World Cup aspirants Morocco were given a bitter send off as France produced a clinical display to win their quarter final match 2-0 at the Boston Stadium, USA on Thursday.

Norway striker Erling Haaland says all the pressure is on England leading into their World Cup quarter-final meeting on Saturday - and with a smile, called on the media to put as much pressure on Thomas Tuchel’s side as possible.

Official retailers in Europe have sold out of the Norwegian national football team’s jerseys ahead of Saturday’s World Cup quarter final between England and Norway.

England sealed their first-ever T20 series victory over India as their opponents suffered a record fifth straight defeat in completed 20-over matches.

The Division Three mercantile football tournament that is divided into two groups C and D will commence on July 22.

Wesley College outplayed S. Thomas’ College in a spectacular second half rally in their inter school rugby match for the Oliver Goonetilleke Trophy at Longden Place in Colombo yesterday.

England defender Jarell Quansah has been given a two-match ban for his red card against Mexico.

Sri Lanka’s top-tier domestic football competition will return today when New Young FC, Wennappuwa take on Blue Eagles SC, Katunayake in the opening match of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) Super League

The rugby match for the William Weerasinghe Trophy returns with another eagerly looked forward to contest as Kingswood College and Dharmaraja College will be played today at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy with kick-off at

Former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has revealed how the Reds laid on a private jet and food for Kylian Mbappe and his family in an attempt to sign the France striker before he opted to join Paris St-Germain in 2017.

The much looked forward to schools rugby encounter the Bradby Shield clash between traditional rivals Trinity College and Royal College will kick off today in the first leg at the Royal Sports Complex at 4.15 pm.

Thehan Wijemanne bagged his third title of the 111th Colombo Tennis Championship by winning the Men’s Open doubles as he along with his brother Methwan defeated the pair of Sanka Athukorala and Lithum Jayabandu by two

Former Afghanistan fast bowler Shapoor Zadran, who hit the winning runs to seal his country’s first World Cup victory, has died at the age of 38

Fifa chief refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina says “nobody can question the integrity” of the World Cup match officials following “unfounded allegations” made after Egypt’s 3-2 loss to Argentina.

British wildcard Arthur Fery will play for a place in the Wimbledon final after extending his sensational run with a remarkable victory over world number 10 Flavio Cobolli in front of an ecstatic Centre Court crowd.

Cape Verde, home to roughly 600,000 people, is a collection of 10 volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa. Nicknamed the “Blue Sharks,” the Cape Verde football team entered the tournament ranked 67th in the world and t

Four players are set to make their debuts for a much-changed Ireland side in Saturday’s Nations Championship game against Japan in Australia.

Popular social media influencer IShowSpeed, who has 57 million subscribers on YouTube and 53 million followers on TikTok, was subjected to alleged racist abuse during his livestream of the FIFA World Cup Round of 32 match between Argentina and Cape V

Manchester United have agreed a £50m deal with Chelsea for their Brazilian midfielder Andrey Santos.

It was one of the greatest escapes in World Cup history and the most electrifyingly dramatic story outside the deciding final.

Thehan Wijemanne having earlier won the Men’s Open singles bagged his second title at the 111th Colombo Tennis Championship partnered by Biyanka Accuistapac to grab the Mixed Open doubles.

The annual C Rugby carnival now into its tenth year has been invaded by eight popular Mercantile teams for the showpiece event set to be worked off on July 17 and 18 at Longden Place in Colombo.

Argentina captain Lionel Messi revealed after his team’s intensifying ordeal with Egypt in their last 16 World Cup match that he could not forgive his own self for messing up with a penalty early in the first half.

The Department of Sports Development (DSD) has launched an internal investigation into the authenticity of sports qualification certificates submitted by a senior official currently serving as a vice president of the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (

England inflicted a record defeat on India in the third T20 at Trent Bridge to give the home side a 2-0 lead with two matches in the series remaining.

Sri Lanka were subjected to a 1-0 series defeat against the West Indies as the second and final cricket Test ended in a draw at North South on Tuesday.

Novak Djokovic produced an astonishing performance to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime in a five-set thriller lasting over five hours to set up a blockbuster Wimbledon semi-final against defending champion Jannik Sinner.

Great Britain’s Henry Patten and Finnish team-mate Harri Heliovaara pulled off another thrilling comeback victory at Wimbledon to reach the semi-finals and maintain their men’s doubles title bid.

Gregor Kobel was Switzerland’s penalty hero as he pulled off a stunning shootout save from Colombia’s Cucho Hernandez to help set up a quarter-final against Argentina.

Eight of the nine matches in the Under 23 inter-club two day cricket tournament that were played ended in first inning wins for Negombo CC, Kandy Customs SC, Moors SC, Tamil Union, Moratuwa SC, BRC, Kurunegala YCC and Army SC while the match between