Little known Afghanistan will be making their first appearance at the 125th Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Championship that will begin today at the Ridgeways course.

The first edition of the inaugural Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL) came to an end in a rain curtained final at Colombo on August 31, with Uva Next taking the title after overcoming Nagenahira Nagas by 19 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method.

Leading golfers from India, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Pakistan and for the first time Afghanistan, will contest the 125th Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Championship, the worldandrsquo;s second oldest after the British Open, at the Ridgeways course in Colombo from September 4 to 9.

Trailing 7-12 in the first half Sri Lanka bounced back in the second half to retain the Bowl championship beating host Malaysia 19 (one goal and two tries) to 12 (one goal and one try) in the final as reigning champions Japan defended the Cup title for another term in the Asian Ranking Borneo Rugby Sevens tournament which concluded here yesterday at the Likas Stadium in Kota Kinablu, Malaysia.

Sri Lankaandrsquo;s most promising young squash player Mihiliya Methsarani produced another exciting performance to win the gold medal at the fourth Indian Junior Squash Championship held in Chennai recently.

A last ditch try in the dying seconds of the game by Chinese Taipei closed the door for Sri Lanka in the Cup quarter final here at the Asian Ranking Borneo Rugby Sevens worked off at the Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia yesterday.

Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has ruled out an election of office-bearers to Sri Lanka as he gave the green light to the current administration for a four-year term for what he called the success of the Sri Lanka Premier League which concluded on Friday.

Sri Lanka is sending a seven-member team to compete in the Paralympic Games in London. They are determined to win the first ever Paralympic medal for the country, but say their effort is being hampered by a lack of official support.

Malaysia threatened to spoil what has been Sri Lankaandrsquo;s party so far with an excellent performance but the host held their nerve to claim a close 67 to 58 points win in the first semi-final of the eighth Asian Netball Championship at the Sugathadasa stadium last morning.

CCC School of Cricket under-13 A team registered an emphatic victory by 337 runs over Kangaroo Cricket Academy, Colombo in a MCA Invitation Junior Cricket tournament match played at Sri Jayewardenepura MV ground recently.

Fast bowlers Isuru Udana and Dilhara Fernando have questioned their omissions from the Sri Lanka squad for the T-20 World Cup by emerging as the second and third best bowlers in the on-going SLPL.

Club cricket in Sri Lanka has come to a make or break situation with the dawn of the internationally flavoured SLPL, administrators and coaches contend.

Sri Lanka will most probably meet Malaysia in the semi finals of the Asian Netball Championship tomorrow at the Sugathadasa Stadium Colombo.

Sri Lankaandrsquo;s march to the semifinals of the Asian Netball championship was made in style as they beat newcomer Japan (110-8) in their last group stage match yesterday at the Sugathadasa Stadium.

Former Youth World Cup cricketer Kithruwan Vithanage is one of the players in the Sri Lanka Premier League who believes he has graduated onto a more competitive level after interacting with international players most notably Pakistani bowlers Sohail Tanvir and Saeed Ajmal while playing for the Kandurata Warriors.

Sri Lanka made history in style by recording the highest score of 127 to beat Nepal (3) in their third encounter of Asian Netball Championship worked off at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday.

Defending Bowl champions Sri Lanka is grouped with China and Chinese Taipei for the Asian Ranking Borneo Rugby Sevens which gets underway in Sabah, Malaysia on September 1 and 2.

A new digital scoring machine was declared insufficient with Sri Lanka scoring heavily at yesterdayandrsquo;s Asia Cup netball championship against Nepal as it was unable to display the scores beyond 100.

Sri Lanka recorded the highest score of the tournament to post a second consecutive win beating India (85-29) at the Asian Netball Championship worked off at the Sugathadasa indoor Stadium yesterday.

With no opposition and smooth sailing in the first two matches, Sri Lanka is facing a big problem of not being able to test its real strength ahead of the semi finals and final at the Asian Netball Championships.

Pakistan Twenty20 skipper Mohammad Hafeez feels playing in the Sri Lanka Premier League has given his teammates a fair idea of the conditions before the upcoming T20 World Cup, getting started next month.

The Sri Lanka Premier League has begun to show some character as far as on-field drama was concerned as players, umpires and spectators began to pick up some momentum in a championship which is yet to provide answers to keep up with the promise with which it was launched.

Sri Lanka consultant coach Australian Sue Gaudion said the team is in good shape and will be unmatched in the rest of the group after the first win of the home camp over Hong Kong yesterday.

Sri Lankaandrsquo;s new rugby Sevens captain Srinath Sooriyabandara is both shocked and worried at his latest challenge with his appointment made just a few days before a major tournament in Borneo next week.

Hong Kong was no match for Sri Lanka as the home team beat them 81-38 at the curtain-raiser match of the eighth Asian Netball Championship 2012 at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday.

Sri Lankaandrsquo;s rugby players will have just three days to regroup and build up their spirits as new coach Englishman Ben Gollings takes over the squad for the Borneo Sevens on September 1 and 2 in Malaysia.

Schoolboy off-spinner Akila Dhananjaya who was overlooked for the U-19 World Cup has made a stunning entry to the 15-member Sri Lanka T20 squad while uncapped batsman Dilshan Munaweera gets a break for the World Cup starting in three weeks time.

men’s and women’s squads for the ICC World Twenty20 coming up in September in Sri Lanka.

Children of the expatriate community domiciled in the UAE toured Sri Lanka for a series of cricket matches featuring under-11, 12, 13, 15 and 17 players at 35 matches in Colombo, Kandy and Galle.

Afghanistanandrsquo;s women who were suppressed under the brutal Taliban will display their prowess on the football field in Sri Lanka at the second edition of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) womenandrsquo;s championship from September 7 to 16 at the Ceylonese Rugby and Football Club (CR and FC), London Place.