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Dinesh Chandimal hit a fighting unbeaten half-century but could not prevent Sri Lanka from going down to South Africa by 28 runs in the first T20 International at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. The elegant opener…

Wariyapola Sri Sumangala College, Kandy has produced some of the best sportsmen in different fields over the years. This school was formerly known as St. Paul’s College and has a long history of over 140 years. The school…

Eighteen-year-old Sithumi Samali Rajanayake is a promising athlete having represented Mahamaya Girls’ School, Kandy with distinction. She started athletics from Grade-3 and won 50m and 75m races at the Primary Sports Meet in 2012…

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Media Assistant Chanaka Silva passed away at the age of 40 following a sudden illness on Thursday. The former schoolboy of Dharmapala MV, Kalutara was a livewire in the Media Unit of SLC, playing a key…

The Sports Ministry is planning to handover some of their sports complex owned by the Sports Development Department to the National Sports Associations (NSA) to conduct their regular sports activities. Accordingly, the Matara…

Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez shocked another high-ranked opponent on Thursday in second seed Aryna Sabalenka to reach the US Open final - where she will face 18-year-old Briton Emma Raducanu. Unseeded Fernandez, who turned…

Lock forward Brodie Retallick would Captain New Zealand for the first time in the absence of Ardie Savea when the All Blacks play Argentina in the Rugby Championship on Australia's Gold Coast on Sunday. Loose forward Savea…

The fifth and final Test in Manchester has been postponed indefinitely in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak within the India squad. In a statement released on Friday, the BCCI said it was in talks with the ECB over conducting the match…

South Africa won the first T20i by 28 runs against Sri Lanka.

Quade Cooper will play his first Test for Australia in more than four years on Sunday against South Africa in the Rugby Championship.The 33-year-old, whose last international start was against Argentina in October 2016, will start at…