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TWO NEW EVENTS ADDED TO IAAF WORLD RELAYS PROGRAMME

Leading international athletes have welcomed the addition of two exciting new events to the programme for the IAAF World Relays Yokohama 2019. A mixed 2x2x400m relay and mixed shuttle hurdles relay...

Head of Japan’s Olympic Committee indicted in France for corruption

The head of Japan’s Olympic Committee has been indicted in Paris for “active corruption” in connection with the awarding of the 2020 Olympics to Tokyo, a French judicial source said...

Vatican Athletics gets Olympic blessing

The newly-formed Vatican Athletics team, which is aiming to compete in international competitions, including the Olympics, was officially launched on Thursday after reaching a bilateral agreement with the Italian Olympic...

NINE THINGS FOR 2019: ONE STEP CLOSER TO TOKYO

Over the first nine days of 2019, we are taking a look at nine things we’re really looking forward to as we enter another IAAF World Athletics Championships year. We’ve...

Coach too Should Held Responsible for Doping – Damayanthi Darsha

Issues related to doping have risen in Sri Lanka, and is fast spreading among the schools’ sporting community, and sporting bodies are fighting to eradicate this menace from sports. SLADA...

DARSHA: First Sri Lankan schoolgirl to take part in the Olympics

What is learned on the athletic field is not forgotten, nor are the lessons of character that are forged there ever lost. Born on 13 February 1975, Damayanthi Darsha is...

මළල ක්‍රීඩාව නගා සිටුවන්න ඇමති හරින්ගෙන් නව වැඩ පිලිවෙලක්

– ක්‍රීඩා ආම්පන්න ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන්ට බෙදාදීමේ නව ක්‍රමයක් සති දෙකකකින් – සියලුම ක්‍රීඩාංගන ගාස්තු වලින් තොරව පරිහරණයට ලබාදෙන ක්‍රමයක් ශ්‍රී ලංකා මළල ක්‍රිඩාවේ වත්මන් තත්වය ගැන තම පළමු රාජකාරී දිනයෙදීම...

Allyson Felix reveals a big secret – She gave birth to her daughter last month

The star athlete was pregnant during June races and gave birth to her daughter on November Allyson Felix is the most decorated woman track and field star in U.S. Olympic...

Kipchoge, Colombian Ibarguen scoop IAAF awards

Kenyan marathon master Eliud Kipchoge and Colombian jumper Caterine Ibarguen won the IAAF men and women’s 2018 awards on Tuesday. Kipchoge set a new marathon world record in Berlin in...

Asian Championship Gold medalist failed doping Test – AFI Knew before she was caught

Asian champion quarter-miler Nirmala Sheoran’s failed dope test hasn’t come as a surprise to the Athletics Federation of India with President Adille Sumariwala saying that she was kept out of...

IAAF Cancel new Qualification system for Doha 2019 || Old Qualification system to be followed

To coincide with the opening of ticket sales for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 on November 11, the IAAF is announcing a change to the qualification system for the championships. It was...

SLEME Defend their title

Sri Lanka Electronic and Mechanical Engineering (SLEME) regiment once again emerge champions of the Army inter regiment athletics championship beating Artillery regiment (SLA) . SLEME collected 294 points while SLA...

Kalinga dazzles with record breaking 200M

Sprinter Kalinga Kumarage set the track on fire with a sizzling run in the 200m, clocking 20.71 seconds to shatter the meet record, as well as the Army Athletics record,...

Amila , Nadeesha , Aruna ,Randi walks away with motor bikes

Sumesh Wickramasinghe from Hambantota District and Sachini Udeshika from Gampaha District became the fastest athletes, when they won the Over-20 100m at Kotawila Stadium, Matara on Sunday . Sumesh clocked...

Anjani shatters 24-year-old record

Despite a rain affected muddy track in Matara, Long Jumper Anjani Pulwansa excelled with a 5.96-metre leap to shatter a 24-year-old record on the second day of the National Youth...

Aruna takes early lead to best athlete title || Three records shattered

Asian Junior Gold medalist Aruna Darshana from Matale District took the early lead to race for the best athletes title as he clocked record breaking 21.33 seconds to win the...

NYSF Begins in Matara

October 25th : National Youth Sports Festival (NYSF) 2018 got underway on with the opening ceremony which was graced by Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe as the chief guest. More than...

World Marathon Holder named United Nations person of the Year

World Marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge was today named the United Nations person of the year for his work in combating HIV and Aids during UN Day celebrations. The decorated...

Sriyani Kulawansa – Sri Lanka’s best Hurdler

Born on 1 March 1970 in Melsiripura, Ragedara in the Kurunegala District, Mohotti Arachchilage Deshabandu Sriyani Kulawansa is probably the best Hurdler the Island Nation has ever produced. She represented...

Fisherman’s daughter who conquered the World

She was lied to, betrayed and left dejected, but the determined youngster continues her dream run It’s not that long ago 17-year-old Parami Wasanthi Marisstella won the Asian U-20 Gold...

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