Junior High Jumper Milan Dissanayake has qualified for the final round in the High Jump event at IAAF World Junior Championship held in Barcelona, Spain on Wednesday (11th).

A total of 25 athletes have achieved the qualifying standard for the London Paralympic Games 2012. But only five athlete (4 men and one woman) and two wheelchair tennis players will get priority to proceed to the Games as Sri Lanka has only received five slots for athletes and two slots for the wheelchair tennis players.

Over 100,000 tickets have been sold in the second phase of sales for the T-20 World Cup to be held in Sri Lanka in September, the International Cricket Council announced yesterday.

Sri Lankaandrsquo;s desperate bid to wrap up a convincing series against Pakistan ended in failure as the host teamandrsquo;s bowlers were stretched to the bone unable to stop their rivals from setting them an out-of-reach target of 270 in 71 overs on the last day of the final cricket Test here in Pallekele yesterday.

The Sri Lanka Netball Federation (SLNF) marked a turning point in netball history by signing an attractive Rs. 23 million sponsorship deal with People's Bank for one year with effect from May this year.

The two most prolific wicket-takers in international cricket are expected to be part of a cross-town rivalry in Melbourne this season, after Muttiah Muralitharan confirmed he would play for the Renegades in the Big Bash League.

Dinesh Chandimal (65) and Kumar Sangakkara (74 not out) shared an 88-run second wicket partnership as Sri Lanka finished on 195-4 having been set a 270-run victory target earlier in the day by Pakistan, seeking a draw to level the three-match series.

Vastly improved Army, CR and FC and Police will have a close battle to qualify for the Cup segment of the andldquo;Aandrdquo; division inter-club league rugby tournament.

The Junior Rugby Asiad 2012 Division II will take place in Colombo from September 11-16.

Sri Lanka went through some of the most nerve-wrecking moments and survived on mere luck on a day that should have belonged to Pakistanandrsquo;s fast bowlers as the third cricket Test showed signs of springing back to life here at the Pallekele International Stadium yesterday.

Kumar Sangakkara has reclaimed the number-one batting spot from West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after another big century against Pakistan in the second Test.

Seven new meet records were established at the Lanka Lions Athletic Championship concluded on Sunday at Mahinda Rajapaksha Staduim, Diyagama. W.V. Rathnakumari and Milantha Dissanayake won the most outstanding women and menandrsquo;s trophies respectively.

The extent to which politics has played a part in the ruination of Sri Lanka cricket on the field could not have come into prominence the way it unfolded yesterday as the venue of Pallekele was caught up in a watery mess while another international ground just 60 kilometres away at Dambulla stood dry without a match for two years.

Kandy Sports Club who had no club games this week-end made maximum use by playing against the visiting Indian Rugby Football team at Nittawela Rugby Stadium yesterday. In the end the defending League and Knock out Champions got the better of the visiting team by 25 Points (1 Goal, 3 Tries, 1 Penalty) to 24 Points (2 Goals, 2 Tries)

Swashbuckling Thisara Perera continued his flamboyant show against Pakistan this time at his maiden Test on home soil as he obliged Sri Lanka with four vital wickets on an inviting pitch on the first day of the third and final cricket Test here at the Pallekele stadium yesterday.

St. Mathews Maha Vidyalaya, Deniyaya, a remote school from the district of Matara, emerged champions in two girls age categories at the DSI Supersports Schools Volleyball Tournament, Provincial level, held at the Galle Fort, recently.

In-form Sri Lanka batsman Tillekeratne Dilshan yesterday quit the third and deciding cricket Test against Pakistan to spend time with his sick child making way for Dinesh Chandimal to partner Tharanga Paranavithana.

Despite the interest and the euphoria of Test Cricket Sri Lanka is gearing herself up to the latest cricketing extravaganza which is the SLPL or better known as the Sri Lanka Premier League. As we are aware the SLPL should have happened last year though due to the BCCI pulling the rug under the feet of the SLC it had to be deferred.

Sri Lanka Cricket is pleased to announce the players drafted for the …

With a moral boosting 12-10 victory over debut-makers Upcountry Lions last week, Police will make their way to Longden Place today looking to settle an old score with CR and FC who have sounded a red alert this season after losing more than half their side to rival clubs.

On a day of lackluster performance, Sri Lankaandrsquo;s top-notch athletes failed to live up to expectation where only a single achievement of note was recorded in 15 final on day one of the second leg National Athletic League at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday.

Sri Lanka will host its first ever professional golf tournament with about 120 professional golfers from India and Sri Lanka to participate.

Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene said that the place of Tharanga Paranavitana in the Test side is being challenged after the left handed opener struggled to find his from during the Pakistan series.

Kumar Sangakkara has reclaimed the number-one batting rank from West Indiesandrsquo; Shivnarine Chanderpaul in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after another big century against Pakistan in the second Test that ended in a draw at the SSC in Colombo on Wednesday.

Fearing a chronic exposure of a lopsided domestic T-20 championship and expected bickering among team owners, Sri Lanka Cricket yesterday conducted behind closed doors what they called a andldquo;player draftandrdquo; to make up teams that will take part in the Sri Lanka Premier League or SLPL.

Their history made them the most elite of all rugby playing clubs when vintage folks and high society patrons in their Sunday best made it an exclusive tradition where the culture of rugby was inseparable from their lives.

Sri Lanka A crashed to a humiliating innings defeat against South Africa A in their first of two unofficial Tests on Monday.

Kumar Sangakkara who made an unfinished 144 against Pakistan yesterday said that they were in a good position to avoid the follow on despite losing four wickets during the dayandrsquo;s final sessions.

The coaching fraternity of Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) has gone haywire with a spate of resignations.

The rain that swamped across Colombo and most parts of the island during the last 48 hours put paid to any hopes of a result in the second cricket Test between host Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the SSC ground yesterday.