Rohit Sharma broke the record for the most sixes hit in men’s one-day internationals as India edged South Africa by 17 runs in the opening game of their series in Ranchi.

Armand Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone have been crowned world athletes of the year at the World Athletics Awards in Monaco.

The Los Angeles 2028 Olympics will kick off “with a bang” with the women’s 100m final taking place on day one and the men’s 100m final on the second day, says World Athletics president Lord Coe.

Darcey Harry says her biggest goal for 2026 will be to join the LPGA Tour.

Joe Root has questioned whether the Ashes needs to include a pink-ball Test as England prepare to meet Australia in a day-nighter in Brisbane.

Italian tennis great Nicola Pietrangeli, a two-time French Open champion, has died at the age of 92.

Brydon Carse believes England can once again hit Australia with pace in the second Ashes Test in Brisbane.

Everyone who encountered Duncan Spencer has a tale to tell.

Jacob Bethell failed to push his claim for a place in England’s Test team as he fell cheaply in England Lions’ eight-wicket win over a Prime Minister’s XI.

The Sri Lanka Traditional Karate Association (SLTKA) is preparing to secure hosting rights for the inaugural South Asian Traditional Karate Championship scheduled for 2026.

Sri Lanka’s national women’s champion Ranithma Liyanage delivered one of the finest performances of her promising career finishing as runner-up at the Welsh International Open 2025 in Cardiff.

Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri will contest a final-race championship showdown in Abu Dhabi after Red Bull’s Verstappen won a gripping Qatar Grand Prix.

The current four-year term of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) is officially scheduled to end on December 28, 2025.

World champions South Africa humiliated woeful Wales by inflicting a record home defeat on their hosts on Saturday.

Big-hitting West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell announced yesterday his retirement from the Indian Premier League, but will stay at Kolkata Knight Riders as a “power coach”. Russell a pace bowling all-rounder, was released as a player by Kolkat

Phil Foden spared Manchester City’s blushes after the Premier League title challengers blew a two-goal lead in a dramatic 3-2 victory over Leeds, while Tottenham boss Thomas Frank’s problems mounted in a 2-1 defeat to Fulham on Saturday.

Dushmantha Chameera held his nerve in a clutch final over to ensure Sri Lanka did not throw away a win they had spent the rest of the evening working for. He conceded three runs in the final over, building on a magnificent opening spell to deny Pakis

Matheesha Wijesekara of Royal College and Nethmi Wickramasinghe of Ladies College became the U-19 boys’ and girls’ champions at the Sri Lanka Junior Open Squash Championship 2025, held at the Air Force Squash Complex, Ratmalana.

One of the country’s elite cricket playing entities, the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) will not be among the teams that will play in Sri Lanka’s major domestic cricket tournament the Major Club Tier ‘A’ three day cricket tournament.

With the return of Kandy SC players Dhanushka Ranjan and Dinal Ekanayake, the third week of the InterClub Rugby League promises intense action as the defending champions continue their title defence while CR and FC look determined to push for the cha

Last year, the Pathirage brothers – Nikila and Vinula – fulfilled a childhood dream when both became national champions in their respective motorcycle racing classes. This year, they went one better.

Kandy Kings have officially entered Sri Lanka golfing landscape, bringing renewed energy and ambition to the sport with their debut season in the Ceylon Golf League (CGL) franchise, a brand identity inspired by Kandy’s heritage, regal pride and cul

India’s pompous glory in international cricket was brought down to earth by South Africa when they were bundled out for 140 in the face of a 549 target on their home ground at Guwahati yesterday in the second Test match.

Sri Lanka’s national modern pentathlon champions, Isiwaruna De Silva and Gayani Dasanayake, have qualified for the upcoming Asian Games in Japan (2026) following their performances at the Asian Modern Pentathlon Championships in Japan last week.

Britain’s Andrea Thompson has been crowned world’s strongest woman after it transpired the original winner was a transgender woman who was not eligible to compete.

The two semifinals of the Under-15 Sri Lanka Youth League limited overs tournament between Galle and Kandy at Thurstan ground and Colombo South against Colombo North were washed out due to rainy weather.

A cycling event that will feature cyclists from Sri Lanka and around the world is set to be flagged off on March 11, 2026 from Colombo to terminate in Jaffna over a four-day period.

Southern Province were netball champs and the Western Province men’s and women’s cricket champs at the Bank of Ceylon (BOC) Inter Province Games at the Shalika ground at Narahenpita.

Entries for the all-island swimming meet organised by the Biyagama Swimming Diving and Life Saving Association will close on December 5.

Sri Lanka extracted revenge for their loss last week to Zimbabwe with a resounding win that has kept them alive in the hunt for a place in the tri-series final. After restricting Zimbabwe to just 146/5 yesterday, Sri Lanka chased it down with