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South African Manyonga wins world long jump 8.48m

South African Luvo Manyonga won gold in the men’s long jump at the IAAF World Championships in London on Saturday. The 25-year-old, Olympic silver medallist in Rio last year by just 1cm,...

Britain Boos and Gatlin Roars at London -Bolt Lost

American veteran Justin Gatlin was booed after he stunned Usain Bolt to win the 100m world title in London on Saturday and rain on the Jamaican’s farewell race in the...

Women 100m Heats-16th IAAF World Championship

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Cooray and Hiruni to compete in World Championship Marathon tomorrow (6th)

Sri Lankan Marathoners Anuradha Indrajith Cooray and Hiruni Wijayarathne will be in action in the IAAF World Championship men and women Marathon events at London tomorrow(6th). Cooray will compete in...

Double US blow as Suhr, Henderson out

The US team suffered a double blow on the opening day of the IAAF World Championships on Friday when pole vaulter Jennifer Suhr and long jumper Jeff Henderson, both Olympic champions and...

Brilliant Farah captures 10th successive global title

British athletics legend Mo Farah won his 10th successive global title on Friday winning the 10,000 metres world crown at the London Stadium where he won Olympic gold in 2012....

What to Watch Today-IAAF World Championship Day2 guide

Men’s 100m semi-finals, final Usain Bolt will have to work on a proper start from blocks he called the worst he’s ever used after struggling in Friday’s heats. The Jamaican’s...

New poster boy Van Niekerk no Bolt-like showman

Wayde van Niekerk has been hailed as the next poster boy for global track and field, and the softly-spoken South African admits he’s taking on board as much as he...

Bolt wants to go out ‘unbeatable’

Usain Bolt is confident he can produce one more magical Midas touch when he seeks to defend his 100m title at the IAAF World Championships. In eight individual finals at...

Farah bids for final double golden fanfare

Mo Farah will like another athletics superstar Usain Bolt bring the curtain down on his track career at the world championships with he hopes a final double golden flourish. The 34-year-old Somalia-born...

Gatlin gunning for Bolt one last time

Justin Gatlin has become increasingly irritated at being labelled the dope cheat contrasting with Usain Bolt’s superhero image in the sprinting world, but he can set that aside by spoiling...

Injured Rutherford to miss World Championships

Champion hurdler Sally Pearson and walker Jared Tallent headlined a 48-strong Australian team announced Tuesday for next month’s world athletics championships in London. The country’s largest world title squad since Seville in...

Team SL for IAAF World Championship

Four Sri Lankan athletes have made it to the final list of the IAAF World Championship 2017 where two Marathoners Anuradha Indrajith Cooray , Hiruni Wijayarathne , 800m runner Nimali...

Japanese delegates to support SL Athletes

A group of Japanese delegates have agreed to support four Sri Lankan athletes who won individual medals at the Asian Championship to target the next Olympic Games 2020 to be...

රිදී පදක්කමක් ලබා දෙමින් පැරා ලෝක ශූරතාව අවසන් වෙයි අමරා හා අනිල් සුපිරි තරු අතරට

පැරා ලෝක ශූරතා මලල ක්‍රීඩා තරගාවලිය රිදී පදක්කමක් සමගින් අවසන් කිරීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමට හැකි විය. මෙවර තරගාවලියට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව නියෝජනය කිරීමට අවස්ථාව ලැබී තිබුණේ ක්‍රීඩකයන් දෙදෙනෙකුට හා එක් ක්‍රීඩිකාවකට...

India declares 24-member team for IAAF World Championships

Delhi: The selection committee of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has picked a 24-member team which will compete in 14 different disciplines at the IAAF World Championships to be held...

Bolt on right path to world 100m defence

Jamaican sprinting legend Usain Bolt insists he is on the right path as he targets the defence of his 100m crown at next month’s world championships in London.In his swansong...

Navodya and Thathsarani finished in 5th place at CYG

Two 400m hurdlers , Navodya Sankalpa and Kavindya Thathsarani finished in disappointing 5th position in the girls and boys finals at the Commonwealth youth Games 2017 concluded at Bahamas yesterday...

Sheshan finished in heartbreaking 4th place with PB

Hurdler Sheshan Kariyawasam clocked dip under 14 seconds barrier clocked personal best 13.93 seconds in the boys 110m hurdle finals but finished in heartbreaking fourth position at the commonwealth Youth...

FULL RESULTS-IAAF Diamond League-Monaco

FULL RESULTS Men 100m Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.95 Isiah Young (USA) 9.98 Akani Simbine (RSA) 10.02 Chijindu Ujah (GBR) 10.02 Su Bingtian (CHN) 10.06 Mike Rodgers (USA) 10.06 Christopher Belcher...

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