Bernie Wijesekara

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.

Wijesekara was honoured with a 'Life time Service award for Cricket' journalism by Dialog Sri Lanka awards ceremony.

He covered the inaugural (Prudential) Cricket World Cup held in England in 1975. He was also a Justice of the Peace.