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TOKYO, July 27 – Swimmer Matthew Abeysinghe raised Sri Lanka’s hopes for a few seconds by leading in the Men’s 100m freestyle first-round heat, until the halfway mark but failed to maintain the rhythm as he finished last at the…

Alex Hales capitalised on a Ben Stokes dropped catch to lead Trent Rockets to a thrilling, unlikely two-wicket victory over Northern Superchargers in the Men's ‘Hundred’ encounter at Trent Bridge on Monday. Chasing 133, the…

An unbeaten half-century from Matthew Wade steered Australia to an emphatic six-wicket triumph over the West Indies in the third and final One Day International (ODI) in Bridgetown on Monday. Four commendable contributions with…

Sri Lanka’s promising sprinter Medhani Jayamanne once again stole the limelight at the Junior Athletics Trials held at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. Jayamanne won first place in the 100m event to qualify for the…

Chinese Taipei’s Hsing-chun Kuo turned her Olympic Bronze Medal into glittering Gold as she powered her way to the top of the podium in the Women’s 59kg Olympic weightlifting event in Tokyo yesterday. The 27-year-old was one of…

Amber English scooped her first Olympic Gold Medal after winning the skeet shooting Women’s final at the Asaka Shooting Range in Tokyo yesterday. The skeet shooter showcased nerves of steel as she eclipsed her opponents after…

Hosts Japan produced an Olympic Gold Medallist who is just 13 years of age on Day-3 of events in Tokyo yesterday. The first-ever Olympics street skateboarding competition, the Gold Medallist, Momiji Nishiya, wrote her name in the…

Dushmantha Chameera said that Sri Lanka’s Bowling Coach Chaminda Vaas had played a major role in his success with the national team in the recent past. Chameera praised the former Sri Lankan left-arm seamer for his guidance and…

TOKYO, July 26 – Any hopes Sri Lanka had of going beyond the first-round in the 73kg judo competition of the XXX11nd Olympic Games was dashed by Djibouti’s Aden-Alexandre Houssein in 29 seconds here today. Competing in the judo…

TOKYO, July 26 – Sri Lanka swimming coach Manoj Abeysinghe said it is too early to predict anything on tomorrow’s Olympic Games Men’s 100m freestyle heats where Matthew Abeysinghe will be competing. “It’s not easy to predict…