Dialog powers President’s Gold Cup volleyball tourney for 13th consecutive year

One of Sri Lanka’s most followed sporting events, the Presidents Gold Cup Championship, powered by Dialog Axiata Plc, will spike off this August with the participation of over 4,000 teams, consisting of 48,000 players, in the largest sports tourney held in the country. 

The President’s Gold Cup tourney, which has a history spanning more than two decades, is sponsored by Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider Dialog Axiata Plc for the 13th consecutive year, underscoring the company’s commitment to the development of the country’s national sport.

The President’s Gold Cup, an open tournament hosted by the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation, is held over a period of five months, culminating with one team winning the coveted championship title in a final scheduled to take place in December. 

The event will attract teams across 25 districts islandwide and include an Under-22 event segment for men’s as well as women’s teams within the tourney. The matches will subsequently be worked off at inter-district and national levels leading up to the grand finals.

“Volleyball, the national sport of Sri Lanka, has one of the strongest followings amongst team sports in the country,” Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation President Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said. 

“The President’s Gold Cup is the biggest tournament held in Sri Lanka, with wide participation from the grassroots to the national level.”

“Dialog is pleased to once again have partnered the national sport of Sri Lanka for the 13th consecutive year. The President’s Gold Cup attracts teams from all corners of Sri Lanka. I wish this year’s teams partaking in the championship the very best and the Volleyball Federation for a successful tourney,” said Dialog Axiata Plc Brand and Media General Manager Harsha Samaranayake. 

Dialog Axiata Plc is the official sponsor of the national cricket and rugby teams and is also closely associated with school cricket, club rugby, club football and the Para Games.

Dialog Axiata Group, a subsidiary of Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata), operates Sri Lanka’s leading quad-play connectivity provider. Dialog Axiata Plc, which is listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange, supplements its market leading position in the mobile telecommunications sector with a robust footprint and market presence in Sri Lanka’s fixed telecommunications and digital television markets through its fully-owned subsidiaries Dialog Broadband Networks Ltd. (DBN) and Dialog Television Ltd. (DTV). Dialog Axiata Group is Sri Lanka’s largest Foreign Direct Investor (FDI) with investments totalling $ 2.3 billion.

The winner of six Global Mobile Awards, Dialog has the distinction of being voted by Sri Lankan consumers as the Telecom Service Provider of the Year for seven years in succession at the SLIM-Nielsen People’s Choice Awards. Dialog was also voted by Sri Lankan consumers as the Internet Service Provider of the Year for six years consecutively, and has topped Sri Lanka’s Corporate Accountability rankings for the past eight years in succession. It is an ISO 9001 certified company. The company has received numerous local and international awards including the National Quality Award and Sri Lanka Business Excellence Award. 

Dialog has been at the forefront of innovation in the mobile industry in Sri Lanka since the late ’90s, propelling the nation’s mobile telephony infrastructure to a level of advancement on par with the developed world. The company delivers advanced mobile telephony and high-speed mobile broadband services to a subscriber base in excess of 12.7 million Sri Lankans, via 2.5G and 3G/3.5G and 4G/4.5G networks.