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Huge changes at Sri Lanka Cricket
Come January Sri Lanka Cricket will have a new Chief Executive Officer who will be responsible for all matters pertaining to cricket. It is learned that the position will be advertised next week. A senior member of the SLC executive committee told the Sunday Times that the present acting CEO Ajith Jayasekera has been moved [...]
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From the frying pan into the Aussie boiling pot
First of all we must make this an opportunity to thank the Lankan cricket hierarchy for making Test cricket the least important of the three segments – T-20, ODI and the age-old format of Test cricket. Now the Lankans play Test cricket as and when it suits them. They are so magnanimous that for Test [...]
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SLC Junior cricket competition to begin this Tuesday
The 6th annual Prima Champions Cup cricket tournament conducted by the Prima Group and Sri Lanka Cricket, for the cricketers of the age group of Under-15 will commence on December 4. The competition which attracts over 560 young cricketers from all parts of the country, including the north and east, will see 28 teams vying [...]
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Undergrads at T-20 cricket
The competition will be intensified as only one of Sri Lanka’s 14 Universities will be eligible to enter the Red Bull Campus Cricket World Twenty20 Series Championship, as the qualifiers in Sri Lanka begin in two weeks. The winner of the Sri Lankan qualifier will compete against respective winners from India, Pakistan, England, The Netherlands, [...]
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Carlton SC favoured to win Western Province Sevens
Carlton Sports Club represented by some top club players looked certain to claim the Western Province Sevens which worked off at the CR & FC and Royal Sports complex yesterday. This is sponsored by Asian Finance and the Cup and Plate segment took place at the CR & FC while the Bowl and Shield was [...]
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NCA in ‘Cricket Fiesta’ at Jaffna
The Nondescripts Cricket Academy toured Jaffna recently to play a series of under 15 game in a ‘Cricket Fiesta’ that was very well organized by the Jaffna District Schools Association recently.While on tour, the Nondescripts Cricket Academy also celebrated their 30th anniversary in the presence of a vast and distinguished gathering at the St. John’s [...]
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Only one meet record on day two
A. Rajaskhan of the Eastern Province was forced to dig deep and produce a spectacular run in order to pass his opponent from the Central Province, A. Pathirana, who threatened until the very end in an enthralling 200 meter sprint, on the second day of the 38th National Sports Festival, held at the Sugathadasa Stadium [...]
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Dream Cricket Day at NCC today
Dream Cricket Day, a charity project jointly organised by the Rotary Club of Colombo West and the Bradman Foundation, Australia will be held today at the NCC ground in Maitland Place from 9.00am. According to the project chairman Roshan Lyman the purpose of Dream Cricket Day is to provide primary school students who have a [...]
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Vithanarachchi 6 for 25 guides Dharmaraja
Another fine spell of left arm spin bowling by consistent Aravinda Vithanarachchi (6 for 25) helped his team Dharmaraja to bowl out the visiting St. Servatius lads from Matara for 170 in their Under 19 tournament match at Lake View yesterday. Vithanarachchi was never collared and kept the pressure on the batsmen right through. Two [...]
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Clinical MAS Active clinches MCA double
Sameera Soysa’s brilliant knock of 54 inclusive of five boundaries was enough to guide MAS Active to a double as they clinched the Singer-MCA Premier Knockout Championship beating Hatton National Bank (HNB) by 38 runs in the final played at the Colts ground yesterday. Chasing a reasonable target of 227 for victory HNB spoilt a [...]
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Eveready FC derails Railway
Eveready FC derailed Railway FC by two goals to nil in their Silver Cup soccer fixture conducted by the Colombo Football League at Campbell Park recently. The tournament is being worked off at various venues. Other results Valencia FC beat Old Hinduites 6-4. Old Wesleyites beat Young Totawatte 3-2. Badaowita FC beat Young Silver FC [...]
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North gets their own soccer stadium
Jaffna is getting ready to give a Red Carpet welcome to Mr. Sepp Blatter, the President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) when he comes in late December to open the Football Stadium in Ariyalai, Jaffna. The stadium itself is an outright gift of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and [...]
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Police ‘A’ win final
Police ‘A’ defeated Police ‘B’ by two goals to nil in the final of the Government Services Inter Departmental seven-a-side soccer championship at the CR and FC grounds recently. At the short whistle the ‘A’ team held a 1-0 lead. Centre half Dilanka Fernando fired the opener for the ‘A’ team and after the turn [...]
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Steyn, Amla lead South African fightback
PERTH, Australia, Dec 1, 2012 (AFP) – Pace spearhead Dale Steyn rediscovered his best form to bowl South Africa into a commanding position on the second day of the third and final Test against Australia at the WACA Ground on Saturday. Steyn’s four-wicket haul helped decimate the Australian first innings and hand his side a [...]
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Sachin Tendulkar in India squad for third Test with England
Sachin Tendulkar has kept his place in India’s 15-man squad for the third Test against England in Kolkata despite criticism of his form. The batsman was twice dismissed cheaply by Monty Panesar as England won the second Test in Mumbai by 10 wickets to level the four-match series at 1-1. That continued a run of [...]
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McCoist urges caution over Ibrox re-naming plans
GLASGOW, Nov 30, 2012 (AFP) – Rangers manager Ally McCoist on Friday expressed concern about reports the Scottish giants are planning to sell naming rights to their historic Ibrox stadium. Local media reports suggest the owner of English club Newcastle United, Mike Ashley, is in talks with Rangers chief executive Charles Green to have the [...]
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Khawaja to lead CA Chairman’s Xl vs Lanka
Batsman Usman Khawaja will commence his bid for a return to the Australian Test XI next week, when he captains the Chairman’s XI against the touring Sri Lankans at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. Thursday saw the veteran Ricky Ponting announce he will retire from international cricket at the conclusion of the series against South [...]
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Could Bloomfield bloom again?
It was a Poya day and instead of driving up to the P. Sara Oval I settled to watch the proceedings of the third day of the second Test match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand. After winning the first match, the Lankans did not have the game winding their way this time and it [...]
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Come December Anusha opens another door of destiny
By today, women pugilist Anusha Kodituwakku would have competed in her final bout as an amateur. The one time Sri Lanka Sevens rugby player contemplates on pursuing a career beyond the unthinkable. Kodituwakku (33) who threw the towel after an illustrious career of 10 years as an amateur boxer humbly regrets that she could not [...]
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Do outstation athletes stand a chance?
The outstation region of Sri Lanka holds an immense reservoir of talent, with it often producing top quality athletes in a number of sports. However, there are a great many that fall by the wayside of these mostly rural areas. The Sunday Times set out to find out whether the support these abundantly talented individuals [...]
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Lions to roar louder this time
Impressive Upcountry Lions who made their debut as a top division rugby club last season, has appointed former Sri Lanka Sevens skipper Srinath Sooriyabandara as their captain for the upcoming season. Their remarkable kick-start according to Upcountry Lions manager Hassan Singhawansa has managed astound their sponsors Crysbro who had agreed to extend their sponsorship by [...]
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Dolphin AC Ambalangoda won the Nationals 6 times
Ambalangoda which thrived in sea swims, in the 60s had a lean spell in 1970 and 1980. In 1979 NAASU commenced outstation swimming meets in order to revive swimming in these areas. From these meet three swimmers were chosen and given the opportunity to train in Colombo. They were: Kanchen Rajapakshe, S.K. Pathmasiri amd T.H. [...]
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CFC win opener over Jupiter SC
Colombo Football Club trounced Jupiter Sports Club by 4-1 in their opening fixture of the Division One Premier League Football Tournament fixture at Negombo recently. The opening goal of the match was notched up by Channa Nissanka to give Jupiter SC the lead. Colombo FC equalised when Nigerian forward Adinuba Frank opened their account. Colombo [...]
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Nigerian duo give CFC a 2-1 win
Nigerian duo of Adinuba Frank and Stanley Uchenna combined to give Colombo FC a 2-1 win over Solid SC, Anuradhapura in their Division One Premier League Football fixture at the City League grounds recently. All goals were scored in the first session of the game. In the 27th minute of the game, Solid SC went [...]
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CFC post third win
Colombo Football Club posted their third successive win in the ongoing Premier League Division One Soccer tournament when they beat Golden Star SC, Kandy by three goals to one at the City League grounds recently. At half time the tally was 1-0 in favour f CFC. A.M.A. Aslam got CFC off the mark when he [...]
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Sri Lanka Masters returns home with silver and bronze medals
The Sri Lanka Masters Basketball teams who took part in the Pan Pacific Masters Games in Gold Coast, Brisbane, Australia arrived to Sri Lanka with Silver & Bronze medals. The Sri Lanka Senior team won the Silver and the Sri Lanka Junior-35 team won the bronze. The Sri Lanka Masters has won the Bronze medal [...]
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A cool job
A cool job What some officials are up to! It has been brought to our notice that a certain official appointed as a development officer to a leading sports body is being paid US Dollars 50 a day just for doing nothing. His job is to supervise the workings of those wo are officiating at [...]
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Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: MCA-Lemonade Div D semi-final Mobitel vs Pan Asia Bank at MCA ground MCA-Bajaj Div E League Aviva NDB vs CIFL at Ananda Mawatha Asian Alliance vs Dialog ‘A’ at Thurstan ground Aitken Spence vs Commercial Bank ‘B’ at St. John’s Panadura SQUASH: SSC Open at SSC courts HOCKEY: Charles Robinson Invitational 7s at [...]
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Aiming to peak for the Lovers’ Quarrel
Mahinda College Galle, one half of the famous century old ‘Lovers’ Quarrel’ cricket encounter, is one of the few schools in Sri Lanka to adopt the sport from the south. Under a new coach this school from Eliot Place Galle is set to come back to their winning ways, that is hopefully, if they could [...]
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Joseph Vaz keen to be productive
has been quite a while since Joseph Vaz College Wennappuwa made their entry to the Division I segment of the school cricket arena. Despite producing few players to the Sri Lanka Under-19 stream, cricket still is a less-attractive sport at Joseph Vaz who takes pride in being the only school from the area to play [...]
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Ponting walks out of the dressing room
This time, exemplified more by his second-innings dismissal in Adelaide than the first, it is because he is seeing the ball late. ”Played on” is the symptom. There is no cure and no comeback, only a hope that the nation’s adrenalin, telepathically infused, can obviate it one last time. This much, Ponting said on Thursday, [...]
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Player safety is referee’s responsibility
A heading in Rugby Haven read “Always the victim, never the perpetrator: All Blacks must own their acts of violence”. This followed the incident where 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 [...]
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Abeysinghe dives for glory
Anyone observing Mathew Abeysinghe at a swim meet will immediately attach one principal quality to the youngster from Asian International School: unswerving focus. It is etched over every inch of his face as he heads towards the starting block and makes itself abundantly visible once he is in the water, leaving all his competitors in [...]
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Gateway College establishes 7 new meet reords and wins 3 age group championsships
The Gateway College swimming squad consisting of 54 swimmers placed fourth out of nineteen schools at the annual Inter-International Swimming Championship organized by Asian International School held on the 10th and 11th of November. Gateway College established 7 New Meet Records and won 3 Age Group Championships: Alvin Arulmaran was placed 1st in the 50m [...]
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Manawadu conquers two-mile sea swim
Kaushal Manawadu of St. Joseph’s College Colombo proved his swimming prowess recently when he won the two-mile sea swim conducted by Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda. Last year he was placed fourth and this time around he has improved as a swimmer to win the most recognised sea swim race to be held in Sri Lanka. In [...]
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Lakmali somersaults her way to gold
R.H. Ganeshika Lakmali of President’s Girls’ School in Walahanduwa, Galle won four medals at the recent All-Island Schools Gymnastics Championship. She won a gold and three silver medals at the championship, representing her school in the Under-19 age category. Lakmali won a gold medal in the balance beam competition while claiming three silver medals in [...]
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Achini wins gold in karate c’ship
Achini Avishka of Southland Girls’ School Galle won a gold medal in the ‘kata’ event of the Under-9 age category at the Open Karate Championship, held at the Town Hall in Galle. The championship was organised by Kensho International Karate Association for the 17th successive occasion. Here Avishka receives her medal from the chief instructor [...]
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Tharushi aims to figure prominently in TT
Young Tharushi Naveena Hettihewa, a grade seven student of Good Shepherd’s Convent Kotahena is shaping to be a promising table tennis star. Tharushi has come a long way since taking up table tennis five years ago, to reach the Western Province table tennis training pool. With the entry she will be able to further enhance [...]
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Sacred Heart Convent Galle gymnastic champs
Sacred Heart Convent Galle clinched the overall girls’ championship at the All-Island Schools Gymnastics Championship 2012 held recently. The victorious team members, H.A.K.M. Tharandani, Thilini Thakshila, skipper Chalanima Ashani, Sonali Dilshani and Thanuri Dharshani, posed for a picture with their school officials Rev. Sis. Disna Siyaguna (Principal) and Miranda Thalgahagoda, the teacher-in-charge.
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Elkaduwa Best Sportsman of St. Thomas’ Matale
Fifty seven young Thomians received College Colours in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the field of sports during the period 2011-2012 at the ‘Colours Nite’ of St. Thomas’ College Matale held at the Charles Robinson memorial hall in their school. A distinguished old Thomian of the Robinson era and presently a Canadian resident Edmund [...]
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Ashwini wins silver at Sports Festival
M.D. Tharuka Ashwini, the athletic captain of Sacred Heart Convent Galle won a silver medal at the recently concluded National Schools Sports Festival 2012. Ashwini represented her school in the girls’ Under-19 triple jump event and secured a silver medal after her prolific performances at the Southern Province Sports Festival where she won gold medals [...]
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S. Thomas’and Royal trade wins in football
With a goal each by D. Ebenezer, N.P. Wimaladas and Y. Ratnayake, S. Thomas’ College inflicted a 3-0 defeat on Royal College, in their Under 13 soccer fixture recently. However, in the Under 15 fixture Royal College turned the tables on the Thomians to post a 2-1 win. For the Royalists, striker Navin Nicholas and [...]
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Lyceum, Nugegoda win consolation
Lyceum International, Nugegoda defeated Royal College by 95 points to 49 to win the consolation final of the boys under 15 ‘A’ division basketball tournament at Negombo recently. V. Samaranayake was on target for Lyceum with 32 points, while P. Liyanage added a further 19. For Royal College, Mohamed Saheer top scored with 18. (BM)
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Maris Stella wins ‘A’ final over SPC
Maris Stella College won the boys All Island under 15 ‘A’ Division basketball final, when they defeated St. Peter’s College by 43 points to 34, at Negombo recently. Nirmal Perera with 14 points and Thejan Fernando 13 were the best shooters for Maris Stella, while N. Liyanage was the top scorer for St. Peter’s with [...]
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Dharmasoka overall swim champs
Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda bagged the 9th R.M.P. de Silva Memorial Trophy Swimming Championship after claiming the overall boys’ and girls’ categories in the competition. D.S. Senanayake College Colombo emerged runners-up in the boys’ category while in the girls’ category Sri Devananda Maga Vidyalaya was placed overall second. The competition was held at the Dharmasoka Swimming [...]
