Sri Lanka's national PUBG MOBILE team is ready to compete at the 19th Asian Games, marking a historic moment as Esports becomes a medal event for the first time. Dialog Axiata sponsors the team, while Gamer.LK provides strategic partnership. This is a big deal for Sri Lanka, putting them at the forefront of the Esports revolution. The Sri Lanka...

Sri Lanka’s champion Esports athletes were recognised and felicitated at the seventh Dialog – SLESA National Esports Awards Ceremony held recently at the BMICH Colombo, under the patronage of Amal Edirisooriya, Director General of Sports. The Sri Lanka Esports Association was formed in 2010 by Gamer.LK and four other leading Esports clans with...

The Sri Lanka Esports Association (SLESA) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the National Olympic Committee (NOC) Auditorium on the 5th of February 2023. The AGM was attended by members of SLESA who came together to discuss the progress of Esports in Sri Lanka and to also vote for a new Board to lead SLESA for the years 2023-24. Nominations...

Sri Lanka’s national Esports team for PUBG MOBILE qualified for the Grand Finals of the 14th World Esports Championships which were held recently. Sri Lanka's National Team travelled to Bali, Indonesia for the championship. The tournament included some of the world's best Esports athletes. Over 120 nations competed for a place in the Finals. The...

Istanbul, Turkey hosted the second edition of the Global Esports Federation's flagship tournament in December. Sri Lanka had qualified for Street Fighter 5 and eFootball 2023 where Mohammed Shihab Rizan represented Sri Lanka for the second time this year for eFootball. He was accompanied by Vihan Thenuka Nissanka, who represented Sri Lanka in...

The Sri Lanka Esports Association (SLESA) in partnership with Dialog Axiata and Gamer.LK is hosting a district-level Free Fire tournament for the top players in the country to prove their skills with a prize pool of Rs. 1 million up for grabs. Registrations for the tournament concluded earlier in June and saw nearly 500 teams registering to take...

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....