HNB PLC, Sri Lanka’s leading private sector bank, has come on board for the first time as the Official Banking Partner of the 147th edition of the Battle of the Blues Royal–Thomian cricket encounter between Royal College, Colombo and

The Director General of the Department of Sports Development, S. Achchudan, has instructed the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB) to suspend the official announcement of the Manchee National Novices boys’ final result.

Kaushan Samaranayake of Negombo Rifle Club (NRC) emerged overall champion at the ABT Shooting Nationals 2025 held at the Clay Target Shooting Club of Colombo (CTSCC) range in Payagala.

Emerging women’s volleyball team Hirdramani Apparel Sri Lanka made history by winning the SLVB National Women’s Volleyball Championship for the first time in the tournament’s history.

Former world number two Paula Badosa has responded to claims she is “disrespectful to the game” following her withdrawal from a match in Dubai.

The outcome of the match was never going to affect the Super Eight standings with both teams through but it was a match to decide who would be on top in the Group and in a closely contested game Zimbabwe came through victorious with a thrilling win b

Yuhansa Peiris cruised through to the final in the girls’ category of the ITF Junior Circuit J30 Week 4 tennis tournament with a convincing two sets to nil against Akari Oda of Japan in the semifinal encounter played at the SLTA tennis courts in Co

Scotland’s incredible dismantling of England prompted joyous scenes among their fans, but also left a familiar question hanging in the air - can they back it up?

The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) has announced that a Special General Meeting (SGM) will be held on March 14 at 4.00 p.m. at the Hemasiri Fernando Auditorium, Olympic House, Independence Avenue, Colombo.

After claiming an emotional Olympic gold, Mikaela Shiffrin’s thoughts turned to one person who was not there - her father, Jeff.

West Indies beat Italy by 42 runs in their last group stage match of the T20 Cricket World Cup in Kolkata, India yesterday to move into the Super Eights with an unbeaten record.

Chasing, Canada got off to a lively start as previous game’s centurion Yuvraj Samra drove the very first ball from Mujeeb Ur Rahman for four.

The 13th Commander’s Cup Golf Championship 2026 will tee off at the Eagles Golf Links on Saturday with the first group scheduled to start at 6.00 am.

Colombo’s youngest athletes are set to take centre stage as IRONKIDS Colombo makes its exciting return as part of the build-up to the world-class IRONMAN 70.3 Colombo, placing children and families at the heart of Sri Lanka’s biggest endurance sp

Barcelona will continue to host Formula One races until 2032 after striking a deal that means it will alternate with the Belgian Grand Prix.

Tiger Woods says competing at this year’s Masters is “not off the table” but the 15-time major champion still has no timetable for his return.

The 34th Royal-Thomian past cricket Coloursmen’s annual dinner will take place on March 11 at the clubhouse pavilion hall Havelock City from 7.30 pm onwards, an organising committee member said.

Sri Lanka’s veteran badminton players won an impressive tally of 25 medals at the IMGA Open Masters Games Abu Dhabi 2026, grabbing nine gold and nine silver medals in addition to seven bronze medals.

Lasantha de Silva, the former Richmond College opening batsman and bowler, continues to open in both batting and bowling for the Richmond Legends displaying all-round performances as he did scoring 56 not out and capturing two wickets to steer Richmo

The Wales rugby men’s side are set to face Fiji at the Cardiff City Stadium when they kick off the inaugural Nations Championship in July.

Air Force SC will meet Police SC in what is being called the Plate final of the inter club rugby league at Ratmalana with kick-off scheduled for 4 pm.

Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe will move into their final group stage T20 World Cup match at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo today having the last laugh after knocking out Australia who were the bookmakers’ favourites to top the group for a place in the S

Sri Lankans Yuhansa Peiris in the girls’ category and Ganuka Fernando in the boys’ segment continued their winning streak as they cruised through to the semifinals of the ITF Junior Circuit J30 Week 4 tennis tournament by chalking up easy wins in

In the third week of the 2025-26 FFSL Champions League Super Eight round, Pelicans SC continued their unbeaten run, securing seven points from three matches at the Race Course Ground in Colombo.

South Africa fine-tuned their preparations for the T20 World Cup Super 8s by cruising to a six-wicket win against the United Arab Emirates in their final group game in Delhi.

Netherlands were set a target of 194 and they got off to a steady start. The openers put up 35 runs before Varun Chakaravarthy broke through, dismissing Max O’Dowd for 20. The visitors added another 16 runs with the other opener Michael Levitt, suc

Dilshan Madushanka has been approved as a replacement for Matheesha Pathirana who sustained a muscle strain in the match against Australia played at Pallekele Stadium.

Gateway College etched their name in history once again by securing the International Schools Under-18 Football Championship for the fourth consecutive year, reaffirming their dominance on the schools’ football circuit.

Defending League rugby champions Kandy Sports Club has in a letter signed by its secretary Sujeewa Liyanage declared its reasons why it chose to compromise on its jealously guarded pride and decide to go against its own conviction and play in what is

Pakistan outclassed the hapless Namibia by 102 runs in a Group A and 35th match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament played at the SSC ground yesterday.