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Promising chess player Sanudula Dahamdi reached the second-round of the Under-15 Girls’ event at the Asian Schools Online Rapid Chess Championship, which continued yesterday. She has scored five points out of six games to come up…

India drew first blood as they defeated Sri Lanka by 38 runs in the first of three T20 Internationals at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. Charith Asalanka plays a shot. Pix courtesy SLC Despite defending a…

Former Sri Lankan cricketers paid their tribute to the late R. Rajamahendran, who passed away in Colombo yesterday. His funeral took place at the Borella cemetery. The late R. Rajamahendran served as Vice-President of the Board…

TOKYO, July 25. – Sri Lanka’s Milka Gehani finished 62nd out of 85 competitors who were down to compete in artistic gymnastics on day three of the XXX11nd Olympic Games in Tokyo today. Out of 85 gymnasts, only 75 were seen in…

Sports Tags: Print Edition Monday, July 26, 2021 - 01:00

Sports Tags: Print Edition Monday, July 26, 2021 - 01:00

Austria's Anna Kiesenhofer won a surprise road race gold and Tunisian teenager Ahmed Hafnaoui stunned the favourites in the pool on a drama-filled second day at the Tokyo Olympics yesterday. There were also upsets in the tennis,…

Tunisia's Ahmed Hafnaoui shocked the swimming world with a superb win in the Men's 400m freestyle final at the Olympics yesterday. The 18-year-old, who finished eighth in the same event at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos…

The three-match One Day International (ODI) series between Afghanistan and Pakistan has been moved to Sri Lanka from the UAE, an Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) official confirmed yesterday. The series that will commence from…

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Namal Rajapaksa, who graced the Olympic Games opening ceremony as a special invitee on Friday night, witnessed Sri Lanka gymnast Milka Gehani de Silva competing at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre…