Sri Lanka Army athlete Geethani Rajasekara proved that she had not burnt all her energy in her quest to establish a National Marathon record last month, when she won the women’s 5,000 metres in a new meet record time at the Defense Services Athletics Championships at the Sugathadasa Stadium on Monday.

The forty fifth Junior Joon Tarbet Athletic Championships commenced yesterday at Ambelipitiya. 

Sprinter Chandrika Subashini and high jumper Manjula Kumara were the best athletes in the women’s and men’s categories respectively for the second consecutive year as the Athletics Championship of the National Sports Festival concluded at Anuradhapura on Monday.

Ayesha Maduwanthi of Uva Province has established a new Sri Lanka record in the hammer throw event on the second day of the 40th National Sports Festival being worked off at the North Central Province Sports Complex Anuradhapura yesterday.

Paralympics bronze medalist Pradeep Sanjaya and sprinter Dumeera Maduranga added two more silver medals to the Sri Lankan tally at the 13th Asian Para Games held at the Asiad Main Stadium, Incheon, Korea yesterday.

Sri Lanka produced five gold medals up to yesterday in the 4th Brunei open Athletics Championship at Tutong Sports Complex, Brunei.NCD Priyadarshani won the gold medal for long jump with a leap of 5.90m in the women's final.

Sri Lanka Para athletes made a bright start for the islanders as they won two Silver and one bronze medal yesterday at the 13th Asian Para Games held at Asian Main Stadium in Incheon Korea yesterday.

The 84th John Tarbet Athletic Championships successfully concluded on the 15th of October at Diyagama Mahinda Rajapakse International Stadium.

The second day of the John Tarbet Senior Athletic Championships commenced today at 9.00 hrs at, Diyagam Mahinda Rajapakse International Stadium. 

The 84th John Tarbet Athletic Championships commenced on the 13th of October 2014, at Diyagama Mahinda Rajapakse International Stadium. 

Ceylon Biscuits Limited has come forward to sponsor the Sir John Tarbat Senior and Junior Athletic Championship for the third successive year having allocated a sum of Rs 2 million for the two mega events.

The official media briefing for the 31st Annual Mercantile Athletic Meet was held today at the Colombo Otters Aquatic Club in the presence of the Board of Officials Of Mercantile Athletic Foundation.