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Sri Lanka will begin their campaign for the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup with a Group ‘A’ first-round game against Namibia on October 18 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The former champions will next meet Ireland in their second outing of the…

Andy Murray won his first singles match since pulling out of the individual event at the Olympics as he beat France's Richard Gasquet in Cincinnati Masters on Monday. Murray, a two-time winner of the Cincinnati Masters, won 6-4,…

Russian world number two Daniil Medvedev prepared for the US Open by beating American Reilly Opelka in the Canadian Open final while Italy's Camila Giorgi won the Women's title on Sunday. Medvedev - US Open runner-up in 2019 and…

Tim David’s brilliant century propelled Surrey into the semi-finals of the One-Day Cup with a comfortable five-wicket win over Gloucestershire at the KIA Oval on Sunday. In-form David belted 102 off 73 balls as Surrey cruised to…

Spectators will not be allowed at the Tokyo Paralympics Games because of the city’s ongoing struggle with Coronavirus, organisers confirmed yesterday. The Japanese Government has proposed expanding and extending the country’s…

A fighting, counter-attacking half-century stand by Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah for the ninth wicket helped India seize momentum against England in the morning session of Day 5 of the Lord’s Test, yesterday. The duo, with…

Sri Lanka’s wicket-keeper-batsman Kusal Janith Perera has tested positive for the novel Coronavirus ahead of the team’s limited-overs series against South Africa at home next month, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.…

Three Sri Lankan badminton umpires will officiate at the Tokyo Paralympics Games from August 27 to September 5. Lakpriya Edirisinghe has been appointed as Chief Umpire while Samantha Nawaratne and Chandana Nilantha have been…

Kosala Sandeepa Amaratunga won the third rapid cup chess competition convincingly scoring a grand slam of 8 points out of 8 games in their third Super Fighters Online Rapid Cup Chess Championship. H A Menula Weheragoda finished with…