Having accepted their fate of missing out on the Super Eight round, Sri Lanka prepares for a pivotal encounter against the Netherlands today in Gros Islet, aiming to restore their pride in a tournament marked by setbacks and internal hurdles.

Sri Lanka’s up-and-coming athlete Rumesh Tharanga established a new meet and Sri Lanka record with a throw of 85.45m in the Men’s javelin throw event to win the Gold Medal at the Asian Throwing Championships held in South Korea.

Veteran marathon runners Thalawarige Rathnapala of the Eastern Province (EP) and Wathsala Herath of the Central Province (CP) clinched the men’s and women’s titles respectively at the 48th National Sports Games (NSG) Marathon Championships held i

Shaheen Shah Afridi took three wickets and then hit two sixes to win the game as Pakistan ended a disappointing T20 World Cup with a three-wicket win over Ireland yesterday.

Defending league and knockout champions St. Peter’s College Bambalapitiya, one of the leading rugby-playing schools in the country, sounded a warning to their opponents after the first match of the Dialog Under-19 inter-school rugby league tourname

Noordeen Sethwala was in top form when he accounted for the top division (A) played from 0 to 9 handicap by winning this event by scoring 70 in the net segment. Gehan Siribaddana was placed second with 72.

Veteran athletes Sandaruwan Dunukara from the North Western Province (NWP) and P.B. Gayani from the Southern Province (SP) clinched the men’s and women’s titles, respectively, at the 48th National Sports Games Race Walking Championships held in M

Half-tons by Rajithkumar Newton and Leonurdin Randyo and a five-wicket haul by Satharsan Subarnan paved the way for Northern Combined U19 to record a comfortable 119-run win over Anuradhapura U19 in the ongoing SLC Provincial Youth League limited-ove

Late substitute Wout Weghorst snatched the Netherlands a 2-1 victory over a dogged Poland in their Euro 2024 opener in Hamburg yesterday. Poland, without the injured Robert Lewandowski, led the Group D game through Adam Buksa’s header, but Cody Gak

Ace Capital CC and CCC recorded their third successive win of the ongoing Major League Limited Over cricket tournament with wins against Tamil Union and Moors SC in the matches played at P Sara Stadium and Reid Avenue yesterday.

The much-awaited season opener of the Dialog Schools Rugby League 2024 will kick-off today when St. Joseph’s College scrum down with Vidyartha College at Havelocks Park, commencing at 4.00 p.m.

Co-hosts the West Indies are officially through to the next stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup after pulling off a clutch win over fellow tournament heavyweights New Zealand at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad yesterday.

Bangladesh took a big step towards qualification for the T20 World Cup Super 8s stage as they beat the Netherlands by 25 runs in St Vincent.

Vidyartha College, led by the experienced Gayan Perera, will field a formidable outfit in this year’s Inter-Schools Under-19 League Rugby Tournament.

Thurstan College, after being stagnated in the Division 1 Segment ‘B’ League for the last 12 years, and by virtue of having ended as the champions last year, will make their appearance in the Division 1 Segment ‘A’ and will lock horns with th

Ace Capital CC along with Moors SC and CCC recorded their second successive wins of the SLC Major Club Limited Over Cricket Tournament encounters played at Dombagoda, Moratuwa and P. Sara Oval in Colombo yesterday.

Sri Lanka suffered a 0-1 defeat at the hands of Brunei in their FIFA World Cup friendly series second encounter played at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in Brunei.

Four age group events of the race walking meet will be conducted for the first time in parallel with the Junior National Athletic Championships 2024, which will be held on July 13 and 14 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex in Diyagama.

The Director General (DG) of Sports Professor (Rear Admiral) Shemal Fernando yesterday responded to accusations about Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) published in certain media.

E. Brian and W. D. A. T. Diyawadana – both from the Western Province - won the Most Outstanding Player Award for Men and Women respectively at the 48th National Sports Games (NSG) Karate-Do Championships held at the District Sports Complex in Kotav

Trinity College First XV Rugby Squad second row player, Shabeer Ahamed passed away and his Janazah took place at the Katugastota Mosque in Kandy yesterday.

An Army corporal was taken into custody by the Meegoda Police yesterday after he had inflicted harm on his nine-year-old stepdaughter.

Isipathana College dubbed the Kings of Schools Rugby who had to be satisfied to play second fiddle last season in both the league and knockout segments have made enormous preparations and are ready for the Under 19 schools rugby title challenge to fa

St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota, which performed extremely well and became the only side to qualify for round two from Kandy last season, will be all out to reach the Super Round of the Inter-Schools Under-19 League Rugby Tournament this year as

At a rain-soaked Central Broward Regional Park, organisers made the decision nobody wanted to hear as Sri Lanka’s must-win game with Nepal was officially abandoned due to bad weather yesterday.

Dinura Kalupahana of Mahinda College has been selected to lead the 18 member Sri Lanka U19 team for the forthcoming England tour and apart from the squad eight players have been named as standbyes.

Sri Lankan sprinter Aruna Dharshana left the island yesterday to participate in the North American and Caribbean Athletics Association Championships to be held in the Bahamas on June 16.

Suryakumar Yadav hit an unbeaten half-century and left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh claimed a career-best 4-9 as India defeated the United States by seven wickets to reach the T20 World Cup second round on Wednesday.

Nepali Captain Rohit Paudel believes a move to Florida and the skillset of his squad in the USA’s south-east point to a potential upset of Sri Lanka in their Men’s T20 World Cup meeting today.

Vidyartha College felicitated their rugby sponsors at a ceremony held at their Club House in Nittawela, Kandy.