Sports News
The ‘Hero Cup Wrestling Championship 2025’ was conducted at the NM Perera Prajamandala Hall, Wanathamulla, from 26 to 28 September 2025.The SLAF Women’s Wrestling Team emerged Overall Champions – 2025, securing seven Gold and four Silver medals.In addition, Leading Aircraftwoman Rathnayake RMKM was awarded the ‘Best Technical Women Wrestler' Trophy for the year 2025...
The Inter Unit Karate Championship 2025 was held at the Health Management Center, Thummulla, from 17 September to 18 September 2025. The Awards Ceremony took place at the same venue yesterday (18 September 2025).The event was graced by the Director General General Engineering, Air Vice Marshal Indika Wickramasinghe as the Chief Guest.SLAF Station Sri Jayewardenepura emerged as the Men’...
The Inter Unit Elle Championship – 2025 was concluded yesterday (15 September 2025) at Athletic Ground SLAF Base Katunayake with a colourful awarding ceremony. The Director General Logistics, Air Vice Marshal Gladwin Athapaththu graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. SLAF Base Katunayake secured the Men’s Championship, while the SLAF Trade Training School Ekala claimed the ...
The SLAF participated in the National Pentathlon Challenge 2025, held on 13 September 2025 at the Pearl Bay Sports Complex, Bandaragama. The event, organized by the Modern Pentathlon Federation of Sri Lanka (MPFSL), featured five disciplines: swimming, fencing, obstacle, running and shooting.SLAF athletes performed commendably across several categories. Flying Officer Isiwaruna...
A five-player squad from the SLAF Chess Team participated in the 9th Negombo International Chess Festival 2025, held from 3 to 8 September 2025 at Wasana Resort, Kandana. After completing nine rounds of chess against 328 participants, the Air Warriors secured the championship title in the Mercantile category.The awards presentation was held today(8 September 2025) at the tournament venue...
The Inter Unit Squash Tournament 2025 was held at the Air Force Squash Complex, Ratmalana from 01 to 04 September 2025. The SLAF Station Sri Jayewardenepura team, led by Air Vice Marshal Rjinth Jayewardene, emerged as the Champions of the Inter Unit Squash Championship 2025, while the SLAF Academy China Bay team secured the Runners-Up position.The Acting Director General of Training, Air...
The SLAF Inter Unit Cycling Championship 2025 was held yesterday (29 August 2025) at SLAF Station Katukurunda. SLAF Station Sri Jayewardenepura clinched the Men’s Championship, while SLAF Academy China Bay claimed the Women’s Title. Regiment Wing of SLAF Base Katunayake and SLAF Trade Training School Ekala finished as runners up in the Men’s and Women’s categories, respectiv...
The Headquarters Officers’ Sports Fiesta 2025 was successfully conducted yesterday (28 August 2025) at Riffle Green Grounds, Colombo with the participation of a large gathering of officers. The event was graced by the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Bandu Edirisinghe, as the Chief Guest. The Chief of Staff, Air Vice Marshal Lasitha Sumanaweera and the Deputy Chief of Staff, Air...
The Boxing Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) organized Men's and Women's "Intermediate Boxing Championship-2025" which was held from 18 August 2025 to 21 August 2025 at the Royal MAS Boxing Arena, Colombo 07. The SLAF Boxing team participated and excelled flying colours by winning six Gold, four Silver and two Bronze medals at this Championship. The leading Boxing teams of the country incl...
SLAF Javelin thrower, Aircraftman Tharanga PR, who recently established a new National Record, called on the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Bandu Edirisinghe, at Air Force Headquarters yesterday (18 August 2025) prior to his departure to represent Sri Lanka at the World Throwing Championships 2025 in Mokpo, South Korea.The prestigious championship is scheduled to be held on 21 a...