Pakistan will face India in the Asia Cup final for the first time after their bowlers made amends for poor batting to upstage Bangladesh in an 11-run victory on Thursday.

Sri Lanka’s Asia Cup campaign ground to a halt in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday night where a meek batting performance left them with just 133 to defend that gifted Pakistan a straightforward five-wicket victory.

Sri Lanka leg-spinning discard Dushan Hemantha grabbed eight wickets for just 29 runs as his team Maliban Biscuits booked a slot in the final of the 32nd MCA Super Premier League beating Fairfirst Insurance at the NCC ground yesterday.

England’s approach to being clear favourites for their home World Cup was summed up by the slumber party they held on the Wednesday before their semi-final.

Italy defended their Billie Jean King Cup title as Jasmine Paolini beat Jessica Pegula to wrap up a 2-0 victory over the United States.

World number one Scottie Scheffler is among several US Ryder Cup players who say they will donate to charity the money they are being paid to play at this week’s event following criticism over the payments.

The Ananda College Business Network Golf 2025 took place at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) last weekend, marking the sixth edition of the event with over 50 golfers teeing off in the annual event and in the Gross segment it was planter Tharindu W

If at any point in the past year England had been offered the Ashes squad they were able to name on Tuesday, they would have played an extra 18 holes to celebrate.

Tottenham forward Jess Naz is ’’done being quiet’’ after receiving ’’racial abuse’’ on social media.

Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi has declared that his team will reach the Asia Cup final and can beat India if the arch-rivals clash again.

Defending champions India booked their spot in the Asia Cup final with a 41-run victory over Bangladesh.

Seylan Bank emerged champions in the Mixed Team category at the 75th Anniversary Central Bank of Sri Lanka Inter-Bank Governor’s Trophy table tennis championship at S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium, Mount Lavinia.

Freya Sargent has decided to take an indefinite break from international cricket for personal reasons.

The International Cricket Council has suspended USA Cricket’s membership, as it builds safeguards to protect athletes and the sport’s Olympic aspirations.

Former Test umpire Harold ’’Dickie’’ Bird, one of the most famous officials of his era, has died at the age of 92, Yorkshire County Cricket Club announced on Tuesday.

Pakistan kept their Asia Cup campaign alive with a hard-fought five-wicket win over Sri Lanka in a Super Four clash in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka walk into Abu Dhabi on Tuesday with no safety net left. Their Super Four clash against Pakistan is, in every sense, a must-win. Another slip, and their hold on the Asia Cup T20 crown will be gone.

Sri Lanka’s Nadaraja Thangaraja, once a caddie at Waters Edge, has emerged as one of the most remarkable success stories in South Asian golf.

The group stage of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup Under 17 Boys Football Tournament 2025 concluded yesterday at the Racecourse Ground in Colombo, confirming India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal as the four semi-finalists.

MAS Holdings put on a stellar show to lay their hands on four championship titles in multiple categories at the recently concluded Mercantile Volleyball Tournament at the Sir Albert F Peiris Sports Complex, Wennappuwa.

Spain and Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati has made history by becoming the first player to win the women’s Ballon d’Or three times.

Sri Lanka walk into Abu Dhabi on Tuesday with no safety net left. Their Super Four clash against Pakistan is, in every sense, a must-win. Another slip, and their hold on the Asia Cup T20 crown will be gone.

India and Pakistan’s refusal to shake hands during their Asia Cup cricket matches bent the code of the so-called ’’gentleman’s game’’, as sport once again served as a proxy battlefield.

Ousmane Dembélé has been awarded the 2025 Men’s Ballon d’Or, with other honours going to Lamine Yamal, Luis Enrique, Viktor Gyökeres and Gianluigi Donnarumma.

India and Pakistan’s players did not shake hands again as India comfortably won the sides’ feisty second meeting at the Asia Cup by six wickets in Dubai.

Continuing a run of middle distance and distance upsets in Tokyo, Kenya’s Lilian Odira sprang one of the biggest surprises of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 to run down Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson in the deepest women’s 800m rac

It seemed apt that athletics’ biggest and brashest star in Noah Lyles should bring the curtain down on the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 with a second gold medal.

The United States produced an utterly dominant performance to take gold in the women’s 4x400m at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 on Sunday (21), setting a championship record of 3:16.61 on the rain-soaked track at the Japan National Stad

Sri Lanka are certainly down, but they are still not out.

Former Liverpool manager Matt Beard has died at the age of 47, the Women’s Super League club has announced.