ThePapare.com | Waruna Lakmal | 17/10/2023 | Editing and re-using images without permission of ThePapare.com will be considered an intended copyright infringement. Title Departure of SL Para Team for the Asian Games / Share Share The post Photos – Departure of SL Para Team for the Asian Games appeared first on ThePapare.com.
The ICC is thrilled at the confirmation that cricket will be part of sports programme of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028 (LA28). Cricket’s inclusion was formally ratified by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today at the 141st IOC Session in Mumbai, following LA28’s recommendation last week. The addition of cricket in the Olympics, for the first time ...
Sri Lanka’s newest captain Kusal Mendis won the toss and opted to bat against Australia in their ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup encounter on Monday at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Reporting from Lucknow Both teams have lost their first two games and will look to get into winning ways in this game. The five-time champions, Australia are languishing at ...
Sri Lanka suffered a major blow on Saturday when their captain Dasun Shanaka and seamer Matheesha Pathirana were ruled out of their third game in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 against Australia due to Quadriceps and Shoulder injuries respectively, ThePapare learns. Reporting from Lucknow Sri Lanka and Australia, both having lost their first two games, will take on ...
Sri Lanka may have to make several changes to their team during their ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 encounters in Lucknow due to injuries, ThePapare learns. Reporting from Lucknow Following two defeats at the hands of South Africa and Pakistan, Sri Lanka team is currently in Lucknow ahead of their two games against Australia (16th October) and Netherlands (21st October) at the ...
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Sri Lanka Football Federation announced the squad for the first game of the World Cup Qualifiers against Yemen on the 12th October in Abha, Saudi Arabia. Charitha Rathnayake will captain the first game in Saudi Arabia while the second game will be captained by Harsha Fernando. The two captains are appointed on an interim basis for these games and FFSL ...
The Central Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship (CAVA) 2023 hosted by Sri Lanka kicked off yesterday (09) at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. On the opening day of the tournament, the hosts Sri Lanka, Nepal and Afghanistan managed to win their first games, beating Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh and Uzbekistan, respectively. After a very tough fight in the first match, Afghanistan players ...
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The Sri Lankan team that toured South Africa in 2001 was in for a rude shock as they were given a pitch with low bounce for their two warm-up games. The team knew that what’s in store when the Tests and ODIs begin is quite the contrast with the ball flying. It was South Africa’s way of denying the Sri ...
ThePapare.com breaks down the first four weeks of Pool games as the final game week rolls around of the #RWC2023. Dive deep into the nitty-gritty of what happened and what could happen during the final few games. Will it be France and the All Blacks? Ireland and South Africa or will Scotland upset! Who will join England? will it be ...
The 18-year-old sprinter Tharushi Karunarathna creates history, winning a Gold medal in the Women’s 800m event at the Asian Games 2023 held in Hangzhou. Karunaratna clocked a time of 2:03:20 minutes in the event to clinch the first Gold medal for Sri Lanka in the Asian Games 2023 and created history, securing a Gold medal in Athletics in the Asian ...
The whole nation is elated as Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge quenched the 17- year-old Asian Games athletic medal thirst today at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium. This highlight occurred when Lekamge successfully grabbed the Silver Medal in Women’s Javelin Throw with a mega performance of 61.57 – a new Personal Best. Meanwhile, the Athletics contingent, Gayanthika Aberathna and Tharushi Dissanayaka ...
The pool stage of the 2023 Rugby World Cup is approaching its conclusion, and for the majority of nations there is still plenty to play for. After every team has played four group games, the top two finishers in each pool of five go through to the quarter-finals on 14 and 15 October. The sides finishing third in their pools ...
Missed opportunities caused Sri Lanka medals today; a broken Asian Games athletics medal dream which was well within reach after 13 long years. To elaborate on one – Kalinga Kumarage’s timing yesterday at his heat (45.57s) was the exact same timing as today’s Men’s 400m Silver medallist – Kentaro Sato. The first event at Athletics for Sri Lanka for the ...
As the swimming events of the 19th Asian Games came to an end yesterday after 5 days of racing at the Hangzhou Olympic Centre Aquatic Sports Arena, Sri Lanka swimming had 2 new national records established by Akalanka Peiris and Matthew Abeysinghe. The swimming events started on the 24th of September and finished on the 29th of September at the ...
The Sri Lankan Athletics team commenced their events in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Friday (29th September). Commencing Sri Lankan athletes in the Track & Field events, Nadeesha Ramanayake registered a timing of 52:67 sec to become the 2nd place in the Women’s 400m – Heat 2. >>Rower Maheshi Liyanage qualify for Asian Games semi-finals In the Men’s 400m Heat ...
Only six teams have featured in all World Cups since the tournament’s inception in 1975 and Sri Lanka is one of them. The team has played 80 games in World Cups since their first encounter against West Indies at Old Trafford and won 38 and lost 39. Two games had ended in no results while one game was a tie – ...
Sri Lankans showcased some impressive performances in the events held today (26th September) at the ongoing Asian Games which is being held in Hangzhou, China. Artistic Gymnast Nadila Nethviru represented Sri Lanka at the Men’s Individual All-Around Final after being qualified last Sunday. He managed to secure the 18th place with a score of 10.333 in the 1st rotation in Rings, but he performed in ...
