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Seven-time Singles Grand Slam champion Venus Williams crashed out of the Chicago Women's Open in the first-round after being handed a wildcard on Monday. It comes after her world ranking dropped to 147, her lowest since 1997.…

Sri Lankan athletes will begin their campaign at the Tokyo Paralympics with Ranjan Dharmasena, Mahesh Jayakody and Sampath Bandara as the first to compete in Japan on August 27. Dharmasena will compete in the wheelchair tennis…

Former basketball Captain of St. Joseph's College, Trincomalee and retired Inspector of Police Anthonypillai Soosaithasan passed away in the US. He won many championships during his schools and club career representing St.…

Fawad Alam continued his meteoric Test resurgence to put Pakistan on top on day three of the second match against the West Indies in Kingston on Sunday. Alam made an unbeaten 124 to help Pakistan to a total of 302 for nine…

Sri Lanka cricketer Seekkuge Prasanna will participate in the Everest Premier League Franchise T20 Cricket Tournament in Nepal from September 25 to October 9. He becomes the second Sri Lankan cricketer to participate in this…

South Africa's Bowling Coach Charl Langeveldt and seamer Junior Dala will not travel with the team for their white-ball series against Sri Lanka after testing positive for COVID-19 a few weeks ago. Though the pair have both…

Unbeaten SLC Greys will start favourites to win the SLC Invitational T20 League Cricket Tournament when they take on SLC Reds in the final encounter at the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy today, commencing at 7.00 p.m. SLC Greys led…

The Tokyo Paralympics open today after a year-long pandemic delay and with the virus continuing to cast a long shadow as Japan battles a record surge in cases. It's a challenging environment for the most important sports event…

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games are set to take place in Tokyo from August 24 (today) to September 5. Nine athletes from Sri Lanka have been qualified to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in athletics, rowing, archery and…

Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah ran the second fastest Women's 100m of all time at the Eugene Diamond League on Saturday. The Jamaican, who retained her 100m-200m title double in Tokyo, clocked a new world lead of 10.54s.…