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By Allaam Ousman
Sri Lanka will be aiming to use its home advantage for a promotion to the Davis Cup World Group by hosting the Asia/Oceania Group III Davis Cup 2023 at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) Courts in Colombo from July 24 to 30.
Cambodia, Iran, Malaysia, Jordan, Pacific Oceania, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka are the eight teams featuring in this tournament divided...
St. Peter’s College withstood a powerful second half rally from Royal College to run out deserving 11-5 winners in a closely contested Dialog Schools Rugby League match at Bambalapitiya yesterday.
The final scoreline failed to reflect the dominant performance of St. Peter’s who enjoyed a wafer-thin 3-0 lead in the first half.
They virtually pinned Royal in their half with...
Some of the greatest boxers in history are born out of poverty. They may not have been born with a silver spoon in their mouths but boxing has provided many people an opportunity to keep away from the streets and become celebrated prize fighters giving them an identity and purpose in life.
In Sri Lanka where boxing is an amateur sport, prize fighting is unheard of. The...
The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) has sprung to the defence of Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) recognising it as the legitimate governing body despite SLR being sacked by the Ministry of Sports.
Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe appointed a nine-member Stabilisation Committee headed by former Sri Lanka player Chula Dharmadasa after dissolving SLR on April 11.
The...
Sri Lanka is taking a lead role in addressing gender balance in boxing by encouraging the participation of more women in the sport aligning with the policies of the International Boxing Association (IBA).
A cross section of referee and judges, coaches and boxers attended a meeting convened by the Chairperson of the Diversity Commission (formerly Women’s Commission) of the...
By Allaam Ousman
Navy pugilists punched their way to glory winning a total of 16 medals to take the major honours at the Novices Boxing Meet 2023...
Dian Gomes has successfully fought many battles inside and outside the ring since taking on the mantle of the guardian of Sri...
Sri Lanka’s World Boxing Council (WBC) Muay Thai champion Mohamed Afdhal will take a step closer to gain international...
Ratnapura is traditionally renowned for gem mining in Sri Lanka. Sivali Central College unearthed a boxing gem in 1995 when a 17-...
Sri Perakum Vidyalaya boys and girls emerged champions at the inaugural Nuwara Eliya Education Zonal Boxing Championship held at...
Boxing is no longer a beautiful scientific art. It is a brutal sport. Let’s be honest, it’s a matter of life and death despite...
The role of a mentor to motivate individuals in sports has resurfaced after the appointment of Olympic medallist Susanthika...
Sri Lanka’s football captain Sujan Perera has made a clarion call to all stakeholders in the sport from administrators, media,...
Newly appointed national netball coach Thilaka Jinadasa aims to focus on improving the mental fitness of players and provide...
Developing sports in the country is a much bandied mantra almost a cliché mouthed by officials before they grab power but once in...
Sri Lanka’s first ever rhythmic gymnast Anna-Marie Ondaatje is proving to be a super natural talent not only in the sporting...
Sri Lanka Rugby appears to be in a state of limbo both at home and overseas following the suspension slapped by Asia Rugby on the...
Sri Lanka’s rhythmic gymnast Anna-Marie Ondaatje will take her first step to achieve her dream of representing the country in the...
Sri Lanka Masters men’s over 40 hockey team recorded its second win in the Masters World Cup after defeating Italy 4-3 in the...
Three Sri Lanka hockey teams participating in the 2022 Masters Hockey World Cup in Nottingham, England fared miserably amid...
Shooting is one of the few sports in which Sri Lanka has displayed the potential to win medals at international level. Shooters...
The Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU) called for nominations for election of office-bearers and committee members at...
Sri Lanka’s Chef-de-Mission for the XXII Commonwealth Games in Birmingham Maj. Gen. Dampath Fernando (rtd) aims to create...
Sri Lanka rugby three-quarter Dansha Dayan has decided to search for greener pastures in Colombo after serving his hometown club...
Rugby club CR and FC is planning to celebrate its centenary by staging an international Sevens tournament in April or a domestic...
Two leading wushu national coaches Kapila Sabapathi and Prabath Manuranga together with a former vice president of the Wushu...
A former Wesley College all-round sportsman Nilam Hallaldeen has been elected the new president of the Amateur Sepak Takraw...
Boxing Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) president Dian Gomes added another feather to his cap in a chequered career as a boxing...
Poramadulla National School, Hanguranketa in Polonnaruwa emerged as the champion team at the 2022 LV Jayaweera inter-school girls...
Gaja Sports has come to the rescue of the Sri Lanka Schools Basketball Association (SLSBA) to complete the Under-20 All Island...
Army’s Ishan Bandara and Vidyarathena SC’s Keshani Hansika emerged as Sri Lanka’s leading medal prospects for the forthcoming...
Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa has temporarily suspended Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) and appointed Director General...
Wants to cover up for lapses at Sri Lanka Basketball, build indoor stadiums and organise an international championship to herald...
The Colombo Malay Cricket Club (CMCC) began its 150th anniversary with a series of sports events at the Padang complex in Slave...
Reigning National boxing champions Sanjeewa Bandara Rajakaruna and Nadeeka Ranasinghe underlined their growing stature in the...
The state of domestic rugby in Sri Lanka is in a “perilous situation” and a “real crisis” of international proportions is looming...
The one time Formula racer now runs a trouble-free badminton association that has made him a role model and his entity a cut...
Boxing Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) president Dian Gomes urged local referees and judges to keep pace with the changes taking...
St. Paul’s College, Milagiriya schoolgirl Ifra Shasmin Booso emerged Girls Under-11 champion at the 32nd Junior National Squash...
Lion Warriors will take on Master Blasters in the grand finale of the first ever Sanath Jayasuriya Premier League (SJPL) Under-13...
Sri Lanka’s youth pugilists underlined what was missing at the first selection trial for the Commonwealth Games held a fortnight...
Dinesh Kumara and Iresha Madushani were adjudged the Best Boxers at the North Central Province Boxing Tournament at the National...
The 33rd National Youth Sports Festival which begins today at the Sugathadasa Stadium will be hit by cricket fever with the 26...
The Sri Lanka Para Rowing Association (SLPRA) created history by conducting the first ever National Indoor Rowing Championship at...
Veteran rugby general, coach and administrator Ana Saranapala rues politics, dishonesty, self-importance and lack of discipline...
It is a dream come true for Sri Lanka’s two Davis Cup debutants, 20-year-old Vibuda Wijebandara and 16-year-old Chathurya...
Reigning national singles champion Yasitha de Silva who is the most experienced player in Sri Lanka’s Davis Cup squad is ready to...
Trinity ‘Lion’ Harris Omar says a champion is an individual ‘who is determined to live, serve and perform better than today...
Non-playing captain Renouk Wijemanne ‘happy to be working with a fairly young team’:Sri Lanka will be competing at the Asia-...
Thehan Wijemanne has just one Davis Cup tie under his belt against Paraguay last year but the 17-year-old is looking forward...
Pasindu Umayanga Mihiran of Vidyaratena University College, Horana and Kavindu Madushan Karunasinghe of Sri Dheerananda College,...
How a UN peacekeeping trooper Nelka Shiromala became a promoter and supervisor of the ‘good fight’ that has earned her the...
It was a red-letter day for boxing in the country when Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa announced that it was a sport that...
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Sumith Liyanage (extreme left) at Rome’s Leonarda Da Vinci on their arrival for the 1960 Olympics. The five-man team also...
Newly elected president of Sri Lanka Football (SLF) Jaswar Umar is determined to change the landscape of the sport in the country...