Cody Gakpo scored again as the Netherlands booked their place in the World Cup last 16 as group winners with a straightforward 2-0 victory over hosts Qatar yesterday. The Netherlands, needing just a point to be sure of progressing, put one foot in

Over 143 teams are set to participate in the Western Province Netball Association (WPNA) organised 66th Eva All-Island Open Netball Championship 2022, which will be held on December 3 and 4 at the Air Force Grounds in Rifle Green. This tournament

Holy Family Convent (HFC) Kurunegala clinched two titles at the 2022 All-Island School Games Netball Tournament held at the Maligapitiya Grounds in Kurunegala. HFC emerged champions in the Under-16 and in the Under-18 Tournaments, which was conduc

Trinity College Kandy and Richmond College Galle booked the final slots of the Under 19 Tier ‘A’ inter-school limited over cricket tournament with wins over St. Anthony’s College Katugastota and St. Benedict’s College Kotahena in the two semi

Vidyartha College and Ananda College were declared joint champions at the All Island Under 20 Boys Hockey Championship which was worked off at the Edward Park ground in Matale recently. Bot

Colombo South recorded their second successive win in the ongoing Sri Lanka Youth League Provincial limited over tournament w

The selection trials for the Central Asia Under-23 Men’s Volleyball Tournament, conducted by the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB) will be held on December 5 at the Sports Development Department Indoor Stadium of the

Sri Lankan pace bowler Kasun Rajitha has registered his name in the list of the cricketers, who have married in the middle of the bilateral series. Th

Cameroon kept their hopes of making the last 16 of the World Cup alive yesterday after fighting back from two goals down to draw a thrilling Group G encounter with Serbia 3-3. Rigobert S

The Government has allocated a sum of LKR 4.2 billion from the 2023 Budget for the development of sports in the country. This is a tremendous boost for the upliftment of sports in Sri Lanka despite the current financial crisis in the country, Sports

A rather tired looking Sri Lanka recorded a consolation 26-12 win over Malaysia in the 7th/8th play-off final in the eight nation men’s Asian Sevens Series 2022 – 3rd edition last evening at the Al Amblers R

Rain forced the second one-day international between hosts Sri Lanka and Afghanistan to be abandoned with the tourists leading the three-match series 1-0 yesterday. Afghanistan, who won the opener convincingly, failed to capitalise on a good start

A 57-member Sri Lankan contingent left the country yesterday to take part in the Toyota Gazoo Racing Badminton Asia Under-17 and Under-15 Junior Badminton Championships, which will take place from November 29 to December 4 in Thailand. The Sri Lankan

The National Sports Council (NSC) headed by Chairman Arjuna Ranatunga is set to propose to the Sports Minister to appoint only reputed veteran players in their field as members of the respective National Sports Associations (NSA’s) including c

Mild weather conditions with less humidity (around 25 Celsius) will suit the Sri Lankan rugby sevens contingent that landed in Dubai late last night. A journey of a couple of hours to the region of Al Ain followed where the action is to unfold from t

Sri Lanka will be without middle order batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa for the three-match ODI series that begins in Pallekele today, after he asked to be released from the playing squad to take a break from the format. Rajapak

An unusually hard talking Asoka Jayasena, Chairman of National rugby selection panel,reiterated the priority placed on performance in selecting the Al Ain bound Sri Lanka Rugby 7’s squad. The selection panel headed by the former Sri Lanka skipper (

The Sri Lanka Men’s Volleyball Team will participate in the Engro Central Asian five-nation Volleyball Championship, which begins in Lahore, Pakistan today. Hosts Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are the other countries participating in t

Team Grey continued their winning streak in the ongoing Women Super Four limited over cricket tournament when they defeated team Red by three wickets in a low scoring match played at the BRC ground.

Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has called for the Director General of the Ministry’s Sports Department to conduct an inquiry into the omission of all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne by the national Cricket selection Committee for the upcoming three-

Mahinda College Galle and Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda were declared joint champions of the 22nd Col Henry Steele Olcott Memorial cricket tournament which concluded at the Uyanwatta Stadium in Matara recently. The two teams qualified to the fina

Saudi Arabia stunned Lionel Messi’s Argentina yesterday, beating the two-time winners 2-1 in one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history. Salem Al-Dawsari hit a stunning winner to sink the red-hot favourites, bringing the South American side

South Asia’s fastest athlete Sri Lanka’s Yupun Abeykoon yesterday received a further boost to enhance his performances when he was presented with a donation of US $1,00,000 courtesy the Ministry of Sports and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). The do

Sri Lanka Baseball conducted workshop for Umpires for the future games in Baseball (Local and International) at the Diyagama Mahinda Rajapakse International Baseball ground recently. Two day baseball umpires training programme was conducted to tra

Tunisia held Denmark to a goalless draw in their World Cup opener yesterday, kicking off their Group D campaign with a strong performance against one of the pre-tournament dark horses. Tunisia hav

Qais Al-Dhalai, the President of Asia Rugby in an exclusive interview with the ‘Daily Mirror’ elaborated on the vision, path, process and role administered by the regional body in ensuring the devel

Lochana de Silva and Nadeesha Gayathri clinched triple crowns at the Uva Provincial Open All-Island Badminton Cham

impressive match figures of 11 for 67 runs by Dimath Abeysinghe paved the way for Maliyadeva College Kurunegala to record an outright win by four wickets over Dharmasoka MV Ambalangoda in the Under 19 inter-school conc

The Lanka T10 League that was launched on Sunday (20) could help cricket in Sri Lanka in so many different ways.