The South Asian Games are a biennial multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia. The governing body of these games is South Asia Olympic Council (SAOC), formed in 1983. At present, SAG are joined by eight members namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan joined the SAF Games in 2004 and left the organization in 2016.
Chinthana Geetal Vidanage Vidanage is a weightlifter from Sri Lanka. In 2011 Vidanage was banned for four years for violating anti-doping rules.
The boxing tournaments at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester took place from July 26 to August 3 at the Forum Centre, and the Manchester Evening News Arena.
Hettige Don Rumesh Lahiru Thirimanne, known as Lahiru Thirimanne is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, and a former ODI captain. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler, and also acted as the vice-captain of the Sri Lanka One Day International team, when he was dropped from the team after poor performances. He was recalled in 2018 for the national team.
Niluka Karunaratne is a Sri Lankan Olympic badminton player who compete in 2012 and 2016. He was selected to captain the Sri Lankan contingent to the 2012 Summer Olympics. Karunaratne competed in five consecutives Commonwealth Games from 2002–2018.
Anton Sudesh Peiris Kurukulasooriyage is a weightlifter from Sri Lanka. Kurukulasooriyage was born in Sandalankawa, Sri Lanka. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games he won a bronze medal in the 62 kg event. Kurukulasooriyage was also selected to be a part of Sri Lanka's 2014 Commonwealth Games team, where he was the flagbearer during the opening ceremony. Later he won a silver medal in the 62 kg event.
Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka, or Dasun Shanaka, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays for all formats. Known as a pinch hitter, Shanaka generally plays as a batting all rounder with handy right-arm medium fast bowling. In 2019, he captained Twenty20 International side against Pakistan, and Sri Lanka whitewashed Pakistan 3-0 in the series under his captaincy. Shanaka is a past student of St. Peter's College, Negombo and Maris Stella College, Negombo.
The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured England from 8 May to 5 July 2016 for a three-match Test series, a five-match One Day International (ODI) series and a one-off Twenty20 International (T20I) against the England cricket team. England won the Test series 2–0, the ODI series 3–0 and won the one-off T20I match by 8 wickets.
Matthew Abeysinghe is a Sri Lankan medal winning swimmer who is the most decorated athlete in the history of South Asian Games. In two editions of SAG he has won 18 medals, including 14 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze. In addition, he has won the highest number of gold medals at a single edition of SAG twice in a row in 2016 and 2019. He is also the only Sri Lankan swimmer to have achieved an Olympic standard and the first to achieve a FINA World Championships qualifying standard in the same event for the Kazan edition in 2015. He has represented his country at numerous international competitions. He is the current Sri Lankan national record holder in the 50m freestyle (22.28), 100m freestyle (49.11), 200m freestyle (1:50.97 ), 400m freestyle (4:03.90), 1500 freestyle (16:23.61), 200 individual medley (2:07.33), 400 individual medley (4:40.47) and 100m butterfly (54.71). He also hold all the freestyle sc national records and many other as well. He was the leading gold medalist at the 12th South Asian Games for Sri Lanka in India. He represented Sri Lanka in the Youth Olympics in 2014 and was ranked 13th overall in Boys' 100-metre freestyle and 15th in the Boys' 200-metre freestyle.
D.K.T.W.K. Palangasingh is a Sri Lankan male weightlifter, competing in the 56 kg category and representing Sri Lanka at international competitions. He participated at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 56 kg event and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games competing in the 62kg event.
Edirimuni Dinuka Nishan Perera Karunaratne is a Sri Lankan badminton player.
Pathum Madusanka is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Badureliya Sports Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament on 4 December 2015. He made his Twenty20 debut for Badureliya Sports Club on 15 February 2019.
Malka Madusanka is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club in the 2017–18 Premier League Tournament on 15 December 2017.
Amila Madusanka is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament on 24 February 2018. He made his List A debut for Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club in the 2017–18 Premier Limited Overs Tournament on 14 March 2018.
Chaturanga Lakmal Jayasooriya Arachchilage also known as Chathuranga Lakmal is a Sri Lankan male weightlifter.
Dinusha Hansani Gomes, also known as Hansani Gomes, is a Sri Lankan female weightlifter. She was named as one of the members of the Sri Lankan contingent at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and claimed a bronze medal in the women's 48kg event on the opening day of the competition on 5 April 2018, which was also the second medal earned by Sri Lanka at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and was also the second medal secured by the Sri Lankan contingent in weightlifting category. Gomes also won Sri Lanka's first ever weightlifting medal by a woman at the Commonwealth Games.
Indika C. D. Dissanayake Mudiyanselage, also known as Indika Dissanayake, is a Sri Lankan male weightlifter. He competed in the 69 kg division at the Asian Games, South Asian Games and at the Commonwealth Games, and won silver medals at the 2016 South Asian Games and 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Anusha Koddithuwakku Dirukshi, also known as Anusha Koddithuwakku, is a Sri Lankan female boxer who generally competes in light flyweight event. She has competed in several international competitions including the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in 2012, 2014 and 2016.
Thiwanka Ranasinghe is a Sri Lankan male boxer. He has competed for Sri Lanka at the 2016 South Asian Games claiming a bronze medal in the men's 49 kg category.
M. Vidanalange Ishan Bandara is a Sri Lankan male boxer who generally competes in flyweight category.
