Herath recorded a throw of 67.79 metres in the third round, with Indians Devendra Jhajharia and Sundar Singh Gurjar taking silver and bronze respectively.

Dharmasena will compete in the wheelchair tennis tournament Men’s Singles first-round, while Jayakody will also be in action in the rowing PR1 Men’s Singles sculls heat and in the Men’s Singles sculls repechage one.

Abishek Anandakumar, one of the best all-rounders in the Under 19 inter-schools cricket season for the last couple of seasons, started his cricket career at Under 13 in 2012 and went on to lead the first XI outfit in his last year.

His enthusiasm was infectious and more mercantile establishments took the cue in stages. ‘Killi’s successful ventures reached the ears of Minister Gamini Dissanayake who was heading the Cricket Board and aspiring to gain full ICC Membership.

One more Sri Lankan cricketer has migrated to the USA. The 28-year-old wicket-keeper batsman Lahiru Milantha, who has played 66 First Class matches, reached North Carolina with his wife on Tuesday early morning.

The tournament had a complete grid of 21 participants and it was regretted more could not be accommodated by the Grid as there was considerable interest.

A Sports Ministry proposal titled “Streamlining of management, maintenance and development of sports complexes and grounds built at provincial and district level” was part of the Cabinet proposals made on August 9 and was subsequently approved.

According to a media release by SLC, the players signed the contracts without any deviation from the contracts offered previously, which was formulated by SLC along with the Technical Advisory Committee.

Earlier this month Karlsson was the first Sri Lankan to take part in an Equestrian event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, though an early automatic elimination, as a result of her horse Chopin VA refusing to twice jump obstacles on the course, meant

Skipper Dasun Shanaka continued his good batting form in the ongoing SLC Invitational T20 cricket tournament when he slammed an unbeaten 55 runs in just 22 balls which, along with a useful contribution from Kamil Mishara, helped the SLC Greys record

Similar to the real F1 circuit, points on the leader board would be tallied at the end of the tournament to unveil Sri Lanka’s first-ever Formula One Assettocorsa Campion. A grand prize pool of SLR 50,000 is on offer by Mandarin Reid eSports for pa

However, apart from pointing the finger at the current domestic structure which as many say decide who is taking office, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has come under very little criticism given how things stood perhaps ten years ago. So, has cricket in Sri

A close examination of the baseballs used at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will reveal four words that would likely draw a smile from any Sri Lankan.

Three golds on the final day of the games pushed the United States to the top of the medals table, overtaking China who had led going into today’s schedule of events, the third successive Olympics that the Americans finished on top.

Steven Gardiner added Olympic gold to his 400m World Championship title with a steaming run down the home stretch that gave Bahamas their first medal at Tokyo 2020 yesterday.

Having had her first taste of an Equestrian Jumping championship at Tokyo 2020 on Tuesday, Sri Lankan-born Swede Mathilda Karlsson is hungry for more, even if that first bite left a bitter-sweet aftertaste.

Canada’s Andre de Grasse set a new National Record claiming victory in the Men’s 200m at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, today, claiming the first major world title of his career.

For Sri Lanka’s Mathilda Karlsson it was fine margins of the biggest stage that led to her elimination from the Equestrian Jumping Individual competition at the Equestrian Park in Tokyo yesterday.

Sri Lankan-born Swede Mathilda Karlsson will take part in the Equestrian Jumping Individual Qualifier tomorrow, the first athlete representing the country in the sport at an Olympic Games.

Mandarin Reid research into time utilization of various audience throughout the day brought some very interesting statistics on gaming habits. The average gamer would spend close to 3 to 5 hours of their day gaming in some format or the other. Some o

At the 30-metre mark of his 100m heat on Saturday, you could sense that Yupun Abeykoon’s Olympic debut was probably not going to go as planned.

Italian sprinter Lamont Jacobs stormed his way to the first post-Usain Bolt era Olympic 100m title on a record-breaking night at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo yesterday, where the Women’s Triple Jump World Record was also bettered.

Not all dreams have fairy tale endings. Nimali Liyanarchchi achieved her decade-long dream of competing in an Olympics today when she took part in the first round of the Women’s 800m event at Tokyo 2020, but the ending was far from inspiring, as sh

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has reduced the length of the suspension period recommended by the inquiry committee on the suspended trio who breached the bio-bubble during last month’s tour of England.

Nimali Liyanarachchi will take part in the Women’s 800m heats tomorrow, the first day of track and field competition at Tokyo 2020.Liyanarachchi will take part in the fourth heat, scheduled to take place at 7:19 a.m. Sri Lanka time, and will run in

The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) has come under fire on social media, after athletes representing the country at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics appeared in their events sans any indication of Sri Lanka on their attire.

Sri Lankan swimmer Matthew Abeysinghe said a tactical error could have been the reason for his underwhelming return in the heats of the Men’s 100m Freestyle event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics today.

Japan topped the medals table at the Tokyo Olympics after the host nation won three golds today and British diver Tom Daley was finally crowned an Olympic champion at his fourth Games in an emotional triumph.

Sri Lanka badminton star Niluka Karunaratne suffered a second defeat at Tokyo 2020, losingto Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen 21-16, 21-14 at the Musoshino Park Sports Plaza today.

Injury has become synonymous with the Sri Lankan team. There were two more casualties reported in the Sri Lankan camp.