Category Archives: Squash

COLOMBO: (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s top squash player, Ravindu Laksiri, has achieved a remarkable milestone by reaching his highest-ever world ranking of 117. This leap in the rankings comes after he secured his fifth PSA Challenger title of the year, bringing his total to seven overall. Laksiri, the undisputed national champion for over a decade, expressed…

Doha, QATAR, Oct 29 (ePRESS) – Matheesha Wijesekara, Sri Lanka’s junior squash champion from Royal College, made history this week by reaching the semifinals of the Doha Junior Open Squash Championship, an Asian Junior Super Series (AJSS) event held at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar. This marks his first appearance…

COLOMBO: (ePRESS) – Matheesha Wijesekara, a talented young squash player from Royal College, has made headlines by becoming the Under-17 and Under-19 champion at the 35th Junior National Squash Championship. This impressive achievement also earned him the title of Junior National Boy Player of the Year. The championship, organized by the Sri Lanka Squash Federation,…

COLOMBO: (ePRESS) – Thirteen-year-old Ifra Shasmin Booso of St. Paul’s Girls’ School Milagiriya and Manula Kareendra of DS Senanayake College shone at the 35th Ritzbury Junior Squash Nationals, a PSA Satellite event, organized by Sri Lanka Squash, which concluded at the Air Force Squash Complex in Ratmalana. Booso was named the Most Promising Junior Girls Player…

COLOMBO: (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s squash star Ravindu Laksiri and India’s rising talent Anahat Singh emerged victorious in the Men’s and Women’s Open Singles categories at the inaugural PSA International Challenger Squash Tournament of Sri Lanka, which was organized by Sri Lanka Squash, concluded at the Air Force Squash Complex in Ratmalana. Laksiri, the undisputed national…

COLOMBO: (ePRESS) – Royal College’s Tharul Pinnwatte emerged as the Under-17 Champion at the YETI Open Squash Championship, an annual event organized by Sri Lanka Squash and proudly sponsored by YETI Isotonic. The tournament, held at the Air Force Squash Complex in Ratmalana. In a thrilling final, Pinnwatte, a key player for Royal College’s senior squash…

INDORE, India (ePRESS) – Ravindu Laksiri, Sri Lanka’s top squash player, claimed victory in the HCL Squash Tour, a PSA 3K Tournament, held in Indore, India, which concluded last Sunday. This win marks Laksiri’s third title in his PSA Challenger career, having previously reached six finals, with three titles and three runners-up finishes. Before this…

KUALA LUMPUR: (ePRESS) – Ravindu Laksiri, representing Sri Lanka as its first and only player in a World Championship Qualifying Event, secured an impressive victory against Iraq’s number one player, Ferman Hassan. The match took place during the 2023-2024 World Championship Qualifying Event – Asia Round I, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Laksiri emerged victorious…

Colombo, Mar 4, 2.15PM – Royal College’s Matheesha Wijesekara and Adithi Gunasekara from Ladies’ College shone brightly at the Fingara Junior Open Squash Tournament in Colombo, organized by Sri Lanka Squash and sponsored by Fingara Town and Country Club. Matheesha Wijesekara, a rising star from Royal College, amazed everyone by clinching the Under-19 Boys Championship….

Colombo, Feb 18, 8.30PM – Shamil Wakeel, the second-best squash player in Sri Lanka, secured the Runner-up spot, while Nevindu Lakman clinched third place at the 3rd Sanjay Gupta Memorial Squash Tournament in India from February 9 to 12. Wakeel, who used to play for DS Senanayake College, was the top seed but lost to an…