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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…

Sri Lanka’s Paralympic Gold Medallist Dinesh Priyantha Herath and Bronze Medallist Samitha Dulan along with the rest of the team members will receive a red carpet welcome when they arrive in the island today after competing in the 16th…

Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez continued her remarkable US Open run as she beat 2016 champion Angelique Kerber to advance to the quarter-finals on Sunday. On the eve of her 19th birthday, Fernandez backed up her win over Naomi…

Gulam Shabbir, the UAE wicket-keeper-batsman, has been handed a four-year ban from all cricket after he admitted to breaching six counts of the ICC anti-corruption code. Shabbir has accepted the sanctions and his period of…

Pakistan Head Coach Misbah-ul-Haq and Bowling Coach Waqar Younis have stepped down from their roles. Former off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq and all-rounder Abdul Razzaq have been appointed as Interim Coaches for the upcoming series…

India’s bowlers kept coming at England in the opening session of the final day of the fourth Test, chipping away with a pair of wickets to keep the pressure on their hosts in the run chase at The Oval yesterday. Left-handers Rory…

Football Sri Lanka (FSL) are planning to conduct a Four-Nation Invitational International Football Tournament from November 4 to 17 at the Racecourse Grounds in Reid Avenue. This is the first time a tournament of this nature will…

Sri Lanka Head Coach Mickey Arthur expressed his confidence that his young side would come out victorious in the third and final One Day International (ODI) against South Africa at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo today. “We…