Iran’s women’s football team declined to sing their national anthem before their opening match of the Asian Cup in Australia on Monday, their first fixture since the war in the Middle East began.

Holy Cross College Kalutara and St. Aloysius College Galle will play their annual Battle of Dreams match on March 6 and 7 at the Galle International Cricket Stadium.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan says England have a better spin attack than India and he has a “funny feeling” Harry Brook’s side will win Thursday’s T20 World Cup semi-final in Mumbai.

Finn Allen delivered one of the most explosive knocks ever seen in a T20 World Cup, rocketing from a 19-ball fifty to a breathtaking 33-ball hundred.

Finn Allen smashed the fastest century in T20 World Cup history as New Zealand national cricket team crushed the South Africa national cricket team by nine wickets in their semi-final at Eden Gardens.

SK Sangakkara, the father of former Sri Lanka cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara, passed away yesterday and his funeral will take place today at 6 pm at the Mahaiyawa cemetery in Kandy, a family spokesman said.

The second semi-final of the Clifford Cup produced a breathtaking spectacle as Havelocks edged out the defending knock-out champions Kandy SC to a 41 points (6 tries, 4 conversions, 1 drop goal) to 38 (5 tries, 5 conversions, 1

It’s the match between the top cricket playing schools in the Jaffna peninsula and all arrangements have been finalised for the 119th Battle of the North encounter between St John’s College Jaffna and Jaffna Central College

Sri Lanka’s wheelchair tennis players Suresh Dharmasena, Lasantha Ranaweera, Gamini Dissanayake, Suresh Ranaweera and Wijesiri Wijesirige recorded back to back wins in the first round matches of the BNP World Qualifier

Former Sports Minister Navin Dissanayake says he made a big mistake of not allowing Nishantha Ranatunga to win the presidency at the election of office bearers of Sri Lanka Cricket and instead appointed an Interim Committee in 2015.

League champions, CR and FC booked their place in the final of the Clifford Cup knock Out 2026 rugby tournament edging past a gallant Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club by 29 points (4 tries, 3 conversions, 1 penalty) to 22 points (3 tries, 2 conversion

International cyclist Mohammed Abdullah of the United Arab Emirates emerged Overall Champion of the 27th Tour de Air Force (Sri Lanka) Men’s Cycling Race, concluding near the Sri Lanka Air Force Headquarters in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.

Solid SC, the Anuradhapura-based football club, registered a comfortable 3-1 victory over Police SC in a fifth week match of the FFSL Champions league.

After four thrilling weeks of action, the Men’s T20 World Cup has reached its decisive stage, with India, South Africa, England and New Zealand powering into the semi-finals.

Besieged coach Sanath Jayasuriya has found himself trapped or poised to backtrack after telling the media he will throw in the towel after the T20 World Cup match against Pakistan last Saturday and then deciding to stay on for talks with Sri Lanka Cr

At Havelock Park on March 1, 2026, the “Green Machine” delivered another authoritative display to maintain their grip on this storied rugby series, sealing a convincing 24–05 win and retaining the coveted shield.

Sanath Jayasuriya has decided to step down as Sri Lanka’s men’s head coach following the team’s narrow defeat to Pakistan that ended their T20 World Cup campaign.

New Zealand have qualified for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup semi-finals after Sri Lanka denied Pakistan the massive victory margin they needed in their Super Eights clash in Kandy on Saturday.

England will take real momentum into the T20 World Cup semi-finals after Will Jacks and Rehan Ahmed secured a gripping four-wicket victory over New Zealand in Colombo yesterday.

International cyclist Mohammed Alharbi of the United Arab Emirates won the opening stage of the 27th Tour de Air Force men’s race held from Negombo to Puttalam yesterday.

Former Sri Lanka cricket team captain Hashan Tillekaratne acknowledged that an all-round mafia was entrenched in the sport’s establishment covering all areas of governance.

In a thrilling quarter-final encounter of the Clifford Cup Knockout Rugby Tournament, Air Force Sports Club produced a stunning performance to defeat CH and FC by 34 points (6 tries, 2 conversions) to 28 points (4 tries, 4

CR & FC powered into the Clifford Cup semi-finals with a commanding 29 points (4 tries, 3 conversions, 1 penalty) to 15 points (2 tries, 1 conversion, 1 penalty) victory over Navy SC at Longdon Place last night under floodlights.

For those of a certain generation, the idea of the Zimbabwe cricket team succeeding on a global stage is entirely plausible.

A “distasteful joke” by US President Donald Trump has overshadowed the achievement of female athletes at the Winter Olympics, says USA women’s ice hockey captain Hilary Knight.

Jon Rahm’s Ryder Cup future remains uncertain after he was not included in a group of eight LIV golfers who have settled a long‑running dispute with the DP World Tour, leaving the Spaniard at risk of missing next year’s event in

Sri Lankan sports fans have a high-stakes weekend ahead, with crucial Premier League fixtures and decisive matches in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Super Eights stage. With qualification scenarios coming into play in cricket and important league poin

Chelsea will play holders Paris St-Germain in the Champions League round of 16 while Manchester City will face Real Madrid in the knockout stages for a fifth straight season.

South Africa beat the West Indies by a whopping nine wickets to edge closer to the semi finals of the Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup in Ahamedabad yesterday but not before some anxious moments when the latter recovered from 83 for 7 in the 11th over t

Dulanya Sethuni Sehansa of Lyceum International School Gampaha delivered an outstanding performance by winning the gold medal in the Under-16 javelin throw at the International Schools Athletic Championship 2026 held at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium