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Hundred Sri Lanka International Challenge 2025 begins in Colombo
The Hundred Sri Lanka International Challenge 2025, where over 650 international shuttlers representing 28 countries including Sri Lanka, commenced at the St. Joseph’s College Indoor Complex, Darley Road on Tuesday. Rev. Fr. Ranjith Andradi, the Rector of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo, the hosting venue, graced the opening ceremony as chief guest, with Rohan de Silva, President of Sri Lanka Badminton (SLB), Dinesh Jayawardene, Vice President of SLB and Chairman of Organising Committee and other invitees and dignitaries making their presence at the inauguration of Sri Lanka’s first high-ranked international badminton tournament this year.
The six-day competition, which was initially planned to be staged at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo, was shifted to Darley Road due to unavailability of the original venue. St. Joseph’s College authorities swiftly responded to the request made by Sri Lanka Badminton officials in making the Hundred Sri Lanka International Challenge 2025 and the upcoming Hundred Sri Lanka International Series 2025 that will follow soon after, a success, given the fact that the competition is of great importance to the country, both in badminton as well as toursim.
“I should thank St. Joseph’s College and Rev. Fr. Ranjith Andradi for promptly coming forward in assisting Sri Lanka Badminton to rearrange this 12-day competitions at their Indoor Complex. Their assistance should be greatly appreciated given the fact that SLB had limited time to make all venue arrangements after the original venue was taken out from hosting over 650 international players competing under one roof. Over 80 players are expected to be in action every day, and there are 80 to 90 officials on duty at any given time to make this event a success. Approximately 200 hotel rooms will be utilised during the 12-day tournaments, which is definitely a boost to tourism in Sri Lanka in addition to the country’s badminton,” noted Dinesh Jayawardene, Vice President of SLB and Chairman of Organising Committee.
The Hundred Sri Lanka International Challenge 2025 will feature five events – Men’s and Women’s Singles, Men’s Women’s and Mixed Doubles, where over 650 international badminton players from 28 countries, including hosts Sri Lanka, will contest. The global event is sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Badminton Asia (BA). A total prize money of USD 17,500 will be on offer at the Hundred Sri Lanka International Challenge 2025 which is sponsored by Hundred, Mobil, McFoil, 3M and Rovin
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has named the following squads for the upcoming Tri-Nation ‘A’ Series and the Four-Day Series.
The Tri-Nation One-Day Series, featuring Sri Lanka ‘A’, India ‘A’, and Afghanistan ‘A’, will be played at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium (RDICS), Dambulla, commencing on 9 June 2026.
The Four-Day Series between Sri Lanka ‘A’ and India ‘A’ will be played at the Galle International Cricket Stadium (GICS), Galle, with the first match scheduled to begin on 25 June 2026.
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has selected the following squads to play in the West Indies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026.
The West Indies and Sri Lanka emerging teams will play two four-day games and three one-day games during the bilateral contest.
The tour will begin on the 8th of June with the first four-day game at MRICS, Hambantota, while the second four-day game will start on the 15th of June at the same venue.
One-day games will be played on the 22nd, 24th, and 26th of June.
The first two one-day games will be played at the SSC, and the final at the NCC.
A two-member ICC delegation that visited Dhaka earlier this week will report its findings and observations to the governing body. According to an ICC media release, directors Dr Mohammed Moosajee and Tavengwa Mukuhlani engaged with “a range of stakeholders to review developments linked to the BCB”.
Moosajee and Mukuhlani arrived in Dhaka on June 1, after which they met BCB’s ad-hoc committee members, including president Tamim Iqbal. The pair also met with members of the BCB’s election commission, with the polls scheduled to be held on June 7.
ESPNcricinfo has learned that the delegation also met with BCB directors who had resigned from the previous board. Among the directors who didn’t resign, Asif Akbar and Ahsan Iqbal Chowdhury were in the group that also met the ICC delegation in a separate meeting on June 2.
Afterwards, Aminul Islam, the former Bangladesh captain who was the BCB president until April, claimed that they urged the ICC to not recognise any election conducted by or under the authority of the ad-hoc committee on June 7 or at any other time. Aminul, who still considers himself the BCB president, said that the BCB’s ad-hoc committee should correct their May 31 press release regarding the ICC delegations’ visit to Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s High Court rejected a writ petition that challenged the legality of the election schedule and voter list for the upcoming BCB elections on June 7.
The bench of Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty and Justice Md Ashif Hasan passed the rejection order stating that the petition was not presented properly before it. The petition was filed on May 18, a month and a bit after the country’s sports ministry dissolved the BCB’s board of directors on April 7. They appointed an 11-member ad-hoc committee led by Tamim, the former Bangladesh captain, on the same day.
[Cricinfo]
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