Sri Lanka faces the serious risk of an international athletics ban if the current administrative paralysis at Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) continues, veteran athletic officials warn. A suspension by World Athletics (formerly IAAF) would severely impact

McLaren’s Lando Norris won his first Formula 1 drivers’ championship by finishing third in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

The National Paralympic Committee of Sri Lanka has selected two school-level para table tennis players, Madew Dehigahawatta of Trinity College, Kandy, and Rusath Silva of Christ Church College, Baddegama, to compete at the Asian Youth Para Games 2025

James Harden became the 10th highest scorer in NBA history as the LA Clippers were beaten 109-106 by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

England have been handed World Cup kick-off times which suit UK audiences - but Scotland fans face later finishes during next summer’s tournament.

Virat Kohli has overtaken Sanath Jayasuriya to claim the second-most Player of the Series awards in ODI history, moving to 12-just three behind Sachin Tendulkar’s all-time record of 15.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen beat his McLaren title rivals Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to pole position with an imposing performance in qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Legendary Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram believes even more is to come from Australia’s ’’incredible’’ veteran Ashes wrecking ball Mitchell Starc.

Sri Lankan football fans have been following the global build up to the FIFA World Cup 2026 draw, and the long wait ended in Washington, DC where the tournament groups were officially revealed. After weeks of political attention surrounding the event

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.

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.

Rohit Sharma broke the record for the most sixes hit in men’s one-day internationals as India edged South Africa by 17 runs in the opening game of their series in Ranchi.

Armand Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone have been crowned world athletes of the year at the World Athletics Awards in Monaco.

The Los Angeles 2028 Olympics will kick off “with a bang” with the women’s 100m final taking place on day one and the men’s 100m final on the second day, says World Athletics president Lord Coe.