South Africa held its nerve to beat Afghanistan in a heart-stopping edge-of-the-seat Super Over in their group stage match of the Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup in Ahmedabad, India yesterday.

Kumar Dhanushan claimed the top spot on the second day of the Sri Lanka Golf Ranking Tournament worked off at the Victoria Golf Resort yesterday.

England’s batters were spun out in Mumbai as Harry Brook’s side were beaten by 30 runs by West Indies in their second match at the T20 World Cup.

Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club led by Sameera Sandamal won the Major Club Plate Championship first class tournament as they made a stunning comeback from the dumps to turn tables on their rivals after entering the final round as the team to finish las

Australia beat Ireland in their Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup match at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday coming out for the first time.

Defending inter club League rugby champions Kandy SC and CR and FC will battle it out on Saturday for the top slot in the 2025-26 championship at Longden Place in Colombo.

Four Under 19 inter-school cricket encounters ended in outright wins in the matches concluded around the island yesterday.

Damesh Mathisan cracked 144 in 139 balls that included 21 boundaries and four sixes and associated in a 145 runs stand for the fourth wicket with Nethan Fernando to help St Joseph Vaz College Wennappuwa taking first lease of the wicket to make a form

Two Sri Lankans Dinara de Silva in the girls category and Mayooran Kubherane in the boys category entered the quarter finals of the ITF Junior Circuit J30 Week 3 tennis tournament when they came out on top in the second round matches played at the SL

Emma Raducanu retired from her first-round match against Camila Osorio at the Qatar Open, two days after losing the Transylvania Open final.

Lanka Cavaliers led by veteran Cricketer Wasanthalal Fernando playing an elegant knock of 44 not out supported by Thusitha Karunaratne (25) steered their over 60s team to beat the Colombo Masters by wickets in a Masters T/10 cricket encounter at the

The Inter Club A-Division Rugby League 2025/26 Plate Segment reaches its decisive phase on Friday with Air Force SC hosting Police SC in a rehearsal of Plate final at Ratmalana

The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 has approved Dushan Hemantha as a replacement for Wanindu Hasaranga in the Sri Lanka squad and is awaiting the replacement for New Zealand’s Michael Bracewell who suffered a calf i

The Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB) has announced the selection of two national teams to participate in the Central Asian Volleyball Association (CAVA) Under-18 boys and girls tournaments, scheduled for June and July 2026.

India and Pakistan have literally had the best free advertisement, critics may argue theatre, in the run-up to their match at the Men’s T20 World Cup in Colombo on Sunday like never before bringing into focus the

Dinara de Silva succeeded to advance to the girls’ category second round of the ITF Junior Circuit J30 Week 3 tennis tournament when she came out on top against Eugenia Skliar of Russia by two sets to nil in

New Zealand put up a smashing display posting the biggest win of the tournament so far as they hammered the United Arab Emirates by 10 wickets chasing a 174 target in their Men’s T20 Cricket World

South Africa made an imposing start to the T20 World Cup with a 57-run victory over Canada in Ahmedabad.

Mahinda College dominated proceedings against Nalanda College in a high scoring under 19 inter-school cricket encounter at Campbell Place yesterday. The second day’s play saw Nalanda in reply to Mahinda’s

Ameesha Rasanjana and Tenusha Nimsara shone with half tons for Richmond College against St Anthony’s College Katugastota on day one of their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at

Reshan Algama surged into an early lead at the National Ranking Golf Tournament after an entertaining opening round on Day One at the Victoria Golf Resort yesterday. Reshan carded 75 in his opening round.

Umaya Arkarshani Kumarasiri won a silver medal at the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship 2026 in New Delhi, India yesterday.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) issued the following statement saying they had reached an understanding through what it said was an “open dialogue” with the Pakistan Cricket Board and the

A quick-fire 41 ball knock of 73 inclusive of six boundaries and five sixes by Sahibzada Farhan and a breezy 46 in 32 balls with four boundaries and a six by Babar Azam paved the way for Pakistan to record a

The Sri Lanka Netball Federation (SLNF) has decided to postpone the 2026 National Senior Netball Championship indefinitely due to communication issues between the Sports Development Department and

Anushka Sanjeewani has been selected to lead a 15 member Sri Lanka women’s cricket squad for the forthcoming Women’s Asia Cup Rising Stars 2026 T20 tournament scheduled to be held in Bangkok,

The Netherlands had a relatively easy win over Namibia in their T20 World Cup match yesterday as they won by seven wickets with two over to spare.

Zimbabwe’s pace trio of Blessing Muzarabani, Brad Evans and Richard Ngarawa combined to account for nine wickets that laid the foundation for them to record a convincing eight wicket win over a hapless Oman in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup played a

Sometimes the video assistant referee (VAR) just cannot win, stuck in a hole between what feels right in the spirit of the game and what is correct in law.

Scotland routed Italy by 73 runs in their group stage match of the Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, India yesterday.