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Three National Basketball Teams consisting 20 players and officials gearing up to represent the country in the upcoming international tournaments, got vaccinated against the COVID-19, at the Army Hospital in Colombo recently. On…

Haritha Hansana of Rahula College, Matara and Sandeepani Tharushi of Devi Balika MV performed well in the Under-12 and Under-16 events of the FIDE Online World Youth Chess Championship, which is now in progress. Both are in a…

TOKYO, August 8 – World record-holder Eliud Kipchoge lived up to expectations and retained his Men’s marathon title as the last track and field event of the 2020 Olympic Games was concluded here in the Japanese capital today. He…

TOKYO, August 6 – Poland bagged a surprise Gold Medal when inexperienced Dawid Tomala beat the morning weather to come first in the 2020 Olympic Games 50km race walk in Sapporo today. None expected Tomala to beat a galaxy of the…

TOKYO, August 6 – Defending Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo of Bahamas shattered American Allyson Felix Gold Medal hopes with a new area record in a crushing Women’s 400m at the 2020 Olympic Games at the National Olympic Stadium…

Leg-spinner Gayan Chandraboos (4/16) and Ashan Priyanjan (3/23) bowled well as Northern Warriors defeated Western Warriors by 64 runs in the Army Commander’s League T20 Cricket Tournament final, concluded at Dombagoda yesterday.…

An unbeaten 46-run stand between half-centurion K. L. Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja helped India to a slender eight-run lead by lunch on Day 3 of the Trent Bridge Test yesterday. Rain played a bit of a hide and seek since morning,…

TOKYO, August 6 – Indian Men yesterday won their first Olympic Medal in 41 years to get a Bronze but their Women could not produce the same in the Bronze Medal playoff match at the Olympic Games 2020 hockey match at the Oi Hockey…

TOKYO, August 6 – The USA Women’s Volleyball Team will play for a maiden Gold Medal Olympic Games match on Sunday after they registered a 25-19, 25-15, 25-23 victory over Serbia. Leading the USA was Annie Drews with 17 points…

Eighteen-year-old Pramod Ekanayake is a promising volleyball player, who has represented Vijayaba National School, Hungama with distinction. He started playing volleyball under their school coach and Master-in-Charge Tharaka…