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CH and FC clinched the Commander’s Cup when they defeated Air Force SC 29-11 in the second leg rugby encounter at Ratmalana yesterday. CH collected their points from five tries and two conversions while the Airmen responded with…

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.…

The entirety of Day 2 of the second Test between the West Indies and Pakistan was washed out by frustrating intermittent showers and a wet outfield in Kingston on Saturday. Set to resume their day at 212 for four, Pakistan had…

SLC Blues and SLC Greys figured in a no decision when rain put an end to their SLC Invitational T20 League Cricket Tournament match at the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy yesterday. SLC Blues were well set to register their third win…

Southern Brave were crowned the first Men's Hundred champions after beating Birmingham Phoenix by 32 runs in an action-packed Lord's final on Saturday. Chasing 169, Phoenix's Liam Livingstone thrashed 46 from 19 balls, animating…

 Samitha Dulan is a top medal prospect for Sri Lanka at the Tokyo Paralympics which gets underway in Japan tomorrow. The 30-year-old Corporal of the Sri Lanka Military Police will compete in the F-44 category of the javelin throw…

The Sri Lankan pair of Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera, as well as Australia's Singapore-born Tim David, have joined Royal Challengers Bangalore for the second part of IPL 2021. (ESPN Cricinfo)

Athletics fans will certainly be able to avoid the post-Olympic blues courtesy of a mouth-watering line-up of Diamond League meetings starting today, en route to the series final next month. Hosting the eighth leg of the…

Sri Lanka’s promising sprinter Medhani Jayamanne ended her campaign at the World Junior Athletics Championships when she was knocked-out from the Women’s 200m semi-final in Nairobi, Kenya, yesterday. The 18-year-old was pushed to…

Sri Lanka’s wheelchair tennis star Ranjan Dharmasena is ready to give his best for the country when he competes in the 16th Paralympics next week in Tokyo, Japan. Dharmasena qualified for the Tokyo Games when he received a…