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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...

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...

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

isac DAY 3 FINAL ISAC DAY 3 -AFTERNOON Posted by Ceylon Athletics on Saturday, February 15, 2020

Nigerian sprint star in middle of athletics’ hormone debate

Hailing from one of the world’s poorest countries, Nigerien sprinter Aminatou Seyni is no stranger to life’s hurdles, but as she prepares for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the 23-year-old faces...

Felix sets sights on fifth Olympics after year of change

With a possible fifth Olympics in her sights, Allyson Felix faces a year unlike any other – yet the goal in many ways is the same, especially as an athlete....

World Indoor Championships postponed due to novel Coronavirus outbreak

The 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing have been postponed because of fears over the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China. The championships were to be held...

Asian Indoor Championship 2020 cancelled due to Novel Coronavirus outbreak

Asian Indoor Athletics Championship 2020 has been the latest sporting event to be cancelled due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Chinese city Wuhan. The Asian Indoor Athletics...

400M World Record Holder Wayde van Niekerk enjoys U-19 World Cup action in Bloemfontein

South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk , the 400m world record holder(43.03), defending Olympic and the world Champion visited Bloemfontein Cricket ground in South Africa watch some action from the ongoing ...

Major sports events doubtful after Coronavirus outbreak

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has resulted in the cancellation of some major sporting events to take place in China, while placing a doubt on several other scheduled events,...

කෝටි ගණනින් මුදල් ගෙවු මුම්බායි මැරතන් තරගය

අද උදෑසන නිමාවට පත්වූ ටාටා මුම්බායි මැරතන් 2020 සඳහා ප්‍රමාද වූ එකතු කිරීමක් වන ඉතියෝපියානු ජාතික ,දෙරරා හරිසා (Derara Hurisa), සියල්ලන් මවිතයට පත් කරමින් එම තරගය ජයග්‍රණය කරේ නව තරග...

Unfolding Wonder Girl Dilshi’s Heroics

20 year old, Dilshi Kumarasinghe, hailing from A. Rathnayaka CC Walala was only set to run in the individual 800m during the South Asian Games (SAG) 2019 and, with one...

Fitting reply from Athletes to the challenge by Officials || Wins Athletics at SAG with 15 Gold Medals

Athletics has been the sport which has won most number of medals for Sri Lanka at the South Asian Games 2019. But despite their impressive achievement they were ill-treated, SAG...

Sarangi, Anjani win Gold and Silver in Long Jump

After losing some anticipated Gold medals in the morning, the two long jumpers Sarangi Silva and Anjani Pulwansa put Sri Lanka in a celebratory mood by winning the Gold and...

Nadeesha hospitalized with fever

Nadeesha Ramanayaka, another of Sri Lanka’s medal hopes, was admitted to a local hospital in Kathmandu on Tuesday, as she is suffering from fever during the South Asian Games. Nadeesha...

Nilani wins unplanned Gold medal in 1500M

Nilani Rathnayaka, the Sri Lankan record holder in the 5000m and 3000m steeple chase, wasn’t confirmed to run the 1500m at the Games until Monday evening. But on Tuesday ,...

INDIAN ATHLETICS TEAM FOR SOUTH ASIAN GAMES, KATHMANDU-2019

INDIAN ATHLETICS TEAM FOR SOUTH ASIAN GAMES, KATHMANDU-2019 MEN DOB Event Personal Best Amiya Kumar Mallick 14-Nov-1992 100m 10.26 28-Apr-2016 Gurindervir Singh 24-Dec-2000 100m 10.35 18-Mar-2019 Shanmuga Srinivas N 9-Oct-2002...

Kipchoge and Dalilah named athletes of the year

Eliud Kipchoge and Dalilah Muhammad have been named World Athletics’ male and female athletes of the year. Kenya’s Kipchoge, 35, won the London Marathon for a fourth time in April...

LIVE- ALL ISLAND SCHOOL GAMES 2019- DAY 03

All Island School Games 2019-Day 3 Posted by Ceylon Athletics on Friday, November 1, 2019

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