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October 7, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics

Sri Lankan athletes who participated in the Para World Championships arrived in the island today.

Sri Lankan athletes who participated in the Para World Championships held in New Delhi, India from the 27th of last month to the day before yesterday (Oct. 5) with...

August 11, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Sri Lanka shines with gold and silver at continental tour in India

Sri Lanka’s national javelin champion, Rumesh Tharanga, gained the gold medal yesterday (10) at the 1st Indian Open, a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze-level event, detained in India, with...

August 5, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Shane Amarasinghe wins gold medal in half marathon in Australia.

Shane Amarasinghe of Sri Lanka won first place in the under-30 category of the Yeppoon Running Festival 2025 in Australia with a time of 01 hour 25 minutes. 72...

July 24, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Rasara creates a new record in Germany

Rasara Wijesuriya enhanced on her national record with a feat of 32 minutes and 52.20 seconds in the 10,000 metres at the World University Games in Berlin recently. The...

June 26, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Sri Lanka athletics arrival home with 11 medals

The Sri Lanka athletics team, which finished a successful tour by winning 11 medals at the Thailand Open Athletic Championship 2025, is planned to return to Sri Lanka today....

June 25, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Vakshan won 5,000m gold at Thai Open

Future long-distance runner Vicknaraj Vakshan gained the gold medal in the Men’s 5,000 metres event at the Thailand Open Athletic Championships in Bangkok yesterday. He ended the race in...

May 25, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Asian Athletics Championships 2025: Lankan team features experience and youth

Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) is scheduled to send a young and experienced group of 20 athletes for the 26th Asian Athletics Championships 2025, set to take place in Gumi,...

May 22, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Mihiran suffer shock overthrow in Asian Under 22 and Youth Boxing Championship semi-finals

Mohammed Usaith Yazmin, a 20-year-old gangly southpaw from Kandy arose as the hero for Sri Lanka at the ASBC Asian Under-22 and Youth Boxing Championships when he carried into...

May 16, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Sumedha and Nadeeka to skipper SriLanka at Asian Meet

Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) has called two international level athletes, Sumedha Ranasinghe and Nadeeka Lekamge as the Men’s and Women’s Captain for the 26th Asian Senior Athletic Championship 2025.The...

May 8, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Abeykoon in relay afterwards 2019

Sri Lanka’s star sprinter and Olympian Yupun Abeykoon is set to contest in a relay event for the first time in six years at the Dubai Grand Prix, as...

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