Sri Lanka Masters Hockey Men teams to take part in 2022 World Cup in England Source:Island Sri Lanka Masters Hockey men teams left the country on Tuesday, August 9th 2022 to take part in the second Masters Hockey World Cup scheduled to be held from August 12-21 in Nottingham, England. Sri Lanka will play in both over 35 and over 40 age categories. The teams comprising of past national players have been preparing for the World Cup tournament for the last one year despite difficult conditions owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis in the country. Sri Lanka national hockey team is currently ranked 34th in the world, 8th in Asia and 4th in South Asia. It has improved from 40th place in 2018. However, the poor infrastructure with two unusable Astro turf artificial hockey grounds and lack of sponsorships have deprived the sport to be played at its ...
Aug 14, 2022
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Tagged Anuradha Fernando, Ashok Peiris, D.C. Perera (Captain), Dananjaya Peiris, Diluka Weerasooriya, Dinesh Jayakody, Duncan Devendra, Joy Rasanayagam, Kasun Herath, Kaveendra Nanayakkara, Linus Jayasekaran, Lushantha Perera, Mahesh Matiwala, Marlon Jacobs, Nadith Kudagama (Vice-Captain), Nicholas Anthony, Pasan Mallawaarachchi, Prasanna Heenatigala (Captain), Priyadarshan Kiridaran, Roshan Thotagamuwa, Sampath Subasinghe, Sanjay Edgar, Sathiya Rasiah, Sherwin Moral, Shihar Aneez, Sri Lanka Masters Hockey Association, Suranjith Devamullage, Thushara Manoj, Upul Fernando (Vice-Captain), Yohan Lewke
