Hundreds and thousands of schools in Sri Lanka have opted to hire private coaches for their respective sport teams, which has brought about both positive as well as negative outcomes. However, the Ministry of Education is keen to stam

Italian-based Sri Lankan sprinter Yupun Abeykoon improved on his national record by clocking 10.09 seconds to win the men’s 100m final at the Anhalt 2021 athletic meet, held in Dessau, Germany on Friday. However, Sri Lanka Athletics ha

The Sports Ministry has decided to allocate a sum of LKR 42 million to the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB) for indoor and beach volleyball. This was decided after the National Sports Council (NSC) identified volleyball as a sport in which Sr

Army sprinters Himasha Eshan and Amasha de Silva won the title of the fastest man and woman respectively at the 99th National Athletic Championships. Organised by Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA), the championship served as a final trial for athletes

Hotel pub and coffee shop opened to public

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will recommend “Viral Culture” tests for its newest pacer Shiran Fernando, who has returned a seco

Star all-rounder Shakib Al-Hasan returned yesterday as Bangladesh named a 15-man squad for a three-match one-day international series against Sri Lanka, beginning on Sunday. Shakib skipped the c

Shammi Silva was elected uncontested as the President of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for a second term for the 2021-23 period at the

A seven-member Sri Lanka team will be taking part in the ASBC Asian Men and Women Elite Boxing Championship

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday defended the new central contracts offered to national cricketers saying that despite the red

Manchester United legend Eric Cantona says he is “proud” but “not surprised” to be inducted into the English Premier League Hall of Fame.

Liverpool Manager Juergen Klopp said qualifying for the Champions League would be one of the club’s biggest achievements given how badly their Premier League title defence went this season. Liverpool, w

Opens door for Shammi Silva-led administration to be re-elected at SLC AGM tomorrow

The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) is discussing the possibility of playing matches with their counterparts in the Asian reg

The number of athletes sponsored under the ‘Next Olympic Champ’ programme, an initiative by Crysbro in partnership with the National Olympic Committee, has increased to 20. It is one of the m

Pay cuts are not the only issue that Sri Lanka national team players have had with their central contracts which are yet to be signed, but there are other issues as well, it is learnt. The players

The Sri Lankan team, which reached Dhaka half an hour before the scheduled arrival time on Monday will reciprocate the same protocol which was followed by the Bangladesh team during their recent tour of Sri Lanka, it is confirmed.

A total of 24 national cricketers will be offered central contracts, a Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) official confirmed yesterday, with a further six to be awarded development contracts. It was reported

The Sri Lanka football team will depart on June 1 for South Korea to take part in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian zone second round qualifying tournament. The 23-member national squad is set to be reduced to 18 for the tour in the next fe

Newly appointed Sri Lanka ODI captain Kusal Perera is hoping to create a winning mentality that encourages fearless cricket within the national side. “From my side, what I am looking to do is create a winning culture within the team. It is through

Hirudini Dassanayake of Girls High School, Kandy obtained 3 As in the Bio Science stream, ranking 12th in the Kandy district at the Advanced Level Exam. She will enter Medical College in the near future. She was an outstanding sportswoman

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has appointed wicket-keeper batsman Kusal Perera as captain for the forthcoming three-match ODI ser

The second edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) will be conducted from July 30 to August 22, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed yesterday.

England’s centrally contracted players are likely to miss the remainder of the COVID-19-hit Indian Premier League season if the Twenty20 tournament clashes with the international schedule, Managing Director Ashley Giles said on Monday.

Fulham were relegated from the Premier League on Monday after goals from Ashley Westwood and Chris Wood gave Burnley a 2-0 win at Craven Cottage. The defeat

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced a loss of £16.1m in the past financial year as a result of the

Juventus will be thrown out of Serie A if they don’t officially withdraw from the European Super League project, the head of the Italian Football Federation said Monday. “If Juventus do

Seamer Shaheen Afridi took a career best five for 52 as Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by an innings and 147 runs early on the fourth day of the second Test at Harare Sports Club yesterday. Pakistan neede