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When will Kandyandrsquo;s football reach its past glory? This is the talk among the football lovers in the hills or what is left of them? The man who has been put in charge of Kandy football is from Gampola. He has been given the green-light to football and he is the key man of the Gampola League and the question is will he give a hand to other Leagues.

Football Federation President Ranjith Rodrigo will fly to South Korea today as a special invitee to watch the FIFA World Cup qualifier between Korea and Iran.

Two more centuries joined the count of six from the last match, but rain prevented any play on the second day resulting in a draw between West Indies A and Sri Lanka A in the second unofficial Test in St Vincent

Mahela Jayawardene emphasised the importance for Angelo Mathews to be among the runs and wickets, even as he learns the art of leadership

Stats highlights from Sri Lanka's remarkable seven-wicket win against England at The Oval

Sri Lanka know that in tournament cricket gut feel plays a key role. It worked for them against England.

With the white ball offering little conventional swing and, on this surface, little reverse swing either, England lacked the weapons to stem the tide of Sri Lankan runs

A flawed man no doubt, but Lasith Malinga is foremost a cricketer, and if his ego drives more spells like he delivered in Cardiff, Sri Lanka fans should not mind it so much

A few key numbers from the Champions Trophy

The Bradby Shield andndash;school rugbyandrsquo;s most famous prize andndash; will be on today at the Royal College Complex where 30 schoolboys from traditional rivals Trinity and Royal Colleges draw the crowds. Today being the second-leg game, the tussle for supremacy will be greater since both teams realize the undeniable value of pocketing the most vital andlsquo;plumandrsquo;.

Today, all rugby fans could expect to witness a tremendously exciting game when Royal College Colombo come up against Trinity College Kandy in the andldquo;2nd Legandrdquo; of the Bradby Shield. This andlsquo;deciderandrsquo; is to be played at the Royal Rugby Stadium in Colombo at 4.30 p.m. andndash; and should give Royal the advantage, playing on their home ground. Yet, the outcome of a Tri...

Royal College have made three changes to their side for the second leg Bradby Shield rugby match against Trinity College today at the Royal Sports Complex in Colombo.

England believes that Sri Lankan veteran Kumar Sangakkara was the stumbling block that prevented them from winning Thursday's Champions Trophy match despite defending a near 300 target."The difference was an outstanding hundred by an outstanding cricketer," Cook said after Sangakkara made an unbeaten 134 and ensured Sri Lanka were home.

Suspended A division rugby referee Pradeep Fernando declared yesterday that he would fight against what he views as a blind-side move that sidelined and banned him for one year in the aftermath of the Royal versus Isipathana match that was disrupted and abandoned 20 minutes into the second half.

International Rugby Board (IRB) chairman Bernard Lapasset said yesterday the sportandrsquo;s world governing body will extend its total support for the Carlton Super Sevens tournament that was launched for the fourth consecutive year at the Racecourse ground, Reid Avenue last evening.

How much of a factor was experience out there?  Well, it’s hard to say whether it was experience or whether it was just the way we adapted really quickly maybe. It’s probably a bit of both, but if you’re young and fresh, you have very little fear, and we saw it from guys like Joe Root who came in and they were lapping and reverse lapping right from the start, which was great to w...

Sri Lanka’s seven-wicket win over England means all four teams in Group A are still in with a chance of making the semifinals A magnificent unbeaten 135-ball 134 from Kumar Sangakkara and three stroke-filled contributions, including an audacious 30-ball half-century from Nuwan Kulasekara, led Sri Lanka to an emphatic seven-wicket win against England at The Oval on Thursday (June 13). Needing 294, ...

Brendan Rodgers has admitted that he can't afford to make any mistakes in the transfer market as he plans to add several new faces to the Liverpool squad.The Reds are set to seal a andpound;7.7m deal for Celta Vigo forward Iago Aspas while Sevilla winger Luis Alberto is also on Rodgers' radar.

BIRMINGHAM, (AFP) - Rain provided further frustration for Australia, on a day when they dropped David Warner for a bar-room attack on England's Joe Root, as their Champions Trophy match against New Zealand ended in a no result.Wednesday's wash-out at Edgbaston left defending champions Australia facing a tough battle to qualify for the semi-finals.

Players from England and South Africa took time from their busy schedules during the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 to have themselves tested for the sexually transmitted disease HIV aids.England players James Tredwell, Ravi Bopara and Jos Buttler along with South Africa's JP Duminy, David Miller, Aaron Phangiso and Farhaan Behardien gave their blood samples as part of an awareness programme by vi...

OSLO, (AFP) - Keshorn Walcott was arguably the biggest surprise of the London Olympics, the now 20-year-old Trinidad and Tobago native shocking the field to become the youngest-ever gold medallist in the men's javelin.Walcott threw a national record of 84.58m to win his country's first Olympic athletics medal outside the sprints, at the same time becoming the first non-European since American...

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were joined by Franck Ribery in the top three of a new list of Europe's top 50 players.The Bloomberg Sports list says it uses scientifically based analysis to evaluate players on skills relevant to their position.

Dawn Approach is poised to make a shock appearance in the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday.The colt, who lost his unbeaten record when blowing a fuse and trailing home last in the Derby 12 days ago, will be given the green light to run by trainer Jim Bolger providing he successfully emerges from a workout this morning.The colt, winner of the 2,000 Guineas by five lengths, is...

Trinity Collegeandrsquo;s badminton players and officials were yesterday assaulted at the Royal Sports Complex in Colombo where they were contesting the all-island Under-19 inter-school championships in the latest case of violence against schoolboys.

In-form batsman Kaushal Silva smashed an unbeaten 115 as Sri Lanka A reached 268 for 6 on the first day of their second and final four-day match against the West Indies A at St. Vincent on Wednesday.

Awards will be galore at the inaugural Inter-School (old boys) Golf Championship to be held at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) course on June 22.It is organized by the DONS Golf, a set of old boys of D.S. Senanayake College that started in 2011 and worked dedicatedly to initiate this tournament.

LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - England took their time in trademark style before some last-over fireworks by Ravi Bopara helped them post 293 for seven in their Champions Trophy Group A match amid woeful Sri Lankan fielding at the Oval on Thursday.

The Selection Committee named the following players for the above named tour. Kithruwan Withanage PHT Kaushal Akila Dhananjaya Shehan Jayasuriya Niroshan Dickwella Dushmantha Chameera Kasun Madushanka Vishwa Fernando Ramith Rambukwella Gayan Maneeshan Pabasara Waduge Imran Khan Lahiru Jayaratne Yashoda Lanka Rumesh Buddika Charith Jayampathi Danushka Gunathilake Udara Jayasundara The above players...