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Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) has named 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 meet, organised by the Asian Athletic and South Korean Athletic Association, is scheduled to be held in Gumi, South Korea from…
The National Olympic Community of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) has decided to participate in six international sporting events in 2025-2026. Accordingly, the NOCSL has already written to the respective national associations to start selecting athletes and officials for the third Asian Youth Games (2025 October 22 to 31 in Bahrain), 14th…
Sri Lankan sprinter Chamod Yodhasinghe, who participated in the Final Section 2 event at the Dubai Grand Prix in UAE managed to win the first place in the event with a finishing time of 10.27 seconds. The Dubai Grand Prix 2025 Athletics Championship concluded successfully in the United Arab Emirates…
Next on the calendar is the World Athletics Relays, to be held in Guangzhou, China. Sri Lanka has fielded a strong lineup in the 4x400m mixed relay, a format that has grown in popularity and competitive significance in recent years. The six-member team includes: The team is under the guidance…
A five-member men’s 4x100m relay team will represent Sri Lanka at the Dubai Grand Prix 2025, set to take place later this week. The squad includes top sprinter Yupun Abeykoon, along with Chamod Yodasinghe, Meron Wijesinghe, Deneth Weeraratne, and Chamod Dissanayake. The team, coached by Mr. Sumudu Ishan and Mr.…
The five-member athletics selection committee recommended by Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) for the next two years (2025-2026) has been approved by the Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage. Accordingly, veteran athlete and retired Senior DIG Upali Kumarasiri has been named as the Chairman of the new athletics selection committee. In addition,…
Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Palitha Fernando Sri Lanka will field a strong contingent of 20 athletes for the upcoming 26th Asian Senior Athletic Championships (ASAC) 2025. The Sri Lanka athletic team comprises 13 men and seven women. The 26th edition of the ASAC, organised by Asian Athletics (AA) and the Athletic…
චීනයේ පැවැත්වෙන ලෝක මලල ක්රීඩා සහාය දිවීමේ තරගාවලියේ 400×4 මිශ්ර සහාය ඉසව්ව සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකාව නියෝජනය කරමින් කණ්ඩායමක් සහභාගිවීමට නියමිතව ඇත. මේ සඳහා අරුණ දර්ශන, කාලිංග කුමාරගේ, හර්ෂනී ප්රනාන්දු, ලක්ෂිමා මෙන්ඩිස්, නදීෂා රාමනායක හා සදෙව් රාජකරුණා ශ්රී ලංකාව නියෝජනය කරමින් තරගවැඳීමට නියමිතව තිබේ. මෙම තරගාවලිය මැයි 10 හා 11 දිනවල…
Sri Lanka’s Tharushi Abisheka clinched the gold medal in the Women’s 800m event at the Asian Under-18 Athletics Championships 2025, held in Saudi Arabia .
Sri Lanka delivered an inspiring performance at the 2025 Asian Youth Athletics Championship, securing 4th place overall among 19 competing nations, and finishing ahead of regional sporting powerhouses like Japan, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea. Our young athletes clinched a total of eight medals, showcasing the nation’s rising talent and…
