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Tunisian 21st seed Ons Jabeur produced a stunning display to overcome Polish seventh seed Iga Swiatek and secure her first Wimbledon quarter-final yesterday. The victory sees Jabeur, 26, become the first Arab woman to reach the…

In a repeat of the 2012 Euros final, Spain will take on Italy in the semi-finals of the UEFA Euros 2020 at the Wembley Stadium in London today. Spain saw off Croatia in the Round of 16 and scrapped past Switzerland while the…

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…

Former Sri Lanka Fast Bowling Coach Anusha Samaranayake has signed with Mulgrave Cricket Club in Melbourne as Assistant Coach for the 2021 season. The 59-year-old veteran was earlier attached to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Coaching…

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…