Prize money at the T20 Cricket World Cup which starts tomorrow in India and Sri Lanka is expected to be more than what it was at the last edition held in 2024.

Second-placed CH and FC will lock horns with third-placed CR and FC in a crucial Cup segment encounter of the inter-club rugby League at the Race Course ground on Sunday with kick-off scheduled for 4 pm.

Former Australia pace bowler Peter Siddle has joined Notts Outlaws at the age of 41 for this year’s T20 Blast campaign.

World champion Lando Norris says he expects “more chaos in races” this year as a result of the new rules introduced to Formula 1.

Springfield College Kandy at Anniewatte, marked a significant milestone in its sporting journey with the opening of two new indoor badminton courts built to international standards.

The International Cricket Council (ICC), once an acclaimed organisation in England, has come in for a thundering lambasting from the Pakistan government after the sport’s global body first removed Bangladesh from the T20 World Cup and lashed out at

Australia’s explosive opening batter Travis Head (Top) and Pakistan captain Salman Agha arrive in Colombo for their teams’ matches in the T20 World Cup which starts in India and Sri Lanka on Saturday (SLC)

Sri Lanka’s Ganuka Fernando made it to the quarter finals of the ITF Junior Circuit J30 Week 2 tennis tournament with a hard fought two sets to one win over Xiande He of China in the second round match played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath,

British number one Emma Raducanu enjoyed her first victory since an early exit from the Australian Open - and subsequent split from coach Francis Roig.

Supporters of the Sri Lanka cricket team vented their anger at the players after England successfully defended a 128 total in the third and final T20 match at the Pallekele International Stadium on Tuesday to wrap up the series 3-0.

Sri Lanka has decided to field a competitive team for the upcoming South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-20 Championship 2026, aiming for a showing at the regional level.

Thishya Banagala and Zacharia Akbar emerged girls and boys Under 12 Singles champions of the SSC Open Tennis Championship when they came out victorious in the two final matches played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo.

Sohail Zenon of Blacktown Billiards Club Gampaha, Mohamed Rimzan of YMCA Colombo and Mohamed Wazil of Master SC Ratnapura emerged champions of the qualifying round of the Gampaha, Colombo and Ratnapura district tournaments.

Changes are to be made to the Laws of Cricket to permit bats previously deemed illegal in an effort to make the game affordable for amateur players amid the rising cost of English willow.

Hansaja Nimalchandra, a little know batter from Asoka College in Colombo smashed 207 in just 119 balls with 19 boundaries and 15 towering sixes, but it was all in vain as it could not prevent his team from an outright defeat at the hands of Sri Jayaw

Air Force Sports Club have taken a commanding grip on the Plate segment of the inter-club rugby League after a resounding victory over Navy SC last weekend to underline their title credentials.

Mahinda College scored a first innings win over Dharmaraja College in their Under 19 inter school cricket encounter which concluded at the Lake View ground in Kandy.

The political bickering at international cricket took yet another unsavoury course as the International Cricket Council (ICC) in a media statement said it will not subscribe to Pakistan’s decision to “selectively participate in the ICC Men’s T2

The men’s and women’s 21.1km Nestomalt’s Run for Sri Lanka Marathon organized by Single Tree held at Galle made S. Anusanka and Chathurangani Jayasekera the winners in the men’s and women’s events respectively.

Tom Banton whacked an unbeaten half-century as England pulled off a brilliant DLS chase to beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the second T20 international.

CH & FC produced one of their most cohesive performances of the season but were eventually forced to settle for a thrilling 34 points (4 tries, 1 penalty try, 2 conversions, 1 penalty) to 34 points draw against Kandy Sports Club (4 tries, 4 conversio

The FFSL Champions League Football 2025–26 Super Eight Round got underway last weekend (January 30 and 31) at the Race Course Ground, Colombo, with Saunders SC Colombo, St. Mary’s SC Jaffna and New Star SC Panadura recording opening-week victorie

The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) yesterday ceremonially laid the foundation stone for a FIFA Arena Mini Pitch in Negombo, marking a key step in strengthening grassroots football development in the country.

Havelocks and CR and FC will clash in what has been down the ages as Sri Lanka’s rugby derby at Havelock Park today for the Colonel Eustace Matthysz Trophy with kick off scheduled for 3.30pm.

Sam Curran claimed a hat-trick as England beat Sri Lanka by 11 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method in their rain-marred opening Twenty20 International in Pallekele yesterday.

The Netball Federation of Sri Lanka (NFSL) has decided to contract a foreign consultant coach as part of its preparations for the Asian Senior Netball Championship 2026 in Hong Kong and the Netball World Cup 2027 Asian

St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota scored a first innings win over St. Joseph’s College in their inter school Under-19 cricket match for the Vaas-Murali trophy at Katugastota yesterday.

A knock of 101 by Sammu Ashan for Chilaw Marians against Badureliya SC was the highlight of the first day’s play in their Major Club Tier ‘A’ Plate segment tournament encounter played at Kurunegala.

Tons by Asithya Siriwardena (143) and Adeesha Nanayakkara (114) who together associated in an opening wicket stand of 202 helped United Southern taking first lease of the wicket to end day one on 376/6 against Navy SC in their