Spice Girls, Bolt, Farah or Rudisha
The razzmatazz of the 2012 Olympic closing ceremony is long over. As one Londoner put it, “If you get The Who, the Spice Girls, Take That, George Michael and the Pet-Shop Boys in one night what more do you want? Yet the 2012 Olympics in reality belonged to Bolt, Blake, the ‘Blade Runner’, Farah and [...]
Ceylonese golf history – Priceless!
The AGM held in January 1900 was fully reported in the Times. The correspondent reporting that: The General Meeting of the Colombo Golf Club revealed the fact that the Club is in a most flourishing state and continues highly popular among the community. The balance sheet as presented by the Hon. Treasurer Mr. Grigson is [...]
School cricket revamped
In a huge and earnest effort to resuscitate the ailing junior cricket system in the island, Sri Lanka Cricket and the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association are striving to streamline the process in a joint effort.On June 15, 2012 a set of SLC officials, which included President Upali Dharmadasa, Secretary Nishantha Ranatunga, Director Cricket Operations [...]
Head Coach Greenings sells a dummy and moves to Scotland
The Sri Lanka rugby head coach Phil Greenings will put a full stop to his coaching career with Sri Lanka Rugby with immediate effect according to informed sources. Greenings was assigned as the head coach of Scottish Rugby in the shorter version of the game. He will be also their Programme Manager. Greenings, the former [...]
Sharmal and Madusha enjoy strong start
Shamal Dissanayake followed up his Under 18 singles triumph at the Junior National Championships with an equally emphatic doubles victory in the 97th National Tennis Championships, pairing up with Madusha Wijesuriya to dismantle the team of Yasitha De Silva and Supun Pathirage 6-3, 6-1, at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts yesterday. Both Shamal and [...]
Oh! No, Cooray was there, but in the middle
One of the Sunday Times readers in a Letter to the Editor from a person by the name of Neena which reads as “Dear Sir, We were all, very anxious to see our marathon runner, running in the Olympics. We could see a Sri Lanka flag tied somewhere. But the runner was missing. Why? Can [...]
Kandy stunned as Havies; break 17-year-old hoodoo
What a game it was in front of a packed Havelock Park! It was a fantastic display of running rugby led by Havies number 8 Nissan and his team-mates. In the end Havies ran home with 50 Points (7 Tries, 6 Conversions, 1 Penalty) to 19 Points (3 Tries, 2 Conversions) win in their Dialog [...]
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 [...]
MCC backs cricket at the Olympic Games
When cricket made its Olympic debut at the Paris Games of 1900 there were just two teams involved. A Great Britain team comprising club cricketers from Devon and Somerset took on the French Athletic Club Union, a side composed almost entirely of British expatriates living in France. The two teams were the only entrants in [...]
Joes record close win over Maliyadeva
A 70 run partnership between Skipper Dylan Fernandopulla (44) and Sadeera Samarawickrema (44) for the third wicket and a quickfire 35 from 15 balls by Pathum Madusanka helped St Joseph”s record a close 15 run victory over Maliyadeva Kurunegala in a Under 17 second round Division one game played at Darley Road. Winning the toss [...]
Oh my darling daughter!
It is revealed that a certain high official forced himself on a tour Down Under because he wanted to visit his daughter who is studying there. The team that he accompanied fared disastrously even losing to the fast improving Bangladesh side. Before the team left this official did not want to be seen by the [...]
In reality what you see may not be the distant dawn
Development is because Havelock’s Sports Club is in line for the league crown along with Kandy and Navy who have a chance. That is what some think. The chances for Navy are if they beat Havelock’s and Havelock’s beat Kandy. The Park club is vying for top honours and has a showpiece ground in place [...]
Malay CC bounce back
After conceding a 1-0 lead to Kotalawela Defence University at the short whistle, Malay CC bounced back to post a 2-1 win in their Pioneer Shield hockey fixture a the Padang recently. In the 11th minute of play, centre forward L.A. Liyadapathi put KDA one up with a field goal. After the change of ends, [...]
Moragasmulla USC unbeaten with three wins
Moragasmulla United Sports Club with three consecutive wins is the only unbeaten team in the final round of the Colombo Football League Division Two 2011/2012 tournament to date. They defeated M.H. Mohamed Play Ground 3-0, Old Wesleyites 3-0 and Badaowaita USC 4-0. Thirty five teams participated in the preliminary round of the tournament and were [...]
