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By Althaf Nawaz
Mahinda Rajapaksa Trophy football tournament:
A comedy of errors by Sri Lanka enabled Seychelles to pull off a sensational 1-0 win in their Mahinda Rajapaksa football tournament match under lights at the Race Course ground yesterday.
The much anticipated home team put up a pathetic performance in a match they should have won with many scoring chances squandered as they gradually lost control of the game.
The Sri...
Incumbent President of Football Sri Lanka (FSL) Jaswar Umar, along with his Senior Vice President Ranjith Rodrigo, briefed the media after witnessing the performances of the national team at the SAFF Championship in Male and their progress so far and outlined their future plans in developing and uplifting the standard of the sport.
The Sri Lanka team concluded their 12-...
Sri Lanka is set to go all out in search of their first win against hosts Maldives in their final fixture of the 13th South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) tournament at the National Stadium in Male today with kick-off scheduled at 4.30 pm Sri Lanka time.
With two losses - against Bangladesh (1-0) and Nepal (3-2) - followed by holding the mighty Indian outfit to a draw,...
Football Sri Lanka (FSL) is likely to report referee Feras Taweel to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on his erratic decision made against the team which caused immense injustice and hurt as the Sri Lankans lost 1-0 their curtain raiser fixture against Bangladesh at the 13th SAFF Soccer Tournament played at the National Stadium in Male on Friday.
The Syrian born...
Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa, along with the Chairman of the National Sports Council (NSC) Mahela Jayawardena, elaborated on progress made so far in developing sports in the country while identifying the sports that need their immediate attention by way of financial support and technical assistance while declaring that ceremonial functions like foundation-stone laying...
By Althaf Nawaz
Expolanka Youth Cup:
A stunning performance in the second half enabled Colombo FC to notch up a 2-0 win over Maligawatta Youth and qualify for the...
Colombo FC concluded their final league game on a winning note with a 3-0 victory over Slave Island XI in the under-19 inter club...
Six clubs have secured a berth in the quarter-finals of the inter-club under-19 football tournament played for the “Expolanka...
Saunders edged out Cooray Park 1-0 to keep their hopes alive in the under-19 inter club football tournament for the Expolanka...
Northern Province went ahead at the end of the third stage matches of the inaugural inter provincial tournament played for the...
Three uncapped players have been included in a 22-member Sri Lanka Test squad to face the West Indies in two matches scheduled to...
Former Sri Lanka table tennis champion Lalith Priyantha has decided to open up a new chapter for female players in the country...
Football Sri Lanka (FSL) is bidding to recruit a qualified candidate as the National coach for the senior team which is likely to...
Renuka Abeygunawardena Yapa was not brought up on the lap of luxury. hailing from a village in Puttalam-Anuradhapura and went...
Former bronze medal-winning captain Sugath Theverapperuma warns all talk and no action can make plans for progress just a pipe...
Almost two months after being elected to office, Football Sri Lanka (FSL) boss Jaswar Umar spelt out how he will implement his...
The sport of basketball is competed at an intense speed and has gained immense popularity to be listed among the top five sports...
Football Sri Lanka (FSL) headed by its new president Jaswar Umar conducted their inaugural office bearers and executive committee...
Sri Lankan cricket selectors have axed the old guard and brought in new faces to the ODI set-up along with some of the...
With football in Sri Lanka ranked 204th from 210 nations, two men of contrasting styles are vying for the top post in the game’s...
Ratnam will take on Blue Star while Blue Eagles will confront New Young in their pre-league inter club football encounters at the...
With the April holidays around the corner, the Royal Turf Club (RTC), Sri Lanka’s only and active governing entity for the sport...
Boxing is not a sport for the faint-heart as it involves body contact which needs a lot of endurance and stamina to endure the...
The table tennis loving fraternity will be jubilant with the most welcome announcement made by Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa on...
Sri Lanka is to recall middle order batsman Roshen Silva and take a look at another young uncapped player Ramesh Mendis for this...
When one talks of the Sport of the Green Baize, or the Cue game, what springs to mind is the name of MJM Lafir, Sri Lanka’s first...
Seated (L to R) – Natalie Goonewardena (assistant secretary), Nilruk Soysa (treasurer), Air Commodore Ajith Abeysekera (president...
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is awaiting a response from the Bangladesh Cricket Board over a set of health guidelines it sent them...
Football players and fans heaved a sigh of relief when the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) announced the revamp of the...