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This smiling assassin is a smooth operator

In every walk of life there are silent contributors who are always willing to shoulder their share of the burden and a little more, yet they hardly get noticed as they make little or no din about it. Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara definitely falls into this category. Always with a smile which I interpret [...]

Lorgat report: Can SLC shed its political skin?

When you keep running in the wilderness, there is a time when you stop and realise that at one point you had taken the wrong turn. The moment I learned that Haroon Lorgat – the former ICC chief – was coming to Colombo to rake through the cricket dirt and formulate a fresh plan, I [...]

Kapila, the godfather of the ‘Josephian Cricket Mafia’

The duo on the rising sun of the ‘Josephian Mafia’ is widely talked about. The combination of allrounders Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera, in Sri Lanka cricket is on its upward trend. Now another cricketer, Dimuth Karunaratne, making his entry to the international scene from St. Joseph’s College Colombo, the Josephian Mafia probably got toughened. [...]

Defence Services retain A.A. Virasinghe Trophy

By virtue of a 5-1 win over Matale Hockey Association, Defence Services retained the A.A. Virasinghe Challenge Trophy for another year when the final of the 56th Senior National Hockey Championship was worked off at the Astro Turf on Sunday. However, at the short whistle it was Matale HA in the lead with one goal [...]

CH & FC ‘A’ close win 6-4 win over Gymkhana

CH and FC ‘A’ posted a 6-4 win over Gymkhana Club in their Andriesz Shield hockey fixture at the Astro Turf recently. At short time the winners led by three goals to one. For CH and FC ‘A’ the scorers were, S.C. Gajanayke in the 10th minute, R.T. Wickramasinghe in the 15th and 30th minutes, [...]

DS in close win

D.S. Senanayake College recorded a close 14-run victory against their big match rivals Mahanama College in the Inter-School Under-13 Division III cricket match played at the Ananda Sastralaya ground in Kotte. Mahanama who elected to bat first were bundle out for 113 runs with worthy contributions coming out from the bats of Thaweesha Thatsara (28), [...]

The late Rizvi Zain was Ranil’s swim mentor

The death of swimming Coach Rizvi Zain at the Asian Games in Bangkok 1972 paved the way for Ranil Goonasena to be what he is today – swimming coach of the SSC and Hilton Colombo. The late Rizvi Zain had taken Ranil Goonasena under his wing and had trained him meticulously. Rizvi had also sent [...]

The tournament was held at Richmond College, Galle from 17/10/2012 to 21/10/2012 and Ananda College was represented by two teams in this year too. It’s “A” team became Runners-up in “A” Division category this year. Ananda college badminton team is currently being coached by Mr. Danushka Fernando who is also the Assistant Coach of the [...]

MAS win at Mercantile TT

The Mercantile Table Tennis League tournament was conducted by the Mercantile Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka at the S. Thomas’ College Sports Complex recently. MAS intimates men and women teams won the ‘A’ division by beating Seylan Bank 3/1, and Commercial bank 2/0 respectively. MAS intimates men’s winning team comprised B.N.B. Jayasinghe, Yohan Deshapriya [...]

Pegasus House clinch C.T.A. Schaffter trophy

Pegasus House sprinted in front to claim the C.T.A. Schaffter Trophy with an overall total of 367 points at the Wycherley Inter House Athletic Meet, which was worked off at the Nondescripts Cricket Club grounds recently. Triton House ran into second place with 340 points, while Athena House was third with 254 points and Apollo [...]

Priyantha Malavi completes 30 years as boxing official

Priantha Malavi completed 30 years as a Boxing Official recently. He qualified in September 1982, being the youngest to qualify as a Boxing Referee in Sri Lanka. At present he is the most senior active Boxing Referee/Judge in the country. The youngest to qualify as a Boxing Judge in Sri Lanka is the former A.B.A [...]

MAS Active take Singer-MCA Premier League title

MAS Active retained the Singer-MCA Premier League 2012 title for the second successive year which concluded last Tuesday. In the decisive match they beat Seylan Bank by 8 wickets to finish with 15 points overall ahead of MAS Unichela. After six matches both teams completed with three wins each but MAS Active remained unbeaten while [...]

Latina Lanka Cricket Club, a cricket team formed by Sri Lankans based in Rome, Italy won the Coppa Italia Cup for the third successive year. The cricket club formed six years ago by Prabath Ekneligoda for the benefit of Sri Lankan cricket players who are based in Rome. The cricket club is presently headed by [...]

Sri Lanka cricketer Malinda Warnapura took a step further in his career by initiating a cricket centre last weekend. The academy has been named as Warnes and Hands Cricket Centre is located at Hokandara Road, Thalawathugoda and offers many facilities to cricketers of any age category. The cricket centre is a joint venture of Warnapura [...]

Expo Lanka prevail over Amana Takaful

Expo Lanka prevailed over Amana Takaful by two goals to nil in their MFA ‘A’ division knock-out tournament soccer fixture at the CR and FC grounds recently. At half time Expo Lanka led 1-0. The opening goal of the game when an Amana Takaful defender, headed the ball into his own goal to put Expo [...]

Shenal Dias best rugby player of the year 2012

Former St. Peter’s College, Air force and present Havelocks SC second row forward Shenal Dias was judged as the Dialog Player of the year for 2012 at a colourful ceremony organized by the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) and the official sponsors of the National rugby team Dialog at Waters Edge Battaramulla. Havelocks SC [...]

The Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) has re -appointed the Vice President of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union, Lasitha Gunaratne, to its Executive Committee. His Period in the executive will continue till 2014. Lasitha has also been re-appointed as Chairman of Youth Rugby Committee of the Asian Rugby Football Union according to officials of [...]

Thurstan College Colombo has been going through a lot of changes in recent times but this season their main focus is to come back to the usual terms. With a third consecutive changeover in three seasons to their coaching department, Thurstan is surely to try their luck this season under Sajeewa de Silva. According to [...]

Look out for these lads from Campbell Place

If one may consider as to why Nalanda College Colombo, which happens to be one of the leading cricket playing schools in the country, have not been in the limelight lately, it is possibly because they like to lie low before making a big impact. They may have not sighted huge or impressive wins lately, [...]

Singing�lullabies A skipper for a competition to be held in Singapore was changed at the last minute. This player has a good reputation but a little too old to be a player even though she is still good in her position and a good reader of the game. She approached the Big an in Sports [...]

Sunday Sports Guide

Local CRICKET: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 2nd Test, Day 1 at P. Sara Oval Cambrian Inter-Club Sixes at Moratuwa MCA-Lemonade Div D quarterfinals MAS Silueta vs Mobitel at MCA ground Pan Asia Bank vs Hayleys at Ananda Mawatha. SQUASH: SSC Open at SSC courts RUGBY: Mercantile Sevens at Longdon Place BASKETBALL: Dialog Inter-Institute tournament [...]

Schools rugby intricacies and the catch-22 situations

The Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association plans for next year, while Vidyartha College and DS Senanayake College are ready to fight on.� The Schools Section confirmed the proposed schedule for 2013 which will have a break for Easter, New Year and Wesak. At least they have got the ball rolling to complete all of [...]

Greig the mid-field fighter will keep on fighting

July 8, 1977. I had to look up the date but, having done so, the memories just came flooding back. It was a Friday and on that day, as a nine year-old boy, I watched something on television that’s not only stayed with me ever since but has also helped to shape the rest of [...]

McIlroy feels Wozniacki’s Christmas presence

DUBAI, Nov 23, 2012 (AFP) – Top-ranked golfer Rory McIlroy found himself discussing Christmas presents instead of his game at a news conference on Thursday when his tennis star girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki demanded a special gift. Wozniacki, 22, put her Northern Ireland boyfriend, who is currently ranked world number one, firmly on the spot as [...]

WELLINGTON, Nov 24, 2012 (AFP) – All Blacks’ forward Adam Thomson has had his one-week ban for trampling on the head of Scotland’s Alasdair Strokosch doubled to two weeks following an appeal by the International Rugby Board. A copy of the decision, released on Saturday by the New Zealand Rugby Union, said Thomson’s suspension had [...]

Cricket Australia have released their fixtures for the 2013/14 Ashes against England, with the schedule including the most T20s in one series ever played on Aussie soil. Along with the usual five Tests, there will be five ODIs and three T20s. “We are delighted to be able to confirm the Ashes fixtures so far in [...]

French tennis coach jailed eight years for raping pupils

LYON, France, Nov 23, 2012 (AFP) – A French court on Friday convicted a top French tennis coach of raping two under-aged girls he was training more than 20 years ago and sentenced him to eight years in prison. Regis de Camaret ran a tennis training camp at the plush Mediterranean resort of Saint Tropez [...]

The brand new car on offer for the first athlete to break a national record still remains parked safely as 22 new meet records were set by the end of second day of the 24th National Youth Sports Festival at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. Out of the 23 final events which were held [...]

No shocks on day two at Mercantile Rugby Sevens

There were 44 teams battling it out for the 42nd Dialog Mercantile Rugby Sevens which was worked off for the second day at the CR & FC rugby grounds at Longdon Place. There were no shocks on day 2 as most of the top teams went past in their first hurdle in their group matches. [...]

Former Sri Lanka record holder for the shot putt and javelin events Maj. Sarath Wijesinghe who is now domiciled in Sydney Australia returned home to visit his alma-mater Ananda College. Last morning Wijesinghe held a coaching camp for the college students which was followed by a talent identification training session for Athletic coaches. The picture [...]

Six teams had the honour of qualifying to the quarter finals after the conclusion of the first day’s play of the Seventh Cambrian Cricket Wing Six a Side cricket tournament played at the Prince of Wales ground in Moratuwa yesterday. The teams to advance were defending champions Saracens SC, Sri Lanka Ports Authority, SSC, Bloomfield, [...]

The Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) National Squash Championships 2012 kicked off at the SSC Squash Complex yesterday. The participants who took part in this tournament were in 17 age group categories. In the Boys under 9 age group category, Minuka Jayawardena, V. D Bellange, Ayush Wijethunga, D. H. Thinura Randima, D. C Hettige, Shehan Gardiner [...]

Sri Lanka spinner Jeewan Mendis guided Sampath Bank to a comfortable 120 runs win over John Keells in their Mercantile knockout cricket tournament quarter final encounter concluded at the Bloomfield ground in Reid Avenue yesterday. Jeewan’s magnificent figures of 7 for 44 helped his side restrict John Keells chasing a formidable target of 267 runs [...]

Lankans come out with one eye Down Under

For the Lankans the second Test that begins at the P. Sara Oval will have a double objective. First is for them to register their first Test series win since the departure of their champion spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and the other will be their real preparation for the tour down under which begins almost back-to-back. [...]

KHULNA, Bangladesh, Nov 24, 2012 (AFP) – Bangladesh were 226-6 at close on the fourth day of the second and final Test in Khulna on Saturday, needing another 35 runs to avoid an innings defeat against the West Indies. Allrounder Shakib Al Hasan fell in the last over of the day for 97. Nasir Hossain [...]

England ended day two of the second Test against India on 178 for two, having recovered from a vulnerable position thanks to half centuries from Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen, both of whom were unbeaten at stumps. After losing two early wickets in their chase of 327, the captain (87) and KP (62) played superb [...]

Proteas fight back in 2nd Test with late wickets

ADELAIDE, Australia, Nov 24, 2012 (AFP) – South Africa gave themselves an outside winning chance in the second Test in Adelaide with five Australian wickets late on the third day on Saturday. The Australians, leading by 162 runs after the first innings, were sailing along at 77 without loss before a tumble of wickets gave [...]

The Ping Pong Academy, in collaboration with the Jaffna District Table Tennis Association and the Vavuniya District Table Tennis Association, conducted three championships during the second weekend of November in Vavuniya. T. Nithiya and Saharajah Sajeewan from Jaffna were the most successful paddlers of the three-event table tennis gala which were held on November 10 [...]

OKI International emerges runners-up in U-12 Badminton

OKI International School Wattala emerged as Under-12 Division ‘E’ runners-up at the All-Island Inter-School Badminton Team Championship 2012 conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Badminton Association at Richmond College in Galle. Before going down to Royal Institute Colombo, OKI registered wins against Ceylinco Sussex Matara, Alethea International School Dehiwela, Rajasinghe Central Hanwella, St. Servatius Matara and [...]

Gateway clinch U-17 cricket C.T.A Shaffter Challenge Trophy

Gateway International School Colombo emerged champions of the Under-17 Inter-International Schools’ Cricket Tournament by beating OKI International School Wattala comprehensively in the final, which was a 40-over per-side game. OKI batted first and were bundled out for 88 runs in 34.1 overs. However, Gateway’s cricketers made use of just 16.1 overs to race to a [...]

Lyceum International School Nugegoda beat Stafford International School to win the International Schools Under-15 Cricket Championship, played at Shalika grounds in Narahenpita recently. Lyceum Nugegoda beat SIS by 38 runs after Avinash Perera came out with a superb bowling performance which helped them clinch the final. Electing to bat first, Lyceum Nugegoda posted 151 for [...]

Prince of Wales felicitates its national sportsmen

Prince of Wales’ College Moratuwa held a felicitation ceremony to honour some of their past students, who shoulder the distinction of having represented Sri Lanka in sport. The ceremony, led by the principal and staff, was held last Friday (16) at the college auditorium. Among those who were felicitated were World Carrom Champion Nishantha Fernando [...]

CIMA in keeping with its vision of helping businesses and people to succeed is partnering St Thomas’ College Matara first XI cricket team for the 2012 / 13 season. Radley Stephens Country Director CIMA together with Deshani Gamage directress Apex Educational Institute and Pramudhi Nanayakkara Business Development Manageress CIMA were in Matara to hand over [...]

Zahira College Colombo cemented its place as one of Sri Lanka’s top footballing schools, when it defended its Under 19 All Island Football Championship crown against some of the country’s top football schools recently. In the finals of the Sri Lanka Schools Football Association-organized tournament, Zahira triumphed against an extremely strong St. Benedict’s College outfit, [...]

Trinity College Kandy is on the verge of producing table tennis’ next prodigies through the Manzil brothers, Anan, Abdullah and Attaab. The trio displayed their potential in the sport when they performed creditably at the recently concluded All-Island Ranking Tournament, conducted by the Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka (TTASL). Attaab (7), who is the [...]

Thilanjana impresses at the Pathway camp

Adeesha Thilanjana of Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda was adjudged the most promising cricket star at the Coca Cola pathway cricket camp held at the Uyanwatta Stadium Matara over the week end. Binura Fernando of D S Senanayake College Colombo and Hasitha Madushan of Richmond College Galle took second and third spots. The above three together with [...]

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