Sports

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…

Junior National Volleyball Poolist and athlete Kavishan Nirmal has brought honour and glory to his school Vijayaba National School, Hungama. He was born on February 8, 2002 and initially he was admitted to Wadiyagoda Junior…

The Sri Lankan Athletics Team produced a fine performance to win one Gold Medal, four Silver Medals and four Bronze Medals at the 60th Inter-State Athletics Championships, which concluded at Patiala, India on Tuesday. The best…

The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) has agreed to provide US $50,000 for the development of Sri Lanka’s beach volleyball for the next two years (2022-2024). In addition, the NOCSL has agreed to provide the maximum…

In a rapidly-changing manufacturing industry, international producer and supplier of coconut products Silvermill joined hands with IFS to embark on a digital transformation journey, embracing cloud-first, modern technology to ensure…

A disciplined bowling effort and a superb half-century from opener Quinton de Kock helped South Africa to edge out the West Indies by one run in the third T20 International in Grenada on Tuesday. After setting the West Indies 168…

England recovered from a sensational middle order collapse to beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the first One Day International (ODI) at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street yesterday. After restricting the visitors for a…

Former world number one Karolina Pliskova battled back to defeat Slovenia's Tamara Zidansek and reached the second round at Wimbledon yesterday. Czech eighth seed Pliskova, 29, rescued the first set from 2-5 down against the…

Lionel Messi passed Javier Mascherano as Argentina’s most capped international on Monday and scored twice as the side beat Bolivia 4-1 to set up a Copa America quarter-final against Ecuador. Messi was in fine form on his 148th…