Flashback 2017 - April 

Flashback 2017 - April 

Apr 1: Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 70 runs in the third ODI at SSC and leveled the three-match series 1-1

Apr 2: B.A. Sanjeewa won the CAT-Solar Pin Fernando Grand Prix Golf Championship and qualified to represent Sri Lanka at the Pakistan Amateur Championship

Apr 2: Sri Lanka U-23s, led by Angelo Perera, beat Pakistan U-23s by 5 wickets to win the ACC Emerging Cricket Tournament held in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Apr 2: Alcazaba, ridden by Aneel Kolthur, won the RTC Selvaratnam Challenge Trophy at the Racecourse in Nuwara Eliya

Apr 3: The Ministry of Sports banned three officials of Sri Lanka Badminton Association (SLBA), namely Suraj Dandeniya, Amal Dias and Ruwan Gallage, from representing the SLBA in the future, in accordance to the New Sports Regulations

Apr 4: Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 6 wickets to win the first T20 at R. Premadasa Stadium

Apr 4: Fair First Insurance won the 3x3 Basketball Championship 2017 conducted by the Mercantile Services Basketball Association, beating DFCC Bank 'B' by 9-7

Apr 5: HNB Grameen Finance beat Asia Asset by 1 wicket to win the MCA Division 'E' Cricket Championship

Apr 6: Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by 45 runs in the second T20 and leveled the two-match series 1-1

Apr 8: Colombo FC beat Java Lane 4-3 after a 1-all stalemate at fulltime to claim the City Football League President's Cup Championship

Apr 8: Mihiliya Methsarani and Ravindu Laksiri won the Women's and Men's Open Singles titles respectively  at the Premadasa Open Squash Championship 2017, held at the Sugathadasa Courts in Colombo

Apr 9: Driver Ashan Silva and rider Pramuka Sesath claimed the two main titles at the Lions Top Speed Motor Racing event held in Katukurunda

Apr 10: B.A. Sanjeewa won the CAT-Solar April Edition of Pin Fernando Grand Prix Golf Championship. This was the third consecutive occasion that he won the title 

Apr 16: Meheran ended the continuous winning streak of Alcazaba by claiming the RTC Magic Million Cup with a cash reward of Rs. One Million at the Racecourse in Nuwara Eliya

Apr 18: Banura Jayawardena and Nipuna Nuwan won triple championships at the 7th Mahaweli Reach Open Tennis Tournament

Apr 19: Sri Lanka Rugby named the Under-18 7s Rugby team for the Youth Commonwealth Games, under the captaincy of S. Thomas' College skipper Naveen Henakankanamge

Apr 19: Richmond College overcame Thurstan College by 8 wickets to win the Schools Division I Limited Overs Cricket Championship while St. Anne's College Kurunegala and Ananda Sasthralya claimed the Division II and Division III titles

Apr 22: Kingswood College beat Wesley College by a whisker 40-39 to win the 32nd annual rugby encounter playd for the L.E. Blaze Trophy at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy

Apr 22: Ashan Silva and Ishan Dassanayake won the Best Driver and Best Rider titles respectively at the 25th Fox Hill Supercross 2017 at Diyatalawa

Apr 23: George Louis Okona from the Philippines won the inaugural Sri Lanka Tea Cup International Cycle Race

Apr 23: Sri Lanka won a gold, silver and bronze medal each at the First Leg of the Asian Grand Prix Athletic Championship held in Xinhua, China. Indunil Herath won the gold medal in Men's 800m, while Himasha Eshan won the silver in Men's 100m and Gayanthika Abeyratne claimed the bronze in Women's 800m

Apr 28: Anura Rohana won the Pune Open Golf Championship 2017 at the Poona Club Golf Course

Apr 29: Alcazaba, ridden by jockey Y.S. Srinath, won the RTC Governor's Cup at the Racecourse in Nuwara Eliya

Apr 29: Colombo, led by Dinesh Chandimal, won the SLC Super Provincial Limited Overs Championship, beating Galle by 137 runs at the R. Premadasa Stadium

Apr 30: Two boys -- Ravishka Indrajith and Navodya Sankalpa -- and a girl -- Amishka Herath -- qualified for the IAAF Under-18 World Athletics Championship to be held in Nairobi, Kenya