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Former Sri Lankan batsman Thilan Samaraweera has been named in the New Zealand coaching staff for their T20I and One Day International (ODI) series in Bangladesh and Pakistan. In an attempt to manage the workloads of players and…

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is bidding to have cricket included in the Olympic Games. The ICC said its ‘primary target’ is being added to the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. It would end a 128-year wait for the sport to…

The Sri Lanka Basketball Federation (SLBF) set up a long standing and much needed basketball backstop in the vicinity of Torrington recently to facilitate their players for training without any hindrance. Amal Edirisooriya,…

Maldives received the nod over Nepal to host the SAFF Football Championship after a final discussion held yesterday. The new dates for the tournament will be from October 1 to 13 at the Male Stadium in Maldives. This tournament…

The postponed 142nd Annual Battle of the Blues Inter-School Big Match between traditional rivals Royal College and S. Thomas’ College will now be played from September 9 to 11 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota. The…

The Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) has shifted the Asia Rugby Sevens Series Men's and Women's third leg from Colombo to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The third leg, which was originally planned to be played on November 25…

Kandy’s Billiards and Snooker players are badly affected, at one time the cue sport (Billiards and Snooker) was on top. Today it has taken a nose dive. There are no tournaments unlike in the past when there were inter-club matches…

SLT Mobitel will be providing the high speed data connections and the use of XStation which will house the first round of the ‘Petronas Syntium’ RaceAtHome Championship 2021, which is due to start on the August 8 at 1pm.…

Cricketer and an athlete and cricket coach Uggalage Janith Yasith Kumara has brought honour and fame for Dharmaraja Vidyalaya. He was born on September 3, 2001 and hails from Embuldeniya, Rathnapura and his first school was Gileemale…

Kavindu Rashmika is a talented athlete of Lexicon International School, Kandy where he excelled in the 100m, 200m and 800m events while competing at the Junior Tarbat Athletic Championship. He was awarded a scholarship from the…