Two high Jumpers Manjula Kumara and Tharanga Vinodini were adjudged as best male and female athletes respectively at the Lanka Warriors Colombo District Athletic Championship concluded at the Sugathadasa Staduim on Sunday.

Athletes in Sri Lanka are in for a windfall with Bank of Ceylon (BOC) agreeing to purge out Rupees 23 million annually to support their needs for a five year term.

Struggling Sri Lankan paceman Lasith Malinga may have become a victim of his private flamboyance and may be paying the price for his over-indulgence on Indian pitches.

Sri Lanka could be deploying its gangly fast bowler Isuru Udana to tackle Indiaandrsquo;s two prolific batters Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli in the second ODI here at the Mahinda Rajapaksa stadium in Hambantota today.

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Losing nippy fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekera was the last thing that Sri Lanka would have wanted as the team prepares to settle scores with old neighbour India in the current five-match ODI series after being blown apart in the first match in Hambantota on Saturday.

Indiaandrsquo;s prolific batsman and Sri Lankaandrsquo;s bogeyman Virat Kohli believes he has found his feet once again after a demoralizing show in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and that it came against his favorite opponent was even more soothing.

Navyandrsquo;s Fijian a-la-Carte menu turned sour as Havelocks came back strongly in the second half to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in their A division League rugby encounter played at Havelock Park yesterday.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the India team have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its 21-run victory against Sri Lanka in the first One Day International held in Hambantota on Saturday (21 July).

Virat Kohli cracked his third consecutive century against Sri Lanka to lead India to a comfortable 21-run win in the first one-day international on Saturday.

Kandy Sports Club continued their unbeaten run in the current Inter Club andlsquo;Aandrsquo; division rugby tournament when they defeated their one time arch rivals CR andamp; FC by 47 points (2 goals, 6 tries, a penalty) to 7 points (a goal) win at the Nittawela Rugby Stadium yesterday.

All arrangements have been made to play the final stage of the all island inter schools Milo netball championship at the National ground Kaduruwela, Polonnaruwa from July 28 to 30.

Shankari Thayakaran created a major upset when she defeated top seed and defending champion Amritha Muttiah in a three setter to captured the Womenandrsquo;s Open crown for the first time at the 97th Colombo Tennis Championship played at the SLTA clay courts yesterday.

Today at Havelock Park, it is going to be an unrelenting brand of rib-bruising rugby when the first and second teams of the table Navy and Havelocks play in their first round inter-club rugby match.

When the badminton association announced that Thilini Jayasinghe had made it to the London Olympics, the badminton fraternity was up in arms as they cried foul over the circumstances which led Sri Lankaandrsquo;s number 11 ranked player to be selected ahead of a well deserving lot.

Lasith Malinga turned a dubious page in his now fluctuating career as he broke his own record for conceding the highest number of runs in an ODI against any country in Sri Lanka while India cashed in to bludgeon an imposing 314 for 6 and win the first match here at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota yesterday.

So itandrsquo;s going to be exciting cricket! At least that is the promise of the two skippers Mahela Jayawardane and M.S.Dhoni. Itandrsquo;s the start of yet another series of cricket though this time itandrsquo;s with a different flavour!andnbsp;

Two unbeaten sides in the andlsquo;Aandrsquo; division rugby league table leaders Navy and second placed Havelocks will battle it out in their first round fixture at Havelock Park today.

The Sri Lanka A team suffered a humiliating defeat against Zimbabwe A in their Tri-Nations cricket encounter at the Harare Sports Club ground yesterday, a culmination of a disastrous tour of both South Africa and Zimbabwe.

At a Selection Committee meeting, the following squad of 30 players were …

If the Olympics is only for the worldandrsquo;s best athletes, shooter Mangala Samarakoon doesnandrsquo;t stand a chance of competing at the London Games as his performance was below the qualifying standard. But being the best in the country and going by the Olympic Movementandrsquo;s policy on greater participation across the globe, Samarakoon and hundreds of others in the world have a chance to ...

The Indian cricket team arrived in Sri Lanka last night for a five-match ODI series and a T-20 game.

The Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) has discovered strong evidence to make a case against controversial referee D. Nimal who officiated at last Saturdayandrsquo;s result-disputed inter-club rugby match between Army and Upcountry Lions which the latter won 23-20 at Nawalapitiya.

Army have threatened to pull out from the andldquo;Aandrsquo; division inter-club rugby league tournament following disputed rulings by referee D. Nimal during the match against Upcountry Lions played on Saturday.

Veteran cricketers Mahela Jayawardena and Kumar Sangakkara yesterday warned organizers of the Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL) of any undercover rip-off and their concept brought to zero if young players were not given due recognition in the championship that features international professionals in the name of seven local provinces.

Police played a controlled game to defeat a disjointed CHandamp;FC by 25 points (2 goals, a try, 2 penalties) to 12 (4 penalties) in their inter-club A division rugby encounter played at Police Park yesterday.

Four national records were among the 28 meet records that were established at the 38th National Age group Swimming Championship 2012 concluded at the Ananda College swimming pool yesterday.

Sri Lanka Schools won the inaugural all islandandnbsp; under -21 Schools andldquo;YESandrdquo; championship trophy beating Jaffna Union College by 40 points to 11 in the tournamentandrsquo;s final worked off at the newly built Nawalapitiya Sports complex last evening.

The controversial Rugby Referees Society will be coming face to face with reality after Army fired a hard-hitting letter of protest to the sportandrsquo;s keepers the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) following their league match against Upcountry Lions on Saturday which was marred by substandard refereeing.

Despite Sri Lankaandrsquo;s performance in the series the obvious expectation going in to the fifth day of the third and final test match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Pallekele was another win. However the events of day five turned out to be slightly different to what was expected and hence Sri Lanka were still the winners of the series though it was only a one nil margin.