Flashback 2017 - July
Jul 1: Anura de Silva was re-elected as President of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka after a heated election
Jul 1: Kamburupitiya Maha Vidyalaya emerged champions at the L.V. Jayaweera Boxing Tournament held at Nawalapitiya
Jul 2: Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 7 wickets in the second ODI at Galle
Jul 3: St. Joseph's College and Mahamaya Girls School emerged overall champions of Boy's and Girls' categories respectively at the Sri Lanka Schools Age Group Swimming Championship
Jul 6: Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 8 wickets in the third ODI at Hambabtota
Jul 6: Nadeesha Lekamge won the gold medal in Women's Javelin Throw event at the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship in Bhubaneswar, India
Jul 7: J.M.D. Indika won the CAT-Solar July Edition of Pin Fernando Grand Prix Golf Championship
Jul 8: Zimbabwe beat Sri Lanka by 4 wickets in the fourth ODI at Hambabtota to level the series 2-2
Jul 9: Mobitel Eagles retained the Sri Lanka Super 7s Rugby Championship, a high profile tournament played among eight franchises featuring international and top local players
Jul 10: Zimbabwe beat Sri Lanka by 3 wickets to win the fifth ODI at Hambantota and clinch the series 3-2
Jul 10: Sri Lanka's K.W. Nimali was declared the winner of the Women's 800m final at the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship in India, after the hosting country's Archana Adhav was stripped of her gold medal due to infringement
Jul 11: Angelo Mathews stepped down from the captaincy of the national cricket team, after Sri Lanka's disastrous defeat 2-3 against Zimbabwe in ODIs
Jul 12: Sri Lanka Cricket officially named Dinesh Chandimal as Test captain and Upul Tharanga as ODI and T20 captain after Angelo Mathews stepped down from the captaincy
Jul 13: World Kite-surfing legend Ruben Lenten conducted a 5-day training programme for 32 local athletes at Kappalady Lagoon in Kalpitiya
Jul 14: Former Sri Lanka skipper Arjuna Ranatunga on Friday demanded an investigation into the country's 2011 World Cup final defeat by India amid allegations of match fixing
Jul 15: St. Thomas' College Matale and Nalanda College Colombo were declared joint champions in the Boy's segment after the final ended in a 1-all draw at the All-Island Schools Under-18 Hockey Championship 2017.
Jul 15: Sriyani Kulawansa was elected President of the Sri Lanka Olympians Association
Jul 16: Dinesh Priyantha Herath won the Silver medal in 400m T46 event at the World Para Athletic Championship in London, England
Jul 16: Sri Lanka lost six out of seven matches at the World Youth Netball Championship held in Botswana
Jul 16: Shirantha Peiris won the overall championships of the NSSF Trap Open and Skeet Open Shooting Championships
Jul 17: Kyle Abeysinghe created history by becoming the first Sri Lankan to win a Commonwealth medal after winning a silver medal in Boy's 100m at the 17th FINA World Swimming Championship held in Bahamas, Hungary
Jul 18: Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 4 wickets in the one-off Test match at the R. Premadasa Stadium
Jul 19: Sri Lanka Under-19 and P. de S. Kularatne Maha Vidyalaya fast bowler, Nipun Ransika was named the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 at the awards ceremony held at Nelum Pokuna
Jul 21: Sri Lanka Under-18s Rugby 7s team was placed fifth at the Commonwealth Youth Games 2017
Jul 22: Sri Lanka gained promotion to Asia/Pacific Oceania Zone Group II after Harshana Godamanne beat Qatar's Mubarak Shannan Zayed in the Group III Promotion Tie
Jul 22: Business Management School beat Saegis Campus by 9 wickets to win the Red Bull Campus Cricket National Final 2017
Jul 28: Football Federation of Sri Lanka lodged a complaint with the Cinnamon Garden Police, after uncovering its Accountant had transferred at least Rs. 28 million to his personal account from the FFSL accounts
Jul 29: India beat Sri Lanka by 304 runs to win the first Test at Galle
Jul 29: M.M. Mubeen beat Mohamed Fazil to won the Otter AC Open Snooker Championship
Jul 29: Chamila Kumara of Sri Lanka Telecom won the overall championship of SLT Speedup Cycling Tour 2017
Jul 30: Football Federation of Sri Lanka stated that it has relieved the national coaching staff from duties due to unavailability of international matches
Jul 31: Indika Prasad Silva became the only medal winner, claiming the gold medal at the South Asian Open Veterans' Table Tennis Championship 2017 held in Mt. Lavinia. He won the Men's Over-40 Singles
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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