Touring Sri Lanka U-19 cricketers defeated Pakistan U-19 cricketers by 51 runs in their first limited over encounter played at the National Bank stadium, Karachi yesterday. Sri Lanka took an e

Sri Lanka lost to Canada yesterday 50-46 in the first match of the Singapore Nation Cup invitational Netball 2023 tournament. This tournament, which is conducted by Netball Singapore for the 15th time, will be held at Sports Hub Singapore till Octobe

A quick-fire 56-ball knock of 85, which had 11 boundaries and two sixes by Pavan Ratnayake, supported by useful knocks from Navod Paranavithana, Shevon Daniel, and skipper Ahan Wickramasinghe, paved the way for Sri Lanka Emerging XI to record a comfo

Visakha Vidyalaya Colombo clinched two tennis titles at the recently concluded National Schools Games tennis championships when they succeeded to bag the Girls Under 17 and 20 titles played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo. In the U

Trinity College were selected Best Team from the Central Province for the year 2022/2023 Inter-Schools cricket season at the Under-19 Schools Cricket Awards 2023 held at the BMICH in Colombo. The Trinity Team was led by Raha

The Sri Lanka Netball Team will leave for Singapore tomorrow (20) to participate in the 14th Nations Cup Invitation International Netball Tournament 2023. Netball Singapore will conduct the tour

A maiden and two wickets is a dream for any bowler - and Dilshan Madushanka had Australia’s destructive opener David Warner and Mr. Dependable Steven Smith trapped leg-before in his second over of the match to put them under early pressure chasing

Pakistan Under 19 cricketers scored an easy nine wicket win over Sri Lanka Under 19 in the first unofficial four day test match at the National Bank Stadium, Karachi. Young Pakistanis wrap

Just before the start of Cricket World Cup 2023 in India, one of Kumar Sangakkara’s interviews with Sky Sports went viral on social media in which he said ‘We know how to win a World Cup,’ and went

Sri Lanka produced an improved performance to force a thrilling 1-1 draw to their FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asia Cup 2027 preliminary round one, second leg encounter against Yemen played at the Racecourse Grounds in Colombo yesterday. After thei

Netherlands defeated mighty South Africa by 38 runs at the Cricket World Cup yesterday as the European outsiders humiliated the Proteas for the second time in a year. Chasing

When Dilshan Madushanka breathed fire on an unresponsive pitch early into Australia’s run chase with a two-wicket maiden, there was a false sense of belief that Australia might choke under pressure --

The Sri Lanka National Men’s Volleyball Team defeated Uzbekistan 3-0 in the finals, asserting their supremacy in the Central Asian Volleyball Association (CAVA) Men’s Volleyball Challenge Cup held at the Sugathada

The second leg between Sri Lanka and Yemen in the FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asia Cup 2027 preliminary round one will be held today (17) at the Racecourse Grounds in Colombo commencing at 3.00 p.m. The first match between the two countries was hel

Sri Lanka Under-19 were struggling at 155 for five in their first innings on day two of the Unofficial 4-Day Test match against Pakistan Under-19 at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi yesterday.

Bowling all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne will make his World Cup debut against Australia today after skipper Dasun Shanaka was ruled out of the World Cup with a quadricep tear in his right thigh.

With a grand total of 728 points, the MAS holdings team, emerged winners of the 2023 Mercantile Swimming Championship, after action concluded yesterday(15th) at the Thurstan Swimming Complex. John Keells Holdings were the first runners-up with 658 po

Pakistan Under 19 were in a strong position at the close of the first day’s play in the unofficial 4-day youth test against Sri Lanka at National Bank Stadium, in Pakistan.The young Pakistani openers Aza

The National Paralympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NPCSL) has selected 26 athletes for eight sports for the Asian Para Games 2023. The Asian Para Games are scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China, from October 22–28, and the Ministry of Sports has app

Afghanistan pulled off one of the greatest World Cup shocks yesterday when they defeated defending champions England by 69 runs in New Delhi. Chasing 285

Asian Games Gold Medallist Tharushi Karunaratne will make her final appearance at school level when she competes in the 51st Ritzbury Sir John Tarbat Athletic Championships 2023, which will be held from November 3 to 5 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in C

Sineth Jayawardena of Royal College, Colombo will lead the 16-member Sri Lanka Under-19 Team for the forthcoming tour to Pakistan. The squad comprises of 14 players who were members of the recently concluded ODI and Unofficial Test series-winning tea

Dinesh Gamage, former Kingswood College, CH and FC and former Head Coach of Sri Sumangala College, Kandy, Kingswood and Dharmaraja College will return to Kingswood College rugby for the 2024 Inter-Schools rugby season as their Head Coach. Gamage play

Sri Lanka’s rising badminton star Ranithma Liyanage emerged victorious in the Women’s Singles round of 32 at the 2023 Bendigo International Tournament in Australia on Wednesday. The event, boasting a generous prize pool of US$ 15,000 and categori

So far, Sri Lanka has conceded 773 runs in 98.2 overs in the World Cup and taken nine wickets. In terms of runs conceded, Sri Lanka tops the chart, although the 1996 World champions are yet to put points on the table. They lost the first match by a 1

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has made arrangements for the first leg of the FIFA World Cup 2026 and the AFC Asia Cup 2027 Qualifying Round One match between Sri Lanka and Yemen at the Abha Stadium in Saudi Arabia, today. This will be the fi

Sri Lanka’s feeble bowling attack was well and truly exposed as Pakistan staged a remarkable fight to register a record run-chase and win by six wickets in their second World Cup fixture here at the Rajiv Ga

The Talent Gymnastics Club of Batuwandara, Madapatha emerged as the national champions beating 24 teams in the mixed category at the inaugural Gym for Life Challenge Contest organised by the National Gymnastics Association and held at the Sugathadasa

Dawid Malan bludgeoned 140 and paceman Reece Topley took 4-43 as England beat Bangladesh by 137 runs on Tuesday, finding form at the World Cup after their thumping opening defeat against New Zealand. The defending ch

The Inter-Schools Under-19 Limited Overs Cricket Tournament encounter between Trinity College and Royal College ended in a no-decision at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy yesterday. Only 10.2 overs were possible after the match got underway at around