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Chathura Seneviratne played School Rugby as a spectacular three quarter for his alma mater Kingswood College, Kandy and St.Josephs College Colombo in the inter school rugby tournament. Then he went on to represent the Sri Lanka…

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…

Scotland delivered a stunning blow as they brought down favourites Bangladesh by six runs in the ICC T20 World Cup fixture at Al Amerat in Muscat, Oman yesterday. After making a competitive 140 for nine, Scotland produced a…

Oman produced a clinical all-round performance to beat Papua New Guinea (PNG) by 10 wickets in their ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup opening match played at Al Amerat in Muscat yesterday. After restricting their opponents for a…

Britain's Cameron Norrie hailed the ‘biggest win of my career’ after he beat Argentina's Diego Schwartzman in straight sets to reach the semi-finals of the Indian Wells Masters on Thursday. World number 26 Norrie will replace Dan…

With Tasmania set to go on a three-day lockdown due to the unfolding COVID-19 situation, the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) matches to be played in Hobart over the upcoming weekend remains uncertain. Four matches were scheduled…

Scotland completed their run of warm-up matches for the T20 World Cup with a 19-run victory over Namibia in Dubai on Thursday. Opener George Munsey hit 67 while Matthew Cross added 57 as the Scots posted 203 for seven. Craig…