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Three Football Leagues will be reactivated after being sidelined for a period of six years, President, Football Sri Lanka (FSL) Jaswar Umar confirmed to Daily News yesterday. Kandy, Kurunegala and Akkaraipattu Leagues were some…

Former Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Mahela Jayawardena was yesterday, appointed as a Board of Director of Janashakthi Insurance PLC. “We are pleased to welcome Mahela to the Janashakthi Life Board,” Prakash Schaffter, Chairman of…

The world governing body for athletics World Athletics (WA) yesterday, confirmed that Sri Lanka’s Women’s 800m runner Nimali Liyanarachchi has qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games. “Liyanarachchi has qualified as a Universality…

Sanath Jayasundara, a former Performance Analyst at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), has been banned from all forms of cricket for seven years after the ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.…

Seniru Nagasinghe of Lyceum, Nugegoda and Amaya Ranasinghe of Viharamaha Devi BMV, Kiribathgoda won the Boys’ and Girls’ title respectively at the Sri Lanka Online National Rapid Chess Championships, which concluded yesterday.…

Former Sri Lanka batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa has been fined US $5,000 for a breach of contract and is essentially on probation for two years, having been handed a one-year ban as a suspended sentence. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) dealt…

Thiyagaraja Kalaikumari of Walapane education zone in the Nuwara Eliya district is a multi - talented student who has various achievements in the history of Ragala Tamil Higher National School in education and sports at the school,…

South Africa were brilliant with both bat and ball as they earned a 25-run win in the T20I series decider against the West Indies in Grenada on Saturday. The ever reliable Quinton de Kock (60) and Aiden Markram (70) produced the…

Sri Lanka will play 13 Test matches during the second World Test Championship (WTC) cycle, spanning from August 2021 to June 2023. The second WTC cycle will kick off with the 5-match Test series between England and India, which…

Italy based Sri Lankan sprinter Yupun Abeykoon is the only Sri Lankan athlete to get direct qualification for the Tokyo Olympics with his excellent performance in the100m. To be an Olympian is the dream of any athlete. Yupun is…