Kandy scrum-half Roshan Weeraratne who missed the Malaysian friendly matches, has returned to Sri Lanka fifteen-a-side squad ahead of their Asia Championship campaign in Chinese Taipei later this month.

AFP - Kumar Sangakkara believes Sri Lanka will stage England’s scheduled tour of the island next year despite safety concerns caused by the Easter Sunday terror attacks. England are due to play Tests in Colombo and Galle next March but the attacks

Top seed Sharmal Dissanayake clinched the Men’s Open Singles title at the Clay court Tennis Nationals with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over the defending champion Dineshkanthan Thangarajah in the final worked off at the SLTA Courts in Green Path, Colombo ye

Sri Lanka will take on South Africa in their 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup first warm-up fixture at the Cardiff Wales Stadium in Cardiff today.

Avishka Madonza from the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) and Ishara Ranasinghe from Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club clinched the Men’s and Women’s title respectively at the National Sports Festival (NSF) Racing Cycling events worked off in Anura

Police Sports Club recorded an easy first innings win over Kurunegala YCC in their SLC Premier Tier ‘B’ Inter-Club Cricket Tournament encounter which concluded at Kurunegala yesterday.

In what was their last game before heading into the World Cup warm-ups, Sri Lanka took a few positives from their victory over Scotland on Tuesday.

Defending champion Dineshkanthan Thangarajah and Sharmal Dissanayake set up a final showdown in the Men’s Open Singles when they won their respective semi-final matches in the Sri Lanka Clay court Tennis Nationals which continued at the SLTA Courts

Somerset beat Warwickshire (Bears) by 49 runs at Taunton yesterday to consolidate their lead at the top of the County Championship. The hosts began day three needing four more wickets and were frustrated by the Bears’ lower order before wrapping up

Australia’s World Cup preparations have taken a hit in their warm-up game against the West Indies after Usman Khawaja copped a nasty knock to the head and was taken to hospital for scans on his jaw.

Dimuth Karunaratne marked his return to One Day International cricket with a half-century that helped Sri Lanka post a formidable score, one that Scotland were not given a full opportunity to chase down in the rain interrupted second ODI at the Grang

Fast bowler Jofra Archer’s whirlwind rise continued when he was named in hosts England’s 15-man World Cup Squad yesterday having appeared in only three one-day internationals. The 24-year-old, born in Barbados and who represented the West Indies

Savini Jayasuriya emerged the Under 18 girls’ champion of the Sri Lanka Clay Court Tennis nationals when she recorded a comfortable two sets to nil win over Alana Seneviratne in the final played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo yeste

Cricket fans should expect a run bonanza at the ICC World Cup in England and Wales starting this month, India captain Virat Kohli said Tuesday. Ahead of India’s departure for the tournament, Kohli said local seaming conditions would like

Austrian motor racing great Niki Lauda, whose comeback from a near-fatal crash made him a global symbol of resilience and determination, has died at the age of 70. Lauda was so badly injured in that accident at the 1976 German Grand Prix that a pries

A gutsy young Malaysian side missing ailing legend Lee Chong Wei recovered from 2-1 down to beat India 3-2 and all but qualify for badminton’s Sudirman Cup quarter-finals yesterday. Chow Mei Kuan and Lee Meng Yean were the heroes for Malaysia af

Sri Lanka’s Sujeewa Wijayanayake has been selected to officiate in the 29th Under-18 Baseball World Cup which will be held from August 30 to September 8 in South Korea.

Ravindu Laksiri and Fathoum Issadeen clinched the Men’s and Women’s title respectively at the SLS Open Squash Championships worked off at the Sri Lanka Air Force Squash Complex in Ratmalana.

Two Karate players Nadeesh Illukumbura and Osanda Bandara from Trinity College representedSri Lanka at the Asian Karate Championship 2019 which took place in Malaysia recently. Nadeesh Illukumbura stamped his class by securing 7th position among the

The cycling (racing and standard), race walking and marathon events of the 45th National Sports Festival (NSF) for both Men and Women will be worked off from May 23 to 26 in Anuradhapura.

AFP - Former Australian opener Michael Slater was kicked off a plane after a heated argument with two friends, delaying the flight for 30 minutes, a report said yesterday. Macquarie Sports Radio, citing eyewitnesses, said the row erupted between Slat

Jofra Archer is over the moon at his World Cup selection - and has identified Virat Kohli as the player he would most like to get out. Though he has only bowled 22 overs across three ODIs against Ireland and West Indies, the pace and control exhibit

Unbeaten, Maliban Biscuit Manufactories (Pvt) Ltd., - the 2017 “G” division winner and 2018 “F” division losing Semi-Finalist, go out favourites when they meet unbeaten, Nawaloka Hospitals PLC in the MCA “E” division 25 over League Tourn

The possible resumption of the Inter-Schools Under-19 League Rugby Tournament second-round matches have been put under a serious doubt with the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) still not properly receiving permission from the Min

Sri Lanka will be hoping for improved weather conditions when they take on Scotland in the second One-Day International at the Grange Cricket Club in Edinburgh today.

The Sri Lanka Netball Squad left for Botswana yesterday to participate in a series of international matches over the next few weeks.

Few members of the visiting Sri Lankan Cricket Team had been given doping tests on Wednesday during their training sessions at the Merchant Taylors’ School (MTS) in, Northwood, Middlesex in England.

Veteran golfer J. M. D. Indika performed a splendid seven birdies and an eagle on the 17th to shoot a seven under-65 to take the lead on day two of the Lectra Grand Prix Golf Tournament 2019 May Edition which continued at the Catalina Golf Club Cours

It was a perfect birthday gift for India’s G. S. Lakshmi who was appointed as the World’s first female Match Referee by the International Cricket Council (ICC), just a fortnight before she completes 50 years on May 23. She came close to playing

The postponed Inter-Schools Under-19 League Rugby Tournament second-round would resume next month with a card of three matches to be worked off in Colombo and in Kandy. All second-round matches were put off following the Easter Sunday terror attacks