Teshani Nanayakkara
Teshani is a third year Sports Journalism student at UEL who is the Rising East editor for tennis, badminton, hockey and wheelchair basketball.
Aside from reporting for Rising East, Teshani is also a contributor for SLOWE - a site dedicated to women's sport.
Outside of sports writing, Teshani is working as a Media & Communications intern for Street Child United where she is assisting the media team in preparation for the 2019 Street Child Cricket World Cup.
She is also enrolled in the BCOMS x London Sport 'Diversification of the Sports Media' programme.
Languages:
- Sinhalese (Spoken-Fluent)
- A1 Spanish
- http://www.slowe.club/slowe/2018/7/11/meet-ishita-malaviya-indias-first-pro-female-surfer?rq=surf
- http://www.slowe.club/slowe/triathlon-report-european-championships?rq=triathlon
- http://www.slowe.club/slowe/us-open-2018-preview?rq=tennis
- http://www.slowe.club/slowe/why-sri-lankas-win-at-the-asian-netball-championships-is-important-for-post-war-reconciliation?rq=netball
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