Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis went on a leather hunt as the pair cracked tons to help Sri Lanka end the first day’s play of the first Test match against the visiting Ireland team at the Galle International Cricket Stadium with a formi

Opener Pawan Ratnayake shone with a fine knock of 62 and was well supported by Sonal Dinusha in Dambulla’s five-wicket win against Jaffna in the final of the National Super League li

Netball Selection Committee (NSC) Chairperson Damayanthi Jayathilaka says that although the15 best Under 21 players have been named for the 12th Asian Youth Netball Championship 2023 (12 players and 3 stand-byes), the question remains whether they re

Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe, who has suspended the local administration of Football Sri Lanka (FSL) which has been banned by FIFA, has appointed the Acting Director General of the Department of Sports Development A. Muthumala as the Competent A

An unbeaten 79 in 100 balls inclusive of ten boundaries and a six by Sandith Ranaweera helped Taxila Central Horana to end day one in the final of the Under 19 inter-schools Division Two Tier ‘B’ two day cricket tournament against Sri Jayawardena

Nuwara Eliya’s Battle of the Oldies Cricket Encounter will take place on April 8, 2023, at the Race Course Grounds. The event features an intense competition between the old boys of St. Xavier’s College and Gamini National School for the Mayor

The Queenstar open classic chess tournament 2023 will be held in Gampaha district from 16th to 20th April at the Covanro Hotel, Naiwala. The Queenstar International Chess Coaching Academy is organizing the event and Queenstar open Blitz Tournament w

The 34th one-day limited over cricket encounter between Kingswood College and Dharmaraja College will take place on April 9 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. This will be the 34th encounter between the two schools and is played for th

St. Anthony’s College Katugastota took a first innings win in their Mini Battle of the Blues of Hill Capital which concluded at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy recently. This encounter was played for T.H. de Silva Memorial Shield. Trinity 204 (Supun

Dambulla, the National Super League four-day tournament champions, will seek to make it a double by clinching the limited over title when they meet reigning champions Jaffna in the final scheduled to be played under floodlights at the R. Premadasa St

New Zealand demolished Sri Lanka with a nine-wicket victory in the second Twenty20 international to level the series Wednesday, as opener Tim Seifert finished on 79 not out. Black Caps bowler Adam Milne had earlier taken five wickets for just 26 r

Bimandee Bandara of Hillwood College, Kandy bagged an unprecedented four titles at the Junior National Table Tennis Championship at S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium. She won the Under 17 and 19 singles titles and then teamed up with Ayla Chitty

UAE-based sports institute Sri Lions announced the launch of their Sri Lanka branch at a press briefing held at the SSC pavilion Colombo. Sri Lions will initially begin their journey in Sri Lanka on eight sports namely athletics, badminton, cricke

St. John’s College Nugegoda dominated proceedings of the drawn 23rd Battle of Sri Jayawardenapura against tradition rivals Ananda Sasthtalaya Kotte which concluded at the P. Sara Stadium yesterday. The second day’s proc

Sri Lanka Planters Golf outfit beat visiting Indian UPASI Golf outfit in their annual golf encounter which took place at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) recently. The last win for the Sri Lankan outfit came way back in 1993. The outfit was led

Maris Stella College Negombo advanced to the final of the Under 19 Division One Tier ‘B’ inter-schools two day cricket tournament by virtue of having gained bonus points in the drawn semi- final enco

The much awaited Battle of Sri Jayawardenapura between traditional rivals Ananda Sastralaya Kotte and St. John’s Nugegoda is scheduled to be worked off today and tomorrow at the P. Sara Stadium.

Dambulla continued their winning spree when they recorded their seventh win of the ongoing National Super League limited overs tournament with a 34-run win on the Duckworth/Lewis metho

The four finalists to qualify to the SLTA Hard Court Tennis Nationals of the Women’s and Men’s Open singles were found after the completion of the semi-final encounters that were played at SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo yesterday. In

Old Trinitians Sports Club (OTSC) beat Kelaniweli SC by six wickets to win the Central Province final in the Division 2 cricket encounter which concluded at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium recently. Kelaniweli SC 191 for 9 in 50 overs (M

Sri Lanka Squash organized a squash coaching clinic for junior players in the under 13, 15 and 17 categories with a focus of improving the standard of squash played at the junior level. Thirt

Sri Lanka captain Srinath Sooriyabandara bagged a brilliant brace to hand Kandy Sports Club the CR & FC Centenary 7’s title in the final match against Havelock Sports Club at Longden Place yesterday. Kandy,

Sri Lanka claimed a dramatic Super Over win in the opening match of their three-game Twenty20 series against New Zealand yesterday to earn their first victory on tour. The match went to a tie-break decider after both teams scored 196 runs in a high-s

Max Verstappen won a chaotic and controversial Australian Grand Prix that finished under a safety car after a crash-affected restart. The Red Bull driver led Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Aston M

St. Sebastian’s Katuneriya emerged as Under-19 Division Two Tier “A” champions with a close first-inning win over Holy Cross Kalutara in the final played at S. Thomas’ ground in Mt. Lavinia.

Four top cricket-playing schools, Trinity, Maliyadeva, St. Joseph’s, and St. Benedict’s, will battle it out in the two semifinals of the Under-19 inter-schools Division One Tier ‘A’, scheduled to be played at the Ace Capital CC ground in Colo

Dinesh Chandimal and Pasindu Sooriyabandara shone for Galle against Kandy in the National Super League limited-overs tournament encounter played at P. Sara Stadium on Saturday, as they steered the side to their fourth win of the tournament. Dinesh hi

Sri Lanka’s Para Javelin stars, Dinesh Priyantha (F46) and Samantha Dulan (F44) and shot put (F42) national para record holder, Palitha Bandara will be competing for medals at the Australian National Para Athletics Open Championship which will be h

The inter-school segment of the CR & FC Centenary Rugby Sevens Tournament will kick off today with Royal College taking on Wesley College at Longden Place on Friday (31). The opening game of Group A, which could also be considered a Group of Death,

Off spinner Dhananja Edirisinghe with mesmerizing figures of 3.5 overs, seven runs, seven wickets, helped Softlogic Life to snuff Ceylon Tobacco Co. by four wickets, in the on going fifth Fairfirst Insurance Trophy – MCA “F” division 25 over Le