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Mo Farah wins 5th straight Great North Run

Mo Farah delivered a dominant performance to claim a record fifth victory in the Great North Run on Sunday in the latest step in his bid to win a major...

Youth star Parami wins 15km Road Race with less than a month to go for Youth Olympics

There is less than a month left for the Youth Olympic Games in Brussels but that did not stop the Asian Junior Gold medalist steeple chase runner Parami Wasanthi from...

Asian Games Athletes : Were they really Asians?

16 gold medals were won by Africans India alone lost 7 gold medals to Africans IAAF New laws introduced to control transfers Japan finds new trick for sprinters The Asian...

SL in to relay finals

The Sri Lanka men’s 4x400m relay quartette advanced to the finals to keep the medal hopes alive. This was in spite of their performance in the heats not being so...

Video: 3000m steeple chase – Women’s – Nilani finishes sixth; Winfred Yavi of Bahrain win GOLD

It was another heartbreaking international outing for 3000m steeple chase runner Nilani Rathnayaka, as she finished sixth in the event. Nilani won the Gold medal at the same venue earlier...

Indunil and Gayanthika into 800m Finals; Nimali burst into tears

The middle distance runner Indunil Herath was the most impressive athlete for Sri Lanka. He clocked 1 minute 47.54 seconds and finished overall third to advance to today’s final. Indunil,...

Heartbreak for Prasad in Long Jump

One of Sri Lanka’s top medal hopes faded, as long jumper Janaka Prasad Wimalasiri failed to live up to expectations. He finished 7th with a best leap of 7.86m at the...

India dropped javelin thrower Annu Rani & 1500m’s Monika Chaudhary from Asian Games squad

New Delhi.The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) selection committee dropped javelin thrower Annu Rani and 1500m runner Monika Chaudhary from the Asian Games squad after the results of the confirmatory...

Indonesian police kill dozens in Asian Games ‘clean-up’

Police in Jakarta have killed dozens of people as part of an escalating crackdown against petty criminals ahead of the Asian Games, in a campaign Amnesty International has described as...

නිලධාරීන්ගේ වරදින් උශාන්ට හා මිශ්‍ර සහය කණ්ඩායමට ආසියානු වරම් අහිමි වෙයි

උස පැනීමේ ක්‍රීඩක උශාන් තිවංක සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකා මිශ්‍ර සහය 4×400 කණ්ඩායම ආසියානු ක්‍රීඩා උළෙලේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමය ඇතුලත් කරගත නොහැකි බව තරගාවලි සංවිධායකයින්පසුගිය සදුදා(13) දින තීරනයක කර ඇත ....

Ultra marathoner Sanath to attempt three Guinness records

Ultra marathoner Sanath Bandara who is popularly known as ‘Guinness Bandara’ for his penchant for attempting Guinness World Records will aim at establishing three Guinness World records in Perth over...

Asian Games team reduced to 14 – Special appeal to include Amila, Nirmali and Nadeesha

The Athletics Association has reduced the Asian Games team to 14 from the original 24, as several athletes who had been selected could not perform up to the mark or...

The IAAF Council agreed to reinstate athletes transfers under new rules

The IAAF Council agreed to reinstate transfer of allegiance under new rules, with immediate effect. In February last year, the Council froze the transfer of allegiance rule so it had...

Junior athletes hit the jackpot – seniors still at bay

In a refreshing change, Sports Minister Faiszer Musthapha came up with a long-term funding programme until the 2024 Olympic Games for nine junior athletes who won medals at the Asian...

South Asian Games to be held in March , 2019 at Nepal with addition of Cricket

South Asian’s Olympic Committee (SAOC) meeting on Saturday at Kathmandu confirmed that Nepal will host the 13th edition of the South Asian Games in March 2019. The Games is presently penciled...

Ruth Jebet among 120 doping cases revealed by Athletics Integrity Unit

Steeplechase Olympic champion and world record holder Ruth Jebet is among more than 100 athletes and coaches facing disciplinary action for alleged doping offences. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has...

(VIDEO) Baharain’s Salwa Eid Naser once again shattered 400m Asian record with 49.08 seconds

Baharain’s Nigerian import athlete Salwa Eid Naser once again lowered her own the Asian Record of 400m, this time clocking 49.08 seconds at the Monaco diamond league on Friday (July...

Lyles, Semenya shine as Chepkoech smashes steeple world record

New American sprint hope Noah Lyles raced to a dominant 200m victory in Friday’s Diamond League meet in Monaco, where South African Caster Semenya also shone in the 800m and...

USA win inaugural athletics World Cup

The United States of America recorded a comprehensive victory in the inaugural edition of the Athletics World Cup after dominating the second day of the event in London on Sunday. It might...

Resulst: 2018 Rabat Diamond League

American Christian Coleman signalled a return to form and fitness on Friday by edging out compatriots Ronnie Baker and Noah Lyles to win a thrilling DiamondLeague 100-metre race in Rabat on Friday, while Hellen...

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