The 7th Sheikh Fahad Hiroshima-Asia Sports Medicine and Science Award in line with the Asian Games 2022, by the Hiroshima City Sports Association, Hiroshima, Japan was awarded to Sri Lanka’s Dr. Chathuranga Ranasinghe at the General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on October 4 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Award winner Dr. Ranasinghe, a specialist in Sport and Exercise Medicine, is the Director of Sport Exercise Medicine Unit at the Faculty of Medicine of University of Colombo and a member of Medical Committee of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka.
This prestigious award is given to one scientist or doctor from Asia once in four years in line with Asian Games in recognition of the scientific/ medical contribution to the sport and achievements in the Asian region.
It’s a competitive award selected by an independent expert panel. It is awarded at the General Assembly of the OCA which is the mother organisation of all 45 National Olympic Committees in Asia which was held in Cambodia this term.
This award is given first time to a Sri Lankan and will give an international recognition to the country.
It will help to develop sports locally, build collaborations with the Asian countries for the development of sport, science and technology transfer, multilateral relations and promote health and wellbeing of the public of Sri Lanka.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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