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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…

New Zealand thrashed Argentina 39-0 in Gold Coast yesterday to secure their third bonus-point win in as many matches and stay top of the Rugby Championship table. The All Blacks, who were missing a number of key players, ran in…

Quade Cooper kicked a dramatic penalty after the hooter to help Australia beat world champions South Africa 28-26 in the Rugby Championship match at Gold Coast yesterday. Cooper, who played the last of his 70 Tests in 2017…

The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) will conduct the Online Youth Chess Championship for Under-8 Boys’ and Girls’ on September 14 and 15. All players born after January 1, 2013 are eligible to participate in this event,…

Sri Lanka yesterday named four spinners in their 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021. The squad will be led by Dasun Shanaka as the team begin their campaign on October 18 against Namibia in Abu Dhabi in…

Emma Raducanu says she does not want to let go of the US Open trophy after her fairytale in New York culminated in the ultimate happy ending. The 18-year-old is the first British woman in 44 years to win a Grand Slam singles title and…

Eighteen year old, Maleesha Shehani Ratnayake, a Grade Twelve student in the arts stream of Nugawela National School is a fine cricketer who played in the School Cricket team as a right hand batswoman and a right arm off spin bowler.…

On Sunday, September 5, Majintha Jayesinghe, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka in the Republic of Austria coducted a cricket tournament named Embassy Cup. The invitation of the esteemed ambassador was accepted…

Kevin Dixon played rugby as a fly half and full back for St.Peters College Colombo in the inter schools rugby championship captaining in 2015 season winning the Inter Schools Rugby Sevens championship after a long layoff. He had…