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School athletes’ prospects at National Athletics Championship

When the track and field sport resumes action this weekend after more than a year on the sidelines due to the Covid 19 pandemic, not only the top national athletes...

No cheer, no support, as athletes set to compete under ‘New Normal’

After an entire year without competition, Sri Lanka’s track and field athletes will experience the ‘new normal’ of athletics competitions around the globe when they compete in the 98th National...

National Athletics C’ship 2020 – Start Lists

More Details and Videos available at our event page Start List – Day 1 98th National Athletics Championships – 2020 101 3000m Steeple Ch. Women Final 0730 S.No Bib No...

Four stars return to track after forgetful 2019

Four of the top National Athletes, who missed out on competing in the South Asian Games last year due to various unfortunate reasons, will be marking their return to the...

Doha to host 2030 Asian Games with Riyadh awarded 2034 edition

Doha will host the 2030 Asian Games and rival Riyadh will stage the event in 2034 following a vote at today’s Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly in Muscat....

සාමාන්‍ය පෙල කල්යාමෙන් යොවුන් තරු වැට උඩ

අ.පො.ස. සාමාන්‍ය පෙළ විභාගය මාර්තු මස දක්වා කල්දැමීමට අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශය තීරණය කිරීමත් සමගින් මෙරට යොවුන් මළල ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන් පිරිසකට ආසියානු යොවුන් මලල ක්‍රීඩා ශූරතාවලියට සහභාගි වීමේ අපහසු වී තිබෙනවා ....

O/L Exam or Asian Youth ? – Youth Athletes in quandary

Sri Lanka’s youth athletes who are eager to win medals at the forthcoming Asian Youth Championship are in a dilemma after the Ministry of Education rescheduled the postponed O/L examination...

World indoor championships in China postponed again until 2023

The World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China have been pushed back again to March 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sport’s global governing body said on Thursday. The...

අර්ධ මැරතන් තරගයෙන් නව ලෝක වාර්තාවක්

අර්ධ මැරතන් පිරිමි ලෝක වාර්තාව හිමි කරගැනීමට කෙන්යාවේ කිබිවොට් කෙන්ඩි (මිනිත්තු 58:01) අද සමත් විය. ස්පාඤ්ඤයේ වැලන්සියා මැරතන් තරගාවලියේ අර්ධ මැරතන් ඉසව්වේ දී ඔහු එම දක්ෂතාව දක්වන ලදී. මීට පෙර...

මැරතන් හිරුණිගෙන් දෙවැනි වේගවත්ම කාලය

මෙරට ඉතිහාසයේ කාන්තා මැරතන් ඉසව්වේ දෙවැනි වේගවත්ම කාලය වාර්තා කිරීමට (2:36:16) හිරුණි විජේරත්න අද ස්පාඤ්ඤයේ වැලන්සියා මැරතන් තරගයට සහභාගී වෙමින් සමත් වූවාය. ඇය එහිදී ක්‍රීඩිකාවන් 47 ක් අතරින් 32 වැන්නා...

Hiruni bounces back clocking second fastest marathon time

Exactly a year after her South Asian Games Gold medal run, US based Sri Lanka marathoner Hiruni Wijayarathne clocked her second fastest time in the Valencia Marathon in Spain with...

SL 2020

Start List – Day 1 98th National Athletics Championships – 2020 101 3000m Steeple Ch. Women Final 0730 S.No Bib No Player Name Club/School/District Remarks 1 417 Eranga Dulakshi SL...

New Russian Athletics Federation President speaks to World Athletics Taskforce

Newly elected Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) President Peter Ivanov has held opening talks with the World Athletics Taskforce overseeing the reinstatement of the country back into international competition. Ivanov, winner...

LPL2020: Eligible athletes shortlisted | Appeals before 8 December

Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) has shortlisted eligible athletes for the forthcoming National Athletics Championship 2020 to be held from 26 to 29 December at the Sugathadasa Stadium. Athletes whose names...

CGF shares vital information with Sri Lanka regarding 2026 Commonwealth Games bid

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), the governing body of the Commonwealth Games shared information about potential budget and sports programme for the 2026 Commonwealth Games(CWG), to help Sri Lanka’s potential bid...

Covid-19 hits Sports Hostel

A Gymnastic Coach attached to the Sports Ministry, who had been recently appointed as Welfare Coordinator between the Ministry and Athletes (where members of the National Athletics team and coaches...

Modarawila ground to be sold for commercial purposes

Modarawila Stadium which was to be converted to a fully-fledged sports complex since half of the work has been completed,faces an unfortunate situation, as Authorities have been attempting to sell...

Sports Budget 2021: 15 New Tracks , 5 billion rupees

Key Proposal from Budget 2021 – The Government consider Sports development as National Investment – 10 Sports Schools to be quipped with Synthetics Tracks – Allocation of additional provisions amounting...

Six athletes get IOC funding for Tokyo 2021 – Two changes

Two track and field athletes, VidushaLakshani and Gayanthika Abeyrathne, have been removed from the Sri Lanka’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) Solidarity Scholarship recipients list targeting the 2021 Olympic Games, after...

Namal to meet all Olympic Sports Associations tomorrow

Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa will meet representatives from all National Sports Associations tomorrow to discuss about the proposed high-performance training programme for top national athletes targeting the forthcoming 2021 Olympic...

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