Sri Lanka has problems aplenty. Among these are the unpredictability of their batters and depletion of their bowling unit, challenges they desperately have to overcome to get the better of Pakistan in their second ICC Men’s World Cup match to be pl

Mickey Arthur was Sri Lanka’s Head Coach two years ago and Pakistan is looking to use his insight into Sri Lankan players to good effect when the 1992 and 1996 World Champions square off at the Hyd

Two Sri Lankan junior players Vichinthya Nilaweera and Dinara de Silva tasted success in the boys and girls categories of the ITF Junior Circuit Week 2 tennis tournament played at the SLTA tennis court

The Sri Lanka Football Team left for Saudi Arabia yesterday to participate in the FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asia Cup 2027 Qualifying Round One Tournament. The national team will be participating for the first time in an international competition

Pakistani female cricket commentator and sports presenter, Zainab Abbas who came here at the ICC’s World Cup competition has been asked to leave the country, it is learnt. According to the sources, the instruction to deport the country was issued

Sri Lanka beat Saudi Arabia 3-0 in the Central Asian Mens Challenge Cup Volleyball 2023 tournament at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium yesterday. The scores of t

Mitchell Santner played a blistering innings and then took five wickets to guide New Zealand to a convincing 99-run win over the Netherlands in a World Cup match in Hyderabad yesterday. The 31-yea

Sri Lanka was handed an embarrassing defeat by South Africa in their World Cup opener in Delhi on Saturday. The island natio

Sri Lanka had an early taste of what to expect when they play cricket’s big boys after South African batters wreaked havoc to record a thumping 102-run win after posting an unprecedented World Cup score of 428 runs. Sri Lanka did well

Sri Lanka Athletic (SLA) General Secretary Saman Kumara Gunawardena says that an Olympic medal should be expected from Asian ‘Golden Girl’ Tharushi Karunarathna in Sri Lankan athletics, not in the 2024 Paris Olympics but in the 2028 Los Angeles G

The Central Asian Volleyball Association (CAVA) Men’s Challenge Cup 2023 will be held from October 9–15 at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, organised by the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB).

Four top-class Junior Golfers from Sri Lanka, namely Reshan Algama, Kumar Danushan, Jevahn Sathasivam, and Adithya Weerasinghe, will tee off at the 2nd Selangor International Junior Golf Tournament from November 2–5 in Malaysia. All these selection

Seated on the balcony of the Virat Kohli Pavilion in the Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi, India, Mahela Jayawardena gave his batters a near-30-minute pep talk before they joined the rest of the Sri La

England’s defence of their World Cup title began with a nine-wicket hammering at the hands of New Zealand in Ahmedabad. The rematch of the final fou

A fine knock of 176 by Hiruna Sigera, inclusive of 17 boundaries and three sixes and a matchbag of 12 wickets by left-arm spinner Themal Bandara helped Lankan CC to record a convincing innings and 194-r

It may count for nothing more than competitive practice, but Sri Lanka’s bowlers laboured for little to no success against Afghanistan, who recorded a comfortable six-wicket win in their Cricket World Cup warm-up match in Guwahati yesterday, on the

Sri Lanka’s women’s Javelin Throw record holder Dilhani Lekamge won a silver medal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China yesterday. Lekamge’s distance of 61.57 metres was a new Sri Lanka record and created history by making her the first

A match bag of 11 wickets by Thimira Bandara and an unbeaten ton by Chathura Peiris paved the way for Lankan CC to record a massive 196 run win over Rio SC Ambalangoda in the Premier Tier ‘B’ tournament encounter played at the Colts ground. In

In an exciting development for the Esports community, the Sri Lankan Women’s National Team powered by Dialog was selected to represent Sri Lanka at the IESF World Esports Championship 2023 and other international tournaments. These talented indi

Golfing sensation and 15-year-old, Reshan Algama, made waves once again, this time at the 86th Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) Championship held in Nuwara Eliya. Fresh from his recent triumph at the Royal C

Sri Lanka missed its chance to win a first Asian Games athletics medal in 17 years when a lane infringement by Aruna Dharshana resulted in the country’s 4x400m Mixed Relay team being disqualified, moments after securing the Silver medal. Darshana,

The Colombo District Netball Association (CDNA) is accepting applications for the Colombo District Inter-Club Netball Tournament 2023 till October 10. The CDNA has decided to co

Charya Paranavithana shone with an unbeaten half century in St. Aloysius’ College Galle’s six-wicket win over Dharmaraja College in

Trinity College edged out D.S. Senanayake College 5-0 to win the All Island Under-16 ten-a-side rugby tournament played at their rugby stadium in Pallekelle yesterday. Although there were no scores at the short break, Trinity managed to secure the wi

Sri Lanka’s Saajida Razick advanced to the semi-finals of the ITF Junior Circuit Week 1 tennis tournament when she recorded a hard-fought two sets to win over Younsoo Cho of Korea in the quarter-final encounter played at the SLTA tennis courts in G

Minister hints at potential legal action against SLC officials in letter to ICC

The Sri Lankan athletes Kalinga Kumarage (400m men), Aruna Dharshana (400m men) and Nadeesha Ramanayake (400m women) are scheduled to compete today (September 29) in round one of the 19th Asian Games. Athletics will be held from September 29 to Octob

Sri Lions sponsored and Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU) organized Under 18 Ten-Side Rugby side rugby tournament will be worked off at Havelock Park on September 30. There will be 16 teams divided in 4 groups, locking horns for supremacy

The Sri Lanka under 15 contingent produced a stellar performance at the Bahrain Junior International Series 2023 held in Manama. The rising stars made their mark by clinching two podium spots. Isuri Att