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Michael Appleton, New Zealand’s High Commissioner-designate for Sri Lanka, made a cordial visit to Sri Lanka Rugby with New Zealand’s Honorary Consul Senaka Silva last afternoon. The President of Sri Lanka Rugby, Rizly Illyas…

Twenty year old Aneesha Fernando, an old girl of Mahamaya Girls School,Kandy is an outstanding Swimmer and she was involved in Athletics too at School level. She was a student of Mahamaya from Grade One and she finished schooling after…

Javelin thrower Dinesh Priyantha Herath who won the bronze medal at the last Rio Paralympic Games will lead the nine member Sri Lankan team to Tokyo Paralympic Games which is scheduled to be held from August 24 to September 5 .…

Sri Lanka will look to kick-start their three-match One Day International (ODI) series against India on a winning note when the two teams clash at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday. The Premadasa Stadium, formerly…

Sri Lanka's sole gymnast for the Olympic Games 2020, Milka Gehani de Siva has received another two-year extension for her sports scholarship to train in Japan. Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka…

India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who hasn't featured in a Test match since January 2018, is not ready to prioritise one format over another. Although his exclusion from the red-ball series against England has raised question marks…

The National Cricket Selectors yesterday named a 25-member squad in preparation for the One Day International (ODI) and T20 International series against India. The squad was approved by the Minister of Youth and Sports Namal…

Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) will conduct the final selection trial for the World Junior Under-20 Athletic Championship on July 27 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. World Athletics has set July 31 as the closing date to qualify…

With the Tokyo 2020 Olympics less than a week away, the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) knows that for the time being at least their job is done – even if the moment for relaxing is still some way away. The past…