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Sri Lanka’s only women’s athlete at the 16th Paralympic Games, Kumudu Priyanka had to be content with eighth place with a time of 13.31s in the 100m T47 heats at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan yesterday. With this result,…

Emirates are returning as the Official Airline of the 2021 US Open Tennis Championships for the 10th year in-a-row. The airline will once again connect tennis fans from around the world for this iconic Grand Slam Tournament…

Omara Durand is considered the face of Cuban Paralympic athletics after winning three Gold Medals at Rio 2016 and two at London 2012. In Tokyo 2020 she has once again added to her legendary status by winning her sixth Gold Medal…

Sarah Storey made more history by securing Gold in the women’s C5 time trial at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics yesterday. Her second title of the Games takes her overall Gold tally to 16 - the joint most for a British Paralympian,…

Vidyartha College, Kandy have produced some top rugby players in the recent past. This school was founded in 1942 and started their sports with football and hockey. It was in 1960’s that rugby was introduced to Vidyartha and…

Eighteen-year-old Charuka Kaduwela is an outstanding netball player, having represented Girls’ High School, Kandy with distinction. She started her netball career in 2013 under the guidance of former national women’s cricketer…

Senul Ratnayake, a 12-year-old schoolboy from Dharmaraja College, Kandy is an outstanding table tennis player, who has been selected to represent Sri Lanka at the ITTF World Hopes Qualification Programme 2021. Senul proved his…

The Sri Lanka Chess Team qualified for the Division Two of the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021, after a pleasing performance in the Division Three event concluded yesterday. Sri Lanka beat New Zealand 5-1, Japan 4-2, IPCA…

The national Cricket Selectors yesterday recalled former Sri Lanka Skipper Dinesh Chandimal for the limited overs series against South Africa, which gets underway on Thursday. The experienced wicket-keeper batsman last played for…

Sri Lanka's Dinesh Priyantha Herath sets a new world record in the Men's Javelin Throw F46 event with 67.79 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.