Alireza Jahanbakhsh’s spectacular overhead kick earned Brighton a share of the points against Chelsea and dampened Frank Lampard’s New Year celebrations yesterday as Aston Villa secured a vital win against Burnley. Chelsea’s 1-1 draw on Englan

Sumit Ghadigaonkar continued his batting prowess and together with Rumesh Buddika helped Chilaw Marians CC record a comfortable 91-run win over NCC in their SLC Premier Limited Over Cricket Tournament final played

Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) has opted to bring in a foreign referee for the mouthwatering clash between CR & FC and Kandy Sports Club at Longdon Place on Saturday (4). Although the decision has still not been

England centre Henry Slade is a doubt for the start of the Six Nations in February after his club Exeter said he faces six to eight weeks on the sidelines due to a small ankle fracture. The 26-year-old sustained the injury in the Premiership earli

Chilaw Marians CC and NCC came out victorious in their respective SLC Premier Limited Over Cricket Tournament semi-final encounters worked off yesterday. Chilaw Marians CC coaste

St. Benedict’s College missed out an outright victory by just three runs as Royal College, Colombo held on determinedly to force a draw to their Inter-Schools Under-19 Cricket Tournament encounter w

Master batsman Steve Smith ground out an unbeaten 77 to put Australia in the driving seat after the opening day of the second Test against New Zealand yesterday. In the Black Caps’ first Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) since 1

Sri Lanka’s place kicking sensation ThilinaWijesinghe faces a hefty ban having tested positive for a banned substance. Kandy full-back has been a consistent performer in the Inter-Club League Rugby Tournament for the last few years which paved the

Sri Lanka opener Oshada Fernando struck a maiden century to delay Pakistan’s victory quest after the home team’s top four all scored hundreds in the second Test in Karachi yesterday. Set a daunting 476 runs to win, Sri Lanka were tottering at 97

A fine all-round performance by Navod Paranavithana helped Sri Lanka record a convincing 77-run win over England in the Under-19 Tri-Nation Cricket Tournament final played in Antigua, West Indies on Saturday. It was sweet revenge for Sri Lanka Under-

The 22nd Army Para Games, sponsored by Dialog Axiata PLC is set to take place from December 27 to 29 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. A total of 700 differently-able servicemen, from across eleven regiments will battle it out for top honours i

Thisara Sachinthana shone with a six-wicket haul for Taxila Central, Horana on day one of their Under-19 Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament encounter against Anuradhapura Central which began at Horana yesterday. Meanwhile, Gami

A fine half century from Dasun Achira and a five-wicket haul by Nadun Kalhara helped Nalanda Boys’ School, Minuwangoda record a comfortable five-wicket win over Harischandra National School, Negombo in their Under-19 Inter-Schools Cricket Tournamen

After the truncated first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi, expectations are high ahead of the second Test, with forecasts pointing to improved weather conditions in Karachi from today (19).

Four players of the visiting Sri Lanka Cricket team underwent a doping test on the eve of the second Test which begins in Karachi today. According to the sources cl

After having played their first Test on Pakistan soil the National Team members cannot wait for the second and final Test against Sri Lanka starting at the National Stadium in Karachi on Thursday. With the first match ending in a draw their Captain A

REUTERS - Ellyse Perry has led an Australian sweep of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Annual Awards with the all-rounder named Women’s Cricketer and One-Day International (ODI) player of 2019, the

Sri Lanka Coach Mickey Arthur yesterday said ongoing opponent Pakistan holds a special place in his heart and he is happy to be back in the country where he coached for three years. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) removed Arthur as National Coach af

Dushan Vimukthi cracked his third successive half century to guide Army SC to a convincing 141-run win over BRC on the Duckworth/Lewis scoring method in their SLC Premier Limited Over Cricket Tournament encounter played at Dombagoda yesterday. Meanwh

REUTERS - Captain Joe Root scored an unbeaten half century as England’s tourists got in some batting practice and scored more than 300 runs on the opening day of their two-day warm-up match against a Cricket South Africa (CSA) Invitation XI in Ben

A matchbag of eight wickets by Kaveesha Kalpana helped Sri Devananda MV, Ambalangoda record a six-wicket win over Revatha MMV, Balapitiya in their Under-19 Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament encounter which concluded at Balapitiya yesterday. Meanwhile

A top knock of 121 by Buddima Wijesundara for Wesley College was the highlight on the opening day of the Under-19 Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament encounter against St. Sebastian’s College played at Moratuwa yesterday.

Abid Ali and Babar Azam each hit a century to light up the final day of Pakistan’s first test at home in a decade against Sri Lanka as the weather-hit match at Rawalpindi ended in a drab draw yesterday. Rain and bad light did not allow full pla

Heavy rain and bad light hit the second day of the historic Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi on Thursday, Pakistan’s first home Test since a deadly attack in 2009. Sri Lanka, resuming at 220-5, had progressed to 225-5 in 7.5 overs

An all-round performance by Yuri Koththigoda helped Richmond College record an easy first innings win over Piliyandala Central in a second round match of the Under 13 inter-school cricket tournament played at Piliyandala yesterday. In the other ma

Pakistan’s teenage fast bowler Naseem Shah led the hosts’ recovery against Sri Lanka on a riveting opening day as test cricket returned to the country yesterday for the first time since a militant attack in 2009. Sri Lanka started strongly but

With an unbeaten record, the Sri Lanka Men’s Under-23 cricket team effortlessly booked a place in the final, but the Women’s side suffered a shocking two-run defeat and had to settle for silver on the eighth day of the 13th South Asian Games in N

Chamara Dharmawardene bagged the gold medal in the Men’s 73kg Lightweight category while Sri Lanka won another two silver and three bronze medals, in Judo at the 13th South Asian Games held at the Army Physical Fitness Centre in Lagankhen, Kathmand

West Indies opener Lendl Simmons smashed a breezy 67 not out to help secure a series-levelling eight-wicket victory over India in the second Twenty20 International on Sunday. After restricting the hosts to 170-7, the tourists’ big-hitting top or

Left-arm pacie Praveen Nimesh took career best bowling figures of 9 for 13, which incidentally is the best bowling returns of the ongoing Under 19 inter-school cricket tournament, laying the foundation for Gurukula MV Kelaniya to outclass St. Servati