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Six athletes get IOC funding for Tokyo 2021 – Two changes

Two track and field athletes, VidushaLakshani and Gayanthika Abeyrathne, have been removed from the Sri Lanka’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) Solidarity Scholarship recipients list targeting the 2021 Olympic Games, after...

Namal to meet all Olympic Sports Associations tomorrow

Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa will meet representatives from all National Sports Associations tomorrow to discuss about the proposed high-performance training programme for top national athletes targeting the forthcoming 2021 Olympic...

Sri Lanka’s Newest International track comes up in Kurunegala

Sri Lanka’s third international sports complex in Maligapitiya is nearing completion in Kurunegala amidst the corona virus pandemic. The ground is located adjacent to the Welagedara Cricket Stadium at a ...

SL gearing up for 2026 Commonwealth Games bid

National Olympic Committee Sri Lanka (NOCSL) is bracing themselves to bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, as Hamilton (Canada)the city which was on run, set to back out, leaving...

Laggard administrators leave athletes in quandary

Track and field athletes are in a dilemma due to the authorities moving at snail’s pace, which has resulted in a number of top athletes being denied hostel facilities and...

Scholarship for Matara Athletes by ex Matara athletes in Australia

12 young promising athletes of Matara District were awarded and enrolled to a scholarship programme at Uyanwatta Grounds Matara today (14th) through which they will be benefited for the next...

Nationals postponed, but athletes left in quandary

– Athletes in Torrington hostel to receive passes to train Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) has decided to postpone the National Athletics Championship, which was scheduled for 5 and 6 December,...

World Athletics approves USD 40,000 for SLA-High performance project

World Athletics has approved a grant of USD 40,000 over a two-year period to Sri Lanka Athletics’ (SLA) high performance project, where they have targeted the 4x400m relay teams (men/women)...

Athletics can resume despite pandemic – Dr Lal Ekanayaka

Director of the Institute of Sports Medicine (ISM), Dr. Lal Ekanayaka, said that resuming athletics despite the COVID-19 pandemic will be possible, as athletics has been categorized as low risk...

ජාතික ශූරතාවලිය පවත්වනවා ද? නැද්ද? අවසන් තීරණය අද රාත්‍රියේදී

මෙම වසරේ ජාතික ශූරතා මලල ක්‍රීඩා තරගාවලිය (Nationals) පැවැත්වෙනවා ද, නැද්ද යන්න පිළිබඳව අවසන් තීරණයක් ගැනීමට අද රාත්‍රියේ දී තීරණය කර ඇත. ශ්‍රී ලංකා මලල ක්‍රීඩා සංගමයේ නිළධාරීන් හා ක්‍රීඩා...

Final Decision on National Championship to be taken tonight

A special meeting between Sri Lanka Athletics officials and National Institute of Sports Medicine officials will take place at 7.00 p.m. tonight to make a call on the National Athletics...

Salwa’s Charges dimissed by World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal

The World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal has dismissed the charges brought by the AIU against Salwa Eid Naser (BRN) for alleged Whereabouts failures. The AIU had charged the athlete with four...

Birmingham 2022- Marathon on July 30 , Athletics from August 2-7

Birmingham 2022 today published its daily schedule with organisers hoping to attract top athletes to the Commonwealth Games even in a condensed period of international events caused by the coronavirus...

Sri Lankan-Venezuelan Marathon couple in action in Poland

Sri Lanka and South Asian record holder of the women’s Marathon, Hiruni Keshara Wijayaratne, made yet another unusually long journey to Gdynia Poland on Wednesday to compete in the World...

කැළෑ වැදෙන රුවන්පුර ක්‍රීඩාංගණය අද නොවෙයි හෙට

එක් පළාතකට ක්‍රීඩාසංකීර්ණයක්, දිස්ත්‍රික්කයට ක්‍රීඩාංගණයක් ලෙස විවිද අවස්තාවල විවිධ පුද්ගලයන් ඇමතිවරු ලබා දෙන පොරොන්දු හුදෙක් වචන පමණක් වන අවස්තාද එමටයි. එසේ යමින් ඉදිකල රුවන්පුර එසේත් නැත්නම් රත්නපුර ක්‍රීඩා සංකීර්ණය සුදු...

WADA relax rules on recreational drugs

The World Players Association (WPA) said athletes who tested positive for recreational drugs would no longer be left to suffer with their careers in jeopardy following changes to WADA’s list...

IAAF Introduce new rule changes for next year

World Athletics will be introducing a significant change to the way take-off fouls are judged in long and triple jumps, starting on November 1 2021. Currently, a no-jump is called...

Crysbro provides Rs 200 Laks to fund budding athletes

Lack of support for talented young athletes has always been a main area of concern when considering the downfall of athletics in Sri Lanka, where top young athletes tend to...

Sri Lanka Track & Field Athletes Wing formed

Sri Lanka Track & Field Athletes Wing, an a novel concept ,comprise of National Athletes was officially formed yesterday, headed by former sprinter turned thrower, Joy Danushka Perera. The wing...

Sports hostel protocol breached by DSD

Despite strict protocols set by the Department of Sports Development (DSD) under Sports Ministry that only athletes and coaches can occupy the sports hostel, they had permitted a Ministry employee...

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