Sri Lanka Golf (SLG) will hold trials today (08) and tomorrow at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) for the 37th Bangladesh Amateur Golf Championship. This event is set to take place from January 31 to February 3 at the Kurmitola Golf Club in Dhaka,

Sri Lanka’s former champion netball star Tharjini Sivalingam squashed all rumours about the chances of her rejoining the national squad ahead of the 13th Asian Senior Netball Championships in Saudi Arabia. “I have no intention at all of rejoining

Sri Lanka is eager to capitalise on their momentum and clinch the lead in the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe when they clash at the R. Premadasa Stadium today (08). The first encounter was washed out after Charith Asalanka’s outstanding ce

In a strategic move to fortify the selection process, Harin Fernando, Minister of Sports, in collaboration with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), has spearheaded the establishment of dedicated Selection Committees for Age Groups (Juniors) and Women. This init

Melwire Rolling (Pvt) Ltd., led by 35-year-old veteran Mahendran Seshankumar, bagged their very first Mercantile Cricket title, the 4th CBL-Munchee Trophy – MCA ‘D’ division 40 Over League Tournament 2024. The tournament, sponsored by Ceylon Bi

Four Sri Lankan cricketers joined the Sri Lanka Police department after representing the Police Cricket Club since last year. Accordingly, Kusal Janith Perera, also known as ‘Podi Sana’, and Chamara Silva have taken on roles as Chief Police Inspe

Dialog Axiata PLC has extended its partnership with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) as the official sponsor of the Sri Lankan National Cricket Team. Commenting on the partnership, Harin Fernando, Minister of Sports said: “I wish to express my heartfelt gra

The Boxing Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) is set to host the 96th National Boxing Championships for Men and Women from January 13 to 17 at the Royal MAS Arena in Colombo commencing at 4.00 p.m. each day. This will p

Melwire Rolling (Pvt) Ltd, who finished runner-up in 2022, is well poised to win it, when they confront Nations Trust Bank (NTB) PLC ‘A’ in the final of the MCA ‘D’ Division 40-Over League Cricket Tournament on Saturday at the MCA Grounds, co

SSC and Colts CC recorded victories to take the top spot in their respective groups in the SLC Major Club Limited Overs Cricket Tournament. SSC coasted to their sixth win of the tournament with a convincing 97-run win over Chilaw Marians CC at the S

Dhananjaya de Silva appointed Test captain Kusal Mendis to lead ODI team till 2027, Hasaranga as T20I captain beyond 2024

The 60th National Judo Championships, conducted by the Sri Lanka Judo Federation (SLJF) will be held on January 12 and 13 at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo. Over 450 men and women competitors are set to participate in this tournament. All

By M. Shamil Amit St. Joseph’s dominated proceedings on both the days against St. Sebastian’s as they recorded an easy first innings win in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Moratuwa yesterday. St. Sebastian’s resum

Sri Lanka taking on Zimbabwe in the first T20 International on January 14 will see the dawn of a new era. Arguably the only world class cricketer Sri Lanka has in the shortest format - Wanindu Hasaranga would lead the country in the T20s. Outgoing

The newly appointed national netball coach P. D. N. Prasadi yesterday said that she is determined to help Sri Lanka complete a hat-trick of victories at the 2024 Asian Netball Championsh

By Shamseer Jaleel Sri Lanka Golf (SLG) is set to send two men and two women for the 37th Orion Group Bangladesh Amateur Golf Championships 2024, which will take place in Dhaka from January 31 to February 3. The four selected golfers are expected

The Zimbabwe National Cricket Team will arrive in Sri Lanka today. The team will land in the country at 6.15 p.m. The

Sri Lanka Cricket will conduct the National Super League (NSL) four day tournament which is scheduled to get underway from January 18 and slotted to come to an end on May 3. The cream of talented cricketers in the island are expected to be in the

Senuja Wakinugoda along with Yenula Dewthusa, Abishek Jayaweera and Lahiru Amarasekera shone with half tons to help St. Joseph’s taking first lease of the wicket to make a formidable score of 393 against St. Sebastian’s who ended day one on 5 for

Nations Trust Bank “A” and Melwire Rolling advanced to the final of the 4th Ceylon Biscuits Ltd., (CBL) sponsored, “CBL-Munchee” Trophy – MCA “D” division, 40 Over League Tournament 2024 in the semi-finals played last Saturday. In the

Emma Raducanu made a winning return to tennis after eight months out following injuries defeating Romania’s Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 yesterday to set up an ASB Classic last-16 tie against second seed Elina Svitolina. Having stormed ou

The Cabinet Sub-Committee, led by Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, tasked with investigating issues within Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), submitted its report to President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday.

The Mercantile Cricket Association Cricket Academy U-15 Team, led by Vishan Gunasekera emerged as unbeaten champions in the 2nd International Cricket Council Academies (ICCA) “Champions Trophy” tournament 2023 concluded in Colombo. In the

Zimbabwe yesterday named two 15-member Squads for the One Day International (ODI) and T20I Series against Sri Lanka, beginning on January 6 in Colombo. Craig Ervine, who missed the home series against Ireland in December due to injury, returns to l

The annual Inter-Bank Seven-A-Side Football Tournament 2023, conducted by the Bankers Club of Sri Lanka (BCSL) will be held on January 6 at the Cooray Park in Wellawatta, commencing at 8.30 a.m. This tournament was scheduled for an earlier date but

A four wicket haul by Ravindu Fernando who was supported by Shiran Fernando and Dilum Sudeera laid the foundation for Tamil Union to record an easy five wicket win over Ragama CC in a low scori

Walagedara SC Matugama and Path SC Kalutara came out on top at the 5km Beach Run conducted by the Kalutara District Athletics Association held at the Panadura Beach. Walagedara SC bagged the Under 20 Boys and Open Men’s titles while Path SC clinc

Sports Minister Harin Fernando approved the 34-member junior athletic pool, which was selected by Sri Lanka Athletic (SLA) targeting all major international Under-20 competitions scheduled for this year. The Sri Lanka junior athletic pool is studd

Darshana Babaranuge of Vidyartha College and Senudi Patabendi of Girls’ High School clinched the Men’s and Women’s Intermediate titles, respectively, at the All-Island Intermediate Novices Age Group Table Tennis Championships 2023, organised by

New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner took four wickets as they beat Bangladesh by 17 runs in a rain-affected third and final Twenty20 international yesterday to draw the series 1-1. After dismissing the tourists for 110 in Mount Maunganui, New Zealan