Athletic

February 12, 2024
SL Sports lk
Athletic, International Athletics

World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum, 24, dies after car crash in Kenya

Tributes have been paid to the world marathon record holder, Kelvin Kiptum, after his shock death, alongside his coach, in a road accident on Sunday. The 24-year-old, who won the...

February 4, 2024
SL Sports lk
Athletic, International Athletics, National Athletics

Super jump from Ushan Thivanka

Sri Lanka’s high jump champion Ushan Thivanka opens the domestic season with a performance of 2.20 meters at a tournament in Texas.

January 20, 2024
SL Sports lk
Athletic, International Athletics

Selection for the South Asian cross-country (Video)

The selection competition for the South Asian cross-country competition was held at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex in Diyagama. This year the South Asian cross-country race will be held...

January 10, 2024
SL Sports lk
Athletic, International Athletics

Sri Lanka to host Asian Schools Athletics Championships in August

Sri Lanka will host the 3rd Asian Schools Athletics Championships in August. The Asian Schools Sports Federation event, dedicated to athletes in the youth category will be jointly conducted...

January 5, 2024
SL Sports lk
Athletic, International Athletics

Oscar Pistorius, South Africa’s ‘blade runner’ who killed his girlfriend in 2013, released on parole

South Africa’s former paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius was on Friday (Jan 5) released from prison on parole, almost 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp through a locked bathroom door...

January 2, 2024
SL Sports lk
Athletic, International Athletics

Men’s 400M sprinters carry weight of expectations in Olympic year

The men’s 400 metres has witnessed a dramatic improvement in 2023 according to an analysis done by Sri Lanka Athletics recorder Sameera Lakruwan Perera. The 400 metres specialists Kalinga...

January 2, 2024
SL Sports lk
Athletic, International Athletics

Ugandan athlete stabbed to death in Kenya

Benjamin Kiplagat, who has represented Uganda at three Olympic Games, has been found dead in Kenya, with local reports saying he had been stabbed. Kiplagat, 34, reached the semi-finals...

December 31, 2023
Sanjaya
Athletic, International Athletics

Asian Games medals cap remarkable year in track and field sports

Ending a decades long medal drought at the Asian Games was the most remarkable accomplishment by the track and field athletes during 2023. From schoolgirl Tharushi Karunaratne’s triumphant entry...

December 26, 2023
Sanjaya
Athletic, International Athletics

Parkrun: Ciara Mageean breaks women’s world record in event

Ciara Mageean broke the women’s Parkrun world record in Belfast with a new mark of 15 minutes 13 seconds for 5km. The 31-year-old, the 2023 BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality...

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