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American great Serena Williams said she is ‘heartbroken’ after her latest attempt for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam was cruelly ended by injury. Williams started against Aliaksandra Sasnovich with heavy strapping on her…

Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga has climbed five spots to fifth place in the latest ICC Men’s T20 International Rankings for Bowlers. Sri Lanka’s premier all-rounder registered figures of 0/12, 2/20 and 0/42 in the three-match…

Sri Lanka will look to avoid their second series defeat on tour as they face England in the second One Day International (ODI) at The Oval today. Nothing seems to be going Sri Lanka's way on the tour of England as they succumbed…

Former General Secretary Jaswar Umar emerged victorious by a narrow margin to be elected as the President of Football Sri Lanka (FSL) at the election held in three Districts yesterday. Umar polled 96 votes while his opponent Dr.…

Two champion swimmers Matthew Abeysinghe and Aniqah Gaffoor will represent Sri Lanka at the Tokyo Olympics this month after they were allocated Universality Places. Their participation at the Olympics is set to be officially…

Frouse Saheed created history when he became the first President of the Asian and the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) from Sri Lanka. As a player and as a sports administrator Saheed brought credit and honour…

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Matale Old Thomians Cricket Union (MOTCU) was held recently. This MOTCU was established with the main objective of promoting cricket among junior students of the school. The Union has now…

Talented weightlifting and powerlifting coach S. A. Wijewickrema (junior), was the National Weightlifting Coach for over three decades, at the Ministry of Sports. He was promoted to Director of Sports in the 1980s and he was…

44 year old Buddhika Rajitha Dikkumbura, an old boy of Vidyartha College,Kandy is a leading Table Tennis coach in the country at present but he says that the children who are interested in the game are not in a position to continue…

Sri Lanka Athletics is expected to conduct a special selection trial on July 25, at the Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo to select the athletes for World Junior Athletic Championships to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from August 17 to 22.…