Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) has appointed former Sri Lanka cricket captain Mahela Jayawardena as its Captain for the 2026–2027 term and his installation was formalised at the club’s Annual General Meeting which took place yesterday.

Italian Debora Silvestri broke five ribs and sustained a micro fracture to her shoulder in a serious crash during the women’s Milan-San Remo one-day classic.

Jannik Sinner surpassed Novak Djokovic’s 10-year record for most consecutive sets won at ATP Masters 1000 events by dismantling Frenchman Corentin Moutet at the Miami Open.

It looks as if the recent inter-club rugby Sevens tournament will mark the curtain-closer of the 2025-26 rugby season. Interestingly, there was a time in Sri Lanka’s rugby history when the inter-club rugby Sevens tournament was considered the curta

Deshapriya Ratnayake, the principal of Sri Sumangala Vidyalaya, Kandy was elected president of the Sri Lanka Schools Athletic Association (SLSAA) unco ntested for the 2026–2027 term.

Colombo Kickerz Football Academy has launched a youth football development programme for the 2026–27 season under the sponsorship of leading Sri Lankan business entity Lady J.

London Marathon organisers are considering staging next year’s event across two days.

When Fabio Cannavaro hoisted the World Cup trophy into the air at the Olympiastadion in July 2006, it was supposed to signal the beginning of a new era for Italian football.

It looks as if the recent inter-club rugby Sevens tournament will mark the curtain-closer of the 2025-26 rugby season. Interestingly, there was a time in Sri Lanka’s rugby history when the inter-club rugby Sevens tournament was considered the curta

Sri Lanka’s domestic football set-up gets into full gear as Saunders and Serendib SC Mawanella secured their places in the semi-finals of the FFSL Champions Cup knockout tournament with victories in their quarter-final matches played on Monday at t

A felicitation ceremony was held by the Ceylon Boxing Federation to honour Sri Lanka’s veteran boxing legends for their enduring contributions.

Paradise Golf Tours (PGTC) is to support the expenses of underprivileged children, who are showing tremendous potential, to participate in the 2026 World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) tournaments.

Mohamed Salah will leave Premier League champions Liverpool at the end of the season, the Egypt forward announced on Tuesday as he started a farewell to what the club called nine ’’illustrious’’ years at Anfield.

A consortium of investors, including US asset management giant Blackstone, on Tuesday announced the takeover of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), one of the founding clubs of Indian Premier League, for nearly $1.8 billion.

The International Olympic Council (IOC) has expressed its sadness at the public hanging of Iranian wrestling champion Saleh Mohammadi one week after his 19th birthday while the international media also raised pertinent questions over his executive an

Mayooran Kubherane and Ashlin de Silva both students of St Peter’s College gave Sri Lanka a winning start on day one of the Junior Davis Cup Asia Oceania Pre-Qualifying tennis tournament by recording a comfortable 3-0 win over Macau juniors in a fi

St. Mary’s SC Jaffna and Java Lane SC Colombo booked their places in the semi-finals of the FFSL Champions Cup 2025–26 knockout football tournament following their quarter-final victories at the Racecourse Ground in Colombo last Sunday.

Rwanda’s Fanny Utagushimaninde says it was like “a dream” after becoming the youngest to make a Twenty20 international century at the age of 15 years and 223 days.

A seven wicket haul by Lasindu Ramanayake and batting knocks from Nethmal Bandara and Sri Lanka Under-19 caps Viran Chamuditha and Chamarindu Nethsara helped St Servatius College Matara turn the 126th Battle of the Blues against St. Thomas’ College

A cricket tournament for European nations could launch as early as 2027 after Cricket Ireland officials explained plans to develop the concept.

England will face Canada in a rematch of the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup final as part of a trio of fixtures in the WXV Global Series in September. The Red Roses were crowned world champions for a third time when they beat Canada 33-13 in front of

World number one Carlos Alcaraz was knocked out of the Miami Open in the third round after a surprise 6-3 5-7 6-4 defeat by Sebastian Korda.

Pakistan’s Twenty20 league will be held on schedule from March 26 but without crowds and only at two venues to save resources due to the Gulf crisis, the country’s cricket chief announced Sunday.

A second-half rally by Royal was too much for arch rivals S. Thomas’ as they cruised through to an easy 25 points to 5 win in the quarter-final encounter of the Dialog Schools President’s Trophy knockout tournament played at Javelock Park yesterd

Kingswood College ended a 68-year wait for victory as they defeated traditional rivals Dharmaraja College by 148 runs in the 119th Battle of the Maroons, which concluded at the Asgiriya International Stadium yesterday.

Trinity College produced a strong second-half performance to defeat Zahira College by 32 points (5 tries, 2 conversions, 1 penalty) to 23 points (3 tries, 1 conversion, 2 penalties) and book their place in the semi-finals of the Schools Under-19 Knoc

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced that players seeking to participate in the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) will only be granted No Objection Certificates (NOCs) upon successfully passing the board’s mandatory Physical Performance Test.

FIFA fined the Israeli Football Association (IFA) 150,000 Swiss francs ($190,700) on Thursday for ’’multiple breaches’’ of its anti-discrimination obligations.

Yenula Dantanarayana and Senuja Wakunugoda both missed out on centuries for the taking as St. Joseph’s College batting first ended the first day on 281 for 5 against traditional rival St. Peter’s College in their 92nd Battle of the Saints match a

Dimantha Mahavithana carved his name in golden letters in Trinity College cricket history with a monumental unbeaten 300, the highest individual score recorded by a batsman from the school in a single innings which was achieved against Prince of Wale