Sports

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…

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Matale Old Thomians Cricket Union (MOTCU) was held recently. This MOTCU was established with the main objective of promoting cricket among junior students of the school. The Union has now…

Talented weightlifting and powerlifting coach S. A. Wijewickrema (junior), was the National Weightlifting Coach for over three decades, at the Ministry of Sports. He was promoted to Director of Sports in the 1980s and he was…

Junior National Volleyball Poolist and athlete Kavishan Nirmal has brought honour and glory to his school Vijayaba National School, Hungama. He was born on February 8, 2002 and initially he was admitted to Wadiyagoda Junior…

The Sri Lankan Athletics Team produced a fine performance to win one Gold Medal, four Silver Medals and four Bronze Medals at the 60th Inter-State Athletics Championships, which concluded at Patiala, India on Tuesday. The best…

Eighteen year old cricketer, player of the All Island under 19 Division Two Girls Finals 2019/20. Most Popular Women Cricketer nominated by batsman.com 2019/20 and member of the under 19 Western Province Women’s Cricket Pool,…

Heshan Bandara Unamboowe is a former Sri Lankan swimmer who has represented his country at several international competitions for many years. He is an Olympian and represented Sri Lanka at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. He was…

The three Sri Lankan cricket players, who were suspended for breaching the bio-secure bubble during England tour, have arrived in Sri Lanka this afternoon. Accordingly, Vice-captain Kusal Mendis, wicket keeper-batsman Niroshan…