The fifth Defence Services Games was ceremonially declared open by the Secretary to the Treasury Dr PB Jayasundara this evening at the Sugathadasa Outdoor Stadium. The sportsmen and women of the Army Navy and Air Force compete for supremacy in twenty nine sporting disciplines, and the event is held annually. This year the event is hosted by the Sri Lanka Navy. The Chief of Defence Staff ...

Sri Lanka Air Force participating after 25 years, in the 55th National Bodybuilding Championship won the overall championship after securing 8 out of 9 weight classes held. The preliminary round of the event was held at the YMCA Colombo auditorium and Trinity College, Kandy on November 13 & 14, 2009 respectively.The sport of Bodybuilding which had been neglected in the SLAF for ...

The SLAF qualified to play in the Dialog Champions League soccer tournament after beating Don Bosco SC, 2-1 this evening (15 November 2009) at the City League Ground Colombo. Both teams wanting to get in to the finals very badly played aggressively from the kickoff. However, the soggy ground due to over night showers seemed to have a considerable impact on the players. As both teams...

The Defence services Volleyball Men’s and Women’s championships were worked out at the Maharagama Youth Center, this morning (09 November 2009). Surprisingly both final matches were between the Sri Lanka Air Force and Sri Lanka Navy teams who are reputed as strong teams in the country.However in the women’s final the SLAF team beat the Navy team 25-05, 25-17 and 25-12 respecti...

Ishara Madurangi of Sri Lanka Air Force won the 63rd National Table Tennis Championship held at the St Thomas’ indoor stadium recently (8 November 2009).  Ruhansi Wijekoon and Rohan Sirisena of Sri Lanka Air Force also won the mixed doubles event.  Results of the SLAF players are as follows.Open Women’s SinglesIshara Madurangi of Sri Lanka Air Force beat Nuwani Navod...

The Defence services women’s Karate championship was held for the first time in history at the Sri Lanka Air Force Base in door stadium recently (06 November 2009). The event was held in 03 disciplines namely Kumite in under 50, 55, 61 and over 61 weight categories, individual Kata and team kata respectively.The women from the SLAF managed to lead the points table with 32 points ...

This evening the SLAF beat the Navy Sports Club six points to five from two penalties against one try in the first of the Defence Services Rugby matches worked off at the Army Grounds in Colombo. The game was close but the SLAF prevailed playing an attacking game and defending well to finally win with a slim margin. The margin though not showing the grit and commitment of the Airmen...

The Sri Lanka Air Force cycle team participating in the Maurice Coomerawel Criterium cycle race held at the Viharamadevi Park, won the entire championship for the 3rd consecutive occasion after scoring 65 points yesterday (01 November 2009). SLAF champion cyclist Jeewan jayasinghe came first in the race whilst becoming the best sprinter as well. The 3rd and 6th places of the race we...

The Sri Lanka Air Force won the Defence Services weight lifting championship after earning 30 points in 08 disciplines recently. Airman Wijerathna competing at this event managed to brake the former national record of 133 Kg for the Snatch lift in the over 105 weight class, after lifting 134 Kg. Mean while Airmen Samarasekara set a new Defence Services record in the over 94 weight c...

Corporal Kalpani recoded 3 goals in order enable the Sri Lanka Air Force womens water polo team emerge Defence Services champions this evening (29 October 2009) by beating the Sri Lanka Navy team 4 goals to 2. The Air Force water polo team has maintained their victorious record since the year 2005 when the game was first introduced to a championship of this nature....

The Air Force Netball team became the Defence Services Netball champions this afternoon (29 October 2009) as they beat the Sri Lanka Army team 42 to 36 (10-10, 09-11, 13-06 & 10-04). The Air force team has maintained their victorious record since the year 2000 and there on which they have won the said championship on 09 consecutive occasions.Earlier in the tournament the Air Force wo...

Sri Lanka Air Force Tennis team emerge champs in the Defence Service Tennis Championships which was held 26th, 27th, and 28th of October, 2009 at the Tunmulla Sports Complex, Colombo.The Air Force team won 9 out of 14 games at this event. The points table of the event is as follows:Sri Lanka Air Force – 49 pointsSri Lanka Navy – 20 pointsSri Lanka Army – 07 points   ...

Airwoman Anusha Prasadika competing in this years Australasia 3Gun championship in the Philippines made her country proud by becoming the over all ladies champion of the competition whilst winning the gold medal at the Ladies Rifle course of fire.Mean while Corporal Abeywardana from the Sri Lanka Army  won the gold medal in the Men’s Rifle course of fire and Haritha Pilapitiy...

The SLAF soccer team have secured a place in the semi finals of the Dialog Champions League as they ended up in a nil all draw against Saunders SC, this evening (17 October 2009) at the City League Ground Colombo. The Airmen have played four matches in the second round of this tournament, having won two and drew two matches so far with one more match to be played. In today’s game both...

Airmen sanjeewa scored his 6th consecutive goal, becoming the 3rd most scorer, in the Dialog Champion league as the Air force soccer team beat the Old Bens SC 4-1 this evening (22 October 2009). Just after 16 minutes of play Anthony Prabath from the Old Bens SC the first half of the game.However from thereon the situation changed as Chanaka Fernando scored the first goal in the 47th minu...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Rugby team and its skipper have been nominated to compete in the poll which has been appearing on the Sunday Observer , Daily News and Daily Dinamina  news papers for the past for the past 03 weeks. However, this week ending from 25th October 2009 being the final week for this competition Squadron Leader Kosala Ranasinghe has been placed 4th with 6541 vo...

Ishara Madurangi of SLAF won the Ping Pong Academy Women’s Title during the All Island Open Ranking Table Tennis Championship held on 17th & 18th October 2009 at St. Thomas’ Indoor Stadium Mt Lavinia.The Results of the Finals are as follows:Open Women’s Singles: Ishara Madurangi of Sri Lanka Air Force beat Tharunya Sashini of Sri Devananda College Ambalangoda 12/10 , 11/0...

The formidable Defence services XV will scrum down against the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) presidents XV for the president Mahinda Rajapaksha Trophy at the Navy grounds Welisara this evening.Yoshitha Rajapaksha, Flanker will lead the defence services XV and Pradeep Liyanage will be his counter part in today's encounter. Both teams will be very aggressive as this will be the fi...

Airmen played against the Sri Lanka Navy SC in a 03 day (15, 16 & 17 October 2009) cricket match in the Premier League Tournament at the Riffle green which resulted in a draw. The Sailors winning the toss opted to bat scoring 255 all out, and in response the Airmen managed to score only 204. Coming to bat in the second innings the Sailors scored 299 all out. Thereafter the...

The SLAF Soccerites playing against the unbeaten Renown SC in the Dialog Champions League, soccer tournament settled for a 1 all draw last evening (17 October 2009) at the City League Ground Colombo.Both teams played really well from the kick off it self to score the first goal and open their scoring, in which Mohamed Nazir from Renown SC succeeded in the 23rd minute of the game. Fr...

The Australasia 3Gun Championship organized by the international practical shooting confederation is scheduled to be held from 17 to 29 October 2009. The event will be hosted in the Philippines by the Philippine practical shooting association, in which they plan to conduct courses of fire in all three disciplines namely Handgun, Shotgun and Rifle.A total of 10 participants and 03 other o...