The Sri Lankan national players will be given the first dose of vaccination next Sunday. This was revealed by Prof. Arjuna de Silva, the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket (board) interim committee.

West Indies extended their lead over Sri Lanka in the second Test to 269, reaching 173 for 3 at tea on the fourth day, earlier this morning. Windies captain Kraigg Brath

Top and bottom seeded players Savini Jayasuriya and Janali Manamperi kept up to their expectations coming out victorious in the Women’s Open singles semi-final encounters of Clay Court Tennis National

New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 65 runs in a rain-shortened third Twenty20 International in Auckland today to claim a series clean sweep. With their innings reduced to 10 overs due to bad weather, Bangladesh were all out for 76 with three balls to

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday said it would field an Emerging Team to play in the Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) Premier League 50-over competition. The move comes f

St. Anthony’s College beat S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia by eight wickets in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter in Katugastota yesterday. At Katugasota

NCC and Ragama CC maintained their unbeaten record in the ongoing Major Club Limited Over cricket tournament when they chalked up their fifth successive win of the tournament in the matches played at th

West Indies put themselves in a good position to gain a first innings advantage with their bowlers sharing the spoils as Sri Lanka slipped to 217 for 7 before rain led to a stoppage in play on the third day of the second Test in Antigua yesterday.

Sri Lanka recovered from the early wicket of captain Dimuth Karunaratne to reach tea on 60 for 1 on the second day of the second Test against the West Indies in Antigua earlier this morning.

Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa is keen on the resumption of schools rugby in near future while discussions have already been held with Asia Rugby over the possibility of conducting an Asian Club 7’s tournament. A letter dat

Former Sri Lankan all-rounder Kaushalya Weeraratne would have been happy to see Thisara Perera break his fastest fifty record. Last Sunday, Perera just missed out on the record, scoring fifty in 13 balls, in a List A match between Army SC and Bloomfi

Air Force’s Dinesha Dilrukshi, a silver medaist at the 13th South Asian Games (SAG) in Kathmandu, won the gold medal in the women’s cycling race at the 46th National Sports Festival in Katharagama.

Sri Lanka cricket legends team led by T.M. Dilshan that performed exceptionally at the Road Safety World Series which concluded earlier this month, are set to return to action around the next edition

A fine knock of 72 by Isiwara Dissanayake paved the way for Royal College, Colombo to record an easy 54 runs win over De Mazenod College, Kandana in the Under 19 Division One limited over tournament encounter played at Kandana yesterday. Richmond

Army rider 24-year-old Tharindu Sandaruwan won the men’s cycling race at the 46th National Sports Festival held from Katarag

Virat Kohli says cricketers are suffering after months of bio-secure “bubble” life during the coronavirus pandemic as they head into the high-stress environment of the Indian Premier League. Kohli, one of the game’s most disciplined captains

Three years after his ignominious exit as Australia’s captain in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal, Steve Smith has said he is keen and ready to lead the national side again if an opportunity came his way. Smith, one of the

Upcoming high-jump athlete Ushan Thivanka Perera’s record of 2.28m at the Texas Relays Championship held in the United States, which incidentally broke the existing Sri Lankan record, is a huge achievement, said Athletics Association of Sri Lanka (

The cycling race of the 46th National Sports Festival for both men and women will begin from the Kataragama bus stand today, t

West Indies and Sri Lanka will lock horns in the second Test at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua today. The match will begin at 7.30 pm. After failin

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have yet to receive a directive from the Sports Minister subsequent to the Attorney General’s Department reportedly concluding that the term of the SLC Ex-Co had lapsed in February. The Colombo

The Sports Ministry has joined hands with Anchor to nourish high-performance athletes who aspire to represent Sri Lanka on

The Ceylon Motor Sports Club (CMSC) is expecting a high turnout for the 87th Mahagastotte Hill Climb which is to be held on April 3

The 6th Inter-Club Masters Basketball Tournament will begin today with the match between SL Navy and Wattala BC at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium commencing at 2.00 p.m. Thirty-five l

Pathum Nissanka struck a century on debut as Sri Lanka set the West Indies a target of 375 to win the first Test in Antigua. The hosts reached 34 at stumps earlier this morning, with nine wickets still in hand. Vishwa Fernand

A total of 171 men’s and women’s athletes will take part in the 46th National Sports Festival marathon race which commences tomorrow at 5.00 a.m. in Kataragama, Amal Edirisuriya, Director General of the Department of Sports Development, told the

St. Peter’s College and Ananda College came out victorious in their Under 19 Division One limited over encounters against Moratu MV and Maris Stella respectively, at Moratuwa and Katuneriya.

Oshada Fernando was dismissed nine runs shy of a second Test century but his contribution helped Sri Lanka put in an improved batting effort and take a 153-run lead over the West Indies in the first Test in Antigua. At stumps on day three earlier thi

The Sports Ministry is making arrangements to conduct the marathon, race walking and cycling events of the 46th National Sports Festival from March 26 to 29 in Kataragama.

Wesley along with Mahanama Colombo and Mahinda Galle recorded their second successive wins of the ongoing Under 19 inter-school limited over tournament overcoming DSS, St. Benedict’s and St. Aloysius in the matches played at Campbell Park, Kotahen