Former Sri Lanka Captain Mahela Jayawardene, now with the Mumbai Indians Team in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), yesterday participated in a meeting on Skype, arranged by Sri Lanka Cricket (SL

Sri Lanka’s rising sprint star Yupun Abeykoon crowned himself as the fastest in South Asia when he clocked 10.16 seconds in the 100 metres at an International Athletic meeting in Germany

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Tuesday interviewed three top candidates for the post of High Performance Analyst (HPA) for its Brain Centre, reliable sources told the Daily Mirror yesterday. The three c

Third seed Serena Williams advanced to the U.S. Open quarter-finals after a gritty, tension-filled 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 win over Greece’s Maria Sakkari on Monday. Early nerves saw Serena start with a double fault but the veteran then found her footing, pl

REUTERS - Ireland’s Sam Bennett completed his set of Grand Tour victories when he prevailed in the 10th stage of the Tour de France yesterday. The Deceuni

Bangladesh opener Saif Hassan and Strength and Conditioning coach Nick Lee have tested positive for COVID-19, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced yesterday. The Board’s Medical Team had collected samples from the 24-member (17 players and

Sri Lanka’s 23-member probable squad picked for training ahead of the Test series against Bangladesh will undergo several fitness tests on Wednesday. According

Kandy Bloomfield CC beat Southerland CC by six wickets in their Kandy District Cricket Association Division Three Cricket Tournament encounter played at the Prison Grounds in Pallekele. Southerla

The third annual Over-50 Twenty20 cricket encounter between Kingswood College and Richmond College ended in a no-decision at Katugastota. Only

Novak Djokovic will have to get used to being the “bad guy” following his disqualification from the U.S. Open for striking a line judge with a ball, American great John McEnroe has said. The world num

Zulsky Passela was re-elected the President of the Billiards and Snooker Association of Sri Lanka (B&SASL) at the Annual Gener

Melbourne lost another major sporting event to the coronavirus pandemic Monday, with Australia’s upcoming Bledisloe Cup rugby Test against the All Blacks pulled from the city. Marvel Stadium

Calvin Kingsley was crowned champion at the inaugural Speedrun Championship concluded at the One Galle Face Mall on Saturday. Kingsley, l

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will decide the fate of all-rounder Dilruwan Perera, who has been suspended by the Colts Cricket Club

Mubarak and Schaffter to look after Cricket affairs

A special discussion headed by Justice Minister Mohamed Ali Sabry and Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa was held yesterday to reform the Sports Law No: 25 of 1973 as amended and to bring in a ne

Australia returns to international cricket after a gap of five months as they face England in the first of the three Twenty20 Internationals at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton today (4). Pakistan’s impressive pe

Top seed Karolina Pliskova suffered a shock 1-6, 6-7 loss to Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia in the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday to blow the Women’s draw wide open. Pliskova, a former

Blue Universal SC scored an easy five-wicket win over Sylvestrian’s SC in their Kandy District Cricket Association (KSCA) conducted Division 3 cricket tournament match which concluded at the

Colombo FC basked in glory as they routed Blue Eagles SC 4-0 to emerge champions in the Vantage FFSL President’s Cup 2020 tournament in a one-sided final played under lights at Sugathadasa

St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota will receive a sprinkler system in the near future through the courtesy of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). This was rev

Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga has opted out of this year’s Indian Premier League citing personal reasons and will be replaced by Australia’s James Pattinson at Mumbai Indians, the team said on Wednesday.

Bipin Dani, an overseas correspondent who contributes to the Daily Mirror Sports Desk, has been recognised with a Presidential Award by the Cricket Hall of Fame in the United States of America, for his ou

Former Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi will be the key member of one of the franchises for the forthcoming Lanka Premier League (LPL) to be held in Sri Lanka, it is learnt. According to hi

The Lanka Premier League (LPL), Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) franchise based T20 league, will begin on November 14 and run till December 6, SLC confirmed yesterday. The LPL wa

Manchester United’s teenage forward Mason Greenwood says he wants to “break records” and be remembered forever. The 18-year-

An explosive contest is on the cards as Colombo FC and Blue Eagles SC battle under lights at the Sugathadasa Stadium today in the final of the Vantage FFSL President’s Trophy 2020. Kick-off is scheduled for 6.30pm. Sports Minister N

On Saturday, Belgium’s captain Shaheryar Butt became the first cricketer in history to make a 50 & 100 on the same day in two different T20 international matches. He made 81

3DH International ended HSBC “A”s dream run when they inflicted the bankers with their first defeat in the quarter-final stage of the ongoing 18th “DPGC” Challenge Trophy – MCA “E” Division 25-over

The Indian Premier League’s eight teams are counting the cost of COVID-19’s impact on their finances but having faced the prospect of the tournament being wiped out by the pandemic this year they are taking a ‘glass half-full’ view of the sit