National Athletics

After 3 days of sportsmanship and much fanfare, the 17th edition of the International Schools Athletic Championships known as ISAC has come to an end with Lyceum International School Wattala crowned as overall champions. This year’s prestigious event was...

Sri Lankan Men’s 4X100m team created history at the final of the 21st Commonwealth Games today (14th) in Gold Coast, as they established a new national record with a time of 39.08secs. Sri Lanka fielded a 4X100m team after...

The best of the best at what they do, National Athletic record holders are a unique breed as they have achieved milestones their fellow countrymen have never achieved. In Sri Lanka, the Island nation which boasts of two Olympic...

The second and penultimate day of the Ritzbury Sir John Tarbet Athletic Championship 2018, concluded today (20th) at the Sugathadasa Stadium, ushering in 12 new meet records, which increased the total tally to 15. While there was a...

National 400-meter hurdles champion, Kaushalya Madhushani has passed away on earlier today (24) ThePapare learns. 27-year-old Madhushani was found dead in her house in Dummalasuriya, two weeks after she won the Women’s 400-meter hurdles title, with a time of 58.73 seconds at the 100th National Athletics Championship 2022 conducted in Diyagama. Read - 5 records for 5 superstar women on Day...

Day 02 of the 18th International School Athletic Championship (ISAC) officially organized by Lyceum International School, Nugegoda along with The International Schools of Sri Lanka (TISSL) successfully concluded today, the 24th of February 2018, at the Mahinda Rajapakse Stadium...

The first-phase of the All Island Junior John Tarbet Athletic Championships prepped as a tri-segment encounter concluded yesterday (13). After three days of back to back events held in Matara, the Western and Southern province encounters were held from...

Young Sri Lankan weightlifter Ushan Widanapathirana who competed in the Men’s 105+ weight category created history in Gold Coast and laid claim to 3 National records in the event. Despite being placed overall 8th in the in the competition, the 24...

19-year-old Medhani Jayamanne stunned fans with a close Silver, while 200m record holder Hima Daas dropped down to 6th place in a nail-biting finishing to the 60th Interstate Athletics Championship, India. Read More : Yupun and Nilani in the Olympic...

55th Junior National championship organized by the Athletic Association of Sri Lanka held over 04 days  concluded yesterday (26th) at the Diyagama Mahinda Rajapakse stadium. 21 new records were established during the span of 04 days with the young and...