The national football pool which has been temporarily disbanded because of the coronavirus pandemic will undergo a 14-day quarantine period when it is reconvened next month, according to the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFS

Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga will not be a part of the first phase of post-lockdown training, it is learnt. The 36-year-ol

The World Table Tennis Championship has been postponed indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic but the Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka (TTASL) is planning to send a 10-member team for the event whenever it is eventually hel

The International Venue and Facilities Manager of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Godfrey Dabarera is a busy man now as he is working hard to get all international grounds ready for the upcoming fixtures. “We are keep

The Sri Lanka Cricketers Association (SLCA), in collaboration with the 1996 World Cup winning team members, have stepped forward to help the current First-Class cricketers, Umpires and scorers who have been left unemployed

Sri Lanka have emerged Asian netball champions on five occasions but they should be looking at winning titles beyond the region, said former national captain Somitha de Alwis. Since the Senior A

The first rugby team from parts beyond the seas to play in Sri Lanka, as per the recorded history of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (now Sri Lanka Rugby), was the “All Blacks” Northern Union team. They arrived in Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was t

Belgian national team manager Roberto Martinez’s contract has been extended, officials confirmed on Wednesday, more than a fortnight after it was first reported. Martinez will stay u

Not only bowlers but even the fielders will likely slip up in the infancy stages of the new playing condition (that bans use of saliva on the ball) being implemented, according to Shane McDermott, the fielding coach of the Sri Lankan team.

Retired badminton great Lee Chong Wei has said it will be difficult for arch-rival Lin Dan to qualify for the Olympics due to tough com

Former World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga has blasted the prospects of constructing a new International Cricket Stadium spending 40 million dollars in Diyagama, Homagama. Ranatunga claimed that such huge amo

If the Coronavirus situation does not worsen further in the country, the Sri Lankan cricketers will start their group residential training fro

While expressing his pride at still holding the national 400m record, former star athlete Sugath Thilakaratne said that athletes could not rest purely on their success at last year’s South Asian Games in Nepal. “The men’s 40

Spanish clubs began training in groups of 10 players on Monday, in line with health protocols, as La Liga takes another step towards the planned resumption of the coronavirus-hit season next month. Barcelona confirmed t

Winger Vishwamithra Jayasinghe has ended his contract with the Kandy SC. Jayasinghe

Only two national sports associations have responded positively to a circular issued by the Ministry of Sports to resume training activities for the national pool by June 1, according to sources. Following a meeting of heads of selected sports bodies

Till now the Indian cricket board needed government permission only to play the bilateral series against Pakistan but now even for the Team India to travel to Sri Lanka, the Indian government directives would be mandatory, according to

REUTERS - Former NFL linebacker Antonio Morrison is facing at least one felony intimidation charge after a series of incidents in Carmel, Ind., according to published reports. Morrison, who played with the Indianapolis Colts from 2016-17, allegedl

Dukes, the manufacturers of balls used by England and West Indies in their home Tests, have dismissed the need for artificial substances to aid shining if international cricket is played this summer. Former India captain Sachin Tendulkar is the lates

Women’s hockey could be developed in the South Asian region if major competitions in the region are held annually or at le

The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) donated a sum of Rs. 2 million to the Covid-19 Health Care and Social Fund to support the government’s efforts in fighting the pandemic in the country. The donation

Ireland’s home series against New Zealand and Pakistan scheduled for June and July have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, their cricket boards said on Thursday. The pandemic has

Veteran coach Davenell Whatmore yesterday revealed that his stint with the Sri Lankan Team in 1996 gave him the ‘most amount of satisfaction’. “I enjoyed most worki

The standard of football in Sri Lanka is on the decline not because players lack skill but because the selection committee me

Had the world not come to a standstill due to COVID-19 Sri Lankan all rounder Dasun Shanaka would have had his wedding yesterday. “Yes, becau

The Boxing Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has set its sights on winning medals at the Asian Boxing Championship to be h

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday invited Sports Medicine Doctor Daminda Attanayake to brief the two captains - Dimuth Karun

Scrapping the money-spinning Indian Premier League (IPL) this year because of the Coronavirus pandemic would cost more than half a billion dollars but cutting players’ pay was not yet being considered a top official told AFP yesterday.

The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) has decided to organize an international level online coaching seminar next month for the

India’s 2011 World Cup-winning batsman Suresh Raina has called on the country’s cricket board (BCCI) to lift its ban on players participating in overseas Twenty20 leagues. The BCCI doe