Flashback 2017 - January
Jan 1: The Amateur Sepaktakraw Association revealed that it has obtained the blessings of Ministry of Sports to conduct an International Championship in Sri Lanka mid January
Jan 2: Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation announced that it intends to engage in seven international tournaments through 2017
Jan 3: Chilaw Marians and CCC took the lead of the two groups at the halfway stage of the SLC Premier League Cricket Championship
Jan: 4: Minister of Sports stated that he personally would like to replace Volleyball with Angampora or Elle as Sri Lanka's national sport
Jan 4: The Ministry of Sports and the Department of Sports launched the National Sports Calendar for 2017
Jan 5: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 282 runs to win the second Test match at Newlands, Cape Town. With the win South Africa claimed the three-match Test series 2-0
Jan 6: Kandy Municipal Council won the overall championship at the State Services Table Tennis Championship held in Point Pedro
Jan 6: The Dialog Champions League Super 8 football tournament, which was suspended for four months due to international commitments, recommenced
Jan 7: Lionel Samarajeewa of Central Province won the National Cross Country Race held in Nuwara Eliya. This was the fourth consecutive year he claimed the title
Jan 8: Sumendra Romesh of Prince of Wales College and Dilrukshi Samarakoon of Welimada Central College claimed the Boy's and Girls' championships respectively at the annual All-Island Schools 21km Road Race held in Hasalaka, Kandy
Jan 8: The Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 kicked off
Jan 8: Sri Lanka Netball Federation called in players for national Under-21 selection trials ahead of the World Youth Championship and the Asian Youth Championship
Jan 9: The Asian Tennis Tour for Men and Women, the first international competition to be hosted by Sri Lanka Tennis Association, began at Greenpath
Jan 10: Sri Lanka was named in Group 'A' alongside New Zealand, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Samoa for the 10-team World Youth Netball Championships to be held in Botswana in July
Jan 11: Sri Lanka Cricket named a 14-member Women's squad under the captaincy of Inoka Ranaweera for the Women's World Cup Qualifiers
Jan 12: Tissa Central College Kalutara won the Inter-School Under-13 Division I Cricket Tournament. They overcame Prince of Wales College Moratuwa in the decider match
Jan 13: R.J. Edwards and Ruwan Satharasinghe represented Sri Lanka at the 2nd Kata and Kumite Referee Seminar held in Dubai
Jan 14: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 118 runs at the New Wanderers in Johannesburg and inflicted whitewash in the 3-match Test series
Jan 14: Neyara Weerawansa won the Girls' Singles final on Week 1 of the ITF Asia 14 and Under Tennis Division II Championship played in Bangkok, Thailand
Jan 15: Indians Kunal Anand and Karunuday Singh reached the final of the Asian Tennis Tour Men's Week 2 final at SLTA, Colombo
Jan 15: Former Sri Lanka, Police SC and Isipathana College flyhalf, Nizam Jamaldeen was re-elected as President of Sri Lanka Rugby Referees' Society for the fourth consecutive year
Jan 16: Sri Lanka National Hockey squad left for Malaysia to attend a week's training programme ahead of the World League Round 2
Jan 16: Kumudu Prasanna made history by becoming the first Sri Lankan to record a win at the MX Muay Thai Extreme Competition in Bangkok, Thailand
Jan 17: India won the overall championship at the 2nd Asian Sepaktakraw Championship held at the St. Joseph's College Indoor Stadium in Colombo.
Jan 17: Sri Lanka Cricket President, Thilanga Sumathipala summoned an Emergency Meeting at the SLC Headquarters to discuss and review on Sri Lanka's 0-3 whitewash in the Test series against South Africa
Jan 17: Royal College HC beat Old Bens HC by 6-4 to clinch the Colombo District Knockout Hockey Championship played for the Bacon Cup at the Astro Turf in Torrington
Jan 18: Prasad Samarasinghe, the President of Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka, tendered his resignation, which became effective from November end, 2016. Samarasinghe was elected in 2015 and his tenure would have come to an end on March 31, 2017
Jan 19: The Ministry of Sports reveled that Ratnapura has been picked to host the 43rd National Sports Festival, scheduled to be held in September
Jan 20: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the first T20 match at Centurion
Jan 20: Colombo Football Club qualified for the AFC Cup Inter-Club Asia Zone Football Championship to be held in India from January 31
Jan 20: Sri Lanka's Thisuri Molligoda won the Women's Singles at the Week 1 of the Asian Tennis Tour played at the SLTA Courts in Colombo
Jan 20: Devapathiraja College Ratgama beat Anula Vidyalaya Nugegoda by 8 wickets to win the Singer Under-19 Girls' Cricket Championship 2016/2017. The final was played at Campbell Park
Jan 21: The Football Federation of Sri Lanka suspended Sri Lanka Army player M.A. Ashikur Rahman for three matches after Renown SC made a protest that he is an ineligible player
Jan 21: Seylan Band beat HNB 44-41 to win the SriLankasports.com Netball Championship held at the St. Joseph's College Indoor Stadium in Colombo
Jan 22: Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 3 wickets in the second T20 at Johannesburg
Jan 22: Sri Lanka Cricket revealed that it intends to host an International Cricket Tournament to celebrate Sri Lanka's 70th year of independence in 2018
Jan 22: Hameed Al-Husseinie College beat Maris Stella Cllege Negomby by 5-4 on penalties to win the President's Cup at the 10th Inter-School Invitational Football Tournament 2017 at the Sugathadasa Stadium, after scoreless fulltime
Jan 22: Walkers-Whittal won the overall championship at the 32nd Travel Trade Sports Club Swimming Championship held at the Thurstan College Swimming Complex
Jan 23: Chilaw Marians and Ragama CC topped the two groups at the SLC Premier League Cricket Tournament
Jan 24: Shoken Narita, the President of Asian Canoe Congress and the Japan Canoe Federation made a goodwill visit to Sri Lanka
Jan 24: Thisuri Molligoda claimed the Women's Single title of the Asian Tennis Tour Week 2 played at the SLTA Courts in Colombo
Jan 25: Sri Lanka won the third and final Twenty20 match against South Africa by 5 wickets at Cape Town and clinched the three-match series 2-1
Jan 25: Citizens Development Business (CDB) Bank clinched the MCA Division 'D' Championship after beating Kanrich Finance by 2 wickets
Jan 25: Sri Lanka Cricket named Upul Tharanga as the captain for the 5-match ODI series against South Africa, after regular skipper Angelo Mathews returned to the island sustaining an injury
Jan 25: Chamila Karawita and Bandara Manike emerged victorious in Men's and Women's categories respectively at the inaugural National Sumo Championship held at the YMCA Building in Colombo, Fort
Jan 28: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets to win the first ODI played at Port Elizabeth. Sri Lanka posted 181 runs and South Africa chased down the target with 94 deliveries to spare
Jan 28: Sri Lanka Under-19s thrashed South Africa Under-19s by 77 runs to win the Youth Tri-Nation Tournament at Paarl. Sri Lanka was beaten thrice by South Africa but they reached final after beating Zimbabwe thrice
Jan 29: Royal Colombo Golf Club players Vinod Weerasinghe, Kayla Perera and Niresh Tejwani won the Gold, Silver and Bronze Divisions respectively at the National Junior Golf Ranking Tournament held at The Ridgeways
Jan 29: AAN Sports of Pakistan beat Ali's Warriors by 7 wickets to win the 2nd Ali's International Cricket Premier (ICPL) T20 Tournament at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo
Jan 30: Narahenpitage Amarapadma won the CAT-Solar Grand Prix Golf January edition
Jan 30: Kalutara PCC and Panadura SC, two of the leading Premier League cricket clubs in the country, were charged with match-fixing allegations after their SLC Premier Tier 'B' match found to be played under suspicous circumstances. The incident sparked off upon table leaders of Premier League 'B' Division, Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), made a protest to Sri Lanka Cricket
Jan 31: Mohun Began SC of Kolkata, India, beat Colombo FC of Sri Lanka 2-1 in the AFC Inter-Club Football Championship qualifier match played at the Racecourse ground in Colombo
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has interdicted Colombo Fort Magistrate Kosala Senadheera.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
The Supreme Court today refused interim relief in an application filed by President’s Counsel Senaka Walgampaya seeking an Order from the Supreme Court compelling the President to appoint judges to fill the existing vacancies in the Court Of Appeal.
The deadline for online applications to the 2024 G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) Examination has been extended until July 12, the Department of Examinations said.
Gazette on new speed limit regulations to be issued within two weeks
Cabinet has approved a proposed amendment to the Constitution that a referendum would be required to extend the Presidential and Parliamentary term beyond five years.
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