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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.
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: 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
Culturally, Sri Lanka possesses strong links to both India and Southeast Asia. [1] For over 2,500 years, India and Sri Lanka have nurtured a legacy of historical, cultural, religious, spiritual, and linguistic connections. The country has a rich artistic tradition, with distinct creative forms that encompass music, dance, and the visual arts.
March 12, 2024 at 4:30 AM. A general view of a cricket ball (Getty Images) Follow live coverage of Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka from the Sri Lanka in Bangladesh 2024 today. The ICC Test Championship ...
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]
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 Lanka, [ b ] historically known as Ceylon, [ c ] and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.