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Sooriyawewa 800m battle moves to Qatar

During early 2000 when Sri Lanka dominated sprinting in the Asian region many Sri Lankans were favorites to win the Gold medal when they entered Asian level competitions. But for...

Eashan dazzled by Doha’s freely available training facilities

Following a stellar junior career where he won the Asian Junior Silver Medal in the 100m, Himasha Eashan has been struggling to make a name for himself in the Asian...

Doha’s futuristic open-air cooling system to be tested at Asian Championship

The name Qatar is reminiscent of hot weather, with temperatures routinely climbing above 40 degrees Celsius: standard fare for the Middle East. It is also evocative of major sporting events,...

Meteoric rise of Chathuranga brings medal hopes

Medal predictions in sports often go awry. When it comes to track and field sports the factors affecting performance are so many that favourties sometimes eat humble pie and underdogs...

මෙවරත් රන් පදක්කම තමයි එකම බලාපොරොත්තුව – නිමාලී ලියනාරච්චි

ආසියානු ශූරතා මලල ක්‍රීඩා තරගාවලියට සහභාගීවන ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමේ නායිකාව ලෙස කටයුතු කරන්නේ නිලානී ලියනාරච්චියි. 2015 වසරේ පැවති ආසියානු ශූරතා මලල ක්‍රීඩා තරගාවලියේ එකම පදක්කම් ලාභිනිය වූ නිමාලී ලියනාරච්චි මීටර් 800 ඉසව්වෙන්...

ගුවන් යානා පමාවෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම පැය දෙකකට පසු පිටත්වෙයි

ආසියානු ශූරතා මලල ක්‍රීඩා තරගාවලියට සහභාගීවන ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම අද මෙරට වේලාවෙන් මධ්‍යහන 12ට කටාර් වෙත පිටත්ව ගියේය. ඊයේ පැවැති අයහපත් කාලගුණ තත්ත්වය හේතුවෙන්, අද පෙරවරුව වෙනවිටත්, බණ්ඩාරණායක ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන් තොටුපලේ ගුවන් ගමන්...

Jumpers in with a chance to create history in Doha

Sri Lanka had a long jumper in country’s first ever team to the Olympics just after gaining independence way back in 1948. But long jumpers and triple jumpers had remained...

Nadeesha’s steady rise and Sri Lanka’s chances in the 400 metres

A damsel from Weeraketiya, Nadeesha Ramanayake did not have a fairytale rise to the top of Sri Lanka’s track and field sports. She was successful at school level though never...

Asian Athletics Championships 2019 – Provisional Entry list

DOWNLOAD START LISTS – MEN | WOMEN 23RD ASIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP 2019- DOHA Mens – Provisional Entry list as of 15th April 2019 No Last_Name First_Name MF Birthdate...

MIGUEL WINS 200M AS DE GRASSE BEATEN, GATLIN BROKE HIS SPIKES

British athlete Miguel Francis clocked a new 200m World lead and a meet record of 20.10 seconds (wind 1.0m/s) and beat 3-time Olympic games medalist Andre de Grasse of Canada...

(VIDEO) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce backs with record breaking run

Three time world 100 metre champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce sped to a meet record to win the women’s 100 metres at the Grenada Invitational at the Kirani James Stadium on Saturday....

ආසියානු ශුරතාවලි ඉතිහාසයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නොමැකෙන සටහන්

ආසියානු කලාපයේ පැවැත්වෙන මලල ක්‍රීඩා තරගාවලි අතරින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඉහළම දක්ෂතා දක්වා ඇති තරගාවලියක් ලෙස ආසියානු ශූරතා මලල ක්‍රීඩා තරගාවලිය දැක්විය හැකිය. මෙවර 23 වැනි වරට පැවැත්වෙන තරගාවලිය වෙනුවෙන් ද...

Dutee anchors relay team and secures ticket to Doha Asian Championship

Patiala: Dutee Chand anchored a new-look 4x100m women’s relay team to qualify for the Asian Athletics Championships to be held in Doha from April 21 with a time of 44.12 seconds...

A look back at Sri Lanka’s achievements at Asian Athletics Championships

Sri Lanka’s athletes have excelled more at the Asian Athletics Championships than at any other regional event. The biennial Championship has also provided the opportunity for some of its future...

Himasha to leave early for training ahead of Asian Championship

Sprinter Himasha Eashan who holds the South Asian record of the 100m will leave to Qatar tomorrow (13th) where he will have about a week training prior to the...

The unfortunate story of a legend – S.L.B. Rosa

‘Visikala Olympic Padakkama Rosa’, the book written by Lalith Gunawardena in 2004 discusses the political faux pas that denied the participation of athlete S.L.B. Rosa in the 1976 Montreal Olympics....

Asian Athletics Championships schedule slightly changed

Asian Athletics Championships schedule slightly changed; Sri Lankan Athletes schedules as follows; You can find the full schedule at our events page

EPIC 400M RUN BY SUGATH THILAKARATHNE

Long Jumper M Sreeshankar asked to skip Asian C’ship by AFI

Long jump prodigy M Sreeshankar has been asked by Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to skip the Asian Athletics Championship next month in Doha despite the athletes claim he has...

Barshim to lead Team Qatar at Asian Athletics Champinship

Qatar Athletics Federation (QAF) announced the list of Team Qatar athletes for the 2019 Asian Athletics Championship, which will be held later this month at Khalifa International Stadium. The event,...

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