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Sri Lanka team played extremely well in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021 to finish fourth at the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad tournament yesterday. Sri Lanka being the last (10th) ranked initially at the event. Though the losses…

The United States have become back-to-back Paralympic wheelchair basketball champions for the first time since Toronto 1976 after beating Japan 64-60 in a nail-biting gold medal match at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Japan…

Indian cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri has returned a positive COVID-19 lateral flow test, and will be kept under isolation along with three other members of the coaching staff. The members who will be kept under isolation…

Sri Lanka Coach Pradeep Nishantha said he had great confidence that Dinesh Priyantha Herath and Samitha Dulan would win medals at the 16th Tokyo Paralympics, which concluded in Tokyo, Japan yesterday. “As coach, I had full…

India lost three big wickets for the addition of just 59 runs as they reached 329 for six in their second innings at lunch on day four of the fourth Test against England at The Oval yesterday. India lead by 230 runs with four…

India Head Coach Ravi Shastri has tested positive for Covid-19 and is isolating along with three members of the support staff. Shastri, 59, returned a positive lateral flow test on Saturday evening, and Bowling Coach Bharat Arun,…

World number one Ashleigh Barty fell in the US Open third round after Shelby Rogers produced a superb comeback in front of a raucous New York crowd on Saturday. Wimbledon champion Barty held a 5-2 lead in the final set and twice…

New Zealand continued their impressive start to the Rugby Championship as they completed a Bledisloe Cup whitewash of Australia with a 38-21 win in Perth yesterday. The All Blacks led 18-0 at half time, despite being reduced to 14…

Sri Lanka Captain Dasun Shanaka wanted his team to lift their fielding standards after they conceded the second One Day International (ODI) to South Africa by 67 runs at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Saturday. “Our…

The Deans Star Sports Club, Akkaraipattu has introduced the new Jersey for club officials and players at a ceremony held at the Akkaraipattu Municipal Council Auditorium recently. The event was organized by Akkaraipattu Deans…