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TOKYO, July 21 – More than half of Sri Lanka’s contingent for the XXX11nd Summer Olympic Games have now arrived at the Athletes’ Village while the rest of the competitors are due here in the coming few days. Judoka Chamara…

Sri Lanka’s promising youth chess player Susal de Silva of Nalanda College won the International Chess Day Commemorative Online Blitz Chess Championship convincingly. The 15-year-old played strongly to beat Jayandi Bimansa,…

Dilanka Madushan is a promising cricketer of St. Anthony’s College, Wattala having excelled for his school as an all-rounder. He is a left-hand middle order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He scored 242 runs with…

E. M. Dissanayake is a veteran cyclist from Kandy who has participated in several events conducted throughout the island. He was an outstanding athlete at St. Josephs’ College, Gampola and after leaving school he took up cycling.…

Marimuttu Rajendran, a teacher of Tamil Maha Vidyalaya Passara, has been selected to officiate in the badminton events of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, which begins on Friday. The 35-year-old completed her primary education at…

Brandix Apparel Limited, a leading apparel manufacturer in Sri Lanka, has committed its support for the Sri Lanka Olympic Team as a Presenting Partner for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Rajiv Malalasekera, Chief Executive Officer –…

Two maiden half-centuries from Suryakumar Yadav and Deepak Chahar carried India to a thrilling three-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second One Day International (ODI) played at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday.…

The last of the active veteran heavyweights of sports journalism in Sri Lanka, Elmo Rodrigopulle, passed away yesterday following a brief illness just two days after his 80th birthday Elmo, like the rest of his contemporaries…

TOKYO, July 20 - Sri Lanka’s champion shuttler Niluka Karunaratne, competing in his third successive Olympic Games, will meet Taiwan’s Tzu-Wei Wang in the opening round of the Men’s Singles badminton competition of the 2020 Olympic…

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has issued charge sheets to the three players serving a temporary suspension following their misbehaviour during the tour of England last month. Former Deputy Skipper Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and…