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Ethiopian Yalemzerf Yehualaw smashed the Women's half marathon world record at the Antrim Coast event in Northern Ireland yesterday. Yehualaw, 22, clocked 63 minutes and 43 seconds which cut 19 seconds off the previous mark set…

Great Britain secured their first-ever Paralympic medal in wheelchair rugby after beating the US 54-49 at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan yesterday. It was the first time a European nation had even made the Gold medal…

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday, announced the umpires and the match officials, who would stand during the home series between Sri Lanka and South Africa. The One Day International (ODI) series begins on September 2 followed by…

Sri Lanka’s Mahesh Jayakody had to be content with the sixth place in the rowing PRI Men’s Singles Sculls event of the 16th Paralympics at the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo, Japan yesterday. Jayakody, who created history as the…

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday announced that No Objection Certificate (NOC) has been given to Dushmantha Chameera and Wanindu Hasaranga to partake in the UAE leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. Alongside Tim David,…

The Sri Lanka Tennis High-Performance Squad began their training while targeting a series of local and international events, lined-up for 2022. The High-Performance Squad also received the backing of Yeti, Sri Lanka’s renowned…

Former MICH and Sri Lanka Captain M. H. Raibin was a star cueist, his achievements in cuie sport are well known and he is regarded as the best billiards/snooker player to have ever come out of Sri Lanka. He left us a few years back at…

The South Africa Cricket Team began their preparations for the upcoming limited overs series against Sri Lanka with a training session at the SSC Grounds in Maitland Place on Saturday. The team led by Temba Bavuma arrived on the…

Bhavinaben Hasmukhbhai Patel entered the history books yesterday after winning India’s first-ever medal in table tennis in the Paralympic Games. “I’m very happy but I feel bad also because I was a little nervous and that…

Herbert Aceituno made history yesterday by winning the first Paralympic medal for El Salvador, which automatically makes him one of the great sports greats of Central America. His Bronze Medal, obtained in the 59kg weightlifting…