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Zimbabwe added 95 runs in a fast-scoring morning session on Day 3 of the one-off Test, bringing the deficit down to 259 runs in response to Bangladesh's 468 on a flattening pitch in Harare yesterday. A lot of momentum that the…

The Sports Ministry yesterday granted a sum of Rs. 350,000 to the Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka (TTASL) for the construction of a Sports Complex in Bandaragama. Sports Ministry Director-General (DG) Amal Edirisooriya…

A depleted and inexperienced England thrashed Pakistan by nine wickets for a stunning win in the first One-Day International (ODI) in Cardiff on Thursday. After a Covid outbreak forced the hosts to name an entirely new squad,…

Former Sri Lanka Skipper Mahela Jayawardene is set to join the Sri Lanka Under-19 Cricket Team as a Consultant from October. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Technical Committee Chairman Aravinda de Silva yesterday confirmed that…

Sixteen year old Volleyball player and athlete Herath Mudiyanselage Chathuri Poornima Abeyratne has brought honour and fame for her school Tissapura Vidyalaya Ampara. She was born on 22nd April 2005 and she was admitted to Tissapura…

LOVI will dress the Sri Lankan Olympic athletes and the delegates for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23. “Like many kids, I loved watching the Olympic Games on TV and dreamt of somehow representing Sri Lanka…

The first Clifford Cup winners from Up-Country in 1953 were Dimbula Athletic and Cricket Club also known as Radella Club,It is a sporting club founded in 1856, and they are the oldest sporting club in the country outside Colombo, which…

The current national champion Ranindu Liyanage of Ananda College left for Russia yesterday to represent Sri Lanka at the FIDE Chess World Cup 2021, scheduled to commence on July 11 in Moscow. Ranindu is the first Sri Lankan…

The 9-member Sri Lankan contingent to the Tokyo Olympics has nothing to lose, but does have a great opportunity to make a national contribution to place the country in a top position. This was disclosed by sprint Queen Susanthika…

The National Cricket Selectors yesterday named a 25-member squad in preparation for the limited overs series against India, which begins on July 13. According to reliable sources, the National Selectors have also all-rounder…