The Kandy Rugby Academy conducted its annual rugby tournament which took place at the Nittawela Rugby Stadium last weekend with the players showing plenty of promise for the future according to officials/

Dushanth Lewke has tendered his resignation as head coach of the Royal College rugby outfit but will continue as the school’s Rugby Director while indicating his plans to relocate later this year.

Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek says tennis did not need the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ between Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka as the women’s game “stands on its own”.

Sri Lanka Police Sports Club edged out Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club by a narrow 14 points (2 tries, 2 conversions) to 10 points (1 try, 1 penalty, 1 conversion) win in a tense Inter-Club Rugby League encounter played at Police Park yesterday, producing

The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) has decided to field the Sri Lanka national football team in the Four-Nation Invitational International Football Tournament, scheduled to be held in June–July 2026 in the Maldives, in conjunction with the

Pelicans Sports Club of Kurunegala and Serandib Sports Club of Mawanella recorded hard-fought victories on Day One of the fifth week of the FFSL Champions League 2025–26, played at the Race Course Ground, Colombo, on Saturday.

Bangladesh will request their matches at next month’s T20 World Cup be played in Sri Lanka, after India forced a Bangladeshi player to quit the Indian Premier League.

Enzo Maresca has left his role as Chelsea manager with the club sitting fifth in the Premier League.

Brazil and Real Madrid legend Roberto Carlos is “recovering well” after undergoing what he described as “a preventative medical procedure”.

Former Mahanama College, Army and Sri Lanka rugby stalwart, Kapila Knowlton has been appointed as the head of the rugby Selection Committee as he brings with him a wealth of playing experience, discipline and deep understanding of players.

The funeral of former Youth World Cup cricketer Akshu Fernando (34) will take place today at the general cemetery in Mount Lavinia at 4 pm.

It had seemed like Arsenal were starting to wobble. After starting December with defeat by Aston Villa, they were far from convincing as they beat Wolves, Everton and Brighton by narrow margins.

Stand-in Manchester United captain Lisandro Martinez summed it up nicely when he spoke to the TV people after the game.

Newcastle United survived a scare against struggling Burnley to end 2025 with a rare away win.

Newcastle Red Bulls have signed Argentina international lock Franco Molina for the start of the 2026-27 season.

From a certain vantage point, the health of Test cricket in South Africa appears terminal.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) uses a rating system to review the quality of the pitch and outfield after every Test match, one-day international and T20 international.

Sri Lanka’s women cricketers are facing a whitewash in the five-match T20 series against India having lost four matches and play their last match today.

The pitch from the two-day Ashes Test in Melbourne has been rated as “unsatisfactory” by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

When murmurs began about Aryna Sabalenka facing Nick Kyrgios in an exhibition match billed as the new ‘Battle of the Sexes’, many wondered what it was setting out to achieve.

Gus Atkinson has become the third England pace bowler to be ruled out of the Ashes series after confirmation he will miss the final Test against Australia in Sydney.

The curtain is about to fall on another shocking year of failure in Welsh rugby.

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo says he will not end his playing career until he scores his 1,000th career goal.

A bowler from Bhutan has become the first cricketer to take eight wickets in a T20 international.

The left-arm spinner became the only bowler to pick up an eight-wicket haul in the shortest format.

The Melbourne Cricket Ground’s seam-friendly pitch for the fourth Ashes Test was rated ’’unsatisfactory’’ Monday by the International Cricket Council after it ended inside two days.

CR & FC endured a stern second-half challenge but held their nerve to record a 46-22 bonus-point victory over Sri Lanka Police Sports Club in their Inter-Club League rugby encounter played at Police Park last evening. CR scored through 7 tries, 4 con

Kandy Sports Club has issued a firm and detailed response to the recent Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) press release concerning the controversial Kandy SC vs CH & FC Inter-Club League fixture, strongly rejecting allegations of misconduct by its supporters and

The current administration of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) will continue to function until further instructions are received from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), NOCSL President Suresh Subramaniam told the ‘Daily M

Defending champions Matara City Sports Club suffered their second consecutive defeat in the FFSL Champions League 2025–26 as St. Mary’s Sports Club of Jaffna recorded a comfortable 2–0 victory in a Group ‘B’ fourth-week encounter played at