Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
21 May–2 June – 2024 Sri Lanka floods: At least 16 people are killed in flooding and mudslides caused by monsoon rains across the country. [67] 25 May – Sprinter Yupun Abeykoon wins the gold medal in the Men’s 100m event at the 2024 Anhalt Athletic Championship in Germany with a timing of 10.16 seconds (wind+0.3).
Sri Lanka at the2024 Summer Olympics. Sri Lanka competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from 26 July to 11 August 2024. This marked Sri Lanka 's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Seven of the nation's previous Olympic appearances were under the name Ceylon.
SRI: NPC: Sri Lanka National Federation of Sports for the Disabled: Website: nfsd.wb.gs: in Paris, France August 28, 2024 () – September 8, 2024 () Competitors: 8 (7 men and 1 woman) in 3 sports: Flag bearers : Indika Gamage Janani Wickramasingha: Medals Ranked 75th: Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1: Summer Paralympics appearances
The New Zealand cricket team are touring Sri Lanka in September and then are scheduled to tour again in November 2024 to play the Sri Lanka cricket team. [1][2] The tour consists of two Test, three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [3] The Test series forms part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test ...
Sri Lankans will vote on Saturday for their next president, who will be key to deciding the future of reforms in a nation slowly emerging from worst financial crisis in decades. A critical ...
The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election was the ninth presidential election and was held on 21 September 2024. [3][4] Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe ran for re-election as an independent candidate, making him the first sitting president to run for re-election since Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015. [5][6][7] Other prominent candidates ...
Tourism is a key industry that attracts international tourists yearly. Foreigners visit Sri Lanka to see nature, wildlife, historical monuments, and indigenous culture. In 2018, tourist arrivals peaked at 2.5 million, who spent a total of US$5.6 billion in the country. However, the COVID-19 pandemic caused tourist numbers to decrease by 92% in ...
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured England in August and September 2024 to play three Test matches against the England cricket team. [1][2] The Test series formed part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. [3] In July 2023, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed the fixtures, as a part of the 2024 home schedule. [4][5]