Flashback 2017 - September

Flashback 2017 - September

Sep 1: Sri Lanka failed to seal direct qualification for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 after failing to record two wins against India in a home series. Sri Lanka had to wait for the final outcome of the West Indies vs England ODI series to determine their fate

Sep 2: The Dialog Champions League 2017, one of Sri Lanka's top football competitions, officially kicked off

Sep 2: Ranaviru Sevana beat Shakthi SC by 1 wicket to win the 6th Dilmah Challenge Trophy National Blind Cricket Tournament 2017

Sep 2: Olympic athlete Manjula Kumara Wijesekera and E.W.U. Rathnakumari won the Men’s and Women’s Best Athlete Award respectively at the 95th National Athletics Championships

Sep 2: Sri Lanka beat Philippines 32-19 to win the Plate Championship in the first leg of the Asian 7s Rugby Series at Kings Park in Hong Kong

Sep 3: India beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets to win the fifth ODI and the series 5-0 at R. Premadasa Stadium

Sep 5: Panadura SC and Kalutara PCC, the two First Class club cricket teams involved in match-fixing, have been found guilty in one of three charges. Both teams faced a suspension for a period of one year from cricket

Sep 6: India beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets to win the only T20 match at the R. Premadasa Stadium

Sep 7: Shafraz Junaid and Akhry Ameer won the KORAC TSD Night Rally 2017 held in Kandy

Sep 8: Sri Lanka Power-lifting champions Darin Weerasinghe and Ransilu Jayathilake emerged winners at the first round of the National Raw Powerlifting Championship held at Bandaragama Youth Centre

Sep 9: Sri Lanka named a 28-member pool for the Asian Hockey Federation Challenge Cup to be held later in 2017

Sep 10: Seylan Bank and MAS Holdings won the Mercantile Knockout Table Tennis Championship 2017

Sep 11: Sri Lanka's Milan Andra Hennadige won the runner-up title at the annual Covelong Surf Point Competition held in Kovalam, Chennai, India

Sep 12: Sachin de Silva retained the main title at the 96th Royal Colombo Golf Club Championship

Sep 16: Ashan Silva and Jacque Gunawardene won the Best Driver and Best Rider titles respectively at the Gajaba Supercross 2017 at Saliyapura

Sep 16: Prosperous Capital SC and Omega Line SC emerged Division I champions at the Mercantile Volleyball Tournament’s men’s and women’s finals

Sep 16: U.V.K. Madirika of Kalutara Youth Club set up a new meet record at the 29th National Youth Games Women’s Race Walking event in Anuradhapura

Sep 16: North West University of South Africa beat Business Management School of Sri Lanka to win the Red Bull World Campus Cricket Championship 2017 at Galle

Sep 17: Former national fast bowler Graeme Labrooy was appointed as the Head of the new Selection Committee by Sri Lanka Cricket

Sep 17: J.M.D. Indika won the September Pin Fernando Grand Prix Golf Championship

Sep 19: Sri Lanka Cricket named its new Selection Committee by appointing former players Gamini Wickramasinghe, Jeryl Woutersz, Sajith Fernando and Asanka Gurusinha with Graeme Labrooy as Chairman

Sep 20: Sri Lanka men's and women's 7s teams won the Plate championships at the Second Leg of the Asian 7s Rugby Series in South Korea

Sep 20: Sri Lanka qualified for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 after West Indies failed to win the quoted number of ODI matches against England 

Sep 21: Sri Lankan athletes won four medals -- a gold, two silver and a bronze -- at the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2017 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The gold medal was won by Gayanthika Abeyratne in the Women's 800m final while Indunil Herath and Amila Jayasiri claimed the two silver medals

Sep 22: The Association of Cricket Umpires Sri Lanka celebrated its 74th Anniversary, by moving to a new Head Quarters at P. Saravanamuttu Cricket Stadium

Sep 23: Uva Rhinos beat Colombo Dragons 1-0 to win the inaugural Masters' Hockey League 2017 played for the Signature Cup

Sep 23: Sri Lanka Navy won the overall title at the 32nd Sri Lanka Rowing Championship held at Diyawanna Rowing Centre in Rajagirya

Sep 24: Sri Lanka won the Plate Championship, beating Malaysia 43-7 at the second leg of the Asian Sevens Series in South Korea

Sep 24: Ukrainian Eric Vanshel Boin, who is based in Spain, annexed the Boy's title at the ITR Junior tournament worked off at the SLTA counts in Colombo

Sep 24: SriLankan Airlines won the Open Team and Veteran Team titles at the 22nd Travel Trade Sports Club Badminton Championship 2017

Sep 25: With a tally of 7 medals Southern Province won the overall championship at the 43rd National Sports Festival

Sep 26: Chandrika de Silva won the silver medal in the Women's Over-40 Singles at the World Senior Badminton Championship held in Kochin, India

Sep 27: Kumar Sangakkara retired from First Class cricket after playing his final match for Surrey against Lancashire in England

Sep 28: Sri Lanka played their first Day/Night Test match against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi

Sep 29: The Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka Badminton Federation was put on hold on a court order after four affiliate clubs took matter to courts

Sep 30: Gampaha District retained the overall title for the second successive year at the National Youth Sports Festival held at the North Central Province Sports Complex in Anuradhapura

Sep 30: Bathiya Ekanayake, a 17-year-old rugby player of Trinity College Kandy collapsed while a pre-season training session and was later pronounced dead