President’s Minuwangoda Under-17 champs

President’s College Minuwangoda emerged champion of the Under-17 Division Three limited overs tournament when they recorded an easy six wicket win over St Joseph’s College, Anuradhapura at St Peter’s ground in Bambalapitiya

Senadi takes 11 as Wattala Anthonians win

Kavindu Senadi shone with an allround performance as he cracked a half ton and ended with a match bag of 11 for 66 for St Anthony’s Wattala in their outright win by ten wickets against Zahira in their Under 19 inter-school two day

Fairfirst Insurance record second win

Fairfirst Insurance coasted to their second win of the 10th Singer - MCA Super League T20 cricket tournament when they defeated BBK Partnership by 61 runs in the match played in the evening session at the MCA ground yesterday.

HSBC golf next week

HSBC will host its annual Premier Golf tournament for the 12th time at the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) from October 17 to 18 exclusively for the HSBC Premier golfers.

Batting for the children

In a quiet coastal town once devastated by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, a remarkable sports revival has taken root. At the heart of it stands Kushil Gunasekera and Anura de Silva, former team mates at Ananda College who have

Stage set for Asian Rugby Sevens in Colombo

After an eight-year gap top-class rugby action returns to Sri Lanka as the Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Series 2025 makes its much-anticipated kick off in Colombo in the form of the second leg of the tournament on October 18 and 19

Table tennis team leaves for Asian meet

The Sri Lanka senior table tennis team left for India to participate in the 28th Asian Table Tennis Team Championship 2025, a qualification event for the 2026 World Team Table Tennis Championships.

Nishika steers Colombo Zone 2 to easy win

Nishika Abeywardena shone with a fine knock of 82 in the victory of Colombo North Zone 2 at the Under-15 Provincial Youth League limited overs tournament encounter played at Veyangoda, Nishika’s knock saw Colombo North Zone 2

Sri Lanka stuns Turkmenistan with historic win

Sri Lanka yesterday recorded a historic 1–0 victory over the higher-ranked Turkmenistan team in their AFC Asia Cup (Saudi Arabia 2027 Qualifiers) – Group ‘D’ first-leg encounter, played at the Race Course Ground, Colombo yesterday.

Ashlin, Mayooran book berths in final

Ashlin Silva and Mayooran Kubheran booked the two final berths of the ATF U16 C2 Week I when they came out victorious in the two semifinal encounters played at the SLTA tennis courts at Greenpath, Colombo yesterday.

Aussie women avert Pakistan shocker

Beth Mooney’s masterful century rescued Australia from one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history and set up an ultimately resounding 107-run victory over Pakistan in Colombo on Wednesday.

Best golfers to tee-off at Asian Youth Games

Sri Lanka will field one of its most promising junior golf teams at the Asian Youth Games (AYG) in Bahrain scheduled to begin on October 23.

Has Sri Lanka dismantled Matheesha Pathirana?

Having played in the most competitive franchise cricket league in the world, the Indian Premier League (IPL) even before his debut for Sri Lanka, Matheesha Pathirana was primed to be the next big thing in Sri Lankan pace bowling history. But fast forward two years, he finds himself in a situation where he’d be incredibly lucky to be included in the squad for T20 World Cup.

Dharmaraja crowned kings of junior boxing

Dharmaraja College, Kandy created history by ending as the overall champions in the Under-18 boys’ category at the All Island National School Games 2025, clinching two golds, two silvers, and one bronze medal, their best-ever performance at the competition.

Rugby and cricket blacklisted

In what may be another all-talk and no action or more talk and less action scenario, Deputy Sports Minister Sugath Tillekaratne revealed that 67 top-level sportsmen and women from 11 sports have been involved in using banned performance-enhancing substances.

England’s Knight checks Bangla quest

Heather Knight’s unbeaten 79 led England to an unconvincing four-wicket win over Bangladesh to maintain their winning start to the Women’s World Cup in Guwahati.

Pavithra Fernando new rugby chief

Former Sri Lanka rugby forward Pavithra Fernando was elected as the President of Sri Lanka Rugby at an election of office bearers held at the Duncan White Auditorium of the Ministry of Sports in Colombo yesterday defeating Lasitha Gunaratne who held the top post some years ago.

Sri Lanka faces Turkmenistan in Asia qualifiers

Sri Lanka’s national football team is set to take on Turkmenistan, a higher-ranked side according to FIFA, in the first leg of the AFC Asia Cup 2027 qualifiers at 3:30 pm today at the Race Course Ground, Colombo.

Sri Lankan swimmer Peiris among Australia’s best

Akalanka Peiris, a Sri Lankan domiciled down under triumphed at the Australian National Short Course Swimming Championships 2025 and is likely to be the next big story of swimming in the island.

South Africa mark amazing comeback

South Africa responded to their crushing defeat by England with an impressive six-wicket victory over New Zealand at the World Cup in Indore.

Rohitha Silva wins Mastercard golf

The Mastercard 5 Club Stableford Tournament brought together a wide field and in the end, it was Dr. Rohitha Silva who accounted for the overall Nett winner with an impressive 47 points setting the standard for the event sponsored

Yasith’s 14 scalps help Wattala Joes to victory

St Joseph’s College Wattala left arm spinner Yasith Sasmitha following his seven wicket haul in the first innings made a repeat by bagging another seven wickets in the second innings to end with an impressive match bag of 14 for 55 to

The perfect signing’ - Son’s Messi-like impact in Los Angeles

If perfect transfers exist in football, then Son Heung-min’s move to Los Angeles FC looks set to be one of them.

Fifa accuses Malaysia of faking foreign-born players’ eligibility

Fifa has accused Malaysia of falsifying citizenship documents so seven foreign-born players could play for the national team. Football’s world governing body had fined and suspended the players in late September and on Monday

Colombo District wins badminton title at Youth Games

Colombo District emerged victorious in the men’s badminton event at the 35th National Youth Games held at the National Youth Service Council (NYSC) Indoor Stadium, Maharagama.

Former top sports promoter Sunil Jayaweera felicitated for “lifetime service” 

A felicitation ceremony was held recently in Kadawatha to honour Sunil Jayaweera the former Deputy Director General of Sports of the Ministry of Education, for over six decades of dedicated service in the field of sports in Sri

Warning! Mafia running schools rugby

Zahira College’s Chairman of the Board of Governors, Fouzul Hameed, has issued a passionate warning against what he described as a growing “school rugby mafia”, accusing a handful of elite schools of monopolising the sport,

Para athletes return with two bronze medals from World Championship

The Sri Lankan Para athletics team, which won two bronze medals at the 12th World Para Athletics Championship 2025, returned to the country with bronze medalists Nuwan Indika and Pradeep Somasiri and the rest receiving a

Under-15 Provincial Youth League Sanuga shines in Galle Zone’s easy win

Sanuga Nethmira shone with a top knock of 65 as Galle Zone 1 pulled off an easy 74 runs win over Hambantota in the Under-15 Provincial Youth League limited overs tournament encounter played at Weeraketiya yesterday.

10th Singer - MCA Super League T20 Maliban record second successive win

Maliban Biscuits ‘A” defeated BBK Partnership by 11 runs to record their second successive win of the ongoing 10th Singer - MCA Super League T20 cricket tournament played in the evening session at the MCA ground yesterday.