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Twenty-five-year old Ayeshika Jayawardena is a talented swimmer who has represented Mahamaya Girls’ School, Kandy with distinction. Ayeshika started swimming in 2004 and won the Novices Meet at the 31st Sri Lanka Schools…

Oshini Gunawardena clinched the Girls’ Under-10 title at the 2021 Online FIDE World Youth Chess Championship, which concluded recently. The nine-year-old student of Ferguson High School, Ratnapura defeated Megan Paragua of the US…

Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath played all forms of the game and was a former Test Captain for Sri Lanka. Considered as one of the greatest spin bowlers of all time, Herath is the most successful left arm bowler with 433 wickets…

In the record books, Jasprit Bumrah’s figures of two for 27 at The Oval will look unremarkable. In reality, his performance was one of the most eye-catching of a series that has not been short of standout displays. On a pitch…

Sri Lanka wins the 3rd ODI match against South Africa by 78 runs. Sri Lanka wins the series by 2-1.

Jos Buttler and Jack Leach return to the England squad for the fifth and final Test against India at Emirates Old Trafford starting on Friday. Wicket-keeper Buttler missed the 157-run defeat in the fourth Test at The Kia Oval to…

Novak Djokovic was again made to fight hard as he beat American wildcard Jenson Brooksby to reach the US Open quarter-finals and keep his calendar Grand Slam hopes alive on Monday. The world number one overcame a poor first set…

The five-member Sri Lanka National Men’s Tennis Team will leave for Jordan today to participate in the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group III tie, scheduled to be played from September 15 to 20. The Sri Lankan contingent will play against…

The Sri Lanka Automobile Association of Japan (SLAAJ) presented two vehicles for Paralympic Gold Medal winner Dinesh Priyantha Herath and Samitha Dulan before their departure to Colombo at the Narita Airport in Japan yesterday.…

Sri Lanka produced a clinical performance to outplay South Africa by 78 runs in the third and deciding One Day International (ODI) at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. The Lankans also went on to clinch the ODI…