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USA Track and Field call for Olympics delay

USA Track and Field, athletics’ US governing body, has called for this summer’s Olympics in Tokyo to be delayed because of the ongoing coronavirus situation. The federation has asked the...

List of sporting events affected by Covid19

As the coronavirus spreads globally, it has caused a major impact on the sports world. Expect more changes in the coming days and weeks as we head toward the 2020...

Elite Athletes speak up – Call for postponement of Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is committed to staging the Tokyo Games as planned from July 24-Aug. 9 despite growing dissent among athletes as the coronavirus pandemic brings world sport...

Katarina Johnson-Thompson criticises IOC for Olympics preparation advice

Katarina Johnson-Thompson has questioned advice that athletes should continue their preparations for Tokyo 2020 “as best they can” as the International Olympic Committee came under fire for insisting it remains “fully...

IOC is endangering our health says Stefanidi , demanding a Tokyo 2020 ‘Plan B’

The International Olympic Committee is putting the health of elite athletes at risk by telling them to continue training for the Tokyo 2020 Games as the coronavirus rages, reigning Olympic...

Caster Semenya pursues Olympics 200m slot

Double Olympics 800-metre champion Caster Semenya called herself “supernatural” this weekend after saying she hoped to compete in the 200m at the 2020 Tokyo Games. The 29-year-old South African cannot...

Japan’s PM pledges Olympics to go ahead despite virus havoc

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday resisted pressure for changes to the Tokyo Olympics schedule even as sporting events worldwide fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic. Abe pledged Japan...

Gayanthika, Samantha win cross country amid Covid19 concerns

R.M.S. Pushpakumara (Blacky) and Gayanthika Abeyrathne regained their Cross Country Championship titles at the 46th National Sports Festival 2020 held at Race Course, Nuwaraeliya on Sunday (15th) amid Covid19 concerns...

Olympic and Junior Athletics trials postponed

ri Lanka Athletics’ Olympic trials and Junior National trials which were to be held on 8 and 9 April have been postponed by the Athletics Association (AASL) yesterday, amid the...

Asian Junior Championship 2020 cancelled

The Asian Junior Athletics Championship 2020 was cancelled due to the continued spread of the novel Coronavirus, according to the Asian Athletics Association. “The Thailand Government has issued a memorandum...

මෙරට මලල ක්‍රීඩා පුහුණුකරුවන්ට බලපත්‍ර ලබා ගැනීම අනිවාර්ය කෙරේ

මෙරට දී මලල ක්‍රීඩා පුහුණුකටයුතු සිදුකරන පුහුණුකරුවන් ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීමට හා ඔවුන් වෙනුවෙන් බලපත්‍රයක් ලබා දීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකා මලල ක්‍රීඩා සංගමය තීරණය කර ඇත. වෘත්තීය නිපුණතාවක් නොමැති පිරිස්, පුහුණුකරුවන් ලෙස කටයුතු කිරීම...

Sadeepa, Chamod , Sugandhi and Udaya win best athlete titles

Gateway College Athlete Sadeepa Henderson and Chamod Yodasinghe of St Mary’s College Kegalle won the under-20 best female and male athlete titles, while South Asian Games Gold Medalist Lakshika Sugandhi...

Coleman strolls to 60m victory at US indoor

US sprint star Christian Coleman overcame a sluggish start before sweeping to victory in the 60 metres in a world leading time at the USA Indoor Championships on Saturday. Coleman,...

Duplantis breaks world pole vault record again

Sweden’s Armand Duplantis set a world pole vault record of 6.18 metres at an indoor meeting in Glasgow on Saturday, adding one centimetre to the record he set in Poland...

Cheptegei breaks sub-13 minute barrier to set a new World Record

Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei lowered the 5km world record on Sunday with a time of 12 minutes 51 seconds and revealed he had set out to ‘really go for’ breaking the...

ISAC2020- Shelinda- Best performer for the 2nd successive year

Sprinting sensation Shelinda Jansen of Gateway College Colombo clinched her second consecutive RIT Alles Challenge Trophy and Edexcel Challenge Trophy for the best athlete at the 20th International Schools Athletic...

LIVE:- ISAC Day 03

Shelinda dazzle with 11.94 seconds

Shelinda Jansen of Gateway College, Colombo dazzled the track, with a new meet record in the second day of the 20th International School Athletic Championship (ISAC) at the Sugathadasa Stadium...

LIVE :- ISAC Day 02