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By Rear Admiral Dr Shemal Fernando PhD
As the Christmas approach, there seems to be a new spirit in the air. A spirit of hope that things are getting better and that there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel. With the holidays now right up ahead, people are eager to get back together with their loved ones, in an atmosphere of mutual enjoyment and celebration.
Multiple generations will gather under the...
President JRJ:
President J. R. Jayewardene affectionately and commonly known as ‘JR’ or ‘JRJ’ was a statesman who dominated the arena of national politics in Sri Lanka for half a century.
He led the United National Party (UNP) to a landslide victory at the Parliamentary Elections of 1977 and served as the seventh Prime Minister and the first Executive President for 12 years until 1989....
Madam Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, commonly known as ‘Madam B’ or ‘Sirimavo’ became the world’s first Lady Prime Minister, when she was appointed the sixth Prime Minister of Ceylon in 1960. She served three terms: 1960 to 1965, 1970 to 1977 and 1994 to 2000. As a founder of the Non-Aligned Movement, she brought the country to prominence among the nations in the...
Dr. Wijeyananda Dahanayake was the fifth Prime Minister of Ceylon from September 26, 1959 to March 20, 1960. He found himself installed as Head of the Government under “fortuitous circumstances,” following the assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike. It is to his credit that he maintained stability and security of the country during his short span. He was the most...
The fourth Prime Minister of Ceylon, Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike was often referred to by his initials ‘SWRD.’ Bandaranaike was well known as “The Silver Bell of Asia,” due to his brilliant oratory, literary and writing skills. He served as the Prime Minister of Ceylon from 1956 until he succumbed to an assassin’s bullet in 1959.
A highly respected politician...
By Rear Admiral Dr Shemal Fernando PhD
Shirley Strickland, AO, MBE was one of Australia’s greatest athletes, winning seven medals in three successive Olympic Games -...
Heike Gabriela Drechsler is a German and previously East German track and field athlete. She is a 2-time Olympic champion, 2-time...
Glenn Ashby Davis was an American Olympic hurdler and sprinter, who became the only athlete to win successive Olympic gold medals...
Marita Koch is a German sprinter who became one of the greatest 400m runners, setting 16 world records in outdoor competitions...
Sports are filled with true-life fairy tales, stories that are more incredible than fiction. But even accepting that premise, the...
Parry O’Brien is undoubtedly the greatest Shot Putter of all time, by the standards of his contemporaries, although his world...
Svetlana Masterkova from Russia was one of the world’s best female middle-distance runners in the 1990s, winning Olympic and...
There was a mystic period of running history, and one name that continued to be the throne in the side of many of the world’s...
Celebrated Olympic athlete Marjorie Jackson, AC, CVO, MBE, was the supreme female sprinter of the early 1950s and won the sprint...
Noureddine Morceli is an Algerian middle-distance runner and a gold medalist in the 1500 metres at the Atlanta 1996 Summer...
Stefka Kostadinova was one of the world’s leading high jumpers for around a decade. She first came to prominence in 1985, winning...
Michael Johnson is nothing short of a legend. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most consistent sprinters in the...
Marie-Jose Perec specialized in 200m and 400m and she is a three-time Olympic gold medalist. Nicknamed “The Gazelle” on account...
Harrison Dillard of the United States is the only male in the history of the Olympic Games to win gold medals in both the 100m...
Volodymyr Holubnychy was a Soviet and Ukrainian race walker, who had a long and illustrious career.He dominated the 20-kilometre...
Known to the sports world as Hannes Kolehmainen, he was the first great long distance runner of the Olympic Games. His fame is...
The Romanian athlete Iolanda Balaș was an Olympic champion and former world record holder in the high jump. She was the first...
Sir Peter Snell, KNZM, OBE was a New Zealand middle-distance runner. He is the only Olympian to secure the double of 800 metres...
The Olympian Alberto Juantorena of Cuba is the only athlete to win both the 400m and 800m titles at an Olympic Games. He achieved...
Irena Szewinska:
Irena Szewinska was a Polish sprinter who dominated athletics in multiple events for 17 long years from 1964 to 1980. She is the...
Sports fans across the world watched Dan O’Brien winning the 1996 Summer Olympic Games Gold Medal in the Decathlon, to be...
One of Kenya’s greatest Olympic athletes, Kipchoge Keino, universally known as ‘Kip’, is one of the world’s most admired sporting...
The famous British athlete Daley Thompson is undoubtedly one of the greatest decathletes of all time. He is the only athlete to...
Francina “Fanny” Elsje Blankers-Koen was a Dutch track and field athlete, best known for winning four gold medals in athletics at...
The Chinese Olympic champion Wang Junxia, widely known as the “Divine Deer of the Orient,” is undoubtedly a big star in track...
Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, CH, KBE, Hon FRIBA has dominated all spheres in world athletics for over four decades. He is...
Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee, acclaimed as one of the greatest athletes of all time was named “The Greatest Female Athlete of the...
“I love the pole vault because it is a professor’s sport. One must not only run and jump, but one must think. Which pole to use,...
He may be commonly regarded as the greatest 400m hurdler in history, but for the heart of his incomparable career he was forced...
Alfred ‘Al’ Adolph Oerter Jr. was an Olympic legend. He was the first track and field athlete to win four successive Olympic...
Elizabeth Alyse Cuthbert, AC, MBE was an Australian athlete and a four-time Summer Olympic champion. In the 125-year history of...
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a middle-distance and long-distance runner who won an incredible nine gold medals at successive Summer...
Emil Zatopek and Dana Zatopkova:
One of the greatest long-distance runners of the 20th century, Emil Zatopek, shot to great fame with his three mesmerizing...
Sri Lanka’s foremost innovative and energetic sports promoter, Thilan Rangana, Chairman of SPORTSINFO has just received a...
Allyson Felix, OLY secured two more Olympic medals in Tokyo 2020 to become the most decorated female athlete in the 125-year...
It was an extraordinarily difficult Olympic Games. Yet, with captivating stories of success and accomplishments spanning across...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was founded in 1894 when Baron Pierre de Coubertin sought to promote international...
The weightlifting at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games took place at Tokyo International Forum from July 24 to August 4, 2021....
At the Summer Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the boxing medal table was led by Cuba with 4 gold medals and one bronze. The Great...
The Shooting program at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games were unlike any other. With its strict protocols, it was the first to...
The first Olympic Gold shared in 100 years in athletics! Two incredible athletes! The greatest Olympic final of a field event! I...
The ‘Track and Field’ or ‘Athletics’ considered to be the ‘Mother of all Sports’ was the largest single sport with 48 events at...
Michael Fred Phelps II is the most decorated Olympian and arguably the greatest Olympian of all time by sheer number of Olympic...
All leading athletes are set to compete on the world’s largest stage in 48 track and field events, from July 30 to August 8, 2021...
Major Deshamanya Duncan White, MBE, ED was surely the foremost amongst the sporting legends of Sri Lanka. He became the first Sri...
Deshabandu Kreedabimani Susanthika Jayasinghe, OLY became the first Sri Lankan female to reach the pinnacle of any sport and the...
The 2016 Summer Olympic Games officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and commonly known as Rio 2016, was held from...
The 1952 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were held from July 19 to August 3, 1952 in...
Like London and Paris before it, Los Angeles will host the Summer Olympic Games for a third time in 2028. The 1932 Summer Olympic...
116 years later, take a look back at some of the lasting images from the Olympic Games St. Louis 1904. The first Olympics ever to...