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Major General Dr. Chelliah Thurairaja, USP, SLMC was a Sri Lankan military physician, Sri Lankan Army general and sportsman. He was the former Director of Army Medical Services and Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps. A triple international in basketball, badminton and golf, he is the only Sri Lankan to represent the country ...
View history; General ... Sri Lankan National Badminton Championships are officially held since the year 1953. ... Sri Lanka Badminton National Winners
Netball was first played in Sri Lanka in 1921. [10] The first game was played by the Ceylon Girl Guide Company at Kandy High School. [10] In 1927, netball was played at Government Training College for the first time. This helped spread the game around Sri Lanka. [10] In 1952, Sri Lankan clubs were playing Indian club sides. [10]
Sri Lanka; Association: Sri Lanka Badminton Association (SLBA) Confederation: BA (Asia) President: Rohan de Silva: BWF ranking; Current ranking: 66 5 (2 January 2024) Highest ranking: 24 (5 October 2017) Sudirman Cup; Appearances: 12 (first in 1989) Best result: Group stage: Asian Mixed Team Championships; Appearances: 2 (first in 2017) Best ...
Pathmasiri Niroshan Bandara Wijekoon (born 10 February 1964) is a Sri Lankan badminton player. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He is the first badminton player to represent Sri Lanka at the Olympic Games . Wijekoon held the Sri Lankan National Badminton Championships singles title for nine years (1983–1987 and 1989–1992).
The game was documented by Henry Parker in Ancient Ceylon: An Account of the Aborigines and of Part of the Early Civilisation (1909) with the name perali kotuwa or the war enclosure. [20] Parker mentions that it is also played in India. It closely resembles another game from Sri Lanka called Kotu Ellima. The two games use the same board which ...
The South Asian Games is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among athletes from South Asia.The South Asia Olympic Council, which was formed in 1983, governs it.The Games consist of seven countries, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
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