2017 -- the year that was

Hiruni Wijayaratne, a Sri Lankan athlete based in the USA, qualified for the London World Athletic Championships, after clocking 2 hours 43.41 minutes in the Eugene Marathon

Sri Lanka was placed 10th among 11 countries at the Asian Men's Under-23 Volleyball Championship held in Iran

The Tug-O-War Federation of Sri Lanka made an appeal through the National Olympic Committee to include Tug-O-War at the South Asian Games in 2019

Thilini Hendahewa claimed a triple crown while Buwaneka Gunathilaka clinched a double at the annual Summer Season Badminton Championship 2017, held at the Nuwara Eliya Municipal Indoor Stadium

Sri Lanka crashed down to fourth place after Hong Kong beat them by 58-49 in the Third Place Playoff at the Asian Youth Netball Championship held in Gongju, South Korea

Swimmer Matthew Abeysinghe was crowned the Sports Star at the Presidential Sports Awards 2016 held at the BMICH

Royal College beat Trinity College 22-17 in a double decider where the First Leg of the 73rd Bradby Shield encounter and also the virtual final to decide the Singer Schools Under-20 League Championship 2017. Royal lost only one match on their way to clinch the Schools League title

Scotland beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in the first of two practice matches ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy at Beckenham

Kulna Titans, a franchise of Bangladesh