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
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The All-Island invitation schools’ hockey tournament 2025 for under-14 boys and girls, organised and conducted by the Matale Hockey Club to mark the World Children’s Day, will be worked off at the two venues Edward Park and the Astro turf in Matale on 4-5 October, commencing at 8 a.m. each day. The two-day hockey championship
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Malaysian duo Duncal Lee and Zoe Foo were crowned 2025 Reliance PSA Challenger Open champions after Zoe Foo defeated Raifa Yattaqi from Indonesia and Duncal Lee took down Omar El Torkey of Egypt in a fiery encounter in the finals. The Reliance PSA Challenger Championship 2025, a 6K Men’s/3k Women’s Challenger event on the PSA
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Sports Ministry Director General (DG) of Sports Shemal Fernando, who also functions as the Competent Authority (CA) for Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR), says that the ball is currently in the court of the provincial unions in reference to a much-sought-after resolution to the escalating local rugby crisis. He was firmly of the opinion that it
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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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The British School in Colombo edged out their rivals Colombo International School (CIS) by one run in their annual cricket encounter played at the Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation Grounds in Colombo. The British School in Colombo scored 183 for three from their allotted 25 overs and restricted their opponents to 182 for four
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Sri Lankan powerlifter Ransilu Jayathilake secured the gold medal in the 120 kg weight class at the 2025 Asia Pacific Powerlifting Championships held in Australia on Saturday (29). Athletes from countries including Australia, Tonga, and Samoa also participated in the competition. With this victory, Ransilu Jayathilake has now won three gold medals at the World
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The Colombo District Court on Tuesday (25) instructed the Election Committee (EC) formed to oversee the 2025 election of office bearers or the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) to accept the nomination SLR ex-Present Lasitha Gunarathna for the post of President. The former Sri Lanka cap and backrow forward had petitioned
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