Team Sri Lanka’s schedule for the preliminary rounds events of the 2024 Paris Olympics has been announced, with the first event commencing this Saturday (July 27). 

Viren Nettasinghe, who made history by becoming the youngest Sri Lankan to qualify for the Olympics directly, will open the preliminary rounds event of team Sri Lanka by competing in the Badminton Men’s Single. 

Following Nettasinghe, Sri Lankan swimmers Ganga Seneveratne and Kyle Abeysinghe will participate in the swimming events in the following week.

The track and field events have been scheduled for August in which middle-distance runner Tharushi Karunarathna, Sri Lanka’s highest-ranked athlete for the Paris Olympics Dilhani Lekamge, and Athlete Aruna Dharshana will participate. 

Team Sri Lanka’s preliminary rounds event schedule for the 2024 Paris Olympics is as follows; 

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced the Men’s national team schedule for the 2024 Future Tours Program.

Issuing a statement, the SLC said the national team will commence its 2024 international cricket calendar with a home series against Zimbabwe in January, which will consist of three ODIs and three T20i series. 

It would be followed by a series against Afghanistan during the January–February period, consisting of one test match, three ODIs, and three T20Is. 

Then, the Sri Lanka national team will head to Bangladesh for an all-format tour before heading to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which will be played in the West Indies and the USA. 

The SLC further said that India, New Zealand, and the West Indies are also expected to arrive in Sri Lanka for tours under the FTP during 2024. 

The national team will also play England in a three-match test series in England during mid-year, while the 2024 season will end with tours to South Africa and New Zealand. 

‘’We are heading into a highly exciting year with a lot of international cricket to be played, which augurs well for us, as our team will be engaged in competitive cricket year around,” the CEO of SLC, Ashley De Silva said, commenting on Sri Lanka’s 2024 schedule. (NewsWire)

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