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Ciara Mageean, Ireland's European 1500m champion, dies at 34
The two-time Olympian died on Sunday morning after being diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer, weeks after marrying in Belfast.
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Sri Lanka lose Hong Kong Sixes seventh-place play-off by one run after hosts post 119 without loss
Chasing 120, Sri Lanka finished on 118 for four at Mong Kok. Muditha Lakshan's unbeaten 52 came too late after three wickets fell inside the first two overs.
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Sri Lanka fined 5% of match fee for slow over-rate in Lahore defeat to England
Kusal Mendis pleaded guilty after Sri Lanka were ruled one over short in Thursday's tri-series dead rubber at the Gaddafi Stadium.
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Taavi Samaraweera wins another Under-11 gold at a WTT youth event in Slovakia
The Sri Lankan paddler took the boys' Under-11 singles title at a World Table Tennis ranking tournament in Senec, days after his Italy win.
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Colombo Junior Open squash ends with 176 players from nine countries at Ratmalana
Malaysia's Kesawan Gunasekaran took the boys' Under-19 title at the Asian Junior Super Series event, with Sri Lanka's Matheesha Wijesekara runner-up.
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Sri Lanka take silver as India win inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi final 54-20
Sri Lanka reached the first Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship final in Ahmedabad but were shut out by India, managing seven successful raids from 41 attempts.
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Pakistan chase down 326 to beat Sri Lanka in the tri-series final
Fakhar Zaman's 127 took Pakistan home with nine balls to spare, after Kamindu Mendis's maiden ODI century had built Sri Lanka's 325 for 8 at Lahore.
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Halambage hits 80 off 17 balls as Sri Lanka chase down Bangladesh at the Hong Kong Sixes
Eleven sixes in a 17-ball innings carried Sri Lanka past 127 with four balls to spare in their opening Group B match in Kowloon.
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Mumbai Indians part ways with Lasith Malinga after three seasons as bowling coach
The Sri Lankan fast-bowling great leaves the IPL franchise he won four titles with as a player. Paras Mhambrey and Carl Hopkinson also depart.
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President orders sports plan built around a National High Performance Centre
President tied sports policy to non-communicable disease prevention and approved High Performance Centre plus Anuradhapura track as 2027 priorities.
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Sangakkara accuses Ryanair gate staff of discriminatory treatment at Dublin Airport
The former Sri Lanka captain said gate personnel were threatening towards him and his family, calling it his first bad experience in Dublin.
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Sri Lanka face England in Lahore dead rubber with final place already secured
Thursday's last group match has no bearing on the final. England are bottom with three defeats from three.
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Sri Lanka finish 16th at the Asian Para Games with nine medals — two fewer than 2022
Team of 22 won 2 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze at Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games, all from athletics and swimming.
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FIFA to put US$25 million into Sri Lankan football, with a ground in every district
Infantino met the sports minister and FFSL chief in Baku to agree a four-year roadmap: a national stadium, district grounds and a high-performance centre.
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Sri Lanka Cricket brings in random alcohol and drug testing for national players
SLC introduces weekly skinfold tests, fitness plans, dietician oversight, and random alcohol and drug testing.
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Madushanka's 5 for 34 sends Sri Lanka into the tri-series final
Sri Lanka bowled Pakistan out for 110 in Lahore and won by eight wickets with 191 balls to spare, booking a place in Saturday's final.
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Athapaththu joins Hobart Hurricanes as an injury replacement for the Women's Big Bash
Sri Lanka's captain replaces England's Danni Wyatt-Hodge at the defending champions. Her first match is Thursday against the Melbourne Stars.
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Nissanka ruled out of the Pakistan Tests, with Lahiru Udara called up as his replacement
The opener's left hamstring has now cost him the whole tour. Udara, already in Pakistan with the ODI squad, moves across to the Test side.
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Shadab's unbeaten 113 wins it by one wicket, and leaves Sri Lanka one win from the final
Pakistan were 154 for nine chasing 242. A record last-wicket stand of 89 took them home — and Sri Lanka now need one win from two.
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Pakistan drop Shan Masood and their frontline spinners for the Sri Lanka Tests
Babar Azam captains a 14-man squad with three uncapped batters. Sajid Khan and Noman Ali are both left out ahead of the series opening 9 November.
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Taavi Samaraweera takes a fifth gold of 2026 at the WTT Youth Contender in Italy
The Sri Lankan paddler beat a Hong Kong opponent 3-0 in the Under-11 boys' singles final at Lignano, his fifth World Youth Ranking gold this year.
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Badminton and cycling federations suspended by gazette, transformation committees appointed
Sports Minister suspends registrations of badminton and cycling federations, appointing committees to investigate fraud.
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Motor sport's national federation suspended and placed under ministry control
Sports Minister has suspended motor sport's national federation and placed its administration under the ministry pending new elections.
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AFC president praises Sri Lanka's football progress at Tokyo meeting
AFC chief Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa praised Sri Lanka's rise in the FIFA rankings in talks with FSL president Jaswar Umar in Tokyo.