Suranga Lakmal took down Zimbabwe's top three first thing in the morning, Lahiru Kumara blasted out the tail late in the day, and in between, Sri Lanka's attack squeezed enough life out...
Despite going on record as saying he would start with a new sheet for 2020, Eddie Jones’ first England training squad of the Six Nations seems more of a recycling of the previous bed linen than anything...
Angelo Mathews and Kusal Mendis led Sri Lanka's steady progress on day three, as the visitors finished just 63 runs adrift, with six wickets still in hand. They lost a wicket in each session...
England head coach Eddie Jones has named eight uncapped players in his squad for the Six Nations, but Exeter Chiefs wing Jack Nowell misses out.
Nowell, the Lions wing who is highly-rated by Eddie Jones,...
Lasith Embuldeniya completed a second five-wicket haul in Test cricket, and Sri Lanka's attack finally made headway, but Zimbabwe still ended day two in a position of strength in Harare, thanks in...
Four-time winners Toulouse secured a home game in the Champions Cup quarter-finals after defeating Gloucester 35-14 at the Stade Ernest-Wallon on Sunday.
Tries from Joe Tekori, Romain Ntamack (two), Julien...
Watchful half-centuries from openers Prince Masvaure and Kevin Kasuza set Zimbabwe on track for a healthy first-innings total, on a flat Harare Sports Club pitch. Another fifty...
Bath have announced that Wales international centre Jamie Roberts will be leaving the club to join South African Super Rugby franchise the Stormers.
Roberts’ move is offset by the arrival of exciting...
Test cricket can do funny things to your perception of time, and you can't have the drama of fifth-day finishes such as the Cape Town Test without some longueurs in between. However, by any measure...
Johnny Sexton has been appointed Ireland captain for the Six Nations, while new head coach Andy Farrell has selected five uncapped players in his 35-man squad.
Fly-half Sexton takes on the role following...
You have to hand it to England and South Africa. They may not often be the best two teams in the world, but when they go head-to-head - at whatever stage of their respective team developments -...
Former All Blacks back-row Adam Thomson has joined the Chiefs as one of eight replacement players currently with the squad until early February.
The bulk of the replacement players on hand are providing...
Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to terminate Chandika Hathurusingha's contract as head coach, while Hathurusingha has moved for compensation through the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), following...
Leicester Tigers booked a ticket to the Challenge Cup knockout stages after defeating Cardiff Blues 30-20 at Welford Road on Sunday.
England fly-half George Ford slotted two drop goals as the hosts powered...
Quinton de Kock 95 v England first Test, Centurion Heading into the series, pundits warned that England needed to beware the hosts, wounded as they were, but England found little resistance as they reduced...
This week we will mostly be concerning ourselves with the continued plight of Saracens, a fitting finale and an old habit dying hard…
The wrong people punished
The end of Nigel Wray at Saracens...
Sri Lanka allrounder Isuru Udana has been sidelined from the team's must-win third T20I against India in Pune on Friday with a back injury. The 31-year had injured himself during India's chase...
Wales legend Alun Wyn Jones will return to action for the Ospreys this weekend and, ahead of their game with Saracens, the second-row has criticised the region’s hierarchy.
The Swansea outfit were...
Big PictureLasith Malinga has a problem. He has captained Sri Lanka to a World T20 title, but that was way back in 2014. Now, almost six years later, there are serious doubts over his leadership....
Exeter Chiefs made it six victories out of eight in the Premiership this season as they beat London Irish 45-28 in a high-scoring game on Sunday.
The Chiefs delivered a strong bonus-point display, decisively...