Sri Lankan bodybuilder Jagath Gunasekara achieved 3rd place in the Senior Open category (35+) at the Olympia Amateur Las Vegas 2025, the world’s premier bodybuilding competition, held on 10 August at the Nevada Hotel World Resort in Las Vegas USA. The competition featured top bodybuilding champions from 28 nations, highlighting the global level of talent. […]
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FIFA Appoints Sri Lankan Football Chief Jaswar Umar to Grassroots and Amateur Football Committee World governing body FIFA has appointed Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) President Jaswar Umar to its Committee for Grassroots and Amateur Football. This prestigious appointment comes at a time when Sri Lankan Football is experiencing rapid growth under the visionary
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Prolific Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya was named the CEAT Men’s Test Bowler of the Year at the CEAT Cricket Awards held in Mumbai on Tuesday (7). According to the organisers of the event Jayasuriya’s precision, patience, and game-changing spells during the last 12-month period had earned him the prestigious honour. The 33-year-old slow
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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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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The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) organized a special press conference to share the progress of its remarkable two-year football journey and to announce the upcoming events lined up on Sri Lanka’s football calendar. One of the key highlights of the event was the Official Draw of the Champions League 2025/26, which concluded successfully
Sri Lanka Football made history by playing 18 international games in 24 month Read More »
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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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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Igor Paixao scored his first goals for Marseille as they beat Ajax in the Champions League. His first came when he latched on to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s pass to slot into the bottom corner. The Brazilian forward netted again from 20 yards after Ajax captain Davy Klaassen carelessly lost possession. Aubameyang provided his second assist of
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Manchester City captain Bernardo Silva says he knows “exactly” what he is going to do when his contract ends, but “now is not the right time to talk about it”. The 31-year-old midfielder, whose deal expires at the end of the season, said it is a “big honour and responsibility” to wear the armband. The
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