Sports

Aelian Gunawardene, the newly appointed President of the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation (SLBF), says that his goal is to end the current decline in Sri Lankan basketball and make it one of the most popular sports in the country. He is…

Sumeda Jagath Ranasinghe is a Sri Lankan javelin thrower, who participated in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was born in Galigamuwa, Kobbewela and qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games by producing a fine…

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…

Former Skipper and wicket-keeper batsman Kusal Janith Perera (KJP) is a doubtful starter for the upcoming T20I and One Day International (ODI) series against India due to a prevailing long-standing injury on his right shoulder.…

An unbeaten 89-run knock from Danni Wyatt powered England to an eight-wicket win over India in the final T20I in Chelmsford on Wednesday. The win gave Heather Knight's England a 10-6 win in the multi-format series. England got…

Australia came out on top in a roller coaster fourth T20I against the West Indies in Gross Islet on Wednesday to kick-start their preparations for the fast-approaching T20 World Cup. Electing to bat first, Australia set West…

Forty nine year old Lt.Col. Thilak Chandana Dissanayake of Sri Lanka Army is an Old Boy of Dharmaraja College,Kandy who is the first person to be selected for participation of Shooting discipline as a Shotgun Referee at the XXXII…

The national champion of Sri Lanka, Ranindu Liyanage was knocked-out from the FIDE World Chess Cup following his second defeat of the tournament yesterday. Liyanage lost his second game to the same opponent Russian Grandmaster…

James Vince hit his first international century as England pulled off an electrifying chase of 332 against Pakistan to complete a 3-0 clean sweep in the One-Day International (ODI) series at Edgbaston on Tuesday. Vince, so often…