Sports

Nalanda College Skipper Raveen de Silva was a fine all-rounder, who excelled during the Under-19 Division One Tier ‘A’ Inter-Schools Limited Overs Cricket Tournament. He scored 338 runs with a century and two half-centuries in…

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 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…

Some of the founder members of Upcountry Lions Rugby Club are keen to get back to playing rugby and are hoping to bring a little bit more excitement and enjoyment. Kandy is badly in need of another rugby club. Today, out of…

Javelin thrower Dinesh Priyantha Herath, who won a Bronze Medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games, will lead the nine-member Sri Lankan Team for the Tokyo Paralympics Games. He will be Sri Lanka’s flag-bearer at the opening…

Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa yesterday met the Sri Lankan para athletes at the National Sports Council Premises in Torrington, before their departure to participate at the Tokyo Paralympics from next week. After the event, the…

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…