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Sri Lanka’s Dulmina Ravihansa won the third place in the Under-10 category of the Italy Youth Chess Championships held in salsomaggiore Italy recently. With this performance, Ravihansa also qualified to compete in the europe…

Lee Keegal broke into the Sri Lankan rugby scene as a schoolboy playing as a wing forward for St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya. After finishing school, he went on to represent Havelock SC, Navy SC and played for the Sri Lanka…

Bangladesh registered their first T20I victory over New Zealand after bowling them out for the visitors’ joint-lowest total and went 1-0 up in the five-match series in Mirpur yesterday. In the absence of regular players, the…

Novak Djokovic began his bid for a calendar Grand Slam by eventually easing through against injured Danish qualifier Holger Rune at the US Open on Tuesday. Djokovic won 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-1 as Rune, 18, was hampered by cramps…

Vice-Captain Ajinkya Rahane’s wretched form and senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s probable inclusion will have the most significant impact on the Indian Team’s efforts to move on from its Leeds debacle when it takes on a…

The Head of Coach of Gateway College, Colombo Tharindu Fernando has been appointed as the coach of the Sri Lanka Under-23 Team for the upcoming FIBA World Cup in Mongolia. Tharindu’s appointment has been made by the Sri Lanka…

Sri Lankan Para Athlete Maduranga Subasinghe is confident of winning a medal when he competes in the Men’s 400m T47 event at the 16th Tokyo Paralympics in Japan tomorrow commencing at 7.10 a.m. (Sri Lanka time). The final of this…

Tokyo Paralympic Games medal winners Dinesh Priyantha Herath and Samitha Dulan are set to receive a huge cash bonanza from the Sports Ministry once they arrive on September 7. Gold Medallist Herath will receive a cash award of…

Sri Lanka will field a spin-heavy attack for the first Day/Night One Day International (ODI) against South Africa, at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, today. “I think we have a formidable spin attack with plenty of options…

There is no limit to what Jetze Plat can do. The dual sport athlete has his third Gold Medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after winning the cycling road men’s H4 road race at Fuji International Speedway yesterday. It comes…