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Arshad delivers gold in a record-smashing style after a monster 90.18-metre throw.

Juniors turn tables on seniors at Asian Games Selection Trial  by Reemus Fernando   School athletes Tharushi Karunaratne, Jayeshi Uththara and Sithum Jayasundara reached World Junior Championship qualifying standards in the 400 metres and turned tables on seniors while Olympian Sumeda Ranasinghe proved beyond doubt that he has regained lost form with a formidable throw on […]

by Reemus Fernando When Army’s Dilshi Kumarasinghe turned tables on senior contenders to win the women’s 800 metres title at the 98th National Athletics Championship a journalist acquainted with statistics asked in disbelief: ‘can you run a personal best smiling.’ In fact the former Ratnayake Central, Walala runner’s winning time of 2:02.80 seconds was not only her personal best but also the best time run by an Asian born athlete this year according to the statistics updated by World ...

by Reemus Fernando Sprinters Nadeesha Ramanayake and Kalinga Kumarage and long jumper Sarangi Silva commenced from where they left exactly a year ago as they produced outstanding feats on day one of the 98th National Athletics Championship at the Sugathadasa Stadium on Saturday. Ramanayake, who missed the South Asian Games in Nepal after being diagnose with dengue fever on her arrival there, recorded her personal best in winning the women’s 200 metres. Aided by a 1.8 tail wind, Ramanayake clo...

The England squad is scheduled to fly to Sri Lanka on a chartered flight on January 2 (Getty) Sri Lanka Cricket’s medical personnel are concerned about the new strain of Covid-19 that is believed to have emerged in England, but those concerns are unlikely to put England’s two-Test tour of Sri Lanka, starting January 14, in jeopardy. There may, however, be additional medical protocols for the England team, either before they leave England or after they arrive in Sri Lanka. SLC’s medical st...

by Reemus Fernando More than half a dozen top national athletes will have tough Olympic qualifying marks or achieving better world rankings as their prime targets when they compete for the first time in more than a year at the 98th National Athletics Championship which will be conducted under strict health guidelines at the Sugathadasa Stadium, starting on Saturday. Currently steeplechaser Nilani Ratnayake is the highest ranked Sri Lankan athlete. Though she is yet to achieve the tough Olympic ...