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Indeepa remains unbeaten at half way mark
SL Youth Chess Grand Prix 2020
Dimuth Indeepa Samaraweera of D.S. Senanayake College drew his game with Vinuda Shenal Gunathilake (Royal College) to lead Group ‘Y’ with 4 ½ points at the half way mark of the Sri Lanka Youth Chess Grand Prix 2020. Samaraweera is enjoying a one point lead against Vinuda Shenal and Lalindu Sathmina of Isipatana College. They are tied for the second place with 3 ½ points.
In a closely contested Group ‘X’ D.S. Senanayake trio Maleesha Savindu Weeratunge, Pesandu Liyanage and Senuka Ahangama are tied with Nabil Nazar of Gateway College for the top position. They have three points each.
The Inaugural Sri Lanka Youth Chess Grand Prix 2020 started at the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka on Saturday (7) and will progress till August 18. The event, which is conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka will offer cash awards worth Rs. 55,000.00. The next phase of the Grand Prix will be held from 15 to 18 at the CFSL Head Quarters at Nugegoda.
The event is conducted according to a new format with 20 leading Under 14 chess players in the country competing in two groups of equal strength. After the round robin stage the winners and the runners-up of the two groups will advance to the knockout stage where they will compete in semi finals and the final.
National thrower Dilhani Lekamge produced her season’s best performance to emerge victorious in the women’s javelin event on day two of the Selection Trial held at Diyagama on Friday.
Fresh from winning the silver medal at the recently concluded Asian Throwing Championships in Mokpo, Lekamge delivered an impressive throw of 58.57 metres to comfortably secure first place. Her nearest challenger, D.H. Maduwanthi, could only manage a distance of 51.32 metres.
Meanwhile, reigning national champion Madushani Herath continued to stamp her authority in the horizontal jumps with another notable performance, clearing 6.18 metres. Competing in the Under-23 age category, Herath further strengthened her position as the country’s leading long jumper.
In the open women’s long jump event, which featured several junior athletes, G.S. Ranaweera emerged victorious with a leap of 5.83 metres.
The women’s 400 metres final saw experienced sprinter Nadeesha Ramanayake being pipped to second place by G.A. Sathsarani, who clocked an impressive winning time of 53.71 seconds.
In the men’s events, Y.W. Kumara claimed the triple jump title with a leap of 16.28 metres, while Janindu Lakvijaya won the 110 metres hurdles in a time of 14.25 seconds, adding further excitement to an eventful second day of competition at Diyagama. (RF)
The inaugural game of the Lanka Premier League 2026 will be played between the Jaffna and Galle teams, who emerged as the Champions and Runners-up respectively in the 2024 season.
The opening game is scheduled to be played on 17th July at the SSC Grounds, commencing at 7.30 p.m.
Prior to the start of the tournament opener, a spectacular opening ceremony will be held at the SSC Grounds in Colombo.
The Lanka Premier League 2026 will be played from 17th July to 8th August across four venues: SSC, Colombo; RDICS, Dambulla; PICS, Pallekele; and RPICS, Colombo.
The tournament is conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the owner of the LPL, in partnership with The IPG Group, the event rights holder.
The inaugural game of the Lanka Premier League 2026 will be played between the Jaffna and Galle teams, who emerged as the Champions and Runners-up respectively in the 2024 season.
The opening game is scheduled to be played on 17th July at the SSC Grounds, commencing at 7.30 p.m.
Prior to the start of the tournament opener, a spectacular opening ceremony will be held at the SSC Grounds in Colombo.
The Lanka Premier League 2026 will be played from 17th July to 8th August across four venues: SSC, Colombo; RDICS, Dambulla; PICS, Pallekele; and RPICS, Colombo.
The tournament is conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the owner of the LPL, in partnership with The IPG Group, the event rights holder.
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