There has been no clarity on India’s tour of Sri Lanka because of the effect of COVID-19. Indian team was scheduled to tour the Emerald Island in the month of June for a short tour consisting of three T20I and as many ODIs.

Former Sri Lanka double international and renowned netball coach Thilaka Jinadasa has been appointed Team Leader of Sports Development at Gateway, according to the management of the group of international schools. Jinadasa was plan

Coaches who have not even won a medal at national level or followed any international coaching courses have created a coaching mafia which, if unchecked by the national sports associations and the Sports Ministry, would produce a dark

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will promote former Captain Kumar Sangakkara in a ‘big way’ for a top post in the International Cric

The seventh edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is slated to get underway later this year while the global impact of the Covid

Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara will be offered a one-year extension as president of the Marylebone Cricket Club in the “extraordinary circumstances” resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the MCC said on Wednesday.

Most school cricketers in the past displayed their immense talent and skill by not only playing cricket but engaging in other sports as well, according to Rajiva Wijetunge, a former Royal College cricketer who played in the latter half of the 1970s

Players due to take part in ‘The Hundred’ this summer have had their contracts terminated by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Earlier, the new to

The islandwide curfew caused by the coronavirus pandemic has had a negative effect on the skill level of national athletes, according to th

Jayananda Warnaweera has expressed his desire to return to cricket administration. After completing the three-year suspension handed to him by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC

International sports organisations which depend on sponsorship from multinational corporations and other business entities m

Professor Arjuna de Silva, the renowned physician in Sri Lanka has proposed the use of gloves by the on field umpires and face masks for the players. “The umpires sho

Sri Lanka’s national level junior athletes have been deprived of winning at least 10 gold medals since the two international competitions they were scheduled to take part in were postponed indefinitely, according to the President of t

England and Australia must tour Pakistan to facilitate regular international cricket in the South Asian country, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) president Kumar Sangakkara has said. Top teams have shun

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is planning to conduct two special qualifying competitions in the future for the Tokyo Olympics which will benefit athletes from some 70 countries including Sri Lan

The Sri Lanka Football Referees Association (SLFRA) has come forward to provide dry ration food relief packs to Referees, players and their families in the Western Province and other parts of the country. “We starte

The Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB) is making plans to resume administration of the sport once the curfew as a result of th

Chris Gayle said Ramnaresh Sarwan was “worse than the coronavirus” as he blamed his “evil” former West Indies team-mate for his exit from the Jamaica Tallawahs team in the Caribbean Premier League. The 40-year-old Gayle was

Two Sri Lankan cricketers, Suranjith Dharmasena and Mahes De Zoysa, are left stranded in their apartments in Cape Town, South Afr

Former Pakistan Captain Ramiz Raja yesterday said criminalising match-fixing can be a ‘useful deterrent’ to fight the menace which, according to him, needs a concerted effort like the one currently on to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

Major multi-discipline events in Asia such as South Asian Games (SAG), South East Asian Games (SEA) and the 2022 Asian Games are unlikely to be held in the near future as scheduled because of the repercussions of the Covid-19 pan

Controversial Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal was banned Monday from all forms of cricket for three years after pleading guilty to failing to report match-fixing approaches, the country’s cricket board announced. Umar, who tur

Five Pakistani cricketers, who are stranded in Sri Lanka due to current lock-down worldwide, will leave for Karachi and Lahore today. They belo

Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh said he was motivated by Andrew Flintoff’s sledging and a desire for revenge when he hit six sixes in an over against England in 2007. Yuvraj, now

Graeme Watson, an all-rounder who featured in five Tests and two ODIs for Australia, died at 75 following a battle with cancer.

The Australian Government might make travel exemptions for the Indian Team’s tour Down Under later this year to save the Cricket

Sports psychology will play a major role in improving the

The World Anti-Doping Agency demanded answers Friday after reports that Chinese swimming star Sun Yang was called up for national training for the Tokyo Olympics in an apparent breach of his doping ban. The latest inciden

Former Trinity College and Havelock SC star winger, Rihal Madugalle passed away recently in Kandy at the age of 79.

General Secretary of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) Jaswar Umar yesterday said that they are gearing up to continue with the post Covid-19 operations using technologies. “We are curr