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Former Police and Sri Lanka scrum half K. D. D. Sunil Dharmasiri Perera who was domiciled in the US, has passed away. An old boy of St. Aloysius’ College, Ratnapura and Mahabodhi Vidyalaya, Colombo 10, Perera who retired as a…

Sri Lanka’s Ranindu Liyanage lost his opening match to Russian Grandmaster Oparin Grigoriy in the FIDE Chess World Cup 2021, which is now in progress in Sochi, Russia. Liyanage played 90 moves in a marathon game fighting to get a…

Sri Lanka Under-19 Head Coach Dhammika Sudarshana was yesterday appointed as the Batting Coach of the Sri Lanka Men’s National Cricket Team for the India series. The Secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Mohan de Silva said…

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will conduct a disciplinary inquiry against Batting Coach Grant Flower on completion of his quarantine period. The inquiry has been set up to inquire into breaching of the bio-bubble during the England…

Dina Asher-Smith has withdrawn from today’s British Grand Prix event in Gateshead as a precaution with a tight hamstring. The 25-year-old sprinter was set to run in the 200m in what would have been her final race before the Tokyo…

Italy goal-keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma claimed the Player-of-the-Tournament Award at the UEFA EURO 2020 on Sunday.Donnarumma starred in a second consecutive penalty shootout as Italy beat England 3-2 on spot-kicks after the teams were…

Novak Djokovic’s bid for a ‘Golden Slam’ is in doubt after the Wimbledon champion said he was ‘50-50’ about whether to go to the Tokyo Olympics. The world number one beat Matteo Berrettini 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to…

Italy claimed the European Championship for the first time since 1968 as penalties came back to haunt England at Wembley on Sunday, Gianluigi Donnarumma saving twice as the Azzurri won a shootout 3-2 after the game finished 1-1…

At the AGM of the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation (SLBF) held last January, the posts of President and the Treasurer that were kept vacant due to technical reasons, were finally filled by Aelian Gunawardena, who was elected uncontested…

Table Tennis High Performance development Programme recipients are seen here with Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa and TTASL President Kanaka Herath at the Sports Ministry.  From left Senura Silva, Krishan Wickramaratne, Chameera…