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There is good news after some time coming in the form of seven schoolboy cricketers from Kandy being selected to the Under 19 national squad which is preparing for the World Cup. These players from Kandy schools are loaded with…

Tim Paine, Australia's Test Captain, will undergo neck surgery today and aim to be fit in time for a long cricketing summer. A pinched nerve in his neck has been causing Paine discomfort for some time and has reduced his ability…

Olympic Games Silver Medallist Susanthika Jayasinghe has been tested positive for COVID-19 along with her two children, sources revealed yesterday. Susanthika won the third place in the 200m event at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games…

The newly appointed National under 19 coach Avishka Gunawardena has started his duty with the 26 member National pool at the 22 day training camp which started from September 9 at the SSC grounds. Due to the present Global…

The Thirukkovil Football Club beat IRFC Football Club, Irakkamam 2:1 in a friendly soccer match and emerged champions which was held recently at the Irakkamam Riverbank Play Grounds. IRFC Football Club, Irakkamam organized a…

Maheesha Prathibhani Bandara with the Trophy she won.  Eighteen year old Maheesha Prathibhani Bandara, a Grade Thirteen student of Girls’ High School, Kandy in the Arts stream is an outstanding Netball player coached by…

Batting Coach Grant Flower emphasised the importance of playing the sweep shot and the reverse sweep if Sri Lanka are to make any headway during next month’s ICC T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “Quite a few guys…

Sri Lanka Skipper Dasun Shanaka urged his batsmen to change their mindset and the approach to the game, in an attempt to pull off a consolation win in the third and final T20 International against South Africa at the R. Premadasa…

Pakistan have announced the inclusion of former Australian opener, Matthew Hayden and South African pacer, Vernon Philander as a part of the coaching staff ahead of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021. A head coach is likely to be…

Cameroon bowler Maeva Douma dismissed four Uganda batters as they backed up at the non-striker's end in a Women's T20 World Cup Africa Region qualifier in Botswana on Sunday. It is a record for an international match. Douma had…