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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…

Former Sri Lankan cricket legend Muttiah Muralitharan believes that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) should appoint former cricketer Roshan Mahanama as the Head Coach of the Men’s National Cricket Team. “He is the only man I can think of who…

Cricketer, Coach, Curator, Under 15 Division Two Vice-Captain, Under 17 Division Two Captain Daily News Trophy ( Division Three ) Captain Left hand top order batsman, Right arm off spinner, Reserve wicket keeper and safe fielder in any…

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…

17 year old, Osanda Heenkenda a Grade Eleven student of St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy is an outstanding cricketer who started playing cricket for the under 13 Team in the year 2014 when he was 10 years old under the coaching of…