Athletics

  Fri Aug 31, 9:03 AM ET Sri Lanka`s Susanthika Jayasinghe celebrates her third place finish in the women`s 200 metres final at the 11th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Osaka August 31, 2007.

Doha. December 8. Another medal hope of Sri Lanka at the 15th Asian Games 2006 shattered as Asian gold medallist Rohan Pradep kumara not been able to qualify to the next round of the men’s 400m event today in the ...

Sri Lanka’s 87 year old W. Jamis will participate at the 14th Asian Masters Athletic Championships to be held from November 14 to 19 in Bangalore, India. Masters Athletics Championships will be conducted in five age groups starting at 35 years ...

Jani Chathurangani Jani Chathurangani Chandra Silva is bound to lose her gold and silver medals she won at the Tenth South Asian Games held in Sri Lanka. She won the silver medal in the 200 metres and the gold medal ...

One Sri Lanka record was established at the Women’s Open Athletic Championship that concluded at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday. Priyangika Madumanthi established the new Sri Lanka record in the high jump event for women over 20 years. She went over the ...

Susanthika Jayasinghe completed a grand sprint double at the inaugural Lusofonia Games in Macau yesterday when she cruised to victory in the 100 metres sprint to add to her 200 metres gold won the previous day. Sri Lanka’s men’s 4X400 ...

Over 2000 athletes are expected to participate in the 8th Senior and 7th Junior Athletic Championships on October 7 and 8 at the Sugathadasa Stadium. The tournament conducted by the Lanka Lions Sports Club obtained donations from well wishers and ...

Schools in the North-East Province are among 832 schools that are taking part in the 12th National Schools Athletic Meet to be held at the Sugathadasa Stadium on September 28, 29, 30 and October 1. The sports festival is conducted by ...