Centenary National Athletics Championship by Reemus Fernando The centenary National Athletics Championship which serves as the final selection trial for this year’s Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games will commence without much fanfare at Diyagama today. With Sri Lanka Athletics deciding to scrap earlier plans to bring athletes from the South Asian and other regional […]
Ahead of this year’s Lanka Premier League in August, Dambulla Giants are in the process of putting through the pieces and the franchise owner Q. Khan was in Colombo recently for a round of meetings. Dambulla’s biggest star is Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka and Q is confident that the success Shanaka has brought into […]
by Reemus Fernando Ratnayake Central, Walala athlete Tharushi Karunaratne delivered yet another outstanding performance as she reached qualifying standard for another World Junior Athletics Championships event on the final day of the second selection trial at Diyagama on Friday. She beat her senior training partner and national record holder Dilshi Kumarasinghe in a tape […]
The 57th Army Athletics Championships concluded at the Sugathadasa Stadium on Friday. The five-day event witnessed several record breaking performances by leading national athletes. Here are some action pictures from day five of the championships. (Pix by Kamal Wanniarachchi)
by Rex Clementine Sri Lanka’s Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne has hit a purple patch this year and the 147 he scored against West Indies in the first Test in Galle this week was his fourth hundred in 2021. The 33-year-old came up with an equally solid 83 in the second essay as Sri Lanka won […]