Australia U19, helped by Ryan Hicks and Harry Dixon, ended their league campaign of the ongoing ICC U19 World Cup with an unbeaten record when they coasted to a convincing six-wicket win over Sri Lanka U19 in the match played at Bloemfontein, South A

Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) kicked off the year 2024 with training programmes of World Rugby being conducted in the Northern Province recently. Training and education programmes were conducted at the Jaffna and Vavuniya Universities, where both sessions at

Sri Lanka star Chamari Atapattu has won the ICC Women’s One Day International (ODI) Cricketer of the Year for 2023 after a stellar 12 months. Chamari was rewarded for her exceptional year with the bat in ODIs. The Sri Lanka top-order batter made si

By Susil Premalal Sri Lanka will be represented by six athletes at the Bangabandhu Dhaka Invitation International Marathon for elite men and women in Dhaka, Bangladesh today. The Bangabandhu Dhaka Invitation International Marathon is one of the lead

Thivain Perera has been appointed as the captain of Royal College for the Dialog Inter-Schools Under-19 Rugby Tournament, which begins next month. In addition, Yehan Weerasooriya and Buwaneka Senanayake were appointed as the two Vice-Captains while t

Sri Lanka’s Methwan Wijemanne qualified to play in two finals of the ITF Junior Tennis Championship when he came on top in the Boys’ Singles and Boys’ Doubles semi-finals at the SLTA Courts in Green Path, Colombo yesterday. In the Boys’ Singl

Levin Fernando shone as Maris Stella Negombo dominated proceedings against Royal at the end of the first days play in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at Reid Avenue. Maris Stella after bowling out Royal for 171 helped by Levin’s

The Netball Federation of Sri Lanka (NFSL) has appointed veteran player Dulangi Wannithilake as the Captain of the Sri Lanka National Netball Squad. Dulangi will lead the Sri Lanka Netball Team at the 13th Asian Senior Netball Championship from Septe

The two skippers Kamindu Mendis of Dambulla and Dhananjaya de Silva of Jaffna cracked tons to put their sides on top against Colombo and Kandy respectively on day one of the four day National Super League cricket tournament matches played at Pallekel

By Shamseer Jaleel Manuel Tobolars emerged as the overall winner of the RCK Charity Golf Classic 2024, held at the Victoria Golf Resort in Rajawella. Tobolars emerged as the overall nett winner with an impressive 38 nett stableford points. Meanwhil

Sri Lanka will look to produce another winning performance and seal their place in the Super Six stage when they take on Namibia in the 2024 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Group ‘C’ fixture at the Diamond Oval in Kimberley, South Africa today.

It was not long ago CR and FC looked like a modern-day Manchester United with zero hopes of winning the league. In fact CR finished in the bottom of the league a couple of years ago with more than half of their senior men leaving for other top divisi

The Men’s and Women’s Senior National Hockey Championships, conducted by the Sri Lanka Hockey Federation (SLHF) and sponsored by Lanka IOC PLC for the second year will be held from January 25 to 28 at the Shalika Grounds in Narahenpita. A tota

Five Sri Lanka players three in the boys and two in the girls categories qualified to the quarter final of the ongoing ITF Junior Tennis tournament by winning the second round matches played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo. The thre

The game between St.Anthony’s College and Thurstan College was evenly poised after day one which commenced at Katugastota yesterday. St.Anthonys: 216 in 61.2 overs

Apna Perera and Ganuka Fernando came out on top at the SSC Open Tennis Championship when they bagged their second title of the tournament with Perera who earlier clinched the Men’s Open singles title bagged his second title partnered by Inuki Jayaw

The unbeaten Amana Takaful, Abans Group and Ceylinco General Insurance head their respective groups, in the MCA ‘F’ Division 25-Over League Cricket Tournament. Amana Takaful head Group ‘A’ with three wins and a tie whilst Abans Group and Ceyl

Sri Lanka’s former fielding coach Shane McDermott, who later joined the Bangladesh cricket team, has now joined the Afghanistan cricket team. The 43-year-old McDermott, who was born in Tasmania (Australia) and has coaching experience of players fr

Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu was named in the ICC’s Women’s T20I Team of the Year 2023, who also designated the left-handed batter as captain. The veteran Sri Lankan started the year with a Player of the Match performance in Cape Town in th

Army BC and Air Force BC pugilists stole the limelight at the 96th National Boxing Championships organised by the Boxing Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) and held at the Royal MAS Arena in Colombo. Over 160 Men

CR & FC ended their 27-year wait to beat Kandy Sports Club in a league encounter as they recorded a 38-point (6 tries, 4 conversions) to 26-point (4 tries, 3 conversions) win in their crucial Inter Club Rugby encounter, which concluded at the Nittawe

The star-studded Hatton National Bank (HNB) team retained the 2024 Dialog Netball Nationals for the sixth successive year when they edged out Air Force SC 40-39 in the final played at the Albert F. Peiris Stadium in Wennappuwa yesterday. A total of 2

The Sri Lanka U19 team began their campaign of the ICC U19 World Cup with a win by 39 runs on D/L method in a rain shortened match against the Zimbabwe U19 played at Kimberley. South Africa yesterday. Zimbabwe in their run chase of 205 runs was on 30

Kandy and Jaffna recorded first-inning wins over Galle and Colombo in the four-day National Super League cricket tournament encounters concluded at the Sooriyawewa Stadium and SSC ground yesterd

Fairfirst Insurance Limited, for the sixth successive year, has come forward to support the Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) as the sponsor of the MCA “F” division 25-Over League Tournament 2024, contested for the Fairfirst Insurance Trophy.

Sri Lanka made mincemeat of Zimbabwe as they outclassed them to record a comprehensive nine-wicket win in the third and deciding T20 encounter played at the R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday to clinch the series 2-1. Sri Lanka, in p

Havelock SC will start favourites when they take on Navy SC in their SLR Inter-Club League Rugby Tournament encounter at Havelock Park today. The kick-off is at 6.30 p.m. The Havies will be hoping to record their fourth win of the tournament while t

Kaveesha Perera and Sadew Wijeratne shone for Royal, Panadura in their innings and 77-run win against Jaffna Central in their Under-19 Inter-Schools cricket encounter played at Jaffna. Kaveesha slammed a run-a-ball 146 inclusive of 13 boundaries and

Sri Lanka will be under pressure when they take on the underdogs Zimbabwe in the third and deciding Twenty20 International at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo today. The series is locked 1-1 after the visitors pulled off a last-over win in the s

While Wanindu Hasaranga’s seven-wicket haul led to a 28-place jump, it was compatriot Maheesh Theekshana to make a noteworthy move to equal-eighth on the ICC ODI Bowling Rankings.