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Twenty year old Thanushi Rodrigo, an old girl of Mahamaya Girls School, Kandy is a talented Table Tennis player and she started this sport in 2014 at the age of nine years and her first coach was her father, Chaminda Rodrigo, reputed…

Volleyball and beach volleyball player, and athlete Kokuhannadige Prabodha Madhumashini has brought honour and glory to her school Vijayaba National School Hungama, Pubudu Vijayaba Volleyball Club Hungama and Uva National Teacher…

Bogaha Kotuwe Gedara Niluka Geethani Rajasekera is a former Women’s Sri Lankan long-distance runner who participated at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was born on March 17, 1982 and was educated at…

Artem Dovbyk scored in added time in extra time as Ukraine edged out 10-man Sweden 2-1 at Hampden on Tuesday to set up a Euro 2020 quarter-final with England. Oleksandr Zinchenko smashed Ukraine in front with a powerful drive but…

American great Serena Williams said she is ‘heartbroken’ after her latest attempt for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam was cruelly ended by injury. Williams started against Aliaksandra Sasnovich with heavy strapping on her…

Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga has climbed five spots to fifth place in the latest ICC Men’s T20 International Rankings for Bowlers. Sri Lanka’s premier all-rounder registered figures of 0/12, 2/20 and 0/42 in the three-match…

Sri Lanka will look to avoid their second series defeat on tour as they face England in the second One Day International (ODI) at The Oval today. Nothing seems to be going Sri Lanka's way on the tour of England as they succumbed…

Former General Secretary Jaswar Umar emerged victorious by a narrow margin to be elected as the President of Football Sri Lanka (FSL) at the election held in three Districts yesterday. Umar polled 96 votes while his opponent Dr.…

Two champion swimmers Matthew Abeysinghe and Aniqah Gaffoor will represent Sri Lanka at the Tokyo Olympics this month after they were allocated Universality Places. Their participation at the Olympics is set to be officially…

Frouse Saheed created history when he became the first President of the Asian and the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) from Sri Lanka. As a player and as a sports administrator Saheed brought credit and honour…