Bernie Wijesekara (1930 – 1 October 2014) was a senior sports journalist in Sri Lanka.
He received his secondary school education at Nalanda College in Colombo (largest city of Sri Lanka) before joining the Times of Ceylon as a junior sports journalist. Wijesekara then worked for the Daily News and subsequently for the Sunday Observer.Veteran sports journalist Bernie Wijesekara passes away
Wijesekara was honoured with a 'Life time Service award for Cricket' journalism by Dialog Sri Lanka awards ceremony.Dialog Sri Lanka Cricket Awards 2014
He covered the inaugural (Prudential) Cricket World Cup held in England in 1975. He was also a Justice of the Peace.
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