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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…

Twenty year old Dilshan Arambegedara, Grade Thirteen student of Sri Rahula College, Katogastota in the commerce stream is a fine Cricketer who is a right hand batsman and a left arm leg spin bowler. He started Cricket in the School…

Nishon Perera played and vice-captained school rugby as a Number Eight and Centre three Quarter for his alma mater St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya at the Inter Schools Rugby Championship. He then went on to represent the Sri…

The promising Gymnast Milka Gehani de Silva began a new chapter in Sri Lanka Gymnastics when she earned a continental quota spot to the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics. The 18 year old artistic Gymnast Milka was the first Sri…

Dynamic all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga will start a new leaf in his brief cricketing career when he sets into the world’s biggest franchise based T20 Cricket Tournament in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today. The 24-year-old…

Twenty-year-old Akash Gardiyawasam is a fine all-round cricketer having represented Sri Rahula College, Katugastota with distinction. He is a right-arm leg-spinner and a right-arm batsman as well as a solid fielder at any…

Damian McKenzie will make his first Test start at fly half for three years against Argentina in Brisbane today after All Blacks Coach Ian Foster completely overhauled his team for their fourth Rugby Championship clash. The…