The Iranian Embassy in Spain has 'strongly denied' reports that Cristiano Ronaldo could be 'sentenced to 99 lashes for adultery'.

Sri Lanka meet Yemen at home today (17) in their second leg encounter in the preliminary round one of FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asia Cup 2027.

Sri Lanka's batting has been lopsided in all their three World Cup games so far but it was only against Australia that it was truly exposed. After racking up a 125-run opening stand, they lost 10 wickets for just 84 runs.

The pantheon of great sporting upsets gained another monument on Sunday as Afghanistan roundly defeated England by 69 runs at the ICC Cricket World Cup in Delhi, India.

India steamrollered Pakistan by seven wickets in a lopsided blockbuster match at a heaving Narendra Modi Stadium to maintain their unblemished 50-overs World Cup record against their archrivals.

Sri Lanka’s World Cup 2023 run, already ravaged by key injuries and heavy defeats, just coped another blow as their captain Dasun Shanaka has been ruled out of the tournament.

Sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe said Sri Lanka’s rich haul of five medals at the just-concluded Asian Games 2023 in China augurs well for the future of the country’s sports.

Pakistan kicked-off the ODI World Cup 2023 campaign with an 81 run victory over Netherlands at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad yesterday (06).