Britain’s Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid have secured their fourth successive Australian Open wheelchair doubles title, defeating Dutch duo Maikel Scheffers and Ruben Spaargaren.Hewett, 25, and Reid, 31, won 6-1 6-2 in one hour and three minutes at Melbourne Park.It is their 16th Grand Slam title together in doubles.World number one Hewett plays 16-year-old Tokito […]
National Tennis Championship 2021 Consistent performers Hasali Gajaba and Sajida Razick will compete for the Under 16 girls’ singles title of the National Tennis Championship 2021 after the top seeds secured victory in the semi-finals of that age category at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts. The Bishop’s College player Razick won her semi-final beating […]
National Tennis Championship 2021 Ave Maria Convent, Negombo player Anjalika Kurera and Kiran Viravanathan of British School in Colombo won the Under 18 girls’ and boys’ singles titles respectively of the National Tennis Championship continued at Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts on Thursday. Viravanathan scored 1-6, 7-6(5), 10-8 to beat Thehan Wijemanne in the […]
Himasha’s doping suspension by Reemus Fernando Sprinter Himasha Eshan, who was found positive for a banned substance recently, has informed a disciplinary committee of his inability to appear before them due to a personal reason, informed sources told The Island yesterday. It was the second time that the former national record holder of […]
(Cricbuzz) Akram Khan, BCB’s cricket operations chief, said that Rangana Herath will join the Bangladesh Test squad as the spin consultant for the upcoming two-match Test series in New Zealand. On his part, Akram also noted that they are looking to ink a long-term deal with Herath. The former Sri Lanka spinner, who initially signed […]