Babar Azam scored the first century of this season’s Lanka Premier League (LPL), striking a swashbuckling 59-ball knock of 104, inclusive of eight boundaries and five sixes, to lay the foundation for Colombo Strikers to record a thrilling seven-wic

Had it not been for the advice of his father, Pakistan captain Babar Azam would not have been playing in the Lanka Premier League (LPL), instead choosing to travel to Canada for their Global T20 League. Incidentally, Babar Azam scored the first cent

Defence Service Hockey Association women’s team won the 24th National Hockey Women’s Championship 2023 held at Albert F. Peiris Stadium, Wennappuwa. Nine District Association teams participated in this tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Hockey F

Former Peterite rugby skipper of 1952 and probably the oldest living Peterite Rugby Captain, Geoff Garnier passed away in Colombo yesterday. He played for the Combined University team (1952-1954) that toured Malaysia and later played for the Ceylo

Vidyartha College outplayed their traditional rivals St. Sylvester’s College by 64 points (10 tries, 7 conversions) to 22 points (4 tries, 1 conversion) to win their annual Bertie Nillegoda and P M L Banda trophy rugby encounter which concluded at

England beat Nigeria on penalties Monday to scrape into the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup after playing the whole of extra-time with only 10 players. Nigeria had the better of the chances, but the European Champions held out for a 0-0 dr

Dambulla Aura inflicted a third defeat on defending and three-time champions Jaffna Kings, recording a nine-run win in the Lanka Premier League at the Pallekele International Stadium yesterday. Dambulla also avenged their 21-run defeat suffered at th

Wickramabahu National School and Jinaraja Girls School of Gampola won the 24th Sri Lanka School Boys’ and Girls’ Judo championship held at Jayathilaka Indoor Stadium, Nawalapitiya. Athletes from 80 schools participated in this tournament condu

Sam Kerr came off the bench as Australia surged into the Women’s World Cup quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Denmark in front of nearly 76,000 fans in Sydney on Monday. The co-hosts will play France or Morocco on Saturday in Brisbane in the last

Two seasoned golfers, Shimizu Daisuke (gents) and Ahalya Rajans (ladies), won the Monthly Medal net event for July 2023 at the Victoria Golf Resort (VGR) course recently. More than 40 golfers teed off in the event, with Yuki Asakawa winning the overa

Head coach of Sri Lanka’s netball team Thilaka Jinadasa has said there was no excuses for losing to Singapore twice at the Netball World Cup in South Africa, which led to their last-place finish in the tournament. Sri Lanka, the 2022 Asian Netball

Sri Lanka’s netball star Tharjini Sivalingam has retired from international netball competition. “For many years I have contributed to the success of netball in Sri Lanka. Now I am 45 years old. No female player in Asia has been involved in netba

Madina National School Madawala beat Orubandiwewa National School 43-00 in their Under 19 inter School Division 3 rugby encounter which concluded at the Provincial Sports Complex in Digana recently. At the short breather, the winners led 22-00. Madin

Half tons by Thaveen Sanketh and Janith Karindra and a four-wicket haul by Ravindu Silva paved the way for De Mazenod College Kandana to record a convincing 113-run win over St. Servatius’ College Matara in the quarter-final encounter of the Under

Sri Lanka’s Gayanthika Abeyrathna (1500m), Dilhani Lekamge (javelin) and Aruna Darshana (400m) have qualified for individual events at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, it was announced yesterday, having been on the qualification waiting list

Avishka Nirmal and Pramod Chathuranga shone for Christ King College Ja-ela in their 69-run win against Maliyadeva Model School Kurunegala in the quarter-final encounter of the Under 17 Division Two limited over tournament at Thimibirigaskatwa. The du

Australia coach Tony Gustavsson hinted that Sam Kerr will play a part in their last 16 clash at the Women’s World Cup against Denmark on Monday after the star striker returned to training. The Matildas captain has yet to see any minutes at the tour

With the conclusion of the first round of the Dialog Under 19 Rugby League, conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools’ Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA), St. Anthony’s College became the only school outside Colombo to qualify for the Super Round of t

Jaffna Stallions Cricket Academy led by Rajiv Nirmalasingam registered a thrilling nine-run win over Royal Kings Cricket Club to emerge champs of the inaugural Koddaimunai Sports Club T20 Blast played at the Koddaimunai Sports Village Ground in Batti

The All Blacks have made mass changes to their team to face Australia in Dunedin on Saturday (5), with just three players retained as starters from last week’s resounding victory. Two uncapped players were named yesterday in New Zealand’s star

16-year-old Heshan Piyatissa, the son of former national squash player Navin Piyatissa, won the Victorian Open Squash Championships 2023 (Division 3) in Australia recently. He beat Robert Peake 11-08, 11-05, 14-12 in the final. Alongside Heshan in t

Former Trinity College rugby player of 1993 and 1994 and one of the former Junior coacing staff, Intikab Mohamed passed away two days ago in Pilimatalawa, in Kandy. Intikab was part of the Premadasa Trophy Knockout winners team in 1993 under Nalin M

St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa will meet St. Peter’s College Bambalapitiya in the quarter-final of the Under 17 Division One inter schools limited over cricket tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association and sponsored by Sri L

Half tons by Mahendra Baratha and Dinal Fernando paved the way for Trinity to record a comfortable 61 run win over Rahula Matara in the quarter final encounter of the Under 17 Division One inter-schools limited over cricket tournament played at De Ma

St. Aloysius’ College Ratnapura advanced to the semi-final of the Under 15 Division Two inter-school cricket tournament when they got the better of St. Thomas’ College Bandarawela by bonus points in the quarter- final encounter played at Balangod

The Sri Lanka Commonwealth Association has arranged for three sports teams from Sri Lanka to participate in the Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) 2023. The three Sri Lanka teams are scheduled to leave on August 5. The 7th Youth Commonwealth Games cond

Former Indian cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin is not in favour of scrapping bilateral One Day International cricket, and the potential further ‘shortening’ of the game. Azharuddin, who was in the island on the invitation of the owner of the B-Love

England coach Brendon McCullum said the team’s fightback to draw a “heavyweight” Ashes series against Australia justified their attacking approach and provided them with a template to regain the urn in 2025/26. McCullum’s men were in a dir

Kadidiatou Diani scored a hat-trick as France marched into the last 16 of the Women’s World Cup on Wednesday in a 6-3 thriller against Panama. Les Bleues finished top of Group F ahead of Jamaica, who held Brazil to a goalless draw, denying talisma

The Hirdaramani Group and Sri Lanka Netball announce their official partnership for the provision of clothing to the National and Junior teams. The announcement comes as the Sri Lanka National Team heads out to participate in the Netball World Cup