning rise playing Baz-ball.

Vidyartha College Kandy, a name strongly linked with inter-school rugby over the years dished out a giant killing performance at the Nittawela Stadium last evening to stun the much-fancied St. Peter’s College by 11 points (1 try, 2 penalties) to 7

Olympic sprinter Yupun Abeykoon set a new Sri Lanka Men’s 100m record, with a time of 9.96secs at the Resisprint International competition held in Switzerland.

It was a case of right approach but atrocious execution from Sri Lanka’s batters, succumbing to a spectacular collapse and a 10-wicket defeat to Australia in the first Test on Friday.

The brother of the late Australian spinner Shane Warne, who arrived in Sri Lanka on Friday, will visit the Foundation of Goodness in Seenigama as part of his itinerary.

Sri Lanka lost ground in the first Test against Australia, as poor returns from their bowlers and seventies from Cameron Green and Usman Khawaja gave the visitors a 101-run first innings lead.

A five-wicket haul for Nathan Lyon was key to restricting Sri Lanka to 212 on the opening day of the first Test for the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy 2022 in Galle on Wednesday, before the Australians reduced that deficit to 114 by stumps.

He may no longer have the luxury of calling on Rangana Herath to torment the Australians, the way the left-arm spinner did in 2016, but Sri Lanka’s captain believes the young spinners available to him can be just as effective when the two teams mee

Although Maxwell has not played a Test match since 2017, one could make an educated guess on how is going to approach the rank turners down in Galle.

Sri Lanka Women’s captain Chamari Athapaththu played the winning hand in her team’s seven wicket win over India Women in the third T20I played in Dambulla on Monday.

Defending champions Royal College scraped through against St. Anthony’s College, to record a close 22 points to 12 win in the Dialog Schools Rugby tournament played at the Royal Complex ground in Reid Avenue on Friday.

Isipathana College were made to fight hard by Science College before pulling off a close 18 points to 9 win in their opening match of their Dialog Schools Rugby League campaigns, at Havelock Park on Friday.

Australia’s middle-order overcame a stern examination by Sri Lanka’s spinners on a difficult surface to win the final ODI of their five-match series versus Sri Lanka by four wickets at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Friday.

The brother of the late Australian cricketing great Shane Warne said that Sri Lanka held a special place in his brother’s heart, being involved in relief efforts soon after the 2004 tsunami that hit the country.

Sri Lanka will head into the final ODI versus the touring Australians today with the unusual cushion of having wrapped up the series with a game to spare.

With the Commonwealth Games fast approaching, Sri Lanka Women’s cricket captain Chamari Athapaththu believes the home limited series against India, beginning with the first T20I at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium tomorrow, will be of vital importance

Jimmy Pierson came to the rescue of Australia ‘A’ with an unbeaten knock of 67 on day two against Sri Lanka ‘A’ in the second four day unofficial Test match played at the Sooriyawewa Stadium today.