Alliance Finance Brand Ambassador Sachin Dias was part of the national badminton team that won Sri Lanka's first medal at the Sudirman Cup held in Malaysia recently. Team Sri Lanka became Group 3 champions, beating Slovakia, Lithuania and Switzerland.
Dias, who partnered Bhuweneka Goonathilake in the men’s doubles, was in awesome form. They won their ties, turning it into a memorable tournament for Sri Lanka. They finished overall 21 in the rankings.
The sporting career of 23-year-old badminton star Sachin Dias is being supported by Alliance Finance Co PLC., a respected finance company in Sri Lanka. Sachin is now one of the country's top sportsmen, having taken part in several international meets. This includes the last Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Sachin counts among his international medals a silver and a bronze from the last South Asian Games and the first ever bronze medal for Sri Lanka from the Youth Olympic Games held in China in 2014. In keeping with the social environmental value based business philosophy practiced by AFC, his future and career goals have also been carefully designed through a grooming programme culminating in guaranteed employment at Alliance at the end of his badminton career.
Meanwhile with some impressive performances in the pool Akalanka Peiris, the 19-year-old swimming sensation and a brand ambassador of Alliance Finance was recently adjudged Emerging Sportsman for the years 2016 and 2017, at the Sri Lanka Schools Milo Colours Awards held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Center.
Akalanka, who competed at last year’s Commonwealth and Asian Games, is now the undisputed champion in his age group.
He has participated successfully in foreign meets, winning a gold medal in the 100m backstroke at the 6th International Sports Games in Russia. He also bagged two silver medals at the 5th Asian School Games.
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