Anusha wins gold and bids adieu
Sri Lanka’s most experienced women pugilist Anusha Kodituwakku bid adieu to boxing by grabbing a gold medal at the Eight Nation Women’s International Boxing Championship concluded at Tunis City in Tunisia on Friday. Anusha making her last appearance in an international boxing meet ended her campaign in style when she defeated the Finland champion Loikkanen [...]
Hawkins bouncer and the catches we have grassed
When cricket was driving peacefully along the street, Ed Hawkins suddenly jumps out from a crossroad and makes a dent. The dent is quite visible, but, the wagon rolls on. Yes, in his book – Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy — he really has dealt with the reality in the game today. Yet whether Hawkins’ doctrine [...]
Sunday Sports Suide
Local CRICKET: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 1st Test, Day 2 at Galle ICS MCA-Singer Premier League Seylan Bank vs HNB at NCC Sampath Bank vs John Keells at Moratuwa MAS Unichela vs MAS Active at Colts MCA-Lemonade Div D Commercial Credit vs MAS Siluetta at MCA Hayleys Group vs SL Telecom ‘A’ at Ananda [...]
The wild ‘waves’
The wild ‘waves’ The latest trend at press conferences organized by a very popular sports body is that the big shots bring their secretaries to attend these meetings. Invariably they end up in five star hotels and the secretaries too have to mark time until their bosses wind up their affairs. Some newspapers have described [...]
Holding says modern pace would bowl him
One of cricket’s all-time fastest bowlers says he wouldn’t have been able to play at top levels for 12 years under the modern workload. Former West Indian speedster Michael Holding says too much cricket is taking its toll on fast bowlers and relatively young players like Brett Lee shouldn’t have to retire as early as [...]
Referee respect down to rugby ‘tradition’
In a recent article in BBC Sport Ed Morrison who is the head of elite referee development of the England’s Rugby Football Union was quoted as saying “rugby officials are shown more respect than in football because of the tradition of the sport. In rugby terms I think we’re well placed as referees. Our regard [...]
School is where soccer should begin
It is no secret that the successful culmination of all human endeavours begins in schools. They are the nurseries which necessarily produce doctors, lawyers, engineers, religious and social leaders, politicians, Scientist, sportsmen, and almost every one in the whole gamut in the field of human activity. If any such nursery is non-existent, it follows that [...]
Is football a second citizen’s sport
Travel across the length and breadth of Sri Lanka and you are sure to find several large football fields hosting keenly-contested games between passionate and skilled locals. However, the game has never earned the status enjoyed by other sports such as cricket and rugby. The Sunday Times set out to discover the reason behind this lack [...]
Andy, Sampath fireworks gives MAS Active victory
Calypso style batting by Andy Solomons, who slammed a 62 ball 88 with eight boundaries and four sixes and T.M. Sampath, who made an unbeaten 42 ball knock of 74 that included seven boundaries and four sixes, helped MAS Active record a convincing seven wickets win over ETI in their MCA Division A limited over [...]
Three J’s in harmony for Petes
Left arm spinner Julian de Zylva along with Janith Liyanage and Jason Buultjens combined to guide St Peter’s to a comfortable eight wicket win over De Mazenod Kandana in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Bambalapitiya yesterday. Julian ended the match with a fine match bag of 9 for 83 while Janith and [...]
Subhadra Boradeniya felicitated
A Post Mistress of Kandy Post Office Mrs Subhadra Boradeniya won a Gold Medal at the 17th Asain Masters Athletic Championship meet held in Taipei City Taiwan in the 4 X 400 metre event. Her performance at the at the 26th Sri Lanka Masters (Open) Athletic Championships held at Sugathadasa Stadium in May this Year [...]
Vidyartha rugby ban revoked
The Executive Committee of the Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) has decided revoke the one year ban imposed against Vidyartha College Kandy, after meeting yesterday, the sports body’s Secretary revealed. This was consequent to appeals made by the school requesting that the previous decision be reconsidered after a ban was imposed on Vidyartha earlier in [...]
Top level meeting this week to unravel school cricket tangle
A meeting is set to take place this week to discuss on the amended structure of Schools first XI cricket according to top officials of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and Sri Lanka School Cricket Association (SLSCA). Officials of SLC, SLSCA and the Ministries of Education and Sports are expected to sit together at this meeting [...]
Eranga, Herath send Kiwis into hiding
New Zealand failed to take the advantage of good batting conditions after skipper Ross Taylor won the toss and elected to take first lease of the wicket on the opening day of the first Test match played at the Galle International Stadium yesterday. The Kiwis would have repented and have to blame themselves for the [...]
Five-star Best helps West Indies rout Bangladesh
DHAKA, Nov 17, 2012 (AFP) – Paceman Tino Best grabbed his maiden five-wicket haul to help the West Indies beat Bangladesh by 77 runs in the first Test in an exciting fifth day finish at Shere Bangla stadium on Saturday. The 31-year-old paceman took three wickets in the post lunch session and added another in [...]
Kicks fly high at Fei Quando Grading Test
Thirty nine karatekas were graded at the Fei Quan Do International tests held at the Multi Hall Royal College Sports complex. These karatekas hail from leading schools, international schools, clubs and institutions. A high standard prevailed at the tests as these youngsters vied for colours and grades. The grading was conducted by martial arts and [...]
Losing interest in cricket
With great pleasure, enthusiasm and interest I have watched international cricket matches played in Sri Lanka. But since of late, I am gradually losing interest and the enthusiasm to watch matches in Sri Lanka. My interest in watching cricket is waning die to various reasons. To start with when one reads the goings on in [...]
Old Joes down past Petes in close tussle
The Old Josephians retained the Rev. Joe. E. Wickramasinghe Challenge Trophy for the third successive year when they defeated the Old Peterites by two goal to one, in their annual soccer fixture at the CR and FC grounds recently. At the short whistle the score was nil all. While both goals for the winners were [...]
NCCCA wins three games vs Nagar CA
The Nondescripts Cricket Academy registered three wins and suffered one defeat against the touring J.P. Nagar Cricket Academy from Bangalore, India, who were in Sri Lanka as part of their annual Indo-Lanka Match Exposure and Cultural Exchange Programme for junior cricketers recently. Their tour included four matches against the Nondescripts Cricket Academy, while two games [...]
Kushil Gunasekera the eleventh Lankan to get Honorary Life Membership of MCC
MCC has awarded former cricketer Kushil Gunasekera, founder of the Sri Lankan charity the Foundation of Goodness (FOG), Honorary Life Membership of the Club. The invitation was made at a recent meeting in Colombo in the presence of fellow MCC Honorary Life Member Kumar Sangakkara, and acknowledges Kushil Gunasekera’s inspirational work in the development of [...]
Galle district dominate 2012 Southern Province games
Galle district with 1276 points dominated the Southern Province Games which concluded at the Uyanwatta stadium. Matara district took second place with 566 points and Hambantota district were third with 512 points. Galle were champions in Netball, Kabaddi (Men and women), Football (men and Women), Badminton (men and Women), Basketball (men and women), Swimming (men [...]
Despite crossovers Dharmasoka continues their cricket unabated
Ambalangoda is perhaps famous for its traditional masks and puppet dancing. Alongside these legendary cultural aspects lies their pride, cricket. With almost five leading schools based in Ambalangoda competing at top level in schools cricket, Dharmasoka College virtually becomes the leader for many reasons. Dharmasoka may lose one or two players each year, on a [...]
St. Sylvester’s young and balanced
The St. Sylvester’s Cricket team is a difficult unit to beat, not least for their fighting qualities. Their Big Match rivals have found this out on a few occasions. This year’s team is young and balanced. The salient feature about them is that they have a lot of cricket ahead of them. Rain has interfered [...]
Joes and Petes share annual tie honours
St. Joseph’s and St. Peter’s Colleges were declared joint champions of the Stanley De Silva Challenge Trophy, after their 23rd annual football fixture had to be called off recently due to bad light. The match was played at the CR and FC grounds with St. Peter’s being the host team. The decision to declare both [...]
Lyceum Wattala rule the pool
Lyceum International School, Wattala notched up a second successive inter-international schools swimming title, as they tore past all opposition to register an emphatic final tally of 1139 points, after two days of competition at the Sugathadasa pool. They were well ahead of their closest challengers, Lyceum Nugegoda, who finished with 1091 points. Lyceum Wattala’s swimmers [...]
Perera guides Peter’s to glory
All-rounder Riyan Perera continued his superb form with the bat, as well as with the ball, to steer St. Peter’s College Colombo to the Inter-Schools Under-15 Division I Cricket Championship. St. Peter’s beat Mahanama College Colombo by four wickets to win the coveted title. This was the third occasion St. Peter’s won this championship in [...]
Dabare blasts century for CCC
Thanura Dabare was in cracking form for the under 15 CCC School of Cricket ‘A’ team when he blasted an unbeaten116 in their 49-run win over Lankan SC, at the Ananda Satralaya ground in Kotte recently. In two other matches played at the same venue, the CCC School of Cricket under 14 ‘B’ team beat [...]
Naveen George fires St. Peter’s to victory
Peterite captain and winger Naveen George fired his team to a one nil win over St. Joseph’s College, in their annual under 13 football encounter, securing them the Rev. Noel Perera Challenge Shield, at the CR and FC grounds recently. At half time neither side had opened their account. Joes win under 15 game St. [...]
Bhathiya wins National Karate Championship again
Bhathiya Wickramarachchi of Bandaranayake College Gampaha repeated his good form to win the Full Contact National Karate Championship for the third successive year. Bhathiya, a Grade 9 student of Bandaranayake College secured his hat-trick when he repeatedly won the gold medal for a third year running at the Sugathadasa Stadium recently. He has already won [...]
Jupiter House Champions at CSI Sports meet
Jupiter House emerged champions at the Colombo South International College’s annual inter-house sports meet, held on October 26, at Buddhadasa Grounds in Pelawatta, under the patronage of the Managing Director of CSI College Mangala De S Wijekularethne. Nearly 900 students, parents and well wishers of the college were present at the occasion. Relay Champions – [...]
