Sports Diary for this week

Australia’s tour of Sri Lanka began on Wednesday (29) at the Galle International Stadium with the first of the two Test matches of the series, continuing up to Sunday (2).

The eighth week games of the Mastercard-SLR Club Rugby League 2024 will continue with a card of four games this weekend as well as the SLC Major Club 3-day cricket tournament, with a card of eight matches.

The ICC Women’s Under-19 T20 Championship in Malaysia will reach the semi-final stage with the two games scheduled for Friday (31), followed by the final on Sunday (2).

In addition, the happenings in world sports around the world, are also listed.

Local Sports

Thursday (30)

Cricket:

Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2024/25

• Sri Lanka vs Australia (1st Test) at Galle (10:00am)

SLC Major Club 3-day Tournament

• Police SC vs Bloomfield at Police Park (10:00am)

Friday (31)

Cricket:

Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2024/25

• Sri Lanka vs Australia (1st Test) at Galle (10:00am)

SLC Major Club 3-day Tournament

• Police SC vs Bloomfield at Police Park (10:00am)
• Colts vs Ragama CC at Colts (10:00am)
• Negombo CC vs Ace Capital at BOI, Katunayake (10:00am)
• Chilaw Marians vs Panadura SC at Sooriyawewa (10:00am)
• Moors SC vs SSC at P. Sara Oval (10:00am)
• BRC vs Tamil Union at BRC (10:00am)
• NCC vs CCC at NCC (10:00am)
• Nugegoda S&WC vs Kurunegala Youth at Moratuwa (10:00am)

Rugby:

SLR-MasterCard Club Rugby League

• Navy SC vs Army SC at Welisara (4:00pm)

Saturday (1)

Cricket:

Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2024/25

• Sri Lanka vs Australia (1st Test) at Galle (10:00am)

SLC Major Club 3-day Tournament

• Police SC vs Bloomfield at Police Park (10:00am)
• Colts vs Ragama CC at Colts (10:00am)
• Negombo CC vs Ace Capital at BOI, Katunayake (10:00am)
• Chilaw Marians vs Panadura SC at Sooriyawewa (10:00am)
• Moors SC vs SSC at P. Sara Oval (10:00am)
• BRC vs Tamil Union at BRC (10:00am)
• NCC vs CCC at NCC (10:00am)
• Nugegoda S&WC vs Kurunegala Youth at Moratuwa (10:00am)

Rugby:

SLR-MasterCard Club Rugby League

• Air Force SC vs Sri Lions at Ratmalana (4:00pm)

Netball:

• Ladies’ College vs Girls’ High School, Kandy (100th encounter) at Ladies’ College ground

Sunday (2)

Cricket:

Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2024/25

• Sri Lanka vs Australia (1st Test) at Galle (10:00am)

SLC Major Club 3-day Tournament

• Colts vs Ragama CC at Colts (10:00am)
• Negombo CC vs Ace Capital at BOI, Katunayake (10:00am)
• Chilaw Marians vs Panadura SC at Sooriyawewa (10:00am)
• Moors SC vs SSC at P. Sara Oval (10:00am)
• BRC vs Tamil Union at BRC (10:00am)
• NCC vs CCC at NCC (10:00am)
• Nugegoda S&WC vs Kurunegala Youth at Moratuwa (10:00am)

Rugby:

SLR-MasterCard Club Rugby League

• Police SC vs Kandy SC at Police Park (4:00pm)
• Havelocks vs CR&FC at Havelock Park (4:00pm)

World Sports

Thursday (30)

Football:

• Final round of Europa League league phase matches

Alpine Skiing:

• Women's World Cup slalom at Courchevel, France

Golf:

• European Tour at Bahrain Championship
• PGA at Pebble Beach Pro-Am
• LPGA Tournament of Chamions at Orlando, Florida

Tennis:

• ATP at Montpellier, France
• Davis Cup qualifiers
• WTA at Linz, Austria, and Singapore

Figure Skating:

• European championships at Tallinn

Olympics:

• Seven candidates to succeed International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach make their presentations to members at Lausanne, Switzerland

Friday (31)

Rugby:

First round of Six Nations

• France vs Wales at Stade de France

Cricket:

• India vs England (4th T20) at Pune

ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025 in Malaysia

• Semi-final 1: South Africa vs Australia at Kuala Lumpur (8:00am)
• Semi-final 2: India vs England at Kuala Lumpur (12:00pm)

Golf:

• European Tour at Bahrain Championship
• PGA at Pebble Beach Pro-Am
• LPGA Tournament of Chamions at Orlando, Florida

Tennis:

• ATP at Montpellier, France
• Davis Cup qualifiers
• WTA at Linz, Austria and Singapore

Figure Skating:

• European championships at Tallinn

Saturday (1)

Rugby:

First round of Six Nations

• Scotland vs Italy at Murrayfield
• Ireland vs England at Lansdowne Road

Golf:

• European Tour at Bahrain Championship
• PGA at Pebble Beach Pro-Am
• LPGA Tournament of Chamions at Orlando, Florida

Tennis:

• ATP at Montpellier, France
• Davis Cup qualifiers
• WTA at Linz, Austria and Singapore

Figure Skating:

• European championships at Tallinn

Sunday (2)

Alpine Skiing:

• Men's World Cup downhill at Garmisch, Germany

Cricket:

• India vs England (5th T20) at Mumbai

ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025 in Malaysia

• Final: Winner SF 1 vs Winner SF 2 at Kuala Lumpur (12:00pm)

Cycling:

• Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race at Geelong, Australia

Golf:

• European Tour at Bahrain Championship
• PGA at Pebble Beach Pro-Am
• LPGA Tournament of Chamions at Orlando, Florida

Tennis:

• ATP at Montpellier, France
• Davis Cup qualifiers
• WTA at Linz, Austria and Singapore

Figure Skating:

• European championships at Tallinn

Monday (3)

Tennis:

• ATP Dallas Open at Dallas, United States
• Rotterdam Open at Rotterdam, the Netherlands
• WTA Abu Dhabi Open
• Transylvania Open at Cluj, Romania

Tuesday (4)

Alpine Skiing:

• Opening day of World Championships at Saalbach, Austria

Tennis:

• ATP Dallas Open at Dallas, United States
• Rotterdam Open at Rotterdam, the Netherlands
• WTA Abu Dhabi Open
• Transylvania Open at Cluj, Romania

Wednesday (5)

Alpine Skiing:

• World Championships at Saalbach, Austria

Tennis:

• ATP Dallas Open at Dallas, United States
• Rotterdam Open at Rotterdam, the Netherlands
• WTA Abu Dhabi Open
• Transylvania Open at Cluj, Romania