Skipper Dilshan guides Basnahira Cricket Dundees
Basnahira Cricket Dundees skipper T.M. Dilshan guided his side with an all round performance to an easy 34 runs win over Kandurata Warriors in the second match of the Sri Lanka Premier League T20 cricket tournament played at the R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday. The match was curtailed to 13 overs after a heavy rain during [...]
Can Cooray hold his own with the rest of the best
Sri Lanka’s last participant and the first to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics in real – Anuradha Indrajith Cooray will be in action at the Marathon event this morning. Unlike the lanes on the track, there is no definite number of participants at this event and every athlete who have reached the qualifying mark [...]
Sri Lanka Golf on a high!
Anura Rohana after a series of average performances clinched a thriller coming from behind in 4th place going into the final Round to fire a 3 under shooting 3 birdies in the last 6 holes to finish on 7under par for a 4 round total of 281 in the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) [...]
Vidyartha Saga was reminiscent of the judgments of King Kekille
“Life is sort and to enjoy is soon.” This was written on the back of a three wheeler. I could not get any idea of what was being conveyed. When you sit back and think there are similar incidents happening in rugby. Do you understand what is happening and or are its statements properly constructed [...]
After all Inspiration is not a bad word
Inspiration! How does a country, a team or an individual muster enough inspiration to transform a poor performance into a good performance and a good performance into a ‘gold’ winning brilliant performance? The 2012 Olympics are full of such stories, but the phenomenal success of British athletics in Beijing and at home in London is [...]
Name Bogambara or Trinitygates in memory of Duncan
The London Olympics ends today. Only two athletes have brought honour to Sri Lanka at these prestigious games. They are Duncan White (Hurdles) and Susanthika Jayasinghe (Sydney Olympics 2000 in the 200M, who was awarded the Silver after Marion Jones was disqualified for having taken a banned substance. Duncan White is a man from Kandy. [...]
Sri Lanka falls short by 25 runs against Bangladesh in opening game
Bangladesh skipper Anamul Haque hit a well composed century to lead his side to a thrilling 25-run win against Sri Lanka in their opening ICC Under-19 World Cup Group D match played at Allan Border Field in Brisbane yesterday. Haque’s 127-ball 101, further powered by an instrumental 84 from Asif Ahmed helped Bangladesh post 249-7 [...]
Havelocks through in second half burst
After a close battle in the initial half Havelocks broke free in the second to score four unanswered tries and register an easy 42 points (6 Tries, 3 Conversions, 2 Penalties) to 15 points (2 Tries, 1 conversion, 1 Penalty) win in one of their Second round League rugby encounter which concluded at the Havelock [...]
Chamil, Roshita annex men and women’s carrom titles
Chamil Cooray and Joseph Roshita clinched the Men’s and Women’s singles titles respectively at the 13th President’s Cup Carrom Championship which concluded at the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka headquarters in Maharagama yesterday. Cooray dislodged the supremacy of reigning national champion Nishantha Fernando by two straight sets in the final to annex the Men’s Singles [...]
Who was this Kalu Sudda?
The Sri Lanka contingent turned out in all their glory at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics but those who watched the ceremony were shocked to see one individual in western attire in the contingent. The Lanka men wore the national costume and the girls wore the traditional ‘osari’. Later it was learnt that [...]
Buddhist Vihare at the London Games
Spiritual assistance is an unseen inner force that the majority of human beings seek. Sometimes the power of it is so great that it drives people to achieve, sustains their form or even gets them past a personal bad patch. With this in mind the Olympic organisers, over the years, have given the participants at [...]
Central Province post hockey double
Central Province posted a double in the hockey segment of the XXXVIII National Sports Festival when they won both the women’s and men’s championships that was concluded at the Astro Turf recently.In the women’s final they posted a convincing 5-0 win over Western Province and in the men’s, they overcame Southern Province by 3-2. The [...]
TT Association’s aim to win Gold at next SAF Games
The activities of the Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka have stepped up a few gears, the aim being to win gold for the country at the next SAF Games scheduled for New Delhi in 2013. These hopes are not entirely unrealistic as the Sri Lankan Team will be strengthened by the presence of eight [...]
Comedy of errors in our football
Looking back at some of the strange actions of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) over the years, done wittingly or unwittingly, it appears that what is necessary at the helm of affairs is not class or super managers, but simply a James Bond to unravel the mysteries of local football. To go down [...]
NDB ‘G’ Div. Champs but Niroshan the hero
NDB Bank posted a close 12 run win over Inter Pharme to emerge champions of the MCA ‘G’ Division cricket tournament at the MCA ground recently. However, it was S. Niroshan of Inter Pharme who was the real hero of the day. Batting first, NDB Bank ran up 183 before they were dismissed in the [...]
Walpola CC gears for T20 contest
Walpola Cricket Club will stage their second annual Twenty20 cricket tournament which will be played over two weekends. The tournament will start on August 31 and will run on September 1 and 2 in the first weekend. It will proceed to the weekend of September 8 and 9, where the tournament will cover the knockout [...]
Mercantile athletics on Sept. 15 and 16
The Mercantile Athletic Federation (MFA) will conduct its annual Mercantile Athletic Championship on September 15 and 16 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. Athletes who are employed in the private sector are eligible to take part in the two-day meet which is a much anticipated sports events. The Secretary of MAF, Tornado Jayasundera revealed that [...]
A classic game as Kandytake on Navy today
A classic game is in the offing when Kandy SC takes on the Navy at Nittawela this evening. A win will enhance title hopes, while a loss would not necessarily mean ‘curtains.’ Navy emerged triumphant in last weekend’s battle although territorially the visitors were dominant. Kandy SC made too many mistakes in defense and the [...]
Pathum Chinthaka is ‘Most Handsome’
Masters Bodybuilding and Fitness Association of Sri Lanka conducted its bodybuilding and fitness show at Torrington, Colombo last Saturday. Air Force SC earned major honours at the meet which had many events to select winners under the categories of BestBodybuilder of Western Province, Sri Lanka’s Most Muscular Man, Handsome Boy and Slim Girl competitions. The [...]
Despite rider demands, Gajaba Supercross promises exciting motor sports fare
Despite the ongoing crisis among race riders, the organisers of the 11th Gajaba Supercross 2012 motor sports event are firm that they can produce a sterling event on August 26 at the Saliyapura racing track in Anuradhapura. The second oldest motor racing event of the country organised by Sri Lanka Army, the Gajaba Supercross is [...]
