Harbhajan Singh's lack of form and the poor quality of the other slow bowlers in the Indian Test team have raised fears that the nation's long and glorious tradition of spin wizardry is under threat. Harbhajan bagged just two wickets in two Tests at an average of 143.50 in England before heading home with an [...]

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What a season and a superb come back by the Sailors! They proved they are a unit to be reckoned with and be no ‘push-overs’ in future. After a very quiet start and not a good end to the first round they bounced back. They really bounced back very hard on the two defeats in [...]

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The 13th World Netball Championships which came to a close on Sunday ended on a successful note with the organizers coming in for high praise from the vast crowd that thronged the Singapore Indoor Stadium including the players from the 16 teams which participated. The Sri Lankan lasses though undergoing early defeats were able to [...]

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Only three months ago, Sri Lanka were battling it out with India in the World Cup final but they have since gone from controversy to scandal to full-blown crisis in an astounding fall from grace. After losing the Mumbai showpiece, Sri Lanka have unravelled in spectacular fashion, hit by resignations, match-fixing claims and a doping [...]

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MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture by Kumar Sangakkara on Monday 4th July 2011 at Lord’s Cricket Ground The Spirit of Sri Lanka’s Cricket – A celebration of our uniqueness Mr President, my Lords, Ladies and gentlemen. Firstly I wish to sincerely thank the MCC for giving me the opportunity and great honour of delivering [...]

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Cricket great Sir Garfield Sobers's belief in Alastair Cook's one-day ability was rewarded by the England batsman's century last weekend. Cook is now one of the world's leading Test openers, but there are doubts as to whether he can score quickly enough in one-dayers. It was a concern England's selectors shared until they appointed him [...]

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The great showman Shane Warne took his final bow as a professional cricketer on Friday, bringing down the curtain on a 20-year career that was a heady mix of sporting greatness and high farce. The 41-year-old Australian has likened his life to a soap opera but it would take a brave scrip-writer to summon up [...]

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To most people, archery means Robin Hood and Little John shooting at the Sheriff’s men in Sherwood Forest, but the sport has moved a long way since then. The skill is much the same, but the equipment has changed a great deal. The old longbow has gone, to be replaced by bows getting their power [...]

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Bangladesh has ordered electricity companies to show World Cup cricket matches on generator-powered public screens in a bid to prevent protests by irate fans if power cuts disrupt TV broadcasts. Cricket-mad Bangladesh is a co-host of the World Cup, which starts February 19, and Dhaka is keen to prevent a repeat of the unrest during [...]

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Sri Lanka's ability to rise to the occasion makes them one of the most feared teams in the World Cup, especially in favourable home conditions. When the focus was on other sides in the 2007 edition in the Caribbean, Sri Lanka steadily emerged as deserving challengers to Australia in the final with their solid all-round [...]

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Uncertainty still hangs over the scheduling of the thee-match One Day International series against the West Indies which is to begin in five days time on January 31 as the country is still struggling to complete and bring the stadiums up to international playing levels contrary to much publicized boasts by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) [...]

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Tour de France icon Lance Armstrong brought an end to his international cycling career when he completed the final stage of the Tour Down Under here Sunday. Cancer survivor Armstrong won a record seven Tour de France yellow jerseys during his career, but failed to produce fireworks on what was his final professional race outside [...]

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While much is said the progress of Football in Sri Lanka is hardly evident. Daily Mirror Sports caught up with the Principal Advisor of the Football Federation, Trevor Reckerman to enquire whether the much hyped up plans were on track. He remains optimistic but admits that structural weaknesses beset the game and a major overhaul [...]

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Lucky Rogers Cricket Academy, Colombo won the International Invitation under 14 cricket tournament organised by the CCC School of Cricket for the seventh year in succession. They won the ‘Nelson Mendis’ challenge trophy by beating the strong MCA ‘A’ Criket Academy in the final played at the Thurstan College ground recently. In a glittering awards [...]

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Talk of Shane Warne coming out of retirement to rescue Australia's stumbling Ashes campaign is “fanciful”, according to Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland. Australia's comprehensive innings and 71-run defeat by England in Adelaide last week sparked media calls for the recall of the retired 41-year-old spin bowling great. Sutherland, however, said octogenarian television commentator Richie [...]

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Tennis legend Martina Navratilova was recovering in a Nairobi hospital on Friday after suffering a pulmonary odema during a charity climb of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Navratilova, who was leading a team of 27 climbers to raise funds for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation charity, fell ill on the fourth day of the climb [...]

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Spinner Graeme Swann enjoyed  befuddling Australia's batsmen on Tuesday to help England post  their first away Ashes victory in seven years, but found his  captain proved far more difficult to penetrate. Swann was billed as Australia's executioner on a wearing fifth-day pitch at Adelaide Oval, and took to the role with  gusto when thrown the [...]

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Australia's final bowling spot appears to be down to a contest between seamer Ben Hilfenhaus and Ryan Harris for Friday's second Ashes Test against England at the Adelaide Oval. Skipper Ricky Ponting, after confirming that Mitchell Johnson was dropped for the Adelaide match, indicated that the last place in the team hinged on the diverse [...]

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England skipper Andrew Strauss said Thursday Australia had made a "big call" dropping their strike bowler Mitchell Johnson for this week's second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval. Johnson, Australia's leading active wicket-taker with 166 wickets in 39 Tests, was left out because captain Ricky Ponting said it was felt he was down on form [...]

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PGA officials hope Tiger Woods will bounce back from a year of scandal and setbacks with a strong 2011 season and revive interest in himself and golf ahead of US tour television contract negotiations. Woods endured a sex scandal and a winless 2010 campaign, falling from atop the world rankings as his marriage ended in [...]

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