Afghanistan edged out Bangladesh in one of the most dramatic ICC Men’s T20 World Cup contests of all time at St. Vincent in Kingston yesterday.

Afghanistan’s Naveen-ul-Haq trapped Mustafizur Rahman leg-before in the 18th over of the Bangladesh chase, setting off a historic victory for his home nation. Afghanistan will now take on South Africa in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup on June

The dates, teams and venues have been confirmed for the knock-out stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

The Sri Lanka Women’s Hockey Team qualified for the Junior Asia Cup after they secured three victories in the seven-nation Asian Junior Under-21 Hockey Tournament held in Singapore.

A left-footed rocket from Marcel Sabitzer gave Austria a thrilling 3-2 win over the Netherlands that sent them into the last 16 at Euro 2024 as Group D winners, with the Dutch also progressing as one of the best third-placed teams.

South Asia’s fastest sprinter and Commonwealth Games Bronze Medallist Yupun Abeykoon said he has not given up hopes of qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in Paris next month.

Sri Lanka suffered another blow in their ‘2024 Road to Paris’ campaign when star athlete Rumesh Tharanga failed to reach the Olympic Qualifying standard in the Men’s javelin throw event at the 102nd Sri Lanka Athletic (SLA) National Championshi

The 121st annual Burdett Trophy golf encounter between the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) and the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) will tee off on July 6 at NEGC Course in Nuwara Eliya.

Ganesan Sriharan was in top form in the June edition of the Victoria Golf Resort (VGR) Monthly Medal Tournament winning the overall winner award.

An allround performance by skipper Joshua Sebastian and a half century by Jason Fernando led the way for St. Peter’s College to record a big win by 174 runs on the Parabola method against Moratu MV in the Under 17 inter-schools limited over tournam

Madushan Gunasinghe and Sandun Zoysa shone for Saracens SC in their easy 84 runs win on Parabola against Digamadulla CC in a rain affected Governor’s Trophy limited over tournament match played at the Surrey Village ground Maggona.

A four wicket haul by skipper Chamari Atapattu which was her best bowling performance laid the foundation for Sri Lanka Women record a comfortable four wicket win over the visiting West Indies Women in the first of the three match T20 series played a

The 102nd National Athletic Championship 2024 conducted by Sri Lanka Athletic (SLA) will commence today and conclude on Thursday at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex in Diyagama.

Lochana de Silva and Ranithma Thinudi clinched the Open Men’s and Women’s Singles titles respectively at the Western Province Badminton Association (WPBA) All-Island Open Badminton Championships held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo.

NCC along with Moors SC, BRC and Bloomfield qualified to the semi finals of the Major Club T20 tournament by coming out on top in the quarter finals played yesterday.

South Africa held its nerve to edge the West Indies by three wickets under the Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-disrupted shootout for a semi-final spot at the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in Antigua yesterday.

Rohit Sharma led from the front with a blistering 92 as India beat Australia by 24 runs in St. Lucia on Monday to seal their place in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup.

Skipper and left arm spinner Sithuka Gunawardena ended with a match bag of nine wickets while Viduneth Wilson and Nabeel Rajudeen cracked half tons to help Malay CC record a first innings win over Sebastianites CC in the final of the U21 Invitational

Rajiva Wijetunge won a Silver Medal and a Bronze Medal in the shot put and discus throw events at the Singapore Masters Athletic Meet held in Kallang, Singapore.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen prevailed in a tense, strategic battle with McLaren’s Lando Norris to win the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday.

An allround performance by skipper Sahan Kaushalya paved the way for Colombo South U19 to record a comfortable five wicket win over Colombo North U19 in the Sri Lanka Youth League U19 limited over tournament encounter played at the Surrey Village gro

Royal College continued their winning streak and accounted for the second bonus point in their second encounter in the Schools Under 20 Rugby League when they beat Vidyartha College by 25 points (5 tries) to 10 points (2 tries) at the Nittawela Rugby

The second round match of the Dialog Schools Rugby League tournament between Isipathana and Science played at the Air Force ground in Ratmalana saw the two teams coming into the field looking to record their second win, and it turned out to be a keen

AFP- Gulbadin Naib was Afghanistan’s man with the golden arm, bowling his team to a surprise 21-run victory over previously unbeaten Australia in their Group One Super Eight encounter in the T20 World Cup at the Arnos Vale Stadium yesterday. Set a

Rajiv Perera was re-elected uncontested as the President of Havelocks Sports Club at their Annual General Meeting (AGM), which took place last weekend at their Club House.

Chris Jordan took a hat-trick - England’s first in men’s T20s - as the USA were dismissed for just 115 in Barbados. And defending champions England chased their target in just 9.4 overs meaning they are guaranteed to progress because of their exc

South Asia’s fastest sprinter and 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bronze Medalist Yupun Abeykoon will arrive in Sri Lanka today, Sri Lanka Athletic (SLA) sources revealed yesterday. The Italy-based athlete is Sri Lanka’s biggest prospect for t

The nominations for the suspended Netball Federation of Sri Lanka (NFSL) will be accepted from today until June 28, the five-member NFSL Election Committee announced yesterday. The NFSL election for the period of 2024–26 will be held on July 25, an

Chamari Athapaththu will lead the Sri Lanka Women’s team in the three-match T20 series against the visiting West Indies Women side scheduled to get underway today at Sooriyawewa Stadium. The 16-member team was selected by the SLC selection committe

The Mercantile Football Association (MFA) League Tournament 2024 is set to commence today (24) at the City Football League Grounds in Colombo 2. A total of 22 teams have been divided into three divisions for the tournament: Division One (5 teams): E