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TOKYO, August 3 – Sri Lanka’s last hope at the 2020 Olympic Games faded away as Mathilda Karlsson was eliminated from the equestrian competition, failing to clear the eighth hurdle at the Equestrian Park in Setagaya-ku in Tokyo here…

Opener Ashan Randika hit a quick-fire 76 with six fours and six sixes from just 31 balls as the Northern Warriors beat Western Warriors by five wickets in their Army Commander’s Cup T20 League Cricket Tournament match played at…

TOKYO, August 3 – Invisible hurdler Karsten Warholm of Norway set a new world record at the 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium here in the Japanese capital today. Warholm accounted for the spectacular Men's 400m hurdles…

The first Test between England and India starting today at Trent Bridge will mark the beginning of the 2023 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. India have had to deal with injury woes yet again on the England tour with…

Praba Udawatte is a former Sri Lanka Women’s all-round cricketer who represented Wattegama Balika Vidyalaya with distinction. She started her cricket career in 2000 under the coaching of Samantha Dickkumbura at the Kandy Malwatte…

In the past, the Kandy Municipal Council has played a leading role in the promotion of sports, providing Men and Women an opportunity to develop their training in leadership. The Kandy Mayor Kesara Senanayake, a keen follower of…

National Skipper Dasun Shanaka, Vice-Captain Dhananjaya de Silva, Dinesh Chandimal and Ashan Priyanjan were appointed captains of their respective teams for the SLC Invitational T20 League Cricket Tournament, which begins on August 12…

Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) is planning to send a team to compete in the 4x400m mixed relay event at the World Junior Athletics Championship, scheduled for August 17 to 22 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Official Recorder of SLA Saman…

TOKYO, August 3 – South Asia’s fastest man Yupun Abeykoon will be Sri Lanka’s flag-bearer at the XXX11nd Olympic Games closing ceremony to be held at the Olympic Stadium here in the Japanese capital on August 8. Judoka Chamara…

Rishikaran Sivaskaran of Jaffna Hindu College and Minudi Ranasinghe of Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda won the Northern and Southern Open titles respectively at the National Online Novices Chess championship. In the Northern Open…