Renu Yapa was appointed as President of the Sri Lanka Masters Women’s National Hockey Association (SLMWNHA) at their Annual General Meeting held at the Cinnamon Grand in Colombo r

The 2021 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand could be played behind closed doors and in a bio-secure environment. Organisers of the tournament, scheduled for February and March, have advertised for a ‘bio-security manager.’

Cricket Australia (CA) said on Tuesday it had agreed with the West Indies Cricket Board to postpone the Twenty20 series against the Caribbeans scheduled in October. Australia were to host West Indies in three warmup matches in Queensland ahead of

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has sold the rights of hosting the Lanka Premier League (LPL) Twenty20 Cricket Tournament to Dubai-based Innovative Production Group (IPG), reliable sources at SLC

Warwickshire’s veteran summer signing Tim Bresnan hit a superb century on his debut against Northamptonshire as the Bears kept

The Sri Lanka Rugby Office Bearers and Committee Members for 2020-2022 were unanimously confirmed by the Election Committee. Rizly Illyas has been confirmed as the President of SLR while Nazim Mohamed and Rear Admiral H.A.U.D. Hettiarachchi will b

Pakistan’s decision to tour England despite the risks of travelling during the COVID-19 pandemic was not part of a reciprocal agreement but the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) expects its English counterpart to ‘do the right thing’ in 2022. Pakist

KMathivanan resigned as Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Vice President yesterday, alleging that the current SLC administration carried out its duties without “transparency and integrity” and ignored objections he made at Executive and Management Committe

Former Sri Lanka Schools, BRC and President’s XI player, Kumar de Silva was elected as the new President of the Mercantile Hockey Association (MHA) during their 64th Annual General Meeting held at the BRC Pavilion recently. The office-bearers for

The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Major Club League Tournament will resume on August 10, after its stakeholders approved two changes to the tournament rules on Tuesday. Given the impact of

England will once again face a selection dilemma over the make-up of their pace attack after an unchanged 14-man squad was named on Wednesday for next week’s first Test against Pakistan.

Stuart Broad grabbed his 500th Test wicket to set England on their way to a resounding 269-run win over the West Indies in the third and final Test at Old Trafford yesterday. Broad joined an elite club, finishing with match figures of 10 for 67, as t

England are in third place in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) points table after their victory over the West Indies in the third Test in Manchester helped them secure a 2-1 series verdict.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is likely to allow 20% of fans for the Lanka Premier League (LPL), scheduled to be played at four venues from August 28 to September 20. “At present we

Rizwan Badoordeen was elected as the new President of the Colombo Malay Cricket Club (CMCC) at their Annual General Meeting held at the ‘Padang’ in Slave Island on Sunday. A stalwart of

Former Dharmaraja College and Kandy Sports Club player, Mahesh Weerasinghe was re-appointed as the President of the Kandy Sports Club at their 146th Annual General Meeting which was worked off at their Club House during the wee

Sri Lanka Badminton (SLB) has appointed BWF (Badminton World Federation) Level-2 Coaches Pradeep Welagedera

Former West Indies great Brian Lara will be one of the pallbearers at Sir Everton Weekes’ funeral on July 30. This was revealed by Jeffrey Gibson, the Dean at The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael and All Angels. The funeral o

England came from behind to level the three-Test series against the West Indies at Old Trafford last week and now they will hope to close the series out in the decider which begins at the same venue today.

The Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB) is planning to conduct four national level tournaments that were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic in the final quarter of the year (October, November and December). The four competitions

Yesterday marked 10 years since Muttiah Muralitharan hung up his boots in Test cricket. His Test career ended with an incredible career-haul of 800 wickets, culminating in a win against the Dhoni-led

Sripali Weerakkody, the Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket Team fast bowler, yesterday announced her retirement from international cricket with immediate effect. The 34-year-old played 89 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 58 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is)

England vice-captain Ben Stokes’ match-winning performance in the second Test against West Indies hoisted him above Windies skipper Jason Holder to become the top-ranked all-rounder in the game’s longest format, the International Cricket Council

The Indian Premier League, the world’s richest cricket tournament, will be held in the United Arab Emirates from September if India’s government gives approval, the IPL chairman told AFP yesterday.

England set the West Indies a target of 312 from 85 overs to win the second Test at Old Trafford yesterday after Ben Stokes made a rapid run haul on the fifth and final morning.

The 2020 edition of Sri Lanka’s oldest corporate golf tournament, the ‘Shakespeare Shield’, was won by Song Qingguo and Zeng Ming of Sinohydro, racking up 35 stableford poin

West Indies were all out for 287 on the fourth day of the second Test as the visitors collapsed in the final session, losing six wickets to the new ball to give England a 182-run lead in Manchester yesterday. Half centuries from Kraigg Brathwaite (75

Former Sri Lankan cricketer Naveed Nawaz whose coaching contract with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has been extende

Opener Dom Sibley and Ben Stokes struck half centuries as England recovered from an early setback to reach 207 for three wickets in their first innings on the opening day of the second Test against the West Indies which commenced at Old Trafford yest

Former Kenyan Umpire Subhash Modi has his eyes in the second Test match between England and the West Indies which began at the Old Trafford Grounds in Manchester yesterday. In fact, history was created in the second Test match with a rare incident wh