Dipa came up with her gold winning effort in the first attempt itself and she scored 14.566 in her second and last try.
19 Apr 2016 9:39 AM
Karmakar qualified for the Rio Olympics after finishing all four apparatus in test event.
18 Apr 2016 11:47 AM
Widespread impunity continued last year in Sri Lanka for the crimes committed during the armed conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and following the end of the civil war, a new report r
15 Apr 2016 12:02 AM
With horrifying levels of pollution in the water the picture postcard Olympic marina at Guanabara Bay has been inaugurated just four months ahead of the Rio Games.
09 Apr 2016 3:01 AM
The LTTE cannot revive its separatist movement in Sri Lanka without its leader Velupillai Prabakaran, a senior Northern Province official on Wednesday asserted, downplaying fears of re-emergence of m
07 Apr 2016 12:19 AM
Sri Lanka’s Parliament on Tuesday launched a process to draw up a new Constitution aimed at preventing a return to ethnic war by granting minority Tamils greater autonomy.
06 Apr 2016 7:02 AM
A Sri Lankan court banned foreign travel by six directors of a foundation that the police said was remitted some of the $101 million stolen in the hacking of Bangladesh Central Bank’s account at the F
24 Mar 2016 6:41 AM
Brazilian state oil company Petrobras on Monday reported a record loss for 2015, hit by the crash in crude prices and a corruption scandal in which it is the central player.
23 Mar 2016 6:23 AM
The project was suspended because of questions about its environmental impact.
15 Mar 2016 6:48 PM
Secretary under Sirisena by mid June. Media freedom in Sri Lanka was rated low when the former president was at the helm for a decade.
10 Mar 2016 5:05 PM
About half the 150 kilograms of gold recovered by the military during the war is still in its hands.
09 Mar 2016 5:48 PM
The Islanders sacked existing selection panel after national team’s ‘recent failures’.
08 Mar 2016 12:17 PM
Research by scientists in Brazil indicates that a mosquito more common than the one primarily known to transmit Zika infections may possibly be able to carry the virus, a development that could furthe
05 Mar 2016 6:10 AM
Sri Lanka’s government Thursday announced it would ban landmines and promised to destroy its stockpiles of the explosive devices, nearly seven years after its protracted civil war ended.
04 Mar 2016 3:36 AM
India might “intervene” again in Sri Lanka to help the Tamil minority and provide a federal solution to the ethnic reconciliation problem, a media report quoted the country’s Northern Prov-ince chief
01 Mar 2016 6:51 AM
The metro line extension that will connect Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Park in Barra de Tijuca with the rest of the city is at risk of not being finished before the start of the Games in August, if a del
24 Feb 2016 6:45 AM
Francesca Schiavone of Italy lifts the women’s singles trophy after defeating the USA’s Shelby Rogers 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the Rio Open final in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)
23 Feb 2016 12:40 AM
Rafael Nadal reacts during his men’s singles semi-final against Pablo Cuevas at the Rio Open in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. Cuevas won 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 — AFP
22 Feb 2016 6:48 AM
Dominic Thiem of Austria returns to Spain’s David Ferrer in their Rio Open quarter-final in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. Thiem won 6-3, 6-2. (Photo: AFP)
21 Feb 2016 5:16 AM
Spain’s Rafael Nadal returns to compatriot Pablo Carreno at the Rio Open tennis tournament in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. Nadal won 6-1, 6-4. (Photo: AP)
18 Feb 2016 6:47 AM