England should not be overly reliant on express pace in the next two tests against West Indies and must consider alternating Jofra Archer and Mark Wood, former quick Darren Gough has said.

Chamara Abeyratne and Rizmy Shariff had winning starts at the Sandy Perkins and Ernest Ringle Trophy Golf events which were conducted by the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) during the weekend. Both e

Sri Lanka’s two veteran cricketers, Suranjith Dharmasena and Mahes Zoysa, who were stranded in South Africa for four months returned to their country on Sunday. Dharmas

Jermaine Blackwood made a superb 95 as the West Indies beat England by four wickets in the first Test at Southa

Cricket fans all over the world have been waiting anxiously for the three Test matches between England and West Indies, which kicked off on Wednesday (8), because of the fact that Test matches were not played anywhere during the last thre

Havelock Sports Club, one of the top rugby clubs in the Island, will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on July 18 at the Hav

Former Sri Lankan cricketer Charith Senanayake has questioned the International Cricket Council’s policy of allowing England and West Indies cricketers to go down on one knee in support of t

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is contemplating a window in June, 2021 to hold the Asia Cup Cricket Tournament which was postponed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ACC yesterday announced that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), which was supposed

After a 117-day absence, international cricket returned in familiar fashion on Wednesday as rain and bad light restricted the first Test between England and West Indies to 17.4 overs and the hosts closed a frustrating day on 35-1. After all the antic

The Beach Netball Association (BNA) of Sri Lanka is planning to promote the sport in schools once it is reopened following the break caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. One of the newest

Belarus would consider offers from Russian athletes who wish to switch allegiance and compete for the ex-Soviet republic instead, the head of the Belarusian athletics federation said on Wednesday. Russian athle

The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) has released its Assistant Coach of the national football team Mahinda Galagedara, effective yesterday. Galagedara w

The Cricket West Indies (CWI) board is not worried about the use of home umpires for the Test series in England. Local umpire

The Sports Ministry has referred the probe report of its Special Investigations Unit that investigated allegations of match-fixing made by Mahindananda Aluthgamage, to the Attorney General’s Department.

West Indies great Brian Lara says the Caribbean side must try and beat “overwhelming favourites” England in four days because their batting is not strong enough to last five days. The three-Te

India Captain Virat Kohli faces an inquiry into a potential conflict of interest over his positions in two business ventures. DK Jain, Ethics Office

India’s cricket leaders are becoming impatient with the world body’s delays in deciding whether the Twenty20 World Cup will go ahead this year amid the Coronavirus pandemic. The World Cu

National cricketer Kusal Mendis has been arrested following an accident that killed a 64-year-old man at Horethuduwa in Panadura yesterday morning, Police Spokesman Jaliya Senaratna said. He said the S

The Athletic Association of Sri Lanka (AASL) is considering inviting only the top eight ranked athletes for each event at

Sri Lanka is targeting a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, according to Dian Gomes,

England will join West Indies in wearing a “Black Lives Matter” logo on their shirts during the three-match Test series, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Thursday. West Indies had ea

Everton Weekes, the oldest (95 years) West Indies Test cricketer who died in Barbados on Wednesday, will be buried alongside Sir Frank Worrell and Sir Clyde Walcott, according to Conde Riley, th

Cricket Australia said yesterday it has dropped the British-made Dukes ball from its 2020/21 Sheffield Shield season and will use only the Kookaburra to encourage more spin bowling on home pitches. Dukes were introd

Michael Cheika yesterday called on Australia’s director of rugby Scott Johnson to take a back seat and trust new Wallabies coach Dave Rennie to “be the boss”. Cheika, who quit as Australian coach in October after their quarter-final exit aga

Match fixing has already got into domestic cricket in Sri Lanka and will soon reach schools cricket if the authorities fail to put a stop to it, former Sri Lanka Captain Arjuna Ranatunga said yesterday. “I began to reveal

The Athletic Association of Sri Lanka (AASL) has decided to begin high altitude training for the National Olympic Pool in Nuwara Eliya from July 4. The Olympic pool is currently training at the Torrington Grounds. The National

Barcelona gave up more ground to Real Madrid in La Liga’s title race on Tuesday after being held to a 2-2 draw at home to third-placed Atletico Madrid as a late penalty from Saul Niguez cancelled out Lionel Messi’s 700th career goal. The draw

England Captain Joe Root will miss the first Test of their three-match series against West Indies to attend the birth of his child, with Ben Stokes set to take the reins in his absence, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday. The fi

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp does not believe he has to spend “millions” in the transfer market, saying it is a tricky task to improve his Premier League winners. Klopp’s side were last week crowned English champions for the first time in 30

New Zealand were awarded the Men’s and Women’s World Sevens Series titles yesterday after World Rugby (WR) cancelled the remainder of the season because of the Coronavirus outbreak. Tournaments in L