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Lionel Messi has overtaken Pele as the leading South American Men's goal scorer in international matches with a hat-trick in Argentina's World Cup Qualifier win against Bolivia on Thursday. Scoring all the goals in the 3-0 win in…

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…

The National Cricket Selectors yesterday named uncapped Pulina Tharanga in the 19-member Sri Lanka Squad for next month’s ICC T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Meanwhile, Dasun Shanaka and Dhananjaya de Silva will…

Keshav Maharaj has been named in South Africa's T20 World Cup Squad as the selectors picked three spinners in their 15-man squad yesterday. Maharaj, who has played 36 Tests and 14 One Day Internationals (ODIs), is yet to make his…

Sri Lanka will play two warm-up T20 matches against Oman in the lead up to their World Cup campaign that begins on October 18, Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed yesterday. UAE and Oman are co-hosting the rescheduled 2021 edition of the…

Spin-heavy Sri Lanka will look to continue their dominance when they take on South Africa in the first of three T20 Internationals at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo today. Sri Lanka are brimming with confidence after having…

Seventeen year old, left hand middle order batsman and right arm paceman Vibhavith Rashmika Ehelepola has excelled in schools cricket for Trinity College Kandy. He was born on 22nd of July 2004. He was admitted to Dharmaraja…

Nineteen year old, Tharindi Kaveesha Nethmi Welagedara, a Grade Twelve student of Mahamaya Girls School, Kandy in the Commerce stream is an outstanding Athlete . She started her Athletic career in 2013 under the coaching of Janz…

The Secretary of the Sports Ministry Anuradha Wijekoon said that the National Sports Council (NSC) and High Performances Committee (HPC) played a major role in the success of the Para athletes at the recently concluded Paralympics in…

Mystery spinner Mahesh Theekshana will hold the key for Sri Lanka when they begin a three-match Twenty20 International series against South Africa at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo today. The 21 year old has already created a…