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by Karuppiah Ramakrishnan
Six Sri Lankan sporting girls who excelled at the GCE O Level exam to prove their all-round ability, were felicitated with prize money by the Sports Ministry on Wednesday.
The six girls Chathuni Karunaratne and Chamodi Karunaratne of Princess of Wales College Moratuwa, Yehani Kuruppu and Ganga Seneviratne of Visakha Vidyalaya, and Ayala Chitty and Alana Seneviratne of...
Being a sportsman or sportswoman is no barrier to College education and studies as six Sri Lankan junior athletes who did their GCE Ordinary Level examination while on National duty in Nepal last year bagged good academic results this week.
The six athletes are Chathuni Karunaratne, Chamodi Karunaratne who are twin sisters, Alana Seneviratne, Ayla Chitty, Yeheni Kuruppu...
Sri Lanka’s newest Sports Minister Dallas Alahapperuma kicked off proceedings at his Ministry and cautioned that he will not be around to hug the limelight and take part in worthless activities that do not augur well for sports unlike some of his predecessors who were good at hoodwinking.
Minister Alahapperuma said that his first task will be to take stock of developments...
Sri Lanka Cricket has snubbed the Cricket Association for the Physically Challenged that recently won their ODI and T/20 games against the Cricket Wales Disability team affiliated to the England and Wales Cricket Board at Prince of Wales College ground Moratuwa.
The home team won both matches that were worked off while two were affected by rain and not played.
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Visakha Vidyalaya is set to break the unbeaten record of 20 years held by Mahamaya College as they finished on top on the fourth day of the 46th Milo All Island Schools Swimming Championship worked off at the Sugathadasa pool complex yesterday.
Visakha have gathered 348 points while defending champs Mahamaya had only 294 points at the end of the fourth day. Srimavo...
by Karuppiah Ramakrishnan
The Asian Athletic Federation along with Indian Athletic Federation conducted workshops for Sri Lankan sports officials as well...
One of the chief architects of the International Schools Athletic Championships, Dr. Harsha Alles believes they have got what it...
CH and FC overcome Air Force in a closely fought out Dialog rugby second round fixture by 26 points to 17 at the Race Course...
Sunday Observer Star of the Week:
Shelinda Jansen of Gateway College showed just why she is a star in the making while bagging the overall honours as the Best...
Traditional rivals St. Joseph’s College and St. Peter’s College will herald the start of the inter-school big match cricket...
Lycuem International School of Wattala continued their dominance on the second day of the International Schools athletic...
Win FA Cup after 12 years beating Saunders 5-4 in final:
Police Sports Club became the champions of the Vantage FA Cup, the oldest knock-out competition in Sri Lanka football and will...
Jason Dissanayake guided Kandy SC to another victory in the second round of the Dialog Rugby League beating Army SC 36-26 at...
Junior athletic National record holder in the 1500m Dushan Hemantha who switched over to cricket, emerged as the player of the...
The annual general meeting of the Sri Lanka Judo Federation is scheduled for February 21 but one of the candidates for the...
The Finance Committee chairman of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) R. Puventhran who is also the president of the City...
The Sri Lanka Netball Federation has named a final squad of 15 players for the upcoming tour of Hong Kong and the tournament to...
Sri Lanka Taekwondo Federation (SLTF) along with the World Taekwondo Federation inaugurated the WT-ADF Care Project in Sri Lanka...
The Sri Lanka Netball Federation has named a final squad of 15 players for the upcoming tour of Hong Kong and the tournament to...
A Special Committee appointed by KDS Ruwanchandra, the secretary Ministry of Sports, to review the performances of Sri Lankan...
A gift of a try by Navy SC saw them go down fighting to CR & FC by a narrow 27 points to 24 in a Dialog Rugby League game...
Following an investigation by the Sunday Observer over the alleged mismanagement of funds at the Sri Lanka Wrestling Federation,...
Colombo Hockey and Football Club (CH and FC) who have lost all their games so far face another daunting task when they meet...
The Sri Lanka Netball Federation has announced its calendar of events and plans for the development of the game after settling...
The Dota2 team and Lanka Lions from Phoenix Gaming were engaged in a heated competition to vie for their right to represent the...
Royal College dominated the waters of the Beira Lake to win the TN Fernando Trophy as overall winners at the 50th Royal-Thomian...
It’s very rare to find a sporting family who excelled at national and international levels in that particular sport. The family...
Kumudu Prasanna who created history by winning the first-ever gold medal in kick boxing held in Bangkok, Thailand is now working...
Beleaguered ex-Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president Thilanga Sumathipala claims that an administration that took over running the...
Athletic coach Vimukthi Zoysa has charged that due to personal issues, some veteran athletes who are now coaches in Sri Lanka...
Coach of the emerging team of Sri Lanka Cricket Chaminda Vaas contends that new fast bowler Nuwan Thushara has a unique style and...
Thai boxing in Sri Lanka that comes under the banner of the Muaythai Association of Sri Lanka (MASL) has sent athletes to the...
The Air Force women’s cricket team ended as champions in the recently concluded Division One League tournament after convincingly...
Former vice captain of the Sri Lanka netball team Iresha Harshini claimed that several past players retired from the sport was...
The National Athletic Championship to be held at the Sugathadasa Stadium on August 16 will also serve as a trial to select the...
Former netball coach Hyacinth Wijeyasinghe claims that the performance of the Sri Lanka team at the 2011 World Cup was much...
Looking at Madhavan Rajkumaran’ s toned six-pack and bulging biceps, it would be easy to assume a famous fitness star and Asian...
Fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara announced his retirement with immediate effect at a Press conference on Thursday but there has been...
St. Peter’s College came back from near defeat to turn tables on a spirited Wesley College before winning in the final five...
A discovery made by a Sri Lankan on the model of a shoulder joint Gymnast Interact with the Long Swing Gymnastic element on...
The powerful pack from the green machine Isipathana College ensured a place in the semi-final of the Milo President’s Knock-out...
Royal College became the first team in the 21st century to win three back to back inter-school League rugby titles that came...
Former president of the Sri Lanka Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (SLBBFF) Kapila Kumara who was serving a lifetime ban was...
Former Sri Lanka gymnastic champions have expressed their dismay over the acceptance of nominees by the election committee of the...
Isipathana College or what some call the green machine was dismantled by the Wesley College Colombo who won 29-18 their inter-...
Officials relevant to sports in the Ministry of Education were questioned by the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) regarding...
St. Peter’s College registered an easy 22-3 victory over Science College in their inter-school league rugby encounter against...
Mercantile Hockey Association president Manjula Jayamanne slammed the election committee appointed by the Sports Ministry for...
Former Sri Lanka netball captain Hyacinth Wijesinghe lashed out at the former Committee of the Netball Federation of Sri Lanka (...
The Ceylon Masters Badminton Association (CMBA) has made a complaint to the Minister of Sports regarding the non-payment of dues...
Most of the executive members (EXCO) of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) were not satisfied with the selection of a...
Special Consultant to the Ministry of Education Sunil Jayaweera expressed his disgust that some schools have turned the concept...
Isipathana College batsman Ravindu Ratnayake plays a shot in their big match against Thurstan College which ended in a draw at...
CR and FC registered a narrow 23-20 win over Navy SC in their Dialog inter club League rugby championship match at Longdon Place...
A high ranking sports ministry official has branded administrators of hockey in the country as “kindergarten kids” some of whom...