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

Steve van Aperen, an Australian Polygraph Examiner is willing to assist the Sri Lankan Police to investigate the allegations of the 2011 Cricket World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka. Seve

Former Sri Lanka National Boxing Coach Withanage Wasantha Kumara was elected as the President of the newly formed Kundasale Sports Club at their inaugural Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at the club pavilion.

The 25 Sri Lankan National players who are currently training under Head Coach, Mickey Arthur and Batting Coach, Grant Flower at the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy, did not have a stern training session yesterday and instead, they we

“The special training I got from Olympic legend Usain Bolt and other Jamaican international sprinters in the 100 and 200 met

Former Sri Lanka captain Pradeep Basnayake who was elected as the new President of Central Province Rugby Football Union (CPRFU), has highlighted the need for new rugby stadiums and clubs as part of his plan in developing th

All-rounder Akila Dananjaya has been added to the Sri Lanka Squad which is going through the second-phase of training ses

The salaries in the Men’s Hundred will be reduced by 20 percent next year, while the Men and Women will be paid 11.5 percent of what they were due this year. The inaug

As the former Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage was on Wednesday summoned to record a statement before the independent committee that launched a special investigation over the staggering match-fixing allegations

Sripali Weerakkody has become Sri Lanka’s first woman cricketer qualified as Master and Fitness Trainer in Australia.

The task of building on the huge success of last year’s Women’s World Cup will fall to a region that has never staged it befor

Veteran defender David Luiz has signed a new one-year deal with Arsenal, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday. The 33-year-old B

Fast bowler Jofra Archer has been delayed from joining the England squad after he underwent a precautionary test for COVID

Seven more Pakistan players due to tour England in August have tested positive for coronavirus, the country’s cricket board said yesterday, taking the total to 10 since the first results were announced this week. Pakistan ar

AFP - World number one Novak Djokovic’s hopes of hosting a successful exhibition tournament during a pandemic spectacularly backfired yesterday when he became the fourth player to test positive for coronavirus, raising serious questions about the s

Australia’s cricketers must forge a leaner, tighter Test team to cope with the coronavirus-related job losses forced on the sport, captain Tim Paine said yesterday. Paine played down reports of tensions between the players and Cricket Australia

Australia’s David Warner has warned against sledging Virat Kohli when India tour Australia this year, saying “trying to poke the bear” will only make the star batsman play better. As cricket slowl

Former Chairman of the Sri Lanka cricket selection committee Aravinda de Silva responded to the allegations made b

The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) has made all arrangements to commence residential training for the national pool at the National Football Training Centre in Beddegana, Kotte today. The 18 players selec

In light of the shocking match fixing allegations by former Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage, the Ministry of Sports has launched a ‘special investigation.’ Secretar

The Ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs is set to introduce a license for coaches in all sports in an attempt to uplift the coaching standards of all sports. Secretary to