World Rugby trainer and match officials’ manager of Asia Rugby, Dilroy Fernando, lectures at a workshop organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association at the Race Course ground in Colombo in which 32 officials involved in schools rug

Sri Lankan cricketer Nuwan Thushara yesterday withdrew the plaint he had filed before the Colombo District Court seeking an interim injunction compelling Sri Lanka Cricket to issue him a “No Objection Certificate” to enable his participation in t

McLaren make 11-year-old Harry Williams their youngest ever signing - two years younger than F1 great Lewis Hamilton was when he joined.

Former world number one Venus Williams lost her 10th singles match in a row as she was beaten 6-2 6-4 by Kaitlin Quevedo at the Madrid Open.

The much awaited Dialog schools Under-19 rugby league tournament will get underway today at Havelock Park with a match between last year’s runner up Wesley College and Prince of Wales College, one of two teams promoted to the top division.

S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia will be led by Number Eight Mckyle Karunaratne at the 2026 rugby season with high hopes of restoring their proud rugby legacy and bringing glory back to the school.

Giving fancied schools a run for their money, the little known giant killing cricketers of Sri Sumangala Central College in Hikkaduwa won a record fourth final within months as they beat Christ King College, Ja-Ela by a whopping 10

Presidential candidate Shirantha Peries claims he is extremely confident of securing victory at the upcoming National Olympic Committee election with a majority of National Associations expected to cast their votes in his favour.

Sithumli Mendis of Gateway College Colombo brought honour to Sri Lanka with outstanding performances at two prestigious junior squash tournaments held in Melbourne, Australia.

Isipathana College launched its campaign for the 2026 inter school football season at a ceremony held last week backed by chief corporate sponsor CMEC Group which is an international engineering company.

Anti-corruption crusaders and die-hard cricket followers in the island could breathe a sigh of relief as President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has at last bowed down to ground realities and ordered Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) merry-go-round dictator Sha

Sunrisers Hyderabad rode a fiery spell from their Sri Lankan quicks to seal a commanding 47-run win over Delhi Capitals, climbing to third on the IPL 2026 points table after a headline-grabbing century from Abhishek Sharma.

Newly crowned Premier League cricket champions Colts Cricket Club had to dodge many a bullet, swim past undercurrents, avoid stepping on toes and could not even voice their grievances as they trudged along to win the coveted First Class inter club ti

Centuries by Kavindu Hettiarachchi and Lithum Senuja supported by a half ton from Rasheed Nehyan paved the way for Wesley College to record a comfortable first innings win over Sri Sumangala College Panadura in the final of the Under 19 inter-school

Withanage Wasantha Kumara, a well-known figure in the Sri Lanka boxing fraternity has been appointed as the Technical Officer of the World Boxing Organization,

Triple jumper Thehara Fernando from Maris Stella College Thimbirigaskatuwa in Negombo qualified for the World U-20 Athletics championships to be held in the USA this year.

Sri Lanka has most of its premier cricketers playing in either the Indian Premier League (IPL) or Pakistan Super League (PSL) at the moment and while the likes of Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka have made their mark with the bat, Eshan Malinga has m

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced imposing a two-year ban on Sri Lanka’s T20I captain Dasun Shanaka from participating in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) over his ’’unilateral withdrawal’’ from the ongoing 11th edition.

Janith Liyanage and Sharujan Shanmuganathan came to the rescue of Colombo against Kandy on day one of the four-day National Super League cricket encounter played at Dambulla.

Seasoned Sri Lankan masters shuttler Nadeesha Gayathri delivered an impressive performance at the Yonex All England Senior Badminton Championships held in London, securing two medals in the Over-40 category.

Sri Lanka has been forced to field a secondstring XV for the opening Test against the New Zealand Under85kg side on April 25, as a long domestic season, injuries, and player unavailability due to Sevens have impacted squad selection.

The three-member Election Committee of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) has decided to reject all three objections submitted against 2026–2030 presidential candidate Jaswar Umar. A total of 34 candidates have submitted nomination

Sri Lankan pacer Eshan Malinga’s tight spell of 3-29 and a trademark blistering half-century by Abhishek Sharma helped Sunrisers Hyderabad down Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs on Saturday in the Indian Premier League.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a record prize fund of US$8,764,615 for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, marking a 10% increase on the 2024 edition.

Methika Jayasinghe and Binuthi Jayasinghe delivered exceptional performances at the recently concluded All-Island Under-20 Basketball Championship, securing championship titles and earning the prestigious Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards in their re

With T20 cricket virtually replacing Test and ODI versions of the sport, another extraordinary feat has taken place where a girl in football-mad Brazil took nine wickets in a match against Lesotho which is a country

Sri Lanka secured a place in the Asian Games 2026 hockey tournament after finishing runners-up in the qualifying tournament although going down to Oman 3–1 in the final in Bangkok, Thailand yesterday.

A new chapter in school cricket is set to unfold as DS Senanayake College, Colombo meets St. Anthony’s College Kandy in an inaugural 50-over match that they call Bridges of Brotherhood today at the CCC

Daniil Medvedev obliterated a racquet as he suffered the first 6-0 6-0 loss of his career at the hands of Matteo Berrettini in Monte Carlo.

Sri Lanka continues to mark its presence on the international rugby stage with two key officiating appointments for the Borneo Sevens in Malaysia that starts today.