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The Sri Lanka Paralympics team received a heroes’ welcome upon their arrival last evening, while the Sports Ministry announced formal cash awards to the winners. Prior to their departure from... Read More

War veteran Dinesh Priyantha Herath scripted history by taking Sri Lanka to a level where no athlete has gone before, as he broke the world record and won the gold... Read More

While Dinesh was receiving a medal at one end, one of his training partners – Dulan Kodithuwakku – won the bronze medal in the men’s javelin Throw F64-F44 event with... Read More

Seven Sri Lankan Junior Athletes will take wing to Nairobi, Kenya tomorrow to compete in the World Athletics Junior Championship. The event which was postponed last year due to the... Read More

Russian Mariya Lasitskene added Olympic gold to her three world titles, winning the women’s high jump at the Tokyo Games with a leap of 2.04 metres on Saturday. Australia’s Nicola McDermott won... Read More

The United States powered to their seventh successive victory in the women’s 4x400m relay on Saturday as Allyson Felix won gold in the event for the fourth time to extend... Read More

(Reuters) – A nation of 1.3 billion erupted in joy on Saturday after Neeraj Chopra won the men’s javelin at the Tokyo Games to secure India’s first ever Olympic athletics gold post-independence.... Read More

IT WAS dubbed one of the races of the century and yet the Tokyo Olympics’ 400-metre men’s hurdles final soon became shrouded in controversy. Norway’s Karsten Warholm won gold by obliterating... Read More

(Reuters) – A world record had been predicted but Norway’s Karsten Warholm had to utterly destroy it to hold off American Rai Benjamin and take gold on Tuesday in the men’s 400... Read More

On Sunday, Sifan Hassan confirmed that she would be attempting an unprecedented Olympic treble in Tokyo. On Monday (2) she completed the first part of that mission by winning the... Read More

Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy won the fastest track race at the Tokyo Olympics, the men’s 100 meter with personal best and area record of 9.80sec. Jacobs, who goes by... Read More

An oval 400m track rarely produces as many twists and turns as unfolded on the second night of athletics competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games, highlighted by a second consecutive... Read More

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TOKYO — On Friday night at Olympic Stadium, a quartet of Americans worried for several hours that a simple and egregious mistake may have cost them and their fabled teammate... Read More

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Sprinter Medhani Jayamanne clocked a personal best of 11.85 seconds in the 100m as she achieved the qualification standard for World Junior Championship (11.85 sec) at the Junior National Trials... Read More

  Two years ago, a few days before the South Asian Games 2019, Nimali Liyanarachchi, who was a prime Gold medal hope for the country, faced an unfortunate road accident... Read More

Nilani Rathnayaka, the 3000m Steeplechase runner who was within the Olympic qualifying quota ever since the qualification system was introduced, slipped just one place out of the cut-off mark at... Read More

Competition Committee – Mr Palitha Jayathilleke Equipment & Grounds Committee – Mr Jagath Gnanasiri Silva Coaching & Training Pools Committee – Mr Lal Chandrakumara District & Affiliates Development Committee –... Read More

Sri Lanka National Athletics team, including Olympic bound athlete Nilani Rathnayaka, were left stranded in a general quarantine centre in Matara without any training facilities as promised upon arrival from... Read More