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Britain’s Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid have secured their fourth successive Australian Open wheelchair doubles title, defeating Dutch duo Maikel Scheffers and Ruben Spaargaren.Hewett, 25, and Reid, 31, won 6-1 6-2 in one hour and three minutes at Melbourne Park.It is their 16th Grand Slam title together in doubles.World number one Hewett plays 16-year-old Tokito […]
By Reemus Fernando In a year marred by cancellations of multiple international events due to Covid 19 pandemic, sprinter Yupun Abeykoon’s 9.96 seconds dash in the 100 metres in Switzerland stood out as Sri Lanka’s most outstanding track and field performance of the year as South Asia witnessed its first sub ten seconds performer in […]
By Reemus Fernando National record holder of the men’s 100 metres Yupun Abeykoon produced a superb sprint performance to commence his season proper at the World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger meeting at Savona’s Fontanassa Sports Centre on Wednesday. In a race where Marcell Jacobs also made his first 100m appearance since his Tokyo Olympic […]
By Reemus Fernando South Asian Games medallist Kaushalya Madushani, who won the best hurdler trophy for her outstanding performance at the centenary National Athletics Championship on Saturday has passed away under tragic circumstances. The Sri Lanka Army athlete won the best female hurdler award of the landmark championship on Saturday for her 58.73 seconds feat […]
By Reemus Fernando Ratnayake Central Walala runner Thrushi Karunaratne smashed the national junior record on her way to winning the title of the women’s 400 metres at the Centenary National Athletics Championship concluded at Diyagama on Saturday. The athlete trained by Susantha Fernando compensated for the absence of injured Dilshi Kumarsinghe, her senior training partner as […]