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Rumesh Tharanga Wins Rome Diamond League with Record-Breaking 92.62m Throw

Sri Lankan javelin sensation Rumesh Tharanga delivered a historic performance at the Rome Diamond League, stunning the athletics world with a colossal throw of 92.62m. The effort not only secured...

Olympic Long Jump Champion Tara Davis-Woodhall Switches to Hurdles — Wins Ward Haylett Invitational in 12.99 Seconds

Olympic and world long jump champion Tara Davis‑Woodhall traded the sand pit for the hurdles once again, returning to an event she had not raced in since 2021. On Friday...

World Athletics Announces Finalists for 2025 Athlete of the Year Awards

MONACO — The global athletics community is abuzz as World Athletics officially unveiled the finalists for the prestigious 2025 Athlete of the Year Awards, recognizing the most outstanding performers in...

From junior promise to senior power: Madushani strikes double Gold

While Safiya Yamick stole the spotlight at the South Asian Athletics Championship with her sprinting dominance, another rising star quietly made history in the shadows — a young jumper who...

Duplantis breaks world pole vault record with 6.30m

Mondo Duplantis cleared 6.30m* on his return to Tokyo, setting the 14th world pole vault record of his career at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 on Monday (15). Back...

Sri Lanka Mixed 4x400m in World Relay 2025

The Sri Lankan mixed 4x400m relay team competed at the World Athletics Relays 2025 held in Guangzhou, China on May 10 and 11, aiming to qualify for the upcoming World...

SL Athletes shine at SAFF Junior Championship with 35 Medals and Five Meet Records

Sri Lanka secured nine gold medals, nine silver medals, and 17 bronze medals at the South Asian Athletics Federation (SAFF) Junior Championship, which concluded at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, on...

SAFF Junior Championship Begins Tomorrow

The South Asian Athletics Federation (SAFF) Under-20 Championship will commence today with six finals scheduled for the evening. The competition will feature the 100m finals, where Anandian Merone Wijesinghe and...

India to field strong team for SAAF junior championships in Chennai

New Delhi : India’s promising 3,000m steeplechase runner, Sharuk Khan, will be among 55-member national team, including 27 in women’s group selected by Athletics Federation of India (AFI) that will compete...

Tarushi Secures Second Place, Kalinga placed Third in Spain

Sri Lankan athletes Tarushi Karunaratne and Kalinga Kumara represented Sri Lanka in the 19th BILBAO REUNIÓN International Athletics Meet held in Spain. In the women’s 600 meters event, Tarushi finished...

Great run by Aruna from a total different timezone…

Aruna Darshana clocked 45.88sec to finish 2nd behind Yuki Joseph of Japan (45.49sec) the favorite Emmanuel Bamidele of Nigeria placed third (45.90sec)who owns a Personal best of 44.88sec (Aruna Darshana’s...

රුමේෂ් තරංග නව ශ්‍රී ලංකා වාර්තාවක්; ලංකාවට පදක්කම් තුනක්

රුමේෂ් තරංග නව ශ්‍රී ලංකා වාර්තාවක් හා තරගාවලි වාර්තාවක් පිහිටුවමින් මීටර් 85.45ක දක්ෂතාවක් දක්වමින් ආසියානු විසිකිරීමේ ශූරතා රන් පදක්කම හිමිකරගනී. හිටපු ශ්‍රී ලංකා වාර්තාලාභී සුමේධ රණසිංහ මීටර් 77.57 ක දක්ෂතාවක්...

Javelin champions to compete in South Korea

Four Sri Lankan javelin champions are set to leave the island tonight for the Asian Throwing Championships to be held in Mokpo, South Korea on June 14 and 15. Javelin...

More New Faces in National colors for Asian Relay: Amasha, Tharushi, and Harsha Opt to Pull Out

More New Faces in National colors for Asian Relay: Amasha, Tharushi, and Harsha Opt to Pull Out Amasha Silva, Tharushi Karunaratne, and her brother Harsha Karunaratne have opted to withdraw...

Kalinga clocked sub 46, while Tharushi DNS in Osaka Grand Prix (Video)

Kalinga Kumarage, who took part in the 400m Men’s Finals, clocked 45.92 seconds to win, while the hosts’ ITO Rikuya and MORI Masato finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively, clocking 46.09...

SL Trio Nadeesha,Tharushi, Kalinga to compete in 11th Kinami Michitaka Memorial Athletics Meet Osaka live

Tharushi Karunaratne, Nadeesha Ramanayake, and Kalinga Kumarage will compete on 12th May at Yanmar Stadium, Nagai, Osaka, Japan in 11th Kinami Michitaka Memorial Athletics Meet – WA Continental Tour – Bronze...

යුපුන් අබේකෝන්ට ඉතාලියේදී තරග ජයක්

ඉතාලියේ පැවති CDS ASSOLUTO SU PISTA තරගාවලියේ මීටර් 100 ඉසව්වට සහභාගී වූ යුපුන් අබේකෝන් තත්පර 10.42 ක කාලයක් වාර්තා කරමින් පළමු ස්ථානයට පත්ව තිබේ. Official Result: https://www.fidal.it/…/REG35006/Risultati/Gara103.html

WORLD RECORD 6.24 metres in Pole Vault at China

Sweden’s Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis opened his outdoor season in stunning fashion on Saturday(20) as he bettered his own pole vault world record (6.23m) at the Xiamen Diamond League meeting. Duplantis...

Yupun Abeykoon’s Remarkable Comeback after the injury

Sri Lankan sprinter Yupun Abeykoon has made a stunning return to the track with a breathtaking performance in Italy, clocking an impressive 15.19 seconds in the 150m event. This marks...

Tharushi dazzles, Ameesha, Sachini, Mandini break records

Ratnayake Central, Walala athlete Tharushi Karunaratne delivered yet another outstanding performance as she reached qualifying standard for another World Junior Athletics Championships event on the final day of the second...

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