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Video: 3000m steeple chase – Women’s – Nilani finishes sixth; Winfred Yavi of Bahrain win GOLD

It was another heartbreaking international outing for 3000m steeple chase runner Nilani Rathnayaka, as she finished sixth in the event. Nilani won the Gold medal at the same venue earlier...

Indunil and Gayanthika into 800m Finals; Nimali burst into tears

The middle distance runner Indunil Herath was the most impressive athlete for Sri Lanka. He clocked 1 minute 47.54 seconds and finished overall third to advance to today’s final. Indunil,...

Heartbreak for Prasad in Long Jump

One of Sri Lanka’s top medal hopes faded, as long jumper Janaka Prasad Wimalasiri failed to live up to expectations. He finished 7th with a best leap of 7.86m at the...

Aruna, Kalinga and Hiruni in action on first day of Athletics 25th

After several sports have already come to a disappointing end, the athletics team will begin their competition tomorrow and it will be left to them to salvage some pride for...

SL Athletes pose before leave to Asian Games

Sri Lanka athletics team of 12 athletes will leave to Jakartha tomorrow for the Asian Games as they will bear the weight of medal hope by Sri Lanka . They...

India dropped javelin thrower Annu Rani & 1500m’s Monika Chaudhary from Asian Games squad

New Delhi.The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) selection committee dropped javelin thrower Annu Rani and 1500m runner Monika Chaudhary from the Asian Games squad after the results of the confirmatory...

Indonesian police kill dozens in Asian Games ‘clean-up’

Police in Jakarta have killed dozens of people as part of an escalating crackdown against petty criminals ahead of the Asian Games, in a campaign Amnesty International has described as...

නිලධාරීන්ගේ වරදින් උශාන්ට හා මිශ්‍ර සහය කණ්ඩායමට ආසියානු වරම් අහිමි වෙයි

උස පැනීමේ ක්‍රීඩක උශාන් තිවංක සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකා මිශ්‍ර සහය 4×400 කණ්ඩායම ආසියානු ක්‍රීඩා උළෙලේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමය ඇතුලත් කරගත නොහැකි බව තරගාවලි සංවිධායකයින්පසුගිය සදුදා(13) දින තීරනයක කර ඇත ....

Asian Games Organizers reject entries of Ushan and Mix 4x400M relay due to technical errors by Sri Lankan authorities

The Organizing Committee of the Asian Games 2018, rejected the Sri Lankan entries of Ushan Thiwanka (High Jump) and the 4x400m Mixed Relay, due to technical errors made by the...

SL to send largest ever contingent to Asian Games

Sri Lanka is set to send their largest ever contingent to the Asian Games with the total being 255 which includes 177 athletes representing 30 sports disciplines, will fly off...

Ultra marathoner Sanath to attempt three Guinness records

Ultra marathoner Sanath Bandara who is popularly known as ‘Guinness Bandara’ for his penchant for attempting Guinness World Records will aim at establishing three Guinness World records in Perth over...

2015 WORLD 400M HURDLES CHAMPION BETT DIES

Kenya’s former 400m hurdles world champion Nicholas Bett has died aged 28, following a car crash on Wednesday. Bett produced one of the biggest surprises of the IAAF World Championships...

Janaka leaps astonishing 8.14m in long jump

– Janaka, Nilani best athletes – Vidusha returns with seasonal best – Nimali beats Gayanthika in 800m – 4 Sri Lanka records; 11 meet recordsLong jumper Janaka Prasad Wimalasiri excelled...

AASL appeals on behalf of Nirmali and Nadeesha

The Athletic Association will appeal to the National Olympic Committee to include Nadeesha Ramanayaka and Nirmali Madushika in the Asian Games squad after they finished first and second at the...

Sugandhi renewe SL record as she gets close to 5000M Mark

Lakshika Sugandhi renewed her own Sri Lanka record by achieving 4906m as she got step closer to 5000M Mark . She also won the bronze medal of the individual 100m...

Iron Man Ajith set new Sri Lanka record in Decathlon

Ajith Karunathilaka, the iron man of Sri Lanka collected a staggering 7,356 points in Decathlon , the second time he cleared the 7,000 points mark to renew his own Sri...

Aruna stuns Kalinga and Co in jaw dropping 400m finals

The Junior Star Aruna Darshana lived up to expectations, as he turned tables on the seniors to win the National title in the 400m, at the 96th National Athletic Championship...

Nilani and Gayan Set New Sri Lanka records

August 03rd: Steeple Chase runner Nilani Ratnayaka and Discus thrower Gayan Jayawardane set new Sri Lanka records at the National Athletic Championship 2018, at the Sugathadasa Stadium on Friday.Nilani, who...

Ultimate 400m showdown – Junior medallists to challenge seniors

For a long time, the men’s 400m and 4x400m relay have been the glamour events in track and field and being the 400m National champion has always been a prestigious...

The IAAF Council agreed to reinstate athletes transfers under new rules

The IAAF Council agreed to reinstate transfer of allegiance under new rules, with immediate effect. In February last year, the Council froze the transfer of allegiance rule so it had...

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