Panadura SC and Bloomfield recorded outright wins in the SLC Premier Tier ‘B’ Inter-Club Cricket Tournament encounters which concluded at Panadura and Reid Avenue yesterday.

Kandy SC outplayed Havelock SC 33-12 in their Dialog Inter-Club League Rugby Tournament second-round fixture worked off at the Nittawela Stadium in Kandy yesterday The winners collected their points through five tries and four conversions after leadi

Ragama CC recorded an 83-run win over Chilaw Marians CC in their SLC Premier Tier ‘A’ Inter-Club Cricket Tournament encounter which concluded at Braybrooke Place yesterday. (MSA)

Teenage prodigy Shafali Verma helped India earn a nail-biting win over New Zealand Thursday and reach the women’s Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals, as defending champions Australia inched closer to joining them. New Zealand won the toss at Melbourn

Navy Sports Club skipper Richie Dharmapala has returned from injury to lift Air Force Sports Club for their week six match of the second round of the Dialog Rugby League 2019/20 at Ratmalana today.Kick off is schedule at 4.15 pm.Navy has so far won o

Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider and prolific promoter of sports signed a three-year sponsorship agreement with the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) for the Schools Rugby League & Knockout tourneys,

Army Sports Club would face CH and FC in their bid to secure the fifth place of the Inter-Club League Tournament in their penultimate game at Welisara today. Army with 25 points sitting on fifth place, way behind fourth placed Havelock Sports C

Sri Lanka have recalled all-rounder Thisara Perera to the 15-member Twenty20 to play two matches against the visiting West Indies. The cricket board said right-arm medium-pacer Nuwan Pradeep, who was dropped f

St. Servatius College Matara’s right arm spinner Keshara Nuwantha had the honour of becoming the first schoolboy bowler to bag nine wickets in an innings which he achieved against Maris Stella College Negombo on day one of the Under 19 inter-school

A half ton by Mohamed Ishaq helped S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia record a comfortable four-wicket win over Ananda College in the Under 19 Division One limited over cricket tournament pre-quar

Two magnificent hundreds from Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis helped Sri Lanka beat the West Indies by 161 runs in the second One Day International (ODI) worked off at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota yesterday.

Sri Lanka would look to improve their batting effort when they take on the West Indies in the second One Day International (ODI) of the three-match series at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota today. The hosts scraped a one-

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is all set to stage two Asia XI vs World XI fixtures in order to commemorate thunding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The two highly-anticipated matches between Asia XI and World XI are slated to be played at the Sher-e-

Last year runners-up S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia and St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa bowed out of contention from the Under-19 Division One Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament after losing their respective pre quarter-finals which concluded

Trinity College booked their quarter final berth in the Singer Cup two day event when they beat De Mazenod College on first innings in their Under 19 Singer Cup cricket encounter which concluded at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy yesterday.

Gamini National School (NS), Bentota and St. Aloysius’ College, Ratnapura recorded outright wins in their Under-19 Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament encounters which concluded yesterday. Gamini NS coa

Storm clouds are gathering over Australia’s T20 World Cup campaign, with unseasonal Perth rain threatening to spoil what looms as a must-win clash for the defending champions today. Australia need to defeat Sri Lanka at the WACA Ground to give th

Badureliya CC pulled off a stunning seven-wicket win over fancied Chilaw Marians CC in their SLC Premier Tier ‘A’ Inter-Club Cricket Tournament encounter which concluded at the Katunayake yesterday. The foundation for their win was laid by Lahiru

An unbeaten century by Sri Lanka Youth player Ahan Wickramasinghe helped Royal College, Colombo to gain the edge over Prince of Wales College at the end of the first day’s play in their Under-19 Division One 2-day Cricket Tournament pre quarter-fin

St. Thomas’ College secured their berth in the quarter-finals of the Under-19 Division One Limited Overs Cricket Tournament with a close six-run win over Dharmaraja College in their pre quarter-final encounter played at the Uyanwatte Stadium in Mat

A fine century by Malindu Shamal and a six-wicket haul by Madushan Perera paved the way for Siri Piyarathana MMV, Padukka to record an easy first innings win over Piliyandala Central College in their Under-19 Division Two Inter-Schools 2-day Cricket

An unbeaten ton by Roston Chase and a fifty by Shai Hope steered West Indies to a comfortable seven-wicket win over the Sri Lanka Board President’s XI in the second warm up game played at the CMCC grou

Defending champions Australia suffered a blow on the eve of the women’s Twenty20 World Cup Thursday with young pace spearhead Tayla Vlaeminck ruled out of the tournament with a foot injury. The fast bowler, 21, reported p

Sri Lankan equestrian athlete Mathilda Karlsson says she will challenge the decision made by the equestrian world body, the FEI, to retrospectively cancel the ranking points awarded at competitions in Villeneuve-Loubet, France last December, which ha

The parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) yesterday said it would refer the information it had collected from its probe into the discrepancies with regards to Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) awarding of international broadcasting rights, t

By M. Shamil Amit Police SC have already taken a first innings lead over Kurunegala YCC at the end of the second day’s play of the Premier Tier B inter-club cricket encounter played at the Police Park. The second day’s play saw Kurunegala YCC res

A seven-wicket haul by Mahima Weerakoon and an unbeaten ton by Avishka Perera helped Nalanda College to come out on top against Mahinda College on day one of the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at Galle. Kalutara MV and St. Sebastian

Navy SC will go up against Havelock SC in their second round league fixture of the Dialog Inter-Club Rugby Tournament 2019/20 today at Havelock Park from 6.30 p.m. onwards. The first round matchup between these two sides back in November last year sa

The Under 19 inter-school match that was concluded at Kandana between De Mazenod College and St. Sebastian’s College ended in a high scoring draw.

Sri Lanka Head Coach Mickey Arthur yesterday said he was keen to see how his players embraced their ‘defined roles’, when they take on the West Indies in three ODIs and two T20Is beginning on Saturday. The ODI series will be Arth