Sports

The National Paralympic Committee (NPC) has named a five-member contingent, which will represent the country at the Paralympic Games, scheduled for August/September in Tokyo, Japan. “The paralympic athletes’ qualification period…

Nine Year old Devindya Oshini Gunawardena from Ferguson Girls School Ratnapura won the Bronze medal in the Rating category less than 1500 in the FIDE Queens Chess Festival 2021, Conducted by the FIDE Women’s Commission. Oshini’s elder…

Mayumi Raheem is a former Sri Lankan female swimmer who represented the country at several international events including the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. She was born on September 15, 1991 and began swimming at the age…

Sanath Jayasundara, a former Performance Analyst at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), has been banned from all forms of cricket for seven years after the ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.…

Seniru Nagasinghe of Lyceum, Nugegoda and Amaya Ranasinghe of Viharamaha Devi BMV, Kiribathgoda won the Boys’ and Girls’ title respectively at the Sri Lanka Online National Rapid Chess Championships, which concluded yesterday.…

Former Sri Lanka batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa has been fined US $5,000 for a breach of contract and is essentially on probation for two years, having been handed a one-year ban as a suspended sentence. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) dealt…

Thiyagaraja Kalaikumari of Walapane education zone in the Nuwara Eliya district is a multi - talented student who has various achievements in the history of Ragala Tamil Higher National School in education and sports at the school,…

Ashan Ratwatte, who led the Trinity College rugby side, was the only captain to receive the Bradby Shield from the donor of the shield late E L Bradby. Ashan Ratwatte a scrum-half was a top class player in the position in which he…

Cricketer and Swimmer Clifford Elymes has brought honour and fame to his alma mater St. Anthony”s College Wattala one of the leading educational institutions in the island Clifford was born on 5th February 2001 and he was admitted to…

Sixteen year old Chathuranga Kalhara Hettiarachchi is an outstanding soccer player as well as an up and coming athlete who is a Grade 11 student of Dharmaraja College,Kandy. He started his football career at the age of nine years under…