Sri Lanka put up a gallant performance before going down fighting 55-65 to Samoa in their Netball World Cup Group ‘E’ encounter worked off at the M and S Bank Arena Indoor Stadium in Liverpool, England yesterday. Sri Lanka got off to a fine st

Sri Lanka and Pakistan put up a dominant display to seal their semi-final berth on day two of the 14th West Asia (WA) Baseball Cup tournament which continued at Diyagama yesterday. Sri Lanka secured a comfortable 19-0 victory over Nepal in the openin

They did it the hard way and with the finest of margins possible, but England finally ended their 44-year wait for a Cricket World Cup title at Lord’s yesterday. It was the closest final in history – it could not p

England surged into their first World Cup final for 27 years with a sensational eight-wicket demolition of Australia at Edgbaston yesterday. The hosts will have the chance to lift the trophy for the first time when they meet New Zealand at Lord’s

AFP - Simona Halep is the last woman standing between Serena Williams and achieving her long held ambition of equalling Margaret Court’s Grand Slam title record after both recorded easy victories in their Wimbledon semi-finals yesterday. Seven-time

Sri Lankan descent Eden Silva and Evan Hoyt, the British mixed-doubles pair, came from behind to progress to the Wimbledon quarter-finals, beating Belgian Joran Vliegen and China’s Saisai Zheng.

Sri Lanka will take on Zimbabwe in their World Netball Championship opening match at the M and S Bank Arena Indoor Stadium in Liverpool, England today. However, the curtain raiser match of this 16-nation tourna

Wesley College and Vidyartha College will clash in the President’s Trophy Inter-Schools Under-19 Knock-Out Rugby Tournament first semi-final encounter at the Royal College Sports Complex in Reid Avenue today. The two teams received walkovers in th

REUTERS - Belgian Dylan Teuns won the sixth stage of the Tour de France, a 160.5km ride from Mulhouse yesterday. The Bahrain-Merida rider bea

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), in an attempt to improve the domestic structure in the country, is likely to restrict the number of ‘A’ Division Teams to 10 instead of 14 commencing from the 2019/20 Inter-Club cricket season.

Four years of planning will be put on the line for England when they face holders Australia in a blockbuster Cricket World Cup semi-final at Edgbaston today. England’s woeful first-round exit at the 2015 edition prompted a complete rethink of th

Rain pushed the first semi-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup into a reserve day, with New Zealand on 211 for five against India with 23 balls of their innings yet to be completed. Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor made identical scores of 67, though

Sri Lanka will be looking for a top placed finish at the third Asian Women’s Under-23 Volleyball Championships 2019 which will be worked off from July 13 to 21 in Hanoi, Vietnam. In the previous Asian championship, Sri Lanka secured the 12th place

Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) could face severe consequences after the Ministry of Education confirmed that the parent body failed to obtain ‘any approval’ from the ministry when they sent out national squads for the Junior Federation Cup a

Prop forward Nizran Nilar dazzled with a hat-trick of tries as St. Peter’s College completely outclassed Kingswood College by 53 points to 12 points in their President’s Trophy Knock-Out Inter-School

Reuters - Honda’s MotoGP champion Marc Marquez won the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring for the 10th year in-a-row, across all classes, yesterday to stretch his overall lead to 58 points.

AFP - Injury-hit Australia have called up Matthew Wade and Mitchell Marsh to their World Cup Squad as cover for Usman Khawaja and Marcus Stoinis. Top-order batsman Khawaja suffered a left hamstring injury in Australia’s shock 10-run defeat by South

AFP - Dutch outfit Jumbo-Visma stormed to victory on the Tour de France team time-trial yesterday with Mike Teunissen keeping the Yellow Jersey after the 27.6km second stage around Brussels.

Maris Stella College outclassed St. Xavier’s College, Marawila by an innings and 55 runs in their Under-15 Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament encounter played at Negombo yesterday. Maris Stella after bowling out their opponents for 96 made 216 for s

St. Anne’s College Kurunegala and Tissa MMV, Kalutara recorded wins over Maliyadeva and Taxila Central Horana respectively in their Under-17 Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament matches pla

Sri Lanka secured their place at the World Youth Netball Championships when they defeated Hong Kong 75-49 in the third-place playoff match played at the Kashima Sports Centre in Japan yesterday. Meanwhile, the ru

Head Coach Chandika Hathurusingha yesterday said he was not paying attention to rumours of his future in the role, adding that he already had Sri Lanka’s next international assignment in mind. Sri Lanka’s final p

Angelo Mathews took the key game-changing breakthrough against the West Indies on Monday, a moment which the former captain volunteered for despite having virtually given up on his bowling.

AFP - Rohit Sharma hit his fourth century of the World Cup as India defeated Bangladesh by 28 runs at Edgbaston yesterday. India after electing to bat first posted a challenging 314 for nine from their 50 overs and then bowled out their opponents for

French Open finalist Dominic Thiem became the third top-10 Men’s seed to suffer a first-round exit at Wimbledon with defeat by American Sam Querrey yesterday. The fifth seed, who ha

Trinity College U-17 cricketers continued their winning streak when they beat Katugastota Rahula by 87 runs at the Asgiriya Stadium. Highlight of the match were two

With their slim, next to impossible, chances of making the World Cup semi-final ending, Sri Lanka will have nothing more than pride to play for when they take on the West Indies at the Riverside Grounds in Chester-le-Street, Durham in their penultima

A brilliant 111 from Jonny Bairstow and a brisk half century from Ben Stokes was ably supplemented by the bowlers as England sealed a 31-run win over India in their ICC Cricket World Cup clash at Edgbaston yesterday. With Jason Roy fit, Eoin

Sri Lanka will be without fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep for today’s key World Cup match against South Africa at the Riverside Grounds in Chester-le-Street, Durham after he had developed fever and a rash.

Skipper Virat Kohli scored his fourth successive half century as India cruised to a convincing 125-run victory over the West Indies in their ICC Cricket World Cup match played at Manchester yesterday.