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Sri Lanka's Senura Silva lost to India's Yashansh Malik in the Boys’ Under-19 semi-finals of the World Youth Table Tennis Championships played in Muscat, Oman yesterday. In the semi-finals Senura lost the first set 9-11 but…

Drawn in opposite groups in Round 1, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh played out a topsy-turvy T20 World Cup warm-up match in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, that Dasun Shanaka’s side won by four wickets with an over to spare. Batting first,…

The Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2021 will commence on December 5 at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, with the opening game scheduled to be played between Galle and the defending champions Jaffna starting at 7.30 p.m. The first…

Andy Murray plans to skip next month’s Davis Cup Finals because he is “not sure he deserves to play in that team”. Murray, 34, was knocked out of the Indian Wells Masters in the third round on Tuesday night in a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)…

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Portugal recorded an emphatic 5-0 World Cup qualifying win over Luxembourg at the Estadio Algarve on Tuesday. The victory leaves Portugal second in Group ‘A’, a point behind Serbia who they…

Sri Lanka's Senura Silva lost to India’s Jain Payas in the Boys Under-17 semi-finals at the World Youth Table Tennis Championships held in Muscat, Oman yesterday. Senura lost his first two sets 9-11, 11-13 but fought back…

British number two Cameron Norrie battled to victory over Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut to reach the fourth round of the Indian Wells Masters on Monday. Norrie won 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to progress to the last 16 - his longest run at a…

Former Sri Lanka Captain Angelo Mathews has made himself available for selection after taking a break from the game in July 2021, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced yesterday. Mathews has informed the selectors of his return and…

The Cabinet has approved the proposal to appoint Sri Lankan Olympic athlete Susanthika Jayasinghe as a senior adviser to the Ministry of Sports. A proposal on the appointment was submitted to the Cabinet by Sports Minister Namal…

Sri Lanka, Ireland, the Netherlands and Namibia will contest Group ‘A’ in the first round of the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup for the right to reach the Super 12 stage. Only the top two teams will progress from the group after…