Sports

Sampath Bandara, who will compete in the archery events, is confident of winning a medal at the Tokyo Paralympics, which begins later this month. “Getting the chance to represent the country in two successive Para Games is a…

Friends Sports Club cricket team of Addalaichenai emerged winners of the Hardball Cricket match when they beat Lucky Sports Club hardball team, Addalaichenai by 38 runs in the final played at the Addalaichenai Public Play Ground…

Eighteen year old Sasmitha Ashen Deshapriya of Dharmaraja College,Kandy is an outstanding swimmer of the School under the guidance of U.H.Sugath, the veteran swimming coach. Sasmitha started his swimming career in the year 2014 at the…

A heroic performance from the Indian bowlers helped the visitors seal a 151-run victory against England at Lord’s on Monday to go 1-0 up in the five-match series. India resumed with Pant and Isant Sharma at the crease. The onus was…

Left hand middle order bat, left arm leg spinner, cricket captain, coach and administrator Sanjeewa Ruwakantha Mendis has brought honour and immense fame for his Alma Mater St. Anthony’s College Wattala and the motherland He was born…

The Sri Lanka Squash Federation (SLSF) and the Sri Lanka Rowing Association (SLRA) received financial assistance from the Ministry of Sports during a ceremony held in Colombo recently. The SLRA received a sum of Rs 42,143,249.00…

Twenty one year old Srimali Samarakoon is an outstanding woman weightlifter holding the present Sri Lanka Weightlifting Record total of 140 Kgs. in 48 Kg. weight class and she is an old girl of Habarana Central College who did her…

Two promising chess players, Yonal Sumanathilake (Royal International School, Kegalle) and Ranpalee Attanayake (Furguson High School Ratnapura) have scored 4 points out of 4 possible games to reach the top of the Sabaragamuwa (Open)…

West Indies have started their ICC World Test Championship (WTC) campaign in serious style, beating Pakistan by just one wicket in Jamaica on Sunday. A Test match that swung constantly across the four days came to a fittingly…

Avishka Fernando celebrates his fifty Opener Avishka Fernando smashed a sparkling unbeaten half-century as SLC Reds powered their way to a convincing 10-wicket win over SLC Greens in their SLC Invitational T20 League…