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The Sri Lanka National Football Team will fly to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a two-week residential camp before the SAFF Gold Cup Tournament in the Maldives from October 1 to 16. This was following a request made by Jaswar Umar, President…

Four women boxers from the Sri Lanka Air Force will represent the country at the 58th World Military Boxing Championships, which began in Moscow, Russia yesterday. The four boxers were selected to compete in this event after…

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have decided to participate in next month’s ICC T20 World Cup with a squad of 35 players. After a discussion between the Cricket Selection Committee and SLC officials yesterday, it was decided to increase…

The New Zealand Men’s Cricket Team have abandoned their tour of Pakistan following a New Zealand Government ‘security alert’ yesterday. The Black Caps were due to play Pakistan in the first of three one-day internationals in…

Sportsmen and sportswomen from Kandy over the years have performed wonderfully in sports and they should be proud of their achievements. In cricket, schools are giving their best and the Kandy District Cricket Association has…

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…

Australia Coach Dave Rennie has largely kept faith with the Wallabies side that beat South Africa last week as he makes three changes for today’s Rugby Championship rematch in Brisbane. Nic White moves up from the bench to…

Michael Holding has retired from cricket commentary after more than 30 years in broadcasting. Holding worked for Sky Sports for more than 20 years having retired from playing in 1987 with 391 international wickets. The…

All-rounder Lahiru Madushanka was yesterday ruled out of the ICC T20 World Cup after fracturing his collarbone while fielding in the third T20 International against South Africa at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday.…