Sports News
4:50pm on Wednesday 30th September 2009
The national Decathlon champion Mohamad Sameera from the Air Force sports club taking part in the 87th National Athletic Championship, performed his personal best in four of the ten disciplines (long jump, shot-putt, pole volt and javelin) and aggregated 6342 points to lower the former national record established in 2006.The Air Force athlete’s participating in this championship ...
12:39pm on Monday 28th September 2009
Skipper at the SLAF men’s Volleyball team Cpl Taraka Abeykoon brought great honour to SLAF by selecting to lead the Sri Lanka Senior  men’s team at the 15 Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Tournament which is being held in Philippine from 26 Sep to 05 Oct 2009.Cpl Abeykoon one of the best quick attackers of the game had previously toured India, Qutar, Vietnam, Indonesia and P...
8:44pm on Sunday 27th September 2009
The first ever “Sigiriya Rally Cross” the newest addition to the countries motor racing arena, was flagged off this morning at a newly built track in Sigiriya. The specialty in this form of track was that it comprised the features of a ‘tar mach’ as well as the ‘gravel road’ with various obstacles of its kind. A participation of two Indian riders also added importance to the ...
6:44pm on Saturday 26th September 2009
The mighty Rathnam SC, one of the best teams in the game of soccer were beaten by the Air Force team 01nil, this evening(26 September 2009), in one of the Dialog Champion league matches played at the City Football League ground Colombo.Leading Air Craft man Chaminda managed to score the only goal in the match just few minutes after the kick off, which subsequently went on to be the winni...
3:03pm on Friday 25th September 2009
The airmen participating in the Division 1 Premier Cricket ODI Tournament beat Singha SC on 23 September 2009. This is the second match to be won by the SLAF Cricket team in this tournament. The game was interrupted from the start due to bad weather conditions and each team was restricted to play 37 overs each.The airmen winning the toss invited the opponents to bat first in which t...
1:03pm on Wednesday 23rd September 2009
Air Force Badminton player  Aircraftman Madusanka RSK (known as RS Kasun) defeated the no 2 ranked Sri Lanka Badminton player Diluka Karunarathne (One of Karunarathne brothers) this morning (23 September 2009) in the quarter finals of the Nationalized Services Badminton Open Tournament held  at the St Thomas’s collage indoor badminton courts. Further Kasun is due to play...
12:33pm on Wednesday 23rd September 2009
    The ‘Inter Unit Badminton Championships’ a annual feature in the SLAF sports calendar was concluded on 18 September 2009 at the SLAF Base Katunayake Sports Complex. The event is held annually amongst the SLAF Bases/Stations in view of promoting the game within the SLAF and selecting competent players to represent organization at national level. The Chief of St...
9:12pm on Saturday 19th September 2009
The SLAF Soccerites beat the mighty Saunders SC 2-1, when it played its fourth match in the Dialog Champion league, this evening (19 September 2009).The match was played at the City Football League ground Colombo, in which both teams scored a goal each when the whistle blew at half time. Later, in the second half the Airmen managed to score the winning goal, to read the final scores...
10:05am on Wednesday 16th September 2009
The SLAF Soccer team beat Old Bens SC 1 nil in its 3rd match of the Dialog Champion league last evening (16 September 2009).The match kicked off at the St. Benedict Collage grounds and both teams fought hard to get its break through goal in the first half, but neither was successful.However Gayan Kelum Perera from the SLAF managed to score the much awaited goal in the second half, w...
6:34pm on Tuesday 15th September 2009
The Karate senor national championships organised by the "Sri Lanka Karate Do Federation" was held on the 12th and 13th September 2009 at the Sports Ministry Indoor Stadium. The main purpose of the tournament was to choose suitable individuals to represent the country at International level Karate Tournaments.Over 300 competent participants inclusive of 16 Air Force personal took pa...
10:03am on Tuesday 15th September 2009
The Air Force team comprising of a relatively new outfit won One Gold medal, Four Silver medals and Two Bronze medals at the 25th National Rowing Championships which was concluded on 12th September at the Bolgoda Lake Rowing Club, Moratuwa. Thus, the SLAF team was placed 2nd in the Men’s Open and Men’s Over 19 categories behind S.Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia and the University ...
10:46am on Monday 14th September 2009
MM Mulafar scored five goals for the Air Force enabling them to have a comprehensive 5-1 victory against the Army SC, during the Defence services hockey finals held on 12th September 2009 at Nandrimithra Ekanayake international Hockey ground, Matale. Earlier in the tournament the Airmen went on to beat the Navy SC as 3 nil and the Army SC as 2-1, in order to be qualified for the fin...
12:53pm on Friday 11th September 2009
SLAF men's Volleyball team emerged victorious at the recently concluded All Island Open Volleyball Tournament held at Kurunagala on 05 and 06 Sep 2009.SLAF beat SL Navy team 2-0 in straight sets at the finals.Further following awards were won by the SLAF players.Best Player - 011830 Cpl Kumara MLAPBest Setter - 011322 Cpl Senadeera GJS...
1:39pm on Thursday 10th September 2009
Following two SLAF players were selected to represent the Sri Lanka Senior Women's team which is currently participating at the 15th Asian Senior Women's Vollyball championship at Hanoi, Vietnam.AW/1333    Sgt    Jayarathne SNA    -    Trainer/Lady ChaperonAW/01368    AC    Gunarathne KNM&nbs...
7:03pm on Tuesday 8th September 2009
The launching of ‘Sigiriya Rally Cross’ and press briefing regarding the same was held during morning hours of the day (08 September 2009) at the SLAF Head Quarters. Sri Lanka Association of Racing Drivers and Riders, better known as SLARDAR , a premier Motor racing organization in the country, conducting such events as the Foxhill, Gunners and Gajaba Supercross events, Rotherham Kat...
8:49am on Monday 7th September 2009
The SLAF soccerites had a great start to the Dialog Champions League with a remarkable 6-nil victory over Jupiters Sports Club- Negombo. At half time the Airmen led as the scores read 2-nil. The match which was played at the City Football League ground was a one sided game as the SLAF took charge of the entire game from the start itself.T. Damith Dissanayke and W.A. Sampath opened t...
12:43pm on Sunday 30th August 2009
The SLAF Ruggerites led 3 nil at the lemons but went down with pride, playing the knock outs against CR&FC. The SLAF showed guts and bravado, true to its legendry rugby history. The final scores that read 22 to CR & FC and 06 to the SLAF indeed did not do justice to the Air Force boys who fought hard and went down fighting. Suranga Arunashantha, put out two penalties of whic...
5:39pm on Wednesday 26th August 2009
The World Boxing Championship is scheduled to take place in Milan, Italy, from 31st August to 13th September, 2009. For this event, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has adopted a long evaluation process and has exercised extreme condition when selecting officials for the forthcoming World Championship. We are proud to say that  Group Captain Nishantha Dharmadasa from...
10:59am on Wednesday 26th August 2009
The 82nd annual ABA men's Clifford cup boxing meet 2009 was held from 21st to the 24th of august 2009 at the sugthadasa indoor stadium. Over 12 boxing clubs inclusive of the Air Force team participates at this event, in which 1 sliver and 3 bronze medals were secured by the Air Force. Lac Kumarasiri - Silver MedalLac Weerasingha - Bronze MedalLac Hemantha - Bronze MedalLac Rathnayaka - B...
9:10am on Monday 24th August 2009
The Sri Lanka Air Force Rowing team is presently under rigorous training for the forthcoming 25th National Rowing Championship Regatta with much enthusiasm. The team’s performance at the 24th National Rowing Championships in year 2008 was praiseworthy. The team was able to win two Gold medals, two Silver medals and three Bronze medals in the Men’s Open and Men’s Over 23 Catego...
5:46pm on Monday 17th August 2009
The annual Sri Lanka Air Force inter unit Kabadi tournament was held at the katunayake Gymnasium on 13 and 14 August 2009. This is an annual event aimed at selecting potential players to represent the Air Force at national as well as international levels. The finals too were worked out at the same venue, in which SLAF Base China bay beat SLAF BIA with the final score reading as 47-3...
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