Sports

When the Olympic Games come to Asia, most countries in the continent make high medal hopes. Filipino hopes are high that the Tokyo Olympics will break new ground for Pinoy athletes. Top of the list of potential podium-toppers…

Former Sri Lankan all-rounder Farveez Maharoof has been invited as an expert commentator for the upcoming series between Australia and Bangladesh, beginning next month. Australia are scheduled to play five T20Is against…

India produced a powerful batting display to outplay Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the first One Day International (ODI) at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. After restricting the home side to 262 for nine in 50 overs,…

The dream of every athlete is to represent the country at the Olympics. Nimali Liyanarachchi from Sooriyawewa, Hambantota eventually fulfilled her dream when she received a Universality place to compete at the Tokyo Games. “Until…

Fourteen year old, Sachithra Bandara Herath is a Grade Ten student of Dharmaraja College,Kandy who started schooling from the Grade One class onwards and started his cricket career in the year 2013 at the Junior Cricket Academy of the…

Jaswar Umar, the newly elected President of Football Sri Lanka (FSL), is making arrangements to felicitate the 1995 champion Sri Lanka squad which annexed the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Gold Cup under the captaincy of…

Outstanding cricketer and coach Ishan Sanjaya Devapura who hails from Ratmalana was born on 2nd June 1979 and he was admitted to LalithAthulathmudali Vidyalaya in 1985. He participated in the school Inter House Sports Meets and…

Leading Woman competitor Tehani Egodawela, serving in the Sri Lanka Navy, has qualified for Tokyo Olympics 2020 in the women’s 10m air rifle 0.177 event, bringing a lot of credit to the Sri Lanka Navy and the country. In appreciation…

The Ministry of Sports has arranged a special meeting with past cricket captains and past officials of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today. The meeting will be chaired by Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa. Among those who are invited…

The Tokyo Olympics has registered its first COVID-19 case in the Olympic Village six days before the Games open, the organisers have said. Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto confirmed on Saturday that a visitor from abroad who is…