The final ranking may not paint a perfect picture, but there were brushstrokes of promise in Milka Gehani’s performance in the Tokyo 2020 Women’s Artistic Gymnastics event today, even if the end product lacked finesse.
Gymnast Milka Gehani and judoka Chamara Dharmawardene will lead Sri Lanka’s contingent at the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony, with the games, already marked by public apathy, hit by fresh controversy on Thursday.
Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera has been ruled out of the limited-overs home series against India with a shoulder injury while fast bowler Binura Fernando will miss the one-dayers after hurting his ankle, the country’s cricket board said today.
Egodawela, ranked 223 in the world in the 10m Air Rifle event, was one of the six Sri Lankan athletes given a place at the Olympics through the tripartite quota system – a decision made with the corroboration of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Association of National Olympics Committees and the International Federation of the respective sport.
Former National skipper Dinesh Chandimal, in a letter addressed to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Cricket Committee Chairman Aravinda de Silva, has requested an audience with the relevant committees on his future as a Sri Lanka cricketer.
A last-minute change of eligibility requirements left 14 school boxers who had travelled to the Royal MAS Arena in Colombo from across the island unable to participate even after having completed the official weigh-in at the venue.
Former Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu believes that it would be a crime to let go of Angelo Mathews at this stage of his career ahead of arguably ‘the three best years of his career.’ The elegant right hander also claimed that Sri Lanka’s cricket revival should start from school cricket. Atapattu made these remarks in an interview with Daily Mirror.
Sri Lanka was in shambles when he took over as captain and he guided the team reasonably well during the 50-over World Cup, performing brilliantly in very difficult conditions. However, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) introduced a new policy of promoting young players under the captaincy of Kusal Janith Perera which saw Karunaratne losing his spot in the format.
Sri Lanka batsman Bhanuka Rajapakse was on Monday handed a one-year ban from all forms of cricket, suspended over two years and an approximately million-rupee fine (US$ 5000) by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for comments he made on social media recently.
The Department of Sports Development, in a letter addressed to the National Shooting Sport Federation (NSSF) of Sri Lanka and copied to the National Olympic Committee (NOC), has requested to consider sending the coach along with the shooter as per a discussion held on Friday (2).
’’They claimed to have gone for a walk and also brought some take-away parcels (chicken and lamb) from a nearby restaurant. The players were instructed not to go beyond the City Centre but in the preliminary enquiry with the team manager (Manuja Kariapperuma) they claimed ignorance about the City Centre location,” the source in Colombo, said.
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