The Federation of International Basketball Amateur (FIBA) of Asia donated 10,000 US dollars to the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation (SLBF) to be given to tsunami affected basketball players. The Sri Lanka Basketball Federation Tsunami Relief organising committee chairman and member of FIBA Ignatius T. Canagaratnam who represented the country at a Congress in Kuwait received the donation. At the Congress former SLBF president Canagaratnam was re-elected as a member of the FIBA Asia central board for the fourth consecutive time to function from 2006 to 2010. Canagaratnam who is a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police was the first Sri Lankan to be elected to the Asian basketball body when he achieved this honour in 1994. Earlier in 2002 he was also honoured with a special recognition award at a ceremony in Malaysia for his contribution to the development of Asian basketball. Canagaratnam was the president of the SLBF in 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1998 and was vice president in 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002.
Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh, piles up win No. 1 - 8 months ago
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Sri Lanka played Bangladesh in their opening game of the South Asian Basketball Championship 2018 (SABA 2018), which acts as the pre-qualifier for the Asia Cup 2021. The SABA 2018 is played in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Lankan lads getting the ideal start for the campaign drowned the home team at full time, 65-34. Even though Bangladesh walked into the game after a win and being the home side, played some disappointing basketball against Sri Lanka [read more]
Sri Lanka played Bangladesh in their opening game of the South Asian Basketball Championship 2018 (SABA 2018), which acts as the pre-qualifier for the Asia Cup 2021. The SABA 2018 is played in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Lankan lads getting the ideal start for the campaign drowned the home team at full time, 65-34. Even though Bangladesh walked into the game after a win and being the home side, played some disappointing basketball against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka on the other hand identified the weakness of the opposition early and exploited them well one after the other. Sri Lanka created a balance between their offense and defense during the first two quarters and tightened the screws for the home team. After the home team was ambushed hard, Sri Lanka capitalized more on their offense during the second half and rubbed the game swiftly across. Bangladesh seemed to have lost the plot entirely in every aspect of the game. The Sri Lankan man-to-man defense completely blocked off the lanes for the hosts to score during their offensive possessions. Bangladesh in their defense struggled as Sri Lanka passed the ball around the perimeter and executed their offensive game plans. Even though Bangladesh did opt for a tight man-to-man defense, the offensive game plans of Sri Lanka always left one man open to take the shot freely. Bangladesh never adopted to it. Sri Lanka went on to score 12 points in the first quarter in reply to the couple by the hosts. For the second and third quarter Sri Lanka went on to add 15 and 19 points respectively. Bangladesh only managed, 07 and 08. Both the teams did score 19 points each, but the early lead helped Sri Lanka to close the game, 34-65. Courtesy of: thepapare.com
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