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TOKYO, August 4 – Canadian Andre de Grasse battled with a three-man sprint army of Americans but survived to pocket the Men’s 200m Gold Medal in the 2020 Olympic Games worked off under lights at the Olympic Stadium today. Of the eight…

Eleven-year-old Devmi Prarthana is a promising volleyball player having represented Dhammissara National School, Nattandiya with distinction. She started playing volleyball under the guidance of Prefect-of-Games and Coach Keerthi…

Sixteen-year-old Thimansa Herath is an outstanding athlete and an up-and coming swimmer having represented Lexicon International School, Kandy with distinction. Her athletic coach is Sanjeewa Weerakkody and her swimming coach is…

Two promising players Oneli Vithanawasam of Lyceum, Wattala and Sethum Samaraweera of Richmond College performed well at the FIDE Online World Cup Youth and Cadet Chess Championships. Both players were in front after the halfway…

In the recent past, cricketers of the Sri Lanka Team have been immensely affected physically especially due to aggravated hamstring and other muscle-related injuries. The question is why these injuries are occurring frequently,…

TOKYO, August 4 – Germany-based Mathilda Karlsson said that she is looking forward to getting on the victory podium of her pet event at next year’s Asian Games in China. Taking stock of what went wrong here at the 2020 Olympic…

Tokyo, August 4 - The Netherlands stormed into the Women's hockey final, crushing Great Britain 5-1 in the semi-finals at the Olympic Hockey Stadium today. In the second game played under lights today, Argentina beat India 2-1.…

A fighting unbeaten seventh-wicket stand of 99 runs between Skipper Thisara Perera (75) and Yasodha Mendis (26) helped Western Warriors beat Eastern Warriors by four wickets in their Commander’s Cup T20 League Cricket Tournament match…

 TOKYO, August 4 – American Sydney McLaughlin set a new world record in the Women's 400m hurdles final with a scintillating performance at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games today. McLaughlin, the new Olympic Gold Medallist, broke her…

 TOKYO, August 4 – Defending champion Elaine Thompson-Herah produced another superlative show last night as the Jamaican Woman completed a golden 100m and 200m ‘double-double’ at the 2020 Olympic Games here. It was only three…