Sports News
4:11pm on Saturday 20th November 2010
Sri Lanka Air force Special Operations Group Vanni and SLAF Station Diyatalawa won the mens and womens Championships at the inter unit volleyball tournament held from 08th to 19th November at the SLAF Base Katunayaka. In the mens tournament, SLAF Academy Chinabay beat SLAF Base Ratmalana Tech Formation (16/25 - 25/22 - 25/16 - 25/20) whilst in the second semi finals Special Operatio...
5:38pm on Thursday 18th November 2010
The SLAF emerged triumphant at the 50th National Judo Championship, emerging champions in the women’s category and runners up in men’s, held on 12,-14th November, 2010, at the Sri Lanka Judo Association Stadium in Colombo.Chief Guest at the event was Japanese Ambassador Mr. Kumio Thkahashe.Twenty judo societies from around the Island took part in the competition which saw 200 m...
6:09pm on Friday 12th November 2010
Sri Lanka Air Force karatekas’ emerged overall Champions of the Senior National Karate Tournament yesterday (11th November 2010) at the Albert F. Pieris Indoor stadium at Wennappuwa. The tournament was held on 10th and 11th November 2010 where over 2000 competitors from 30 Karate societies  participated to compete under mens and womens categories. During the tournament ...
5:55pm on Tuesday 2nd November 2010
SLAF Athletes Corporal Manjula Kumara and Airwoman Chandrika Rasnayake made their mark on the 36th National Sports Festival by becoming the best athletes in the men’s and women’s categories respectively.Corporal Manjula Kumara was named as the best athlete in the field events for his record breaking performance in the men’s high jump event. The Asian Championships gold medalist sha...
10:19am on Monday 25th October 2010
Sri Lanka Air Force Badminton Champion Niluka Karunaratne who is the No. 1 ranked player in Sri Lanka, did a clean sweep of the titles at the North Central Province Open Championships held in Anuradhapura from the 21-23 of October 2010. This tournament was authorized by the Sri Lanka Badminton Association as a Ranking tournament. Niluka Karunaratne has proven his dominance in the B...
2:41pm on Thursday 21st October 2010
Corporal Pubudu Ekanayaka and Corporal Asanka Pradeep of Sri Lanka Air Force won the Bronze Medal at the Xianning Open Asian Beach Volleyball Championships held last week from 14 to 17 October in China.Organized by the Asian Beach Volleyball Confederation, the tournament saw the participation of almost all beach volleyball playing nations from the continent vying for the top spot.F...
2:28pm on Thursday 21st October 2010
Sri Lanka Air Force Under 25 Men’s teams defeated Navy 3 sets to 1 emerging champions in the Rupavahini Trophy All Island Volley Ball Tournament finals on 17 October 2010 at National Youth Services Council Courts, Maharagama. Top 80 teams from all parts of the island took part in the tournament which saw the teams from SLAF, Army, Navy and National Youth Services being selected fo...
5:06pm on Wednesday 20th October 2010
Sri Lanka Armed Forces team bagged seven Bronze medals,being placed in seven out of the ten events participated at the 53rd World Military Boxing Championship 2010.The team which consisted of Air Force, Army and Navy competed at the Championship which was held from 08 to 17 October 2010 at the Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, USA.From the 10 boxers who competed in the tou...
6:08pm on Wednesday 13th October 2010
Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayaka Tech Formation (men) and SLAF Colombo (women) emerged champions in the Inter Unit Basket ball championship 2010.The Tournament held from 06th to 12th October 2010 at the SLAF Ekala.In the mens event, Tech Formation  defeated  SLAF Colombo  (69 – 59 points) whilst Colombo women defeated the BIA  (25 – 21 points) to become  c...
5:01pm on Tuesday 12th October 2010
Sri Lanka Air Force Hockey team clinched the Dialog- Wijaya All Island 09 A side Hockey Championship 0n 09th October 2010 at the Nandimithra Ekanayaka International Hockey ground at Matale.  22 leading teams around the island took part in the tournament. In the semi finals SLAF defeated the army team whilst Navy defeated the Police team to enter the finals.During the final enco...
4:41pm on Wednesday 6th October 2010
Sri Lanka Armed Forces combined Boxing team will leave f or USA on 07 October to participate in the 53rd World Military Boxing Championship 2010. The Championship will be held from 08th to 17th October at the Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, USA.The Lankan team will be faced off against competitors from 15 countries including United States of America, India, Kazakas...
7:06pm on Monday 4th October 2010
04 members from SLAF Women’s Cricket  team will participate in the ICC Women’s Challenge Tournament that will take place in South Africa.The tournament which will be worked  off in Potchefstroom, South Africa from 05th to 17th October, 2010 will be the first of its kind and will be jointly hosted with Cricket South Africa.Women’s teams ranked between fifth and 10th i...
2:36pm on Wednesday 29th September 2010
Sri Lanka Air Force Men and Women emerged Champions in the Defence Services Volleyball Championship. The finals were worked off yesterday (27th September 2010) at the indoor courts at the Ambeypussa Army Camp.The spectators had an opportunity to witness  a thrilling final between SLAF and the Navy. In the first match  the Air Women  won the first set 25-11. The women...
4:22pm on Monday 27th September 2010
The Defence Services Weight lifting Championship was worked out on 23rd September 2010 at the Panagoda Army camp premises. In this event the mens and womens ( trial ) championship was won by the SLAF. Corporal Bandara WGK and Air Craftswoman Peduruarachchi SD were adjudged the Best Lifters of the male and female categories.The points table and the results are as followsMENS  ...
3:40pm on Monday 27th September 2010
The Defence Services Rowing Championships – 2010 was successfully concluded on the waters of the Bolgoda Lake on 21st September 2010.This event created history in Sri Lankan Rowing as it was the first ever rowing regatta conducted exclusively between the Armed Forces. The event was competed between the Sri Lanka Air Force and the Sri Lanka Navy Rowing teams and was held as a Trial...
11:48am on Saturday 25th September 2010
Sri Lanka Air Force men and the Navy women won the respective Championships at  Defence Services Badminton held at  the Royal College Indoor Stadium on 21st September 2010. During the event, men and women of the tri services fought against each other to to be crowned the champions.In the Men’s event, with 07 wins SLAF secured  the Gold whilstThe Army (5 wins) and Navy (0...
1:48pm on Thursday 23rd September 2010
The Sri Lanka Air Force Netball team became the 2nd Runner up in the National Netball tournament 2010. The tournament was held during 18th and 19th September 2010 at the Nittawela grounds, Kandy.Thirteen teams, including all best in the island took part with only Seylan Bank and HNB outdoing the SLAF girls.During the tournament the SLAF defeated Girls High School  Kandy, Kurun...
3:22pm on Thursday 16th September 2010
The first ever hand ball tournament of which Defence Services engaged, took place at the Royal College Sports Complex yesterday (15th September 2010).The Army played against the Navy in the first match where the soldiers took the upper hand from the beginning and dominated the entire match by scoring 24 against the Navy’s 08 goals. Corporal Rathnayaka MMNHC of the Army scored 07 goals....
2:17pm on Thursday 16th September 2010
The Air Force Rowing team participating at the 26th National Rowing Championships and rowed in style to emerge Champions of the Men’s Over 19 Category and were awarded the Major General Percy Fernando Memorial Trophy.In addition the team also emerged as Runners up in the Men’s Open category. The SLAF "over 19" team won three gold medals out of four events it participated  in whi...
4:10pm on Wednesday 8th September 2010
SLAF Special Operations Group  Wanni clinched a 21 run win over SLAF Ampara at the Air Force Inter Unit Cricket finals held yesterday (September 7) at the Rifle Green.The keenly contested match saw Ampara win the toss and inviting the team from Wanni to bat first. LAC Perera displayed some excellent strokes, notching up a remarkable 57 runs to become the top scorer. AC Madusanka als...
4:07pm on Tuesday 7th September 2010
“Blue, blue, blue” was the thunderous cheer heard last evening (September 6) from the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium as Sri Lanka Air Force won the all round championship of the boxing finals at the Defence  Services Games 2010.Showcasing a dominant presence in seven out of the ten weight categories, the highly technical performances demonstrated by the boys in blue, ensured them a ...
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