Esports was recognised as an official sport by the Ministry of Youth & Sports in 2019 and has seen rapid growth thanks to the sustained efforts of the Sri Lanka Esports Association (SLESA) - the official governing body for Esports in Sri Lanka. With many international Esports events on the horizon, SLESA will launch the “Sri Lanka Esports...

Sri Lankan Esports athletes raised our nation’s flag high at the inaugural Global Esports Games organized by the Global Esports Federation. The Games began with Regional Qualifier Tournaments, followed by the World Finals in Singapore from 17th to 19th December 2021. Sri Lanka Esports sent a national esports athlete squad of 13 Players ensuring...

Sri Lanka Esports hoisted the national flag at yet another International Esports event earlier last month, the IESF Esports World Championship 2021. Organized by the International Esports Federation (IESF), this year’s championship hosted at Eilat, Israel was the 13th instalment since its inception in 2009. The grand finals of the championship...

The Sri Lanka Basketball Federation & the Sri Lanka Esports Association partner to select the national NBA 2K21 team. The team is being chosen to represent Sri Lanka at the FIBA Esports Open III being held in April. The FIBA Esports Open III is an international NBA 2K21 tournament organised by the International Basketball Federation....

The Sri Lanka Esports Association has been making great strides in pushing Electronic Sports forward in Sri Lanka. Esports was recognised as an official sport in 2019 and SLESA, as the governing body for the sport, has been putting together a roadmap for taking the sport to #1 in the region. With this goal in mind, SLESA held its Annual General...

The Sri Lanka eSports Association, with the support of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka, is working towards sending Sri Lankan representatives to the eSports event at the Asian Games 2018.