Sports

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…

The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) has agreed to provide US $50,000 for the development of Sri Lanka’s beach volleyball for the next two years (2022-2024). In addition, the NOCSL has agreed to provide the maximum…

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…

England recovered from a sensational middle order collapse to beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the first One Day International (ODI) at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street yesterday. After restricting the visitors for a…