Sri Lanka's number one middle distance runner Chaminda Wijekoon and Shanika Samanmalee set new meet records on the third and final day of the National Sports Festival of 2011, concluded at Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, Diyagama on Saturday. Wijekoon, representing Uva Province, clocked 3 minutes, 44.16 seconds in the 1500 men's event erasing his own mark [...]

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Kaushala Lakrani  Perera of Western Province equaled her own national record in the women's pole vault event on the second day of the National Sports Festival of 2011, held at Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, Diyagama on Friday. Lakrani cleared 3.20 meters which she achieved in the recently held National Athletic Championships at the same venue.   [...]

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Two New meet records were established on the opening day of the National Sports Festival of 2011, began at Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, Diyagama on Thursday. Manjula Kumara and S. Maduranga set these records. Sri Lanka's number one high jumper, Manjula Kumara jumped 2.20 meters to better his own record (2.18 m) set last year. Javelin [...]

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Six riders crossed the finish line with same timing of 3H 23.39 seconds as the time keepers had to keep a keen eye on video playback to decide the winner in the National Sports Festival cycle race held at Puttalam on Saturday. Out of the six member pack, there were three from Western Province to [...]

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Ace runner Ajith Bandara won his 11th title at the National Sports Festival Marathon held at Puttalam on Saturday. His timing was not all that impressive though, Bandara had an easy race and the aging ace from Sri Lanka Army didn't disappoint his fans and supporters. Bandara has lost this event only once in the [...]

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Geetha Nandani of Western Province won the Women's race walking event of the 37th National Sports Festival, held on Saturday, 4th June at Puttalam. Nandani was dominating the event right throughout as she clocked one hour, 59 minutes and 13 seconds and her closest challenger reached the finish line four minutes later. This was the [...]

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