On This Day Featured CT Van Geyzel- The First Olympian From Ceylon Carl Theodore Van Geyzel, born on this day in 1902, was a Cricketer who represented Great Britain in the 1928 Olympics and held the Ceylon High Jump record for 25 years.
On This Day Wimalasena, A Man Who Weathered The Storm Wimalasena Perera who turns 80 years today, ran the Marathon at high altitude in the 1968 Mexico Olympics and got to know he finished 51st the next day in hospital.
On This Day Some Were Fast, And There Was 'Summa' Sumanthiran Navaratnam, whose centenary birth anniversary falls today, was once dubbed the 'Bolt of Asia' and a household name in Rugby from Player to President
Members only On This Day Ireland's Forgotten Hero Who Was Born In Ceylon Born on this day in 1907 in Nuwara Eliya, Robert Tisdall left Ceylon long before he won the Gold medal for Ireland in the Men's 400m Hurdles at the 1932 Olympic Games
Members only Facts Gunasekara - Passing The Baton Then VS Now Senior Police Officer Hemantha Gunasekara, who once held the National Record in the Men's 4x100m, is the proud father of Anudi- the Miss Sri Lanka for the Miss World!
On This Day The Netball Coach Who Ran At The Olympics 'Deshabandu' Thilaka Jindasa who turns 62 years today, is the first sportswoman to be awarded this title when she became Sri Lanka's first female Olympian in 1988
On This Day The Ceylon Hurdler Who Had The Last Laugh! Ceylon's First Olympic Medalist Duncan White, who was born today in 1918, had an unusual exchange of words at the starting block before the start of his Olympic Final.
On This Day The 'Parkside Ranger' Who Ran Marathons Turning 81 years today, S.L.B. Rosa holds the National Record in the Men's 10,000m that is yet to be broken since 1975, and the only Sri Lankan to finish 4th at the Boston Marathon
On This Day South Asia's Highest Jumper from Texas Texas based High Jumper Ushan Thiwanka Perera who turns 27 years today, holds the South Asian record in the Men's High Jump (Outdoor) with a staggering 2.30m
News Tharushi and Yupun Warm-Up Indoors USA and Italy bound athletes from Sri Lanka Tharushi Karunaratne and Yupun Abeykoon commenced their season last weekend, as Tharushi made her NCAA debut!
On This Day From Seruwavila to the Olympic Semi Finals Aruna Darshana who turns 26 today, was a Semi Finalist at last year's Olympics when he became only the second South Asian 400m Sprinter to break the 45 second barrier.
On This Day The Once Fastest Schoolboy in South Asia Former Schoolboy prodigy and Triple Commonwealth Youth Gold medalist Shehan Ambepitiya who turns 35 today, was once dubbed the "Fastest Man in South Asia".
