Former national champion Niroshan Wijekoon and Vipuli Abeysekera won the Masters’ (55) singles titles at the 68th National Badminton Championship concluded at three venues. Wijekoon defeated Nihal Amarasena in straight sets 21-16, 21-14 while Abeys

Spinner Axar Patel claimed a career-best 6-38 as India bundled out England for 112 on the opening day to put themselves in the box seat in the day-night third Test in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Rohit Sharma then helped the hosts weather a top-order w

CCC School of Cricket Juniors scored two good wins over CPCSU at Dudley Senanayake College grounds. U-11- CCC beat CPCSU by 69 runs

Unbeaten John Keells “B” will have a stiff battle on their hands when they meet the confident Expolanka Group, in the 3rd Fairfirst Insurance Trophy – MCA “F” division 25 over League Tournament 2020 Final, on Saturday (27) at the MCA Grou

Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Namal Rajapaksa told Parliament yesterday that he was disappointed by the decision taken by Sri Lanka’s consultant fast bowling coach Chaminda Vaas to resign from the post over a monetary issue. “Chaminda t

The fifth day’s proceedings of the SSC Open Tennis Championship played at the SSC tennis courts in Maitland Place saw Thehan Wijemanne along with Kavisha Ratnayake, Vibuda Wijebandara, Savit Weerasinghe and Archana Lokuge winning their matches to a

Former Sri Lanka ODI captain Upul Tharanga announced his retirement from international cricket yesterday. Tharanga made the announcement through a statement published on his social media accounts. The statemen

Sri Lanka’s 25-year-old Lahiru Kumara has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been dropped for the West Indies tour.

Top seed and reigning national doubles champion pair Chathurya Nilaweera and Thehan Wijemanne ended the 105th Colombo T

The 86th Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC), Club Championship will take place on February 26 and 27 at the Nuwara Eliya Golf Course. Tee-off is expected to be at 7 am on both days. Both top-class g

The third day’s proceedings of the SSC Open Tennis Championship concluded at the SSC tennis courts in Maitland

For centuries, one societal issue has tormented the girls of Sri Lanka. When a girl reaches puberty or becomes a ‘BIG GIRL’ in Sri Lankan slang, society demands they behave by a certain set of rules and imposes many restrictions on them.

Sri Lanka fast-bowler Dhammika Prasad announced yesterday that he would be calling time on his international career.

Chaminda Vaas may be the new fast bowling coach for the West Indies tour, it is learnt. According to highly placed sources in Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), top officials are discussing sending Vaas to replace David Saker,

Asanga Seneviratne, the former Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) President, will head the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (

Prize money to the tune of one million rupees will be on offer to the champions of the inaugural Air Force Commander’s Cup Inter-Club rugby sevens tournament, which will be held over two weekends n

Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara’s centuries at Lords, will be part of the Lord’s Father Time Wall that will celebrate the 100 greatest milestones at the grounds. “In terms of Sri Lankan achievements, Kumar Sangakkara scoring Test and

The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) has joined hands with the Sports and Education ministries to launch a Junior Development Programme targeting the upcoming Youth Olympics.

Mahendra Jayasekera accounted for the Calcutta medal while Rohith Fonseka (Squadron Cup), Yannik Kumara (Aggregate Gold) led after the initial two days of the South West Monsoon meet 202

CCC Maroons beat SSC Blues by 59 runs on the Parabola Systemin the final of the Colombo Premier Cricket Foundation Inter-Academy Covid-19 U-15 Cricket Tournament concluded at D. S. Senanayake College Grounds.

The miracle England needed did not materialise as India crushed them by 317 runs in the second Test in Chennai to level the series on Tuesday. Chasing a record victory target of 482, England’s last seven batsmen lasted a little over a session o

The pre-season tournament of the Super League semi-professional football tournament organised by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) will kick-off today with the match between Red Star SC and Blue Star SC at the Sugathadasa Stadium commencing

The Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB) has decided to conduct the Munchee National Super League Volleyball Championship for men and women from February 20. The preliminary round of this competition will take place at Volleyball House in Dadella w

The two Sri Lankan cricketers, Danushka Gunathilake and Bhanuka Rajapaksa, who had marginally failed their fitness tests last Friday have cleared it on their second attempt. “Today they successfully passed the 2 kilometre fitness test,” a source

Ravichandran Ashwin hit 106 and took a key wicket yesterday to edge India closer to victory in the second Test against England, who face a daunting target of 482 to win. The tourists, who lead the four-match series 1-0, were struggling at 5

The 14th edition of the South Asian Games (SAG) is unlikely to be held before 2023, NOCSL (National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka) President Suresh Subramaniam told the ‘Daily Mirror’. “Since the Sou

Chameera Ginige and Ishara Madurangi won the men’s and women’s titles respectively in the All-Island Ranking Table Tennis Tourn

The National Shooting Sport Federation (NSSF) will conduct the Trap Open Meet from March 11 to 14 at the Payagala Shotgun Sho

Anika Seneviratne who clinched the women’s singles title of the 105th Colombo Tennis Championship which is in progress

CH and FC have opted to withdraw from the Commander’s Cup 7’s rugby tournament after two of their ‘key players’ tested