Rilee Rossouw struck a magnificent unbeaten century and Avishka Fernando hammered 58 as the Jaffna Kings cruised to an emphatic seven-wicket victory over Colombo Strikers in their Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 Cricket Tournament 13th match played at

Star of India’s title-winning campaign in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2011, Gautam Gambhir has been named as the new head coach of the India men’s cricket team.

In a high-scoring contest, Kandy Falcons came from behind with a vengeance to pull off a seven-wicket win over Jaffna Kings in their Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 Cricket Tournament match played at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium.

The group-stage round of Lanka Premier League 2024 is halfway-through. Jaffna Kings led by Charith Asalanka are top of the table with 6 points in 4 games, while Wanindu Hasaranga-led Kandy Falcons are last with just 2 points in four matches.

Two key matches of the fifth Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 Cricket Tournament will be played tomorrow (09) with the table leaders Jaffna Kings meeting the wooden spoonists Kandy Falcons at 3.00 p.m. and Galle Marvels - occupying second spot - confro

The 15-member Paris-bound Sri Lankan Olympic contingent was officially recognised by the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) during a ceremony held at the NOCSL Auditorium in Colombo.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) will hold its Annual Conference in Colombo later this month but the election for the chairman position will not be on the agenda.

Binura Fernando of the Colombo Strikers has been fined 20 percent of his match fee and handed over a demerit point for breaching the player’s code of conduct during a game between the Colombo Strikers and the Kandy Falcons held on July 2.

Dambulla Sixers having undergone three successive defeats in the ongoing fifth Lanka Premier League tournament saw the winning post for the first time with an easy eight wicket win over Colombo Strikers in the 10th match played under floodlights at t

Stuart Broad has praised James Anderson as ’’an addict of the art of bowling’’ as the veteran fast bowler prepares for his final Test.

Abhishek Sharma slammed a 46-ball century as India bounced back with a 100-run win over Zimbabwe in the second Twenty20 international at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday.

Hangzhou Asian Games women’s javelin throw silver medalist Dilhani Lekamge of Army SC has been named as the captain of the Sri Lanka Athletic Team for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, which will be held from July 26 to August 11 in France.

An unbeaten 84 in just 49 balls, inclusive of 11 boundaries, and two sixes by Tim Seifert, who was ably supported by Alex Hales, helped Galle Marvels record a comfortable six-wicket win over Kandy Falcons in the ninth match of the fifth Lanka Premier

Rohit recently led India to a T20 World Cup title after the Men in Blue beat South Africa in the final of the tournament in Barbados.

Former Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya has been appointed as the interim Head Coach of the Sri Lanka men’s national cricket team.

The 47-year-old wrestler turned Hollywood actor made a surprise appearance at the promotion’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view event in Toronto on Saturday night.

Zimbabwe stunned the newly-crowned T20 World Champions in the opening T20I of the five-match series in Harare. This was Zimbabwe’s third T20I win over India. The Men in Blue have hit a record low after their 13-run loss to the Chevrons.

The introduction of VAR in football has led to a pandemic of premature celebrations and cricketers seem to be catching onto the fad as well. The Colombo Strikers pulled out all the stops to celebrate Chamika Karunaratne’s sensational grab in Dambul

New Zealand edged past England 16-15 in a thrilling opening Test in Dunedin to kickstart Scott Robertson’s era as head coach with a win.

Azmatullah Omarzai’s fireworks paved the way as Tim Seifert’s unbeaten ton for Galle Marvels was in vain for Jaffna Kings to pull off a thrilling five-wicket win with two balls remaining over unbeaten Galle Marvels in the sixth match of the fifth

Three more suspects have been arrested by the Mount Lavinia Police today in connection with the assault on three referees during the rugby match between Science College and S. Thomas’ College at the Air Force ground in Ratmalana on Sunday (June 30)

Sri Lanka skipper in the 2023 ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup, Vishmi Gunaratne, is among the ICC Women’s Player of the Month nominees for June.

Kusal Janith Perera, who was shockingly axed from the Sri Lankan T20 World Cup Squad last month made a mockery of the omission when he hammered a stunning century for Dambulla Sixers in their Lanka Premier League (LPL) game against Jaffna Kings on We

India’s T20 World Cup winners returned home to a heroes’ welcome Thursday, greeted by euphoric fans in New Delhi before skipper Rohit Sharma led them to a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Half tons by skipper Niroshan Dickwella and Isuru Udana laid the foundation for Galle Marvels to record a seven-run win over Colombo Strikers in the fifth match of the Lanka Premier League tournament played under floodlights at the Pallekele Stadium

Mark Cavendish broke the Tour de France stage wins record as he took his 35th victory in cycling’s greatest race to surpass the legendary Eddy Merckx with a sensational sprint finish in Saint Vulbas.

A maiden ton by Kusal Perera for Dambulla Sixers was in vain as swashbuckling knocks by Avishka Fernando and skipper Charith Asalanka brought back Jaffna Kings from a nowhere position to guide the side to a thrilling last ball win by four wickets in

Hardik Pandya’s impressive showing in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup has seen him become the No.1 ranked all-rounder in the latest ICC Men’s T20I Rankings update.

Right-arm spinner Shadab Khan’s hat-trick in his final over paved the way for Colombo Strikers to record a comfortable 51-run win over Kandy Falcons in the LPL encounter played at Pallekele Stadium yesterday.

The body of South African high jump superstar Jacques Freitag was found this week riddled with bullets near a cemetery in his home country, bringing a weeks-long saga to a conclusion following his June 17 disappearance.