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Olympian sprinter Yupun Abeykoon dazzled in Switzerland, becoming the first South Asian sprinter to clock under 10 seconds in the 100m, as he clocked 9.96 seconds and set a new... Read More

Despite continuing their record breaking spree St. Peter’s College athletes Rumesh Tharanga and Hirusha Hashen remain uncertain about their participation at the World Junior Athletics Championships. The two athletes who... Read More

Kandy Girls High School hurdler Amesha Hettiarachchi shone with two new records at the Junior National Athletics Championship at Sugathadasa Stadium Colombo . In the morning, Amesha clocked 1 minute... Read More

A number of outstanding performances, the latest of which was termed by him as his best, have helped sprinter Yupun Abeykoon climb up in the men’s 100 metres world rankings... Read More

Just three days after his South Asian record in the 200m, Olympian Sprinter Yupun Abeykoon once again dazzled in Germany when he clocked a sizzling 10.06 seconds (running against -0.2... Read More

Olympian sprinter Yupun Abeykoon once again stunned the arena as he clocked 20.37 seconds in the 200m setting a new Sri Lanka as well as South Asian record at the... Read More

Olympian Yupun Abeykoon stunned the Sri Lankan fans on Wednesday night as he clocked a wind aided 10.04 seconds in the 100m at the Meeting International Citta’ Di Savona 2022 in... Read More

(Reuters) – The Asian Games scheduled to take place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in September have been postponed until 2023 because of the COVID-19 situation, the governing Olympic... Read More

Thrower Sumedha Ranasinghe is in contention to qualify for the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA after advancing to the 28th position in the ‘Road to Oregon 2022’ rankings according... Read More

Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) has forwarded names of 8 athletes for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games and 21 for the Asian Games for approval to the National Selection Committee, following the... Read More

South Asian Games medallist Kaushalya Madushani, who won the best hurdler trophy for her outstanding performance at the centenary National Athletics Championship on Saturday has passed away under tragic circumstances.... Read More

Ratnayake Central Walala runner Thrushi Karunaratne smashed the national junior record on her way to winning the title of the women’s 400 metres at the Centenary National Athletics Championship concluded... Read More

Olympian Sumeda Ranasinghe stamped his class in the men’s javelin throw, sprinters Kalinga Kumarage and Aruna Dharshana clocked sub 46 seconds in the 400 metres, school girls dominated women’s 400... Read More

The track and field fraternity was shocked to learn the sudden demise of senior technical official Trevor Nugegoda, just two days after the veteran was seen officiating at the centenary... Read More

Hurdlers Dhanuka Darshana and Amesha Hettiarachchi and runner Tharushi Karunaratne were the top performers among school athletes who took part in the centenary National Athletics Championships. A number of events... Read More

Long distance veteran Gayanthika Abeyratne, steeplechaser Nilani Ratnayake and long jumper Sarangi Silva produced remarkable feats which put them in contention for international medals as they excelled at the centenary... Read More

US based long jumper Danushka Sandaruwan leaped a wind aided 8.10m on Saturday to finish third at the Texas Relay. The 28-year-old former Nalandian leaped 8.05 (+2.8 m/s) in his... Read More