B.D.H. Gomes of Western Province set up a Sri Lanka record by lifting 48.0 kg in the women’s snatch event at the 40th National Sports Festival 2014 held at the Kelaniya University Gymnasium.

Raveen Yasas shone with impressive figures of 6 for 24 in Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama’s first inning win over Karandeniya Central in the under 29 inter-school cricket encounter played at Karandeniya.

CCC School of Cricket and Royal International School, Kurunegala shared the inaugural Major General Sunil Tennekoon Challenge Trophy when they met in two limited over encounters at Kurunegala last weekend.

Richmond College Badminton team won the 43rd Junior National Badminton championships held in Colombo recently. The champion team poses for a photo with their trophies.

CCC School of Cricket under-12 and 14 teams met at the Mercantile Cricket Association Cricket Academy teams in two games at the Irrigation ground on Sunday.

The sport’s highest court, Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) will hear the appeal  of former Sri Lankan football administrator Manilal Fernando against his life ban for alleged corruption on November 20.

An all-round performance by Janith Pramod who cracked a half ton and ended with an impressive match bag of 11 for 65 and half tons by Lisula Lakshan and Tharindu Tharaka helped Gurukula MV Kelaniya record a crushing innings and 161 run over Maris

St. Thomas College Matale registered a first innings win over Debarawewa National School in a rain interrupted under 19 cricket encounter played at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium yesterday.

Half tons by Kavindu Munasinghe, Sahan Peiris and Subuddi Kaushalya helped Mahanama College Colombo to record a first innings win over St. Servatius Matara in the Under 19 match played at the Galle Stadium.

St. Aloysius Galle were 24 for no loss in reply to Holy Cross Kalutara’s score of 100 before rain stopped play on day one in the Under 19 match played at the Surrey Village ground in Maggona. The match will be continued today.

Thurstan has already taken a first innings lead over Wesley at the end of the first day’s play in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at Thurstan ground.

The 84th John Tarbat Senior Athletic Championships came to a conclusion yesterday with Akila Ravishanka of Seevali MMV,...

An unbeaten knock of 56 by Shehan Jayasuriya steered Commercial Credit to a comfortable seven wicket win over fancied MAS Active in the Singer Mercantile Division...

The Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) is currently on a mop up operation of the Sri Lanka Society of Rugby Football Referees (SLSRFR) and in its first move has taken back firm control by appointing an interim Committee headed by Chula Dharmad

Former Australian Test umpire Darrell Hair has name three sub-continental spin giants - Muttiah Muralitharan, Saqlain Mushtaq and Harbhajan Singh - as the 'role models' for the increasing number of 'chuckers' in the game currently.

Sri Lanka ‘A’ recorded a comprehensive ten wicket win against the visiting West Indies ‘A’ side in the 1st unofficial Test at the Sooriyawewa Stadium yesterday to take a 1-0 lead in the three match series.

Lewis Hamilton won the inaugural Russian Formula One Grand Prix and extended his championship lead to 17 points yesterday in a Mercedes one-two that clinched the team's first constructors' title.

Fiji's Jasa Veremalua scored a try in the corner to seal a 31-24 win over Samoa in the final of the Gold Coast Sevens yesterday, the first leg of the World Sevens Series which counts as a qualifier for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

The second Asian Para Games will take place at Incheon, South Korea from October 18 to 24 this year.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar M Khan had made a very brief and top secret visit to Sri Lanka last morning to have a discussion with...

Ritzbury, the leading chocolate brand of Ceylon Biscuits Limited, has stepped forward once again to sponsor the Sir John Tarbet Senior & Junior Athletic...

A hat-trick by cricket legend Mahela Jayawardena and Upul Chandana (two goals) helped the Cricket Stars to gain a 6-0 win over All Stars in an exhibition....

An impressive all-round effort by Stephan de Silva helped the British College Colombo record a convincing eight wicket win over Belvoir College International...

The country’s most celebrated sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghe launched a scathing attack on sports administrators for a succession of lacklustre results in athletics on the international stage.

Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka crashed out of his second successive tournament at the first hurdle Wednesday, losing his Shanghai Masters opener after squandering a 3-0 lead in the final set.

Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews is among five nominees for this year’s LG People’s Choice Award, by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

It could be weeks before doctors know how badly damaged Jules Bianchi’s brain is after his sickening crash in the Japanese Grand Prix, a specialist warned Wednesday.

Former West Indies skipper Sir Vivian Richards who is currently in Sri Lanka with their A team criticised the International Cricket Council’s (ICC’s) crack...

Former Sri Lanka shot putt and discuss champion, Talavou Alailima on Tuesday introduced ‘SportUnleash’, a new mechanism to identify children’s aptitude...

Swiss champions FC Basel claimed another English Premier League scalp when they deservedly beat a sloppy Liverpool 1-0 with a Marco Streller goal...