ABU director of Sports writes to NOC chief
Mr. Hemasiri Fernando, The President National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka 15May 2012 Dear Hemasiri, Greeting to you! You can distribute the following to the media. I have been asked by two ABU members in Sri Lanka (CSN and MTV) to clarify the situation regarding broadcast rights to this year's London Olympic Games. The ABU [...]
MTV/MBC announces Olympic coverage
MTV/ MBC, billed as "The Champions Network" officially announced that the London 2012 Olympics will be broadcast in all channels belong to Maharaja group. "The Champions Network" will bring all the action from London, straight to your TV and radio, announced in Colombo. However, the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), which holds the exclusive rights for [...]
Illegal entries for zonal Meets
Three athletes who were billed to participate at the forthcoming Zonal meet from P.de S. Kularatne Vidyalaya had been illegally listed by another school for the same meet. Principal of the Kularatne Vidyalaya has a lodged a complaint to the authorities over the matter. It was revealed that another female athlete too has been [...]
I am shaking rocks in sports claims minister
“I am doing the biggest ever clean-up job of sports in this country these days. I am shaking those who stayed like the Sigiriya rock. I will remove anyone who is a hindrance to the development of sports, irrespective of their status” said Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage at a workshop held in Badulla yesterday. This [...]
Lankan Marathoner Indrajith Cooray achieves Olympic standard time
Sri Lankan long distance runner Anuradha Indrajith Cooray became the first Lankan to qualify for the London2012 Olympics by achieving the qualifying standard time at the 32nd LondonMarathon 2012 held on Sunday. The standard qualifying time for the London 2012 Olympics is 2 hrs 18 mins. Cooray clocked 2hrs 17 mins and 50 seconds and [...]
Appointment of IC was wrong says former athletics chief
Former president of the AASL Major General Palitha Fernando said the appointment of an Interim Committee for Athletics by the Minister of Sports was not the right thing do at a crucial time. “Though it is a wrong decision according to my view I will not go for legal action as it could jeopardise the [...]
Lanka gets ready for SAG in Delhi
A co ordinating office was declared open by the Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage in Colombo. This is done as part of preparations to face the forthcoming 12th South Asian Games to be held in New Delhi, India in February 2013. The Minister speaking on the occasion said that Sri Lanka will field competitors for [...]
Sri Lanka’s chances of hosting 2017 AYG looks bright
National Olympic committee chairman, Hemasiri Fernando, says that Sri Lanka has a greater chance of winning the hosting rights of 2017 Asian Youth Games. "Indonesia and Malaysia are too interested of hosting the games in 2017 but the NOC representatives of those countries have given me an assurance that they will support us in case [...]
Sri Lanka to bid for 2017 Youth Games
Sri Lanka has begun its campaign to host the Youth Asian Games in Hambanthota in 2017. National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Sri Lanka is already in touch with the Asian Olympic Council (AOC) regarding the 2017 games and President Mahinda Rajapaksa has agreed to give the fullest backing of the government in this cause. The [...]
Medal winners honoured
Members of the Civil Security Department who won medals at the recent first South Asian beach games held in Hambantota were awarded cash prices and promoted in rank. The gold medal in Beach relay and bronze medal in Life Saving games (200 m beach running, 300 m swimming and 200m beach running) were won by [...]
Delhi concerns may have spoiled Sri Lanka bid
Canadian concerns about problems at last year's Delhi Commonwealth Games may have spoiled the Sri Lankan city of Hambantota's hopes of staging the 2018 event, bid committee head Ajith Nivard Cabraal said on Tuesday. The Commonwealth Games Federation opted for Australia's Gold Coast by a 43-27 margin over Hambantota, the only other contender, in a [...]
SL Army General Service Corps emerge overall champions
Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps (SLAGSC) of Viru Daru Society clinched the overall championship while Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR) were runners-up and Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) placed third at the inaugural Army 'Viru Daru – 2011' (Children of War Heroes) Sports Festival held at the Diyagama Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium recently under the [...]
Sri Lanka urges CGF to look to emerging nations
Sri Lanka urged the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to look into ways of bringing the event to emerging nations after Hambantota lost out to Australia's Gold Coast in the bidding for the 2018 Games. The CGF opted for Gold Coast by a 43-27 margin over the Sri Lankan city, its only rival, in a vote [...]
Gold Coast to host 2018 Commonwealth Games
The Gold Coast city of Australia won its bid to host 2018 Commonwealth Games in 2018 by 43 to 27 votes against Hambanthota, Sri Lanka, on Friday. The vote was the last in the agenda of Commonwealth Games General Assembly meeting in the Caribbean. Two strong teams from Gold Coast city and Hambanthota were in [...]
Sri Lanka confident of winning 2018 Commonwealth Bid
The atmosphere is heating up in St. Kitts and Nevis where the voting for the 2018 Commonwealth Bid will take place, according to an official spokesman of the Ministry of Sports. The voting will take place at 5.45 p.m. at the Marriot Hotel, St. Kitts, on Friday (4.15 am Saturday Sri Lanka time). The Minister [...]
Sri Lankan officials seek support over the phone
Sri Lanka officials, in a desperate last minute attempt to win their bid to host 2018 Commonwealth Games, kept telephoning their counterparts in the Commonwealth on Wednesday. Sri Lankan officials seek the support of other commonwealth countries to win their bid and their last minute endeavor is to have a guarantee of the support over [...]
Deshitha and Kumari win youth cycle races
Deshitha Rajapaksa and Kumari Bandara won men and women cycle races respectively which were conducted in connection with national National Youth Games 2011. Deshitha finished the 120 km long Men's race in seconds before three hour mark while Kumari Bandara cycled 77 minutes to complete 40 km. About 180 men and women cyclists took part [...]
Sri Lanka placed second with nine golds
Sri Lanka beat India by 25-17 in the netball finals to win the ninth gold medal at the South Asian Beach Games held at Hambanthota on Friday. Sri Lanka placed second in the games with nine golds and India lead the medal tally. (Yohan Bhasura reporting from Hambanthota)
Sri Lanka men and women win Beach Volleyball gold
Sri Lanka men and women Beach Volleyball teams triumphed at the 1st South Asian Beach Games winning gold in both the categories in the games played last night under lights at Hambantota. Interestingly both the finals were a battle between the nation. In the women's final Sri Lanka team 1 got the better of Sri [...]
Gold and Silver assuared for Sri Lanka in Volleyball.
Sri Lanka man and women volleyball teams qualified for the finals assuaring gold and silver for Sri Lanka in the South Asian Beach Games held at Hambanthota on Thursday. The two finals between Sri Lanka 1 and Sri Lanka 2 teams will be held on Thursday evening. (By Yohan Bhasura reporting from Hambanthota)
