Sri Lanka’s first sporting app “Lion Nation Sports Network” (LNSN) launched its mobile app at Hilton Residences recently. The event was graced by National Sports Council Chairman Arjuna Ranatunga and other dignitaries from various fields.
LNSN is the first Sri Lankan sporting app that will feature the latest happenings from global and local sporting arenas. The app will allow users to experience all related events of their favourite sports, from discussions with experts to match reviews and highlights.
Sports journalist and Lion Nation Sports Network Founder and Managing Director Karuppiah Ramakrishnan, who has extensively worked to promote Sri Lankan sport locally and internationally and had mapped out the app’s launch and website’s relaunch almost two years ago, was determined to make the launch happen despite facing setbacks due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the county’s situation.
“Our aim is to promote sports from the grassroots level through the first-ever mobile app in Sri Lanka. We want to highlight sports events happening in villages around the country to the city with an emphasis on school sporting activities,” said Ramakrishnan at the gala launch.
“This is a historic day for Lion Nation Sports Network which has launched three digital applications – the e-paper, website, and mobile app. We have shown how technology can be incorporated to bring the world of sports to your fingertips. Sri Lanka is well known for many sports apart from cricket. There are many talented athletes. Through the LN Sports digital platform, we want to showcase their stories to the world by live-streaming sports events as well,” said LNSN Director Kinthusan Thevakumar, a successful UK-based entrepreneur.
Former Sri Lanka cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga said that by developing the first-ever mobile sporting app in the country, LNSN had created something the country badly needed. “I don’t have much knowledge or am not an expert about technology, but we have to keep pace with developments in the world. The LN Sports mobile app has filled that long-felt need,” he said.
Secretary to the Ministry of Sports Dr. Amal Harsha de Silva noted that LN Sports has filled a vacuum by producing the first-ever mobile sports app. “Today we want to know what’s happening in sports instantly, a ball-by-ball description of events. LN Sports digital app will fill a major gap in the sporting arena today by giving life to the sport,” he said.
Caption: Karuppiah Ramakrishnan introducing the mobile app to National Sports Council Chairman Arjuna Rantunge and MP Dayasiri Jayasekara at the Launch event.