Title contenders Lando Norris and Max Verstappen were tied together at the top of the times in first practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

“Even Australia will have to admit he’s a great now,” said his former team-mate Sir Alastair Cook.

With a record 48 national teams taking part, some countries will get their first taste of playing at a World Cup next summer.

Sri Lankan sports fans have plenty to look forward to this weekend, with key Premier League fixtures, more play from The Ashes, and a Formula 1 finale that will crown this year’s world champion. Here’s a simple look at what’s coming up, with al

England will begin their World Cup 2026 campaign against Croatia, while Scotland have been drawn alongside Brazil at next summer’s tournament.

United States President Donald Trump received the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.

Bizarrre scenes in Adelaide during the innings break in the Strikers-Hurricanes clash saw the match abandoned, a result that keeps alive the Strikers’ finals hopes

Pakistan batter, Fakhar Zaman has been fined 10 per cent of his match fee after he was found guilty of breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the Tri-Series final against Sri Lanka on 29 November.

Pots, quadrants, confederation constraints, group position grids... the 2026 World Cup finals draw on Friday is not going to be a straightforward affair.

Gulf Giants began their ILT20 campaign with a statement win over the MI Emirates in Dubai as they chased down the target of 164 in just 14.4 overs with six wickets to spare. Pathum Nissanka (81 off 42) led the charge while Azmatullah Omarzai (39* off

Holy Cross College, Gampaha won the all-island girls’ Division B Under-11 inter-school team badminton championship at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo.

A delegation from Iran will attend the 2026 World Cup draw in the US on Friday after threatening to boycott it over a visa row.

Veteran batter Joe Root hit his first Test century in Australia at his 30th appearance as England made 325 for 9 on the opening day of the second Ashes cricket Test in Brisbane yesterday.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has donated Rs. 300 million to the government’s ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Fund to aid ongoing relief and reconstruction efforts following Cyclone Ditwah.

At a time when not many gave them the thumbs up for a haul of six medals, the Sri Lankan artistic swimming team returned home yesterday after doing exactly that at the 19th Singapore Open Artistic

An unbeaten 114 inclusive of 13 boundaries by skipper Rehan Peiris supported by an unbeaten half ton from Jason Fernando helped Sri Lanka U17 to end day one in a strong position against host Bangladesh

Former England batter Robin Smith has died at the age of 62.

Pakistan’s tri-nations winning cricket team will make a tour of Sri Lanka to feature in three T20 matches next month. The three matches will be played on January 7, 9 and 11, 2026 at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium. The matches will be s

A former England Red Roses captain has returned to the village she grew up in to coach the local girls’ rugby team.

British tennis player Emma Raducanu says she no longer feels she is “hiding from anything” after being targeted earlier this year by a man who “exhibited fixated behaviour”.

England’s batters must learn when to park their attacking ‘Bazball’ style and take a more cautious “old school” approach during the second Ashes Test, says former captain Michael Vaughan.

The World Boxing Congress (WBC) concluded its 2025 session by approving 48 new National Federations as full members, marking one of the largest expansions in the organisation’s history.

Red Bull say they “sincerely regret” comments made at the Qatar Grand Prix that led to Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli receiving death threats.

Serena Williams has filed the necessary paperwork for a return to tennis - but then said she is ’’not coming back’’ to the sport.

International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry and her World Anti-Doping Agency counterpart on Tuesday called for unity in the fight against performance-enhancing drugs following a fracture with the United States.

Fifa is set to press ahead with plans to have VAR checks on the awarding of corner kicks at the 2026 World Cup despite domestic leagues rejecting the idea for the wider game.

A former England and Premier League footballer has been arrested on suspicion of attempted rape.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot described forward Mohamed Salah as a ’’top professional’’ for his response to being dropped.

Nicknamed ’Judge’, Smith played 62 Tests between 1988 and 1996, scoring 4,236 runs at an average 43.67, including nine centuries.

Sri Lanka will host a three-match T20 series against Pakistan in January, the cricket board announced on Tuesday.