Dialog takes football to Race Course after 10 years
The Dialog Champions League 2015, Sri Lanka's premier football
tourney, kicked off at the Racecourse Ground in Colombo yesterday with
Blue Star Sports Club and Colombo Football Club locking horns and
marking the first football match to be played at the Racecourse Ground
after a lapse of ten years.
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Harsha Samaranayake, General Manager Brands and Media;
General Secretary FFSL Balendra Anthony; Amali Nanayakkara,
Group Chief Marketing officer, Dialog Axiata PLC and Anura
De Silva President FFSL at the event launch |
SriLanka's most prolific sponsor of sports, Dialog Axiata, is
sponsoring the Champions League for the tenth year and the tournament
also introduces a new format for the 2015 season. A total of 22 teams
are competing for this year's championship where the top four from two
groups will feature in the Super Eight on a league basis.
The Champions League will witness 140 matches and the presence of
players from Africa and almost all Sri Lankan players promises an
exhilarating season for spectators according to organisers.
"The Champions League has benefitted from the long-standing
partnership with Dialog for more than a decade and we are proud to
extend this relationship with such a recognised and dedicated brand as
the Champions League. This is the gateway to our National team", said
Anura de Silva, the President of Football Federation of Sri Lanka.
"Dialog Axiata is proud to be associated with the most popular sport
in the world through its partnership with the Football Federation of Sri
Lanka.
The application and tenure of this partnership sheds light on the
significance Dialog plays on football in Sri Lanka", said Amali
Nanayakkara, Group Chief Marketing Officer at Dialog Axiata. Solid
Sports Club Anuradhapura emerged Champions at the 2014 edition of the
Dialog Champions League. |
