Dialog Powers President’s Volleyball Tournament 2009

Dialog CDMA will power the President’s Gold Cup Championship 2009 – Sri Lanka’s premier annual volleyball tournament. This is the fifth consecutive year the Dialog Group will sponsor the President’s Volleyball Gold Cup, and the first instance a fixed-telephony service provider has come forward to sponsor the island’s biggest national tournament. Hosted by the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation, the matches would be worked off at District, Provincial and finally National Level. The final round will commence in November at the National Youth Services Council in Maharagama.

Mr. Kavan Ratnayaka, Chief Executive Officer of Dialog Broadband Networks, said: “We are extremely proud to be a part of Sri Lanka’s National Sport through our association with the President’s Gold Cup Championship 2009. Sri Lanka is making its mark all over the world through sport and we see this as a wonderful opportunity to help foster talent and build them up to an international level. I wish to thank the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation for giving us this opportunity to partner in this journey.”

Minister Dilan Perera, President of the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation, said: “We are pleased to have the support of Dialog CDMA for the island’s premier volleyball tournament for five consecutive years. Dialog has over the years been an active partner of volleyball in Sri Lanka, and has set an example of how corporates can empower our national sports men and women. We shall together endeavour to take our national sport to a higher level.”

Dialog Telekom has been a proud sponsor of Sri Lankan Sports and is committed to developing talent in Sri Lanka to international standards. The company is also closely associated with School Cricket, Athletics, Rugby, Football, Rowing and Disabled Sports, and has sponsored national contingents to international events including the Olympics, Paralympics, Commonwealth, Asian, SAF and FESPIC Games.