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Bandula Warnapura, who led Sri Lanka in their maiden Test, passed away yesterday while receiving treatment in a private hospital. The 68-year-old played four Tests and 12 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for his country. Warnapura…

World long distance running ace Kenya has come forward to help Sri Lankan long and middle range distance runners after Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa’s discussion with his Kenyan counterpart, Dr Ameena Mohamed recently. There…

Sivananthan Sivathanujan of Kokavil Hindu College ,Movindi Herath of Maliyadeva Balika, Chenuka Jayawardena of St Aloysius Galle and Chenethma Marasinghe of Girls High School Kandy emerged champions in their respective divisions of the…

Seventeen year old, Shenaya Zain of Girls High School. Kandy who was admitted to the School in 2010 from Grade One onwards is at present in the Grade Twelve studying in the Arts stream is a talented Netball Player and Athlete who is a…

Sri Lanka Badminton! have set their sights on a professional course for their Elite athletes, SLB has been in long drawn out talks with the Ministry of Sports (MOS), as well as with the National Olympic Committee (NOC). As luck, would…

Naveen Henakankanamge went on to captain S.Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia 1st XV School rugby team as well as the Asian under 18 cup championship winning Sri Lanka team for the first time in the country’s rugby history. Naveen…

The ICC T20 cricket World Cup begins today in United Arab Emirates. The competition runs from October 17 to November 14 and will be played in three phases. The first phase is a group stage to determine which four teams will join…

Sri Lanka will begin their campaign for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 with a first-round game against Namibia at Abu Dhabi today. Consultant Mahela Jayawardene with Wanindu Hasaranga. (Pix courtesy SLC) This will be Sri…

Britain’s Cameron Norrie reached his first Masters 1,000 final at Indian Wells as he breezed past Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets on Saturday. The world number 26 dominated the semi-final to win 6-2, 6-4 in California.…

The second Youth One Day International (ODI) between Sri Lanka Under-19 and the touring Bangladesh Under-19 Team will be played at the Dambulla Stadium today. Sri Lanka have already taken a 1-0 lead in the five-match series by…