Athletic

September 11, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, School Athletics

Maris Stella and Lyceum rush into lead

Maris Stella College, Negombo (58 points) and Lyceum International School Wattala (111 points) headed the boys’ and girls’ categories individually by the end of the third day of the...

September 8, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, National Athletics, School Athletics

93rd Sir John Tarbat Senior Athletic Championship inaugurates today

The 93rd Ritzbury Sir John Tarbat Senior Athletic Championship 2025 started today (08) at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, Diyagama, with the Under-20 Girls’ 5000m final as one of the...

September 5, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, National Athletics

Sprinter Lakshan liberated of doping charges

Sri Lankan 400 m sprinter Isuru Lakshan has been officially pardoned of doping-related charges filed against him, with the provisional ban obligatory on him by the Sri Lanka Anti-Doping...

August 31, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, National Athletics

Rasara Wijesuriya won the first Gold

Rasara Wijesuriya of the Eastern Province gained the first gold medal in athletics at the 49th National Sports Festival (NSF) track and field events recently. Wijesuriya, a student of...

August 27, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, National Athletics

Indika qualifies for 2026 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lankan weightlifter Indika Dissanayake has qualified for the 2026 Commonwealth Games. He finished fourth in the 71kg weight class at the 2025 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships to be held...

August 26, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, National Athletics

One year on – MAS Athlete Training Academy Delivers Results and Expands Support for Future Olympians

Colombo, August 17, 2025 – One year after its launch, the MAS Athlete Training Academy has begun transforming Sri Lanka’s athletics landscape. The Academy celebrated this milestone at a...

August 25, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, National Athletics

60th Army Inter-Regiment Athletics Championships 2025

Two international-level athletes, Aruna Darshana of the Sri Lanka Artillery Regiment and Nadeesha Ramanayaka of the Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps, were entitled the Best Male and Female Athletes...

August 15, 2025
Slsports Viraj
Athletic, National Athletics

Rumesh Tharanga meets the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

At the invitation of the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Rumesh Tharanga, who set a new national record in the men’s javelin throw event at the Indian Open...

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, National Athletics

Vietnamese Government supports promotion of sports and youth affairs in Sri Lanka.

A meeting between Vietnamese Ambassador Trinh Thi Tam and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Sunil Kumara Gamage was held today (July 05) at the Ministry of Youth Affairs...

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