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NOC President Suresh Subramaniam (third from left) speaks to Lankan media at Comfort Suites Tokyo Bay Hotel in Chiba. Also in the picture are Secretary General of the NOC Maxwell de Silva (second from left), Chef-de-Mission Gamini…

Japan’s Daiki Hashimoto won the Olympic Gold Medal in the Men’s all-around gymnastics final after an almost flawless high bar routine in Tokyo, Japan yesterday. The 19-year-old has taken over the mantle from Japan great Kohei…

Sri Lanka wins the 3rd T20i against India by 7 wickets. Sri Lanka wins the three series match by 2-1.

India’s second T20I against Sri Lanka has been pushed back by a day after spin-allrounder Krunal Pandya tested positive for Covid-19. Eight squad members, including players, who were sent into isolation for being Krunal’s close…

Sri Lanka wins the 2nd T20i against India by 4 wickets.

Sri Lanka levelled the three-match T20 International series 1-1 when they edged out India by four wickets in the second encounter played at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. After restricting the visitors to 132 for…

TOKYO, July 28 – Sri Lanka’s Mathilda Karlsson, who is due to compete in equestrian at the 2020 Olympic Games here, studied her schedule and had a good workout today. The 36-year-old Hamburg based Lankan will be the last of the nine…

A five-member committee headed by former Supreme Court Judge Nimal Dissanayake will conduct the disciplinary inquiry against the three suspended cricketers Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka at Sri Lanka Cricket…

Katie Ledecky raced away from the rest of the field to win the first Women’s Olympic 1,500m freestyle gold in Tokyo, Japan yesterday. Having competed in the Women’s 200m freestyle final little over an hour earlier, Ledecky won…

Great Britain Women’s hockey team continued the defence of their Olympic title with a convincing 4-1 victory against India in a Pool ‘A’ match in Tokyo, Japan yesterday. Hannah Martin opened the scoring in the first minute and…