Mixed beach netball tournaments, conducted by the Sri Lanka Beach Netball Association, will be held on March 25 at Mount Lavinia beach park. Accordingly, nine teams Colombo Municipal Council, Sports Ground Campbell Team, Sri Lanka Police Sports Club,

Moors SC emerged the Major Club Under 23 champions when they recorded a thrilling first innings win over Ragama CC in the final concluded at R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday. The high scoring match turned into a thriller after Moors SC was well plac

Kandy SC Full-back Srinarth Sooriyabandara signed up with St. Anthony’s College Katugastota ahead of the 2023 schools rugby season to coach the backline of their Under 20 team. After leaving Isipathana, Sooriyabandara represented the national 15-a

Ananda College Colombo scored an 81-run win over Hindu College Jaffna in their annual Sivagurunathan Trophy cricket encounter at the Ananda College Grounds yesterday. Put into bat Ananda College racked up 197 for 5 in their allotted 20 overs. A cent

An all-round performance by Yesith Kalupahana and a half ton by Ruchitha Hansana helped Antonians SC to record a massive 234 runs win over United Southern in the Under 23 Invitational limited over cricket tournament played at Galle. In the other m

The Treasury has given the Ministry of Sports Rs. 100 million to conduct the National Sports Festival (NSF), and the funds will be utilized to complete last year’s event, Director General of the Department of Sports Development (DSD) Amal Edirisuri

Shuttlers above the age of 70 will be seen in action for the first time in their own age classes at this year’s Summer Season Open Badminton Championship in Nuwara Eliya, the organisers of the event have announced.

Kandy Cricket Club completed their fourth win in the Under 23 cricket season when they beat Rajarata CC by 155 runs in Anuradapura recently. Kandy CC 255 for 7 in 50 overs (Malith

Former World Cup winning cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga lauded the decision made by Sri Lanka’s Test captain Di

Twenty two boys teams representing leading hockey playing schools across the island will vie for honours at the Ritzbury-Thomian 7s 2023 invitation schools seven-a-side Under 20 hockey tournament to be held at the Pe

Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne’s desire to resign from the Test captaincy was not taken in haste, according to sources at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). “No, he has not decid

A six wicket haul by Vishwa Didulana and an unbeaten half ton by Thenuka Liyanage paved the way for Kalutara PCC to record a comfortable four wicket win over Rio SC Ambalangoda in the Under 23 Invitational Limited Over tournam

The Ceylon Motor Sports Club, the oldest Motor Sports Club in the country, are once again conducting the Nippon Karting Slalom Championship 2023, with Nippon Paints, LOLC Finance and Speed Bay as main sponsors. Karting Slalom was introduced in Sri La

The National Sports Council (NSC) said that only athletes that have the potential to win medals will be sent for the upcoming Asian Games, adding that athletes of 17 sports had been earmarked to represent the country at the g

Sri Lanka Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne said that he had asked national team selectors to relieve him from the role after the upcoming Ireland Test series. Karunaratne

New Zealand claimed victory against Sri Lanka by an innings and 58 runs yesterday to secure a 2-0 Test series whitewash despite a late fightback from the visitors. Sri Lanka notched just 164 in their first innings and were asked to follow on after

Ravindu Herath and U. V. K. Madurika, both from Sri Lanka Army, finished first in the men’s and women’s events at the National Race Walking Championships held at the Torrington Place, Colombo.

Maris Stella Negombo and St. Servatius’ College Matara advanced to the semi-finals of the Under 19 inter-school Division One Tier ‘B’ and Tier ‘B’ inter-school two-day cricket tournament respectively.

Lahiru Udara hit a 108-ball knock of 109 that included 12 boundaries while man-in-form Ahan Wickramasinghe made 71 in 77 balls with eight boundaries and a six as the pair shared a valuable 141 ru

Janidu Lakvijaya of the Mercantile Athletics Association, a rising hurdles champion, set a new Sri Lankan record in the Mens 110m hurdles event yesterday on the first day of the first athletics selection trial for the Asian Junior and Senior Champion

Trinity College were well placed in their Under 19 Inter School cricket encounter against Devapathiraja College which began at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy yesterday. Trinity wicket keeper Dinushka Pei

Sri Lanka lost to Kenya 34-40 in their fifth match of the 3rd Bangabandhu International Invitation Kabbadi Tournament Preliminary Round Group fifth match, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. That meant that Sri Lanka were out of contention for the semi-finals

New Zealand maintained their dominance over Sri Lanka in the second Test yesterday, enforcing a follow-on and setting up the likelihood of a series clean sweep with two days to play. The tourists reached 113/2 in their second innings at stumps on day

Dharmaraja College will hold the edge when they confront Kingswood College at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium (PICS) on March 24-25 in the oldest Big Match in Central Hills. The encounter, played for the 116th time, is also the second-old

The National Netball Selection Committee of the Sri Lanka Netball Federation (SLNF) has taken steps to reduce the World Cup Netball 2023 Sri Lanka squad to 16. The SLNF

Rupees one million will be awarded to the winners of the 74th Mr. Sri Lanka National Bodybuilding Championship 2023 conducted by the Sri Lanka Bodybuilding Federation (SLBF) on March 26 at Tower Hall, Colombo. A to

Devon Conway’s blistering 78 helped hosts New Zealand race to 155-2 against Sri Lanka at the end of a rain-delayed

Royal College continued their domination on day two of the 144th Battle of the Blues encounter against traditional rivals S. Thomas’ College as they ended in a commanding position and had the Thomians in dire straits and strug

Richmond College and Mahinda College traditional rivals on the cricket field from down South will battle for supremacy when they clash in the 118th Battle of the Lovers’ Quarrel over the next two days at the Galle International Stadium from today.

A knock of 139 by Ranmith Jayasena and an all-round performance by Dellon Peiris helped Ragama CC to record a first inning win over Tamil Union in the semi final encounter of the Major Club Under 23 cricket tournament played at the CCC ground. In t