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Virat Kohli has announced he will stand down as Captain of the Indian Premier League (IPL) side Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), days after confirming he will stop being India T20 Skipper. Kohli, 32, will step back from his RCB…

The Indian Premier League (IPL) returned in dramatic fashion as the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) staged a superb fightback to defeat the defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) in Dubai on Sunday. Chennai were reduced to 24 for…

Sri Lankan will field a three-member team for the World Archery Championships in Yankton, South Dakota, USA from October 21 to 26. Twenty-nine-year old Sajeev de Silva from the Racecourse Archery Club is the only male archer in…

Sri Lanka’s International Master (IM) Harshana Thilakarathne took a clear lead in the Under-18 Boys’ event after the second day of the Western Asian Online Youth Chess Championship. The 18-year-old former national champion has…

South Africa’s love affair with Vancouver continued as they followed up their 2019 tournament win there with another title on Sunday. With a strong contingent of Olympians in their squad, the Blitzboks went into the opening round…

Eighteen-year-old Prabuddha Premalal is a talented cricketer having represented Ibbagamuwa Central College with distinction. The right-hand opening batsman started his First XI career in 2017 playing in the Division Three Tournament…

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) yesterday said they were warned of a ‘specific and credible threat’ against them before abandoning the Pakistan tour. The Black Caps pulled out of the one-day and Twenty20 series before the scheduled…

National champion Ranindu Liyanage and FIDE Master Sasith Piyumantha left for Bangladesh to participate in the Joytu Sheikh Hasina International Grandmasters Chess Tournament, which began in Dhaka, Bangladesh yesterday. This is…

Len Ikitau and Marika Koroibete scored two tries apiece as Australia secured a second successive victory (30-17) over world champions South Africa in the Rugby Championship in Brisbane on Saturday. Ikitau touched down twice in…

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Captain Virat Kohli reckons the inclusion of Sri Lankan players Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera will benefit the franchise in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) leg of IPL 2021. Hasaranga…