The Annual Inter-School Big Match between traditional rivals Royal College and S. Thomas’ College will be played for the 141st occasion when the two schools clash from March 12 to 14 at the SSC Grounds in Maitland Place. The Rt. Hon. D. S. Senanay

Thisara Perera and Niroshan Dickwella have returned to Sri Lanka’s 15-man Squad for the upcoming three-match ODI Series against the West Indies starting on Saturday. Perera’s last international appearance came when Sri Lanka hosted Bangladesh in

Lohan Aroshana shone with twin half centuries and a matchbag of 10 wickets for Dharmasoka MV, Ambalangoda in their Under-19 Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament encounter against D. S. Senanayake (DSS) College which ended in a draw at Panagoda yesterday.

Half centuries by Dulash Udayanga and Manjula Jayawardena were the highlights of the first day’s play in the SLC Premier Tier ‘B’ Inter-Club Cricket Tournament encounter between Police SC and Kurunegala YCC which began at the Police Park yester

Sri Lanka Under-19 discard Avishka Tharindu of St. Anthony’s College, Wattala snubbed the National Selectors when he created a new schools batting record in the Under-19 Cricket Tournament match against Lumbini MV which ended in a draw at Wattala y

Meher Muhammad Khalil, the bus driver who turned Sri Lanka’s ‘hero’ in 2009 had the opportunity of meeting Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) President Kumar Sangakkara in Lahore, Pakistan yesterday. The former Sri Lanka Captain and wicket-keeper b

Sri Lanka’s women’s cricket team registered a surprise ten-wicket win over England in their final warm up match ahead of the woman’s Twenty20 World Cup, while Australia battled to defeat South Africa. England captain Heather Knig

All-rounder Lohan Aroshana hit a top score 93 as Dharmasoka MV, Ambalangoda made a modest 226 in their first innings on the opening day of their Under-19 Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament encounter against D. S. Senanayake (DSS) College which began at

Six outright wins were recorded on the second day of the Under-19 Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament encounters which ended yesterday. The six teams which triumphed were Sri Jayewardenepura MV, Kotte, Kalutara MV, Taxila Central, Horana, P. de S. Kular

Lankan CC secured a close first innings win over Tamil Union in their SLC Premier Tier ‘A’ Inter-Club Cricket Tournament encounter which concluded at the CCC Grounds yesterday. Tamil Union in reply Lankan CC’s first innings score of 271 runs w

Mahanama College scored a first innings win over Trinity College in their Under-19 Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament encounter which concluded at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy yesterday.

Shelinda Jansen of Gateway College, Colombo was crowned as the Best Overall Athlete at the 20th International Schools’ Athletics Championships (ISAC) which concluded at the Sugathadasa Stadium in

Achini Kulasuriya is out of danger, according to Women’s Cricket Team Head Coach Harsha de Silva after the Sri Lanka medium pacer suffered a serious injury while fielding during yesterday’s Women’s T20

Sri Lanka wicket-keeper batsman Niroshan Dickwella is unlikely to play in the One Day International (ODI) Series against the touring West Indies Team which begins in Colombo later this week. According to reliable so

AFP - Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei lowered the 5km World record yesterday with a time of 12 minutes 51 seconds and revealed he had set out to ‘really go for’ breaking the sub 13 minutes barrier.

Isipathana College retained the Abdul Jabbar Shield for another year when they defeated the traditional rivals Thurstan College 24-6 in their 50th Annual Under-19 Inter-Schools rugby encounter worked off at the Royal College Sports Complex in Reid Av

Police SC flanker Udara Sooriyapperuma has been ruled out of their second round league fixture against Air Force SC scheduled to be worked off at Police Park this evening. The veteran third rower was enjoying one of the finest seasons of his caree

S. Thomas’ College and St. Peter’s College shared the inaugural Michael Tissera-Roy Dias Trophy when their traditional Inter-Schools Under-19 cricket encounter ended in a draw at Mount Lavinia yesterday. T

The 86th Annual Battle of the Saints Inter-Schools Big Match between traditional rivals St. Joseph’s College and St. Peter’s College sponsored by Dialog and played for the Rev. Father Maurice J. Le Goc Trophy will be worked off on March 6 and 7 a

St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya and St. Joseph’s College, Colombo reached the semi-finals of the Papare Under-20 Inter-Schools Football Tournament by recording convincing victories in their respective quarter-finals worked off at the Beddagana

Sri Lanka U-19 batsman Ravindu Rasantha was named in the 2020 U-19 Cricket World Cup Team of the Tournament, having finished as the second highest run scorer at the event in South Africa. Rasantha was some distance behind the leading run-getter of t

The Sri Lankan Women’s squad for the ICC Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup 2020 led by Chamari Atapattu, departed the island for Melbourne, Australia last night. The squad will take part in a seven-day training programme in Melbourne where they will

Former Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation and World Cup winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga appealed to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Minister of Education, Sports and Youth Affairs Dullas Alahapperuma to clean-up Sri Lanka Cricket. Ranatunga m

CR & FC are scheduled to face eight-placed Air Force Sports Club in their week three match of the second round of the Dialog Rugby League 2019/20 at Longdon Place today. CR are confident after they overcame their biggest rivals Havelock Sports Club 3

Jofra Archer will miss England’s two-Test tour of Sri Lanka next month because of a low-grade stress fracture in his right elbow. The fast bowler, 24, missed the last three Tests of England’s 3-1 series win in South Africa and scans on Wednesda

The Professional Cricketers’ Association said at Wednesday it would back a move to allow English county sides to sign two overseas players in all domestic formats, confirming Brexit will nullify controversial Kolpak deals beyond December. The K

An unbeaten century from veteran batsman Ross Taylor powered New Zealand to a stunning four-wicket win over India in the first one-day international in Hamilton yesterday. The hosts completed the second highest run chase in their history to finis

Over 2,000 athletes from 23 international schools are expected to take part in the 20th International Schools’ Athletics Championship (ISAC 2020) which is scheduled to be held from February 14 to 16 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. The Inter

Lahiru Milantha slammed a career-best 252 to guide Badureliya CC to an easy first innings win over Lankan CC in a high-scoring SLC Premier Tier ‘A’ Inter-Club Cricket Tournament encounter which concluded at Maggona yesterday. Lahiru’s knock cam

St. Anthony’s College, Wattala prevailed with an easy first innings win over Maliyadeva College in their Under-19 Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament encounter which concluded at Wattala yesterday. Meanwhile, Ch