ATHLETIC

15-year-old Hesali Peiris Shine in India

Sri Lanka’s youngest international racer, 15-year-old Hesali Peiris, closed out her fourth Indian round with a performance that once again turned heads and won hearts. Racing under the TVS Racing One-Make Championship, Hesali took on some of India’s finest riders with years of experience, factory support, and home-track advantage  – yet she held her own with […]

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THE SPECIAL SPORT HILFE GALA IN WIEN, VERY SPECIAL

Austria’s Athletes of the Year were honoured at the ‘Lotterien Sporthilfe Gala’ at the Wiener Stadthalle on Wednesday evening. Among the men, ski jumper Daniel Tschofenig, winner of the Four Hills Tournament, won ahead of golfer Sepp Straka; among the women, alpine ski world champion Stephanie Venier triumphed over Sofia Polcanova (table tennis). The team

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Replace ‘disabled’ for visually impaired athletes: Gamage

Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage says that identifying individuals based on their physical deformities is an injustice and hence he urged the media to replace the term ‘disabled’ with an alternative name. He made this request while addressing a media briefing held at Taj Samudra Hotel in Colombo on Wednesday (1) to

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Laura Muir split with her former coach Andrew Young “difficult chapter firmly behind” 

Olympic silver medallist Laura Muir has said she has put a “difficult chapter firmly behind” her after her former coach Andrew Young was banned for three years for “serious misconduct”. A UK Athletics disciplinary panel found that Young – who Scotland’s Muir stopped working with in 2023 – “ignored medical advice” and “used manipulative and

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Sports Ministry must tackle SLC allegations subtly: Dayasiri

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Member of Parliament (MP) Dayasiri Jayasekara says the Ministry of Sports should tread subtly when dealing with any allegations into acts of irregularities connected to incumbent Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) office bearers. If not, he said that the International Cricket Council (ICC) could consider such interferences as politically motivated, with the

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Methmi, Muththusami clinch Cross-Country C’ship

Mutthusami Sivarajan of Central Province and Methmi Wijesuriya of Eastern Province respectively emerged winners in the Cross-Country championship at the 49th National Sports Festival 2025 concluded at Nuwara Eliya Golf Course on Saturday (15).  In the Men’s event, Sivarajan of Central Province won first place with a time of 34 minutes and 20.31 seconds.  Samantha

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