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.

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.

John Virgo, the snooker legend, has died at the age of 79; Virgo’s most notable victory was in the final of the 1979 UK Championship, where he defeated Terry Griffiths; he was also co-host of the Big Break television show

Pakistan’s spin-heavy squad are in winning form ahead of the T20 World Cup, but a controversial decision to forfeit their marquee clash against India could still trigger another early exit.

Group B promises a tight contest as Australia and co-hosts Sri Lanka look to navigate a tricky pool packed with rising challengers.

Arsenal took a step closer to winning their first major silverware since 2020 as they beat Chelsea to reach the Carabao Cup final.

Jacob Bethell delivered a sensational late spell as England edged Sri Lanka by 12 runs to complete a 3-0 clean sweep in the T20 World Cup warm-up series.

Thomas Rew’s century led England to a 27-run victory over Australia and a place in the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2026 final.

Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif called for a new global cricket governing body on Tuesday, saying that the International Cricket Council (ICC) has become hostage to Indian political interests amid a fresh row between the neighbors ahead of

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.

The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has selected a 15-member Sri Lanka Men’s squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.

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.

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.

Unknown to a vast majority of sports followers in Sri Lanka, many a Catholic clergyman has been a sportsman at some stage of his youth life before ordination and it was no surprise that the would-be priests and the ones already in

Former Sri Lanka international Shehan Jayasuriya has been named in the USA’s squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, a week after scoring his 14th first-class century in Sri Lanka.

Sam Curran was thrilled to claim a rare hat-trick as England registered a win over Sri Lanka just days out from the start of the T20 World Cup.

Former Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) president Phillip Hodson has been fined for offensive and discriminatory comments he made at an after-dinner speech when he was deputy chair at Yorkshire.

Sri Lanka stayed in the race for a semi-final spot at the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup with a confident victory over South Africa in the Super Six stage. After restricting the Proteas to 261 for seven, the Lankan side rode on a Viran Chamud

The Nestomalt Run for Sri Lanka 2026 organized by Single Tree Events is scheduled to be conducted on February 1 in Galle starting from 6.00 am onwards.

We are now nearly two decades removed from the introduction of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which ushered in a new era for the game when India emerged victorious from that thrilling 2007 tournament in South Africa.

Fast bowler Jofra Archer has been named in England’s team to face Sri Lanka in the first T20 match after recovering from injury.

Sri Lanka will deploy elite armed units to protect teams at next month’s T20 World Cup, part of enhanced security measures with a special emphasis on matches between perennial rivals India and Pakistan, officials have told AFP.