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Former Zahira College, Colombo, CR and FC, Police SC, and SLRFU President’s XV prop forward Ibrahim (Tanker) Hamid died at the age of 77 years due to COVID-19 yesterday. He completed his academic career with Zahira and started…

The SLC Invitational T20 League Cricket Tournament schedule has been revised by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) as a precautionary measure following the identification of COVID-19 cases in the Team Hotel in Kandy. As a result, the…

The International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday announced that the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2021 will be held in Zimbabwe from November 21 to December 5. The teams that will be seen in action in the fifth edition…

Sri Lanka’s promising athlete Tharushi Karunaratne qualified to run in the Women’s 800m semi-finals following another splendid performance on the second day of the World Junior Athletics Championships, which continued in Nairobi, Kenya…

The nine-member Sri Lankan contingent will leave for Tokyo today to participate in the 16th Paralympics, which will be held from August 24 to September 5 in Japan. The Sri Lankan contingent will include six athletes, one…

A close battle for supremacy can be expected when Air Force SC lock horns with CH and FC in the second leg of the Commander’s Cup Inter-Club League Rugby Tournament Invitation match at Ratmalana today. The kick-off is at 4.45 p.m.…

Former Sri Lanka Under-19 fast bowler Himesh Ramanayake made a strong claim for a place in the national team with an outstanding performance in the SLC Invitational T20 League Cricket Tournament, now in progress at the Pallekele…

Minul Doluweera of the University of Colombo and Sakuni Bandara from the University of Moratuwa won the Men’s and Women’s Asian University Chess Selection Trials, concluded recently. Doluweera, had six straight wins and figured…

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has appointed Katie Sadleir as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) which was announced recently. The New Zealander will take up the position from her current role at World Rugby (WR),…

The death occurred of Mahinda Athulathmudali, one of the most outstanding off-spin bowlers, Sri Lanka have produced. Athulathmudali, who played in the Nalanda First XI from 1957-1959, was rated one of the best bowlers in the…