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were no dedicated platforms or solutions specifically for athletics in Sri Lanka. The impact made by this brand is recognized and appreciated by thousands every day. This initiative has not only transformed the sport but also created lasting value for athletes and young sportspeople across the country.

11/05/2026

Sri Lanka Women’s ‘A’ Team skipper Sathya Sandeepani speaks ahead of New Zealand series


🇱🇰🏏 SL ‘A’ Women’s Team Announced for New Zealand Home SeriesSri Lanka Cricket has unveiled the 15-member squad for the ...
11/05/2026

🇱🇰🏏 SL ‘A’ Women’s Team Announced for New Zealand Home Series

Sri Lanka Cricket has unveiled the 15-member squad for the upcoming One-Day series against New Zealand Women’s ‘A’, to be played at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium (RDICS). The matches are scheduled for 12th, 15th, and 18th May, all starting at 10:00 AM local time.

Team : Sathya Sandeepani (Captain), Sanjana Kavindi, Vishmi Gunaratne, Vimoksha Balasuriya, Lihini Apsara, Limansa Thilakarathna, Dewmi Vihanga, Sumudu Nisansala, Rashmika Sewwandi, Piumi Wathsala, Randi Premarathne, Satheeskumar Sajinthiny, Rashmi Silva, Chamudi Praboda, and Tharuka Shehani.

10/05/2026

18 year old Saad Faleel (Gateway College Kandy) clocked 10.57sec in 100m at Indian Invitational series Final in Chennai.

🏟️ IOC Signals Cuts for Brisbane 2032 Discipline‑level review to reshape Summer Games🔹 Executive Board Meeting – Lausan...
10/05/2026

🏟️ IOC Signals Cuts for Brisbane 2032
Discipline‑level review to reshape Summer Games

🔹 Executive Board Meeting – Lausanne
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) outlined a review aimed at reducing the size of the Brisbane 2032 Summer Games, with discipline‑level criteria to be voted on in June.

🔹 IOC President Kirsty Coventry

“I do think the size will change.”

“We don’t expect to see 36 sports.”
👉 Reference point: Los Angeles 2028 will host a record 36 sports, compared with 26 at London 2012.

🔹 Discipline‑Based Reform

IOC working group chaired by Karl Stoss to assess disciplines rather than entire sports.

Pierre Ducrey, IOC Sports Director: disciplines are defined by unique competition spaces or major venue modifications.

Paris 2024: 47 disciplines; Milano Cortina 2026: 20 disciplines.

🔹 Operational & Economic Impact
Coventry: “We can’t continue to just get bigger, bigger, bigger.”
Focus on reducing costs, venue complexity, and athlete dispersal across Queensland.

🔹 Brisbane 2032 Context

Contract caps athlete numbers at 10,500 (vs. LA28’s possible 13,000).

Events may be spread across nine Olympic zones in Queensland, including Rockhampton, Cairns, Townsville, Maryborough, Toowoomba, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, and Brisbane.

Sports requiring specific facilities (e.g., mountain bike, canoe slalom, equestrian eventing) face scrutiny.

LA28 additions like flag football, lacrosse, squash may not feature in Brisbane.

🔹 Turning Point
Brisbane could mark a shift from expansion under Thomas Bach to stricter selection under Coventry, reclaiming IOC control over the Olympic product.

Kusal Mendis likely to be Sri Lanka ODI & T20I Captain – Reportendis as captain of both the ODI and T20I teams from the ...
10/05/2026

Kusal Mendis likely to be Sri Lanka ODI & T20I Captain – Report

endis as captain of both the ODI and T20I teams from the upcoming West Indies tour, according to a report by the The Sunday Times.

The report said the 31-year-old wicketkeeper-batter is expected to replace Charith Asalanka as ODI captain and Dasun Shanaka as T20I skipper as Sri Lanka looks to bring stability and direction to its white-ball setup ahead of a busy international schedule.

Meanwhile, Dhananjaya de Silva is expected to continue as captainr of the Test side, the report added.

🏃‍♂️📅 Schedule Out for National Selection Trials 2026Sri Lanka Athletics has released the official timetable for the Nat...
09/05/2026

🏃‍♂️📅 Schedule Out for National Selection Trials 2026

Sri Lanka Athletics has released the official timetable for the National Selection Trials 2026

🔹 Selections Will Be Made For:

Commonwealth Games Pool
Asian Games Pool
U‑23 Asian Championship Pool

🔹 Important Note
U‑23 athletes who wish to compete in the Open Men’s or Women’s sector may do so without issue. Their performances will be considered for both the U‑23 team and the National Pool.

09/05/2026

Olympic Long Jump Champion Tara Davis-Woodhall Switches to Hurdles — Wins Ward Haylett Invitational in 12.99 Seconds

🏃‍♀️ Olympic Long Jump Champion Tara Davis-Woodhall Switches to Hurdles — Wins Ward Haylett Invitational in 12.99 Second...
09/05/2026

🏃‍♀️ Olympic Long Jump Champion Tara Davis-Woodhall Switches to Hurdles — Wins Ward Haylett Invitational in 12.99 Seconds

Olympic and world long jump champion Tara Davis‑Woodhall traded the sand pit for the hurdles once again, returning to an event she had not raced in since 2021.

On Friday (8 May) at the Ward Haylett Invitational in Manhattan, Kansas, Davis‑Woodhall ran the 100m hurdles, clocking 12.99 seconds to win her first hurdles race in four years — fittingly in the same city where she last competed over the barriers.

“Honestly enjoying the hurdles so much,” she shared on social media. “Getting out of my comfort zone and learning my body so much. I’ve used the hurdles to get stronger and faster. This season is all about growth and moving forward. Excited for the season to start.”

She admitted she is “still trying to figure it all out” and joked that she sometimes feels “like a literal potato,” noting her biggest challenge has been controlling her arms: “They are wild!”

Ahead of her return, Davis‑Woodhall reached out to fellow Paris 2024 Olympic gold medalist Masai Russell for advice. Russell’s tip: “Think ‘long long long, short short, short’” — a rhythm Davis‑Woodhall laughed off but put into practice.

While fans now associate her primarily with the long jump, hurdles were once central to her rise. In high school, she set a U.S. national record of 13.01 and a California state record of 12.95 in the 100m hurdles. At the University of Georgia, she ran a wind‑legal 13.04 and became Georgia’s first‑ever All‑American in the 60m hurdles indoors, clocking a world junior record of 7.98.

She later transferred to the University of Texas, balancing long jump and hurdles before turning professional in 2021 and focusing on the event that would make her an Olympic and world champion.

Her personal best in the 100m hurdles stands at a wind‑assisted 12.61, with a legal best of 12.75 — times that would have been fast enough for seventh place in the Paris 2024 Olympic final.

Fast bowler Mohamed Shiraz spearheaded the attack with figures of 4 for 38, while Nisala Abeyrathne added 2 for 23. Colo...
07/05/2026

Fast bowler Mohamed Shiraz spearheaded the attack with figures of 4 for 38, while Nisala Abeyrathne added 2 for 23. Colombo’s resistance crumbled as they managed only 25 runs in the morning session, losing their remaining six wickets — sealing Dambulla’s triumph in the National Super League four-day tournament with a commanding 119-run victory at the R. Premadasa Stadium.

Dambulla: 222/9 dec & 222 (Nishan Madushka 43, Vishad Randika 21, Lasith Croospulle 14, Sonal Dinusha 12, Anjala Bandara 32, Akila Dhananjaya 53; Chamod Battage 4/55, Prabath Jayasuriya 3/16, Pramod Madushan 2/48)

Colombo: 146 & 179 (Dhananjaya Lakshan 84, Nuwanidu Fernando 23, Charith Asalanka 35; Mohamed Shiraz 4/38, Nisala Abeyrathne 2/23)

🏆 Awards | NSL 4 Day Tournament 2026 🏏
🥇 Best Bowler: Chamod Battage – Colombo
🥇 Best Batsman: Sadeera Samarawickrama – Galle
🥇 Most Valuable Player: Kavindu Pathiratne – Dambulla
🥇 Player of the Final: Kavindu Pathiratne – Dambulla
🥈 Runners-Up: Team Colombo
🏆 Champions: Team Dambulla

ගාල්ලේ ඓතිහාසික "ගාලු අභිමානය" මහා ක්‍රිකට් තරගයට ඕල්සෙන්ට්ස් - විද්‍යාලෝක දෙවිදුහල් සූදානම්...​​ගාල්ල ඓතිහාසික නගරයේ පා...
07/05/2026

ගාල්ලේ ඓතිහාසික "ගාලු අභිමානය" මහා ක්‍රිකට් තරගයට ඕල්සෙන්ට්ස් - විද්‍යාලෝක දෙවිදුහල් සූදානම්...
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​ගාල්ල ඓතිහාසික නගරයේ පාසල් ක්‍රිකට් වංශකතාවට අලුත් පිටුවක් එක් කරමින්, ගාල්ල විද්‍යාලෝක විද්‍යාලය සහ ඕල්සෙන්ට්ස් විද්‍යාලය අතර කුළුඳුල් "ගාලු අභිමානය" මහා ක්‍රිකට් තරගය පැවැත්වීමට සියලු කටයුතු සූදානම් කර ඇත.

මෙම ඓතිහාසික දෙදින තරගය එළඹෙන මැයි මස 8 සහ 9 යන දිනවල ගාල්ල ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේදී පැවැත්වේ. විද්‍යාල දෙකෙහි විදුහල්පතිවරුන්, ආදි ශිෂ්‍ය සංගම් සහ ක්‍රිකට් සංගම්වල පූර්ණ සහයෝගය ඇතිව සංවිධානය කර ඇති මෙම තරගයේ අරමුණ වන්නේ ක්‍රීඩාශීලීත්වය ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීම සහ දෙපාසල සතු පොහොසත් ක්‍රිකට් උරුමය සැමරීමයි.

සත්කාරක ඕල්සෙන්ට්ස් කණ්ඩායම ​භානුක ප්‍රියලත්ගේ නායකත්වයෙන් සහ ප්‍රධාන පුහුණුකරු තේජාන් යසස්ගේ මගපෙන්වීම යටතේ තරගයට එක්වෙයි
එමෙන්ම, ප්‍රවීණ පුහුණුකරු තුසිත කාරියවසම්ගේ පුහුණුකාරීත්වයෙන් සහ ලිදුල නුවංගගේ නායකත්වය යටතේ විද්‍යාලෝක විද්‍යාලයීය කණ්ඩායම ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමට නියමිතයි.

දෙපිලම මනා පුහුණුවකින් පසුවන අතර, කුළුඳුල් ජයග්‍රාහී කුසලානය තමන් සතු කර ගැනීම සඳහා ඉතා උද්යෝගිමත් තරගයක් ලබා දීමට සූදානමින් පසුවෙයි.

මෙම ඓතිහාසික අවස්ථාව දැකබලා ගැනීම සඳහා සියලුම ක්‍රිකට් ලෝලීන්ට, වත්මන් සහ ආදි සිසුන්ට සංවිධායක මණ්ඩලය විවෘත ඇරයුමක් කර සිටියි.
ගාල්ලේ ක්‍රීඩා අනන්‍යතාවයේ සුවිශේෂී සන්ධිස්ථානයක් සනිටුහන් කරමින් මෙම තරගය සංවිධානය කිරීමට දායක වූ සැමට විද්‍යාල දෙකෙහිම ප්‍රණාමය හිමිවේ.

All Saints' and Vidyaloka Set for Historic Inaugural "Pride of Galle" Big Match in Galle

​The historic city of Galle is set to witness a new chapter in school cricket as Vidyaloka College and All Saints' College face off in their inaugural Big Match, titled "Pride of Galle".

This landmark two-day encounter is scheduled to be held on the 8th and 9th of May at the iconic Galle International Cricket Stadium.

Organized with the support of the school administrations, alumni associations, and the cricketing community, the event aims to foster sportsmanship and celebrate the rich cricketing heritage of both institutions.
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The host All Saints' College squad, led by Bhanuka Priyalath and guided by Head Coach Thejan Yasas, enters the fray with a well-balanced team.

Meanwhile, Vidyaloka College, captained by Lidula Nuwanga under the expert mentorship of coach Thusitha Kariyawasam.

The organizers invite all cricket enthusiasts, students, and past pupils to witness this historic occasion, which promises to be a thrilling spectacle of school cricket.

Both schools extend their heartfelt gratitude to everyone involved in organizing this event, which marks a significant milestone for Galle’s sporting identity.

"Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that li...
07/05/2026

"Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does." — Nelson Mandela 🏃💨
​Happy World Athletics Day 2026! Today we celebrate the sweat, the sacrifice, and the spirit of competition that brings us all together. With the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate
​Whether you’re breaking personal records or just taking your first step toward a healthier lifestyle, remember: every champion was once a beginner who refused to give up.
​How are you moving today? Let’s hear your goals for the season below! 👇
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