2021

Sri Lankan National Chess Champion Ranindu Liyanage created history by participating in the FIDE Chess World Cup which is now progress in Sochi, Russia . Being the first Sri Lankan chess player to play in the most prestigious chess…
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wants to form a consortium of sorts with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to jointly host two World Cups. It also intends to stage two Twenty20 World Cups together with…
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Bangladesh stretched themselves but completed a comprehensive 220 -run victory over Zimbabwe in the one-off Test in Harare yesterday. Needing seven wickets on the final day, Bangladesh overcame numerous fielding errors and found…
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Ashleigh Barty won her maiden Wimbledon title on Saturday as she beat Karolina Pliskova in a nervy final to become the first Australian Women's champion for 41 years. Barty won the first 14 points to take early charge in a 6-3,…
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Two more prefectures - Fukushima and Hokkaido - outside the immediate Tokyo area have decided to bar fans from attending Olympic events because of the rising Coronavirus infections, Tokyo Olympic organisers confirmed yesterday with the…
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Shimron Hetmyer and Dwayne Bravo’s partnership helped the West Indies seal a 56-run victory over Australia in the second Twenty20 International in St Lucia on Saturday. Hetmyer scored 61 off 36 balls while Bravo remained unbeaten…
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The Sri Lanka Cricket Team will resume their training today after the entire squad tested negative for COVID-19 yesterday. However, the Sri Lankan Team will train without Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Coaching Staff as all of them are…
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A former bank manager and a police officer were arrested yesterday over the sexual exploitation of a 15-year-old girl. They were remanded by Fort Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage till July 20. Police Media Spokesman Senior DIG Ajith…
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The Ceylon Teachers’ Union President Priyantha Fernando yesterday said that the union will file six Fundamental Rights applications in the Supreme Court today against the Sri Lanka Police for unleasing violence againt peaceful…
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Nawagamuwa Police arrested a woman for a financial fraud on Saturday. Police said that she had taken money from several persons saying that they would be given jobs in Japan. Two victims had lodged separate complaints with…
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