INTERNATIONAL
Viren off to Paris
Sri Lankan men’s team captain, badminton player Viren Wettasinghe left Katunayake Airport for Paris early today (18) to participate in the Olympic Games held in France. .
OLYMPICS
OLYMPICS
Jessica Hull Shatters Women’s 2000m World Record Ahead of Paris Olympics
Jessica Hull – Paris Olympics : Australian runner Jessica Hull has set the athletics world alight by breaking the women’s 2000m world record at the Monaco Diamond League on July 12, 2024. This remarkable achievement […]
NATIONAL
“SiGo” promoted to National Course Director
Gobinath Sivarajah who is currently a Safeguarding Officer and Media Manager to the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka has been promoted to National Course Director to deliver the Olympics Solidarity Sport Admin Course. In […]
AQUATICS
Swimming Champion Akalanka Peiris to Sri Lanka Olympic High Performance Training Squad
Sri Lanka swimming champion Akalank Peiris has been named to the high performance training squad which will be held separately for the Paris Olympics. The proximate reason for this invitation is that he managed to […]
FOREIGN
Paris Olympics Chief Faces Legal Probe Over Pay: Source
French investigators have opened a legal probe into the salary of Tony Estanguet, the head of the Paris Olympics organising committee, a source lose to the case told AFP on Tuesday. The investigation by magistrates […]
NATIONAL
Sports Minister opens doors for Athletes to qualify for Olympics
Sports Minister Harin Fernando aligning with the Olympic spirit, has instructed the Director General of Sports Rear Admiral Prof Shemal Fernando to provide equal opportunities for Sri Lankan youth to attain qualifications for the upcoming […]
NATIONAL
NOCSL launches Strategic Plan for sports excellence
The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) officially launched its Strategic Plan with a view to compiling the next decade of sports excellence during a Special General Meeting held at the Olympic House in […]
NATIONAL
Dancesport Sri Lanka launches website on 2nd Anniversary
DanceSport Sri Lanka, the national governing body for DanceSport in Sri Lanka which is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as an Olympic Sport, celebrated their second-year anniversary and launched its website on the 27th […]
NATIONAL
Asian Games Fun Run at Port City today
Around 700 persons will involve the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022, Official Fun Run which will be held today in Colombo International Financial City (Port City) commencing from 2.30 p.m. The Asian Games which was […]
FOREIGN
Just 250 days to go for Special Olympics World Games 2023
On 17 June 2023, exactly 250 days from now, the Special Olympics World Games will start at the grand Opening Ceremony in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium with thousands of people from all over the world, lots of emotions […]