The International Rugby Board (IRB) has asked the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) to conduct an investigation into two players who cut a doping test ahead of last monthandrsquo;s Borneo Sevens.

Army snatched victory from the jaws of defeat as they beat Police in an ill-tempered inter-club league rugby match to win the Plate at Havelock Park yesterday.

Charith Rajapakse claimed a match bag of 10 for 69 as he guided Carey College to an innings and 20 runs victory over St. Maryandrsquo;s, Kegalle in their cricket encounter played at Mount Mary recently.

Azhar College Akurana advanced to the semi-final in the Lemonade Super 17 division two inter schools cricket tournament when they defeated Nalanda College andlsquo;Bandrsquo; team by 17 runs in the quarter-final match played at Thurstan College ground on Saturday.

The Dialog Inter-International Schools Football Championship 2012 is to be conducted for the 11th successive year from September 20 to 30.

It was so close but yet so far for the Sri Lankan youth rugby team. This was the tale yesterday evening at the Havelock Park where the Division II under 19 encounter which not only saw Taipei winning the final but also booked their berth in the division one for next year.

Army SC and Police SC will confront on a tight battle for the A division League Plate title at Havelock Park today.

So itandrsquo;s World Cup time and the cricket lovely cricket carnival is just about to commence. The action will start at Suriyaweawa where a cricket series of any sort begins in Sri Lanka at present. The action will be simultaneous in Colombo and Kandy too but Suriyawewa will finish their quota by the 22nd September with the rest being centred on the two major cities of Sri Lanka which are Colom...

Lasith Malinga was hammered for 50 runs in his four overs as India beat Sri Lanka by 25 runs in their warm-up match ahead of the World T-20 at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo yesterday.

Kumar Sangakkara ensured Sri Lanka hosted a most meaningful and memorable International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards presentation as he grabbed all but one of the four major trophies on offer at the Waters Edge in Battaramulla yesterday.

Kumar Sangakkara has been named ICC Cricketer of the Year 2012 at the LG ICC Awards after an extraordinary 12 months for the batsman.

Lance Corporal Pradeep Sanjaya of the Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (4 SLSR), the first-ever Bronze medal winner in Sri Lankaandrsquo;s Paralympics history was promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant in the army yesterday.

Rankings in the swashbuckling form of cricket could be at stake and its keepers exposed as one of the lowest rated teams, Australia, have warned they are here to turn the book upside down at the World T-20 championship while the clock ticks by.

Home team Sri Lanka will be pressed hard to beat tournament favourites Nepal in a do or die semi-final clash in the SAFF Womenandrsquo;s Football Tournament at Longdon Place today.

Afghanistanandrsquo;s explosive batsman Mohamed Nabi said yesterday that cricket was fast becoming a national obsession and his team will come under close watch during the World T-20 in Sri Lanka.

Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan hit half-centuries as hosts Sri Lanka prepared for the World Twenty20 with a nine-wicket win over the West Indies yesterday.

Sri Lanka Cricket’s National Coaching Department recently conducted its first ever Level …

Sri Lanka will roll out the red-carpet in a welcome this afternoon for Paralympic bronze medalist Pradeep Sanjaya on his arrival to the island after his historic feat at the London Paralympics Games.

A bunch of giant killing cricketers from Jaffna have turned the Murali Cup on its head and are awaiting to meet the only other school left in the fray St. Peterandrsquo;s College in todayandrsquo;s final at Oddusudan.

Carom ball spinner Ajantha Mendis claims he is still the andldquo;mystery bowlerandrdquo; he was and that an illusion may have been created just because he was out of regular business for a year.

West Indies cricketers may not be tagged the overwhelming favourites to win the World T-20 in Sri Lanka but they can send a chilling message that even their spare wheels can turn on the screws when it comes to the long road ahead.

Late goals by Hasara Dilrangi and Achala Chithrani guided Sri Lanka to post a 2-1 victory over Bangladesh to qualified for the semi final in the SAFF womenandrsquo;s soccer championship yesterday at Longdon Place.

Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene says he would quit captaincy at the end of the Australian tour but said he would assess the situation before making a call.

The best performers at the Murali Cup now taking place in Jaffna and the Vanni will form a team that will be known as the Unity Team and make a tour of Singapore accompanied by retired Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralideran.

The Sri Lanka womenandrsquo;s hockey team will participate in the inaugural World League Hockey Championships conducted by the International Hockey Federation in Kuantan City Malaysia from September 14 to 16.

D.M.S.M. Senarath of Navy won four gold medals in the Taolu category at the 13th National Wushu Championship that was worked off at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium from September 6 to 9.

A Trincomalee-Batticaloa combined schools team knocked the daylights out of Seenigama FOG, a side that had three Youth World Cup cricketers at the on-going Murali Harmony Cup at the Kilinochchi Central College ground.

Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara is almost at the doorstep of a place in the starting line-up for the World T-20 after recovering from a hand injury he sustained nearly six weeks ago.

Home crowds, familiar or unfamiliar pitches and big names will count for nothing when the World T-20 championship unfurls in Sri Lanka on September 18.

School cricket champions Trinity College were demolished into defeat by a team of schoolboys from Jaffna while second best St. Peterandrsquo;s College escaped against a diehard set of players from Trinco-Batticaloa on the opening day of the Murali Harmony Cup in the north on Saturday.