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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…

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…

Kumudu Priyanka will create history as Sri Lanka’s only female athlete for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, which will be held in the Japanese city from August 24 to September 5. In addition, the 33-year-old athlete is only the second…

Opener Josh Rymell hit his first century for Essex as they defeated Yorkshire by 129 runs at Chelmsford to advance to the One-Day Cup semi-finals on Saturday. The 20-year-old made 121 off 130 balls after the early loss of…

It took 35 balls for Cheteshwar Pujara to get off the mark. When he eventually did, defending the ball on the off side and sprinting across to the other end, his single was met with a loud cheer from the English fans at Lord's.…

Two unbeaten teams SLC Greys and SLC Blues will look to consolidate their position when they clash in their Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) organised Invitational T20 League Cricket Tournament fixture at the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy today.…