ATHLETICS

Young Sri Lankan athletes created history when they claimed eight medals at the 6th Asian Youth Athletic Championships concluded in Amman, Saudi Arabia on Friday. This was the highest ever Sri Lanka medals tally at […]

Sri Lanka’s medley relay team wins silver medal at 2025 6th Asian U-18 Athletics Championships — A new  national youth record at 2:14.25 minutes. The team was represented by four athletes: Dhananjana Sevmini, Tharushi Abhisheka, […]

Tharushi Abhisheka of Wickramabahu Central College, Gampola, who represented Sri Lanka in the 800-meter event at the 6th Asian Under-18 Athletics Championships, won the first and only gold medal for the country. It was very […]

Janith Lakshan Jenkins won Sri Lanka’s first medal at the 6th Asian U-18 Athletics Championship in Saudi Arabia, claiming silver in the triple jump event. Jenkins, who hails from St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy, recorded a […]

It is reported that runner Tharushi Karunaratne has declined to participate in two upcoming international athletics competitions. However, runner Yupun Abeykoon has expressed his interest in participating in the two competitions. t is reported that […]

Dr. Jagath Wimalaratne the Sri Lanka athletic technical official will officiate as International Race Walking Judge in the forthcoming Indian Open Race Walking championships to be held Chandigarh India on April 19. This is the […]

Sri Lanka Athletes Nimesha Nidarshani (14th – 2:55.03), K. Shanmugeswaran (17th – 2: 25.48), and T. Ratnapala (19th – 2:27.07), finished within the top 20 at the 19th Asian Marathon Championship held in Jiashing, China […]

Kalinga Kumarage clocked 20.89sec to finish fourth in 200m at the Maurie Plant Meet #ContinentalTourGold Favorite youngster Gout Gout finished 2nd while Lachlan Kennedy of Australia won clocking 20.26sec.

Chamod Yodasinghe has qualified for the men’s 60m finals at the World Indoor Athletics Championships currently undferway in Nanjing, China. n the second round of the preliminary round, he clocked 6.70 seconds (photo finish) to […]