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Sports is still in political shackles
It seems that the bells have begun to toll. This is not because Christmas is around the corner, but because Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has decided to dive through the quagmire of sports and crack the whip especially on those elected bodies that do not act as they should. Definitely it is a good omen. [...]
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Royal and S. Thomas’ pull out of school cricket tournament
In bizarre move in school cricket both Royal and S. Thomas’ have decided to pull out of the current inter-school cricket tournament, run by the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association (SLSCA). The SLSCA and officials from the Ministry of Education are set to meet tomorrow to discuss a national policy for school cricket.However, informed sources [...]
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England on the brink of deja vu
If it weren’t for Ravi Ashwin’s batting unbeaten 83, India would have fallen to an innings defeat on day four of the third Test against England in Kolkata, but the all-rounder resisted England’s bowlers in the evening to drag the game into a final day. At stumps, India sat on 239 for nine, with a [...]
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Malay Club 140 year’s celebrations
The 140 years celebrations Colombo Malay Cricket Club (CMCC) founded in 1872 will get underway from today at the CMCC Padang grounds in Slave Island. The CMCC has made arrangements to conduct a host of sports activities during the one week celebrations due to end on December 16. The sport events titled “Padang Games 2012” [...]
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Anura Rohana Dazzles to defend UTE-CAT Open title
The UTE-CAT Sri Lanka Open Golf Championship concluded at the Ridgeways with a sensational comeback performance by Anura Rohana who defended his title after applying pressure on leader Vijitha Bandara in the final flight. With 9 holes to go in the championship Bandara was still 3 strokes ahead but persistently good golf by Rohana reduced [...]
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President’s Gold Cup set to begin
The eighth consecutive President’s Gold Cup District Volleyball tournament, conducted by the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation in partnership with Dialog Axiata, is set for an exciting start when matches get underway on December 8 and 9. Teams from the Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Anuradhapura, Monaragala and Mannar districts played their matches yesterday. (Bandula M)
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Richmond emerge T20 Triangular champions
Richmond emerged champions of 2nd President Mahinda Rajapaksa T20 triangular tournament with a three wicket win over Thurstan in the final played at the Thurstan ground in Reid Avenue yesterday. Thurstan organized the inaugural tournament last year and were the first winners. Results: Thurstan 139 for 5 in 20 overs (Minhaj Jaleel 28, Kavindu Kulasekera [...]
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Lankan junior stickers play final round today
Sri Lanka schools, under 18 and under 15 (Boys and girls) 7 a side Hockey teams will participate in the final round of the 39th Pesta international schools hockey tournament Today (9thDecember) at Kualalampur Malaysia. The 1st and 2nd rounds of these matches were held, yesterday. The Sri Lankan team left for Malaysia last Wednesday. [...]
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Saracens CC win
Left-arm spinner Kithsiri Subasinghe and fast medium bowler Ajith Udayakumara starred as Saracens CC Kandy coasted to an easy 6-wicket win over Madawala CC in the Inter-Club Twenty20 tournament match played at Pallekele. After the bowlers did their job, Sunimal Dissanaike and Dasun Manjula put the finishing touches with two good knocks. Madawala CC 125 [...]
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Principals, teachers violating overseas tours warned
No school teacher will hereafter be permitted to tour abroad with school teams without the prior permission from education ministry. The ban will be effective with immediately. This follows representations from various quarters that their absence has led to unnecessary inconvenience in schools. If any teacher is detected in violating this rule the principal of [...]
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Vidyartha College paddlers dominate
Vidyartha College paddlers dominated proceedings on the first day of the Central Province Open Table Tennis Championships at the Jagath Rajapaksa International Stadium at Nilambe in Kandy yesterday. Seven Vidyartha players, headed by the potential champion Udaya Ranasinghe, entered the quarterfinals of the boys’ Under-18 event that will be worked off today. The odd boy [...]
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Look out for those bikes on the Mountains
“We are working out an ambitious plan as the whole country is refreshing for cleaner and greener air and with the change of attitude of the nation towards cycling which was considered as only a mode of transport, now has become a popular recreation, off-road trekking and power sport for the new generation” said Maj. [...]
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Twenty teams in the fray for Premier limited over title
The Premier domestic cricket tournament, which has been dragging for sometime, will at last come into action with the Premier limited over competition scheduled to be worked off from December 9 in venues around the metropolis. The tournament this time around will be contested by 20 teams, a notable increase from the ten who competed [...]
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‘Parippu’ is not he word
‘Parippu’ is not he word A key sports festival is over and some officials are heaving a sigh of relief that it has finally come to an end. Officials have been complaining that there were no doors to toilets and they had to cover the entrance with a towel when using these toiletsadded to that [...]
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Swim coach clarifies
In your article headlined ‘Dolphin Aquatic Club won the nationals six times’, on December 2, 2012 that I was confirmed as a level four Coach of the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA). This is not the correct position. I was the first Non American in the world to be certified as a Level Four Coach [...]
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Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: SLC Premier L/O tournament Badureliya CC vs CCC at Surrey Village Tamil Union vs Saracens at P. Sara Oval SLPA vs Panadura SC at Colts Moors vs Kurunegala Youth at Braybrooke Place NCC vs Colts at Maitland Place Chilaw Marians vs SSC at Maitland Place Ragama CC vs Air Force at Reid Avenue [...]
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From Murali’s shadow to slot number two
Living in the shadow of a great like Sri Lanka’s champion spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is not the easiest thing to do. During the one and a half decades that the champion reigned over the rest of the world and bagged eight hundred wickets many a Lankan spinner just melted into oblivion. But, this plucky left [...]
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Into the baseline with Paldano
Tennis in general and tennis particularly in Negombo and Kandy centered during the interview with George R. Paldano, the High Performance Tennis Coach who is to write a Guest Column to the Sunday Times starting next week. “The De Silva family in Negombo plays an active role in keeping tennis alive in Negombo,” said Paldano. [...]
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Coaches, masters, and ‘player safety’
The SLRFU is having discussions with the Institute of Sport Medicine to formulate a structure to educate the importance of safety in rugby. Professor Arjun de Siva Director General leads the ISM while Chula Dharmadasa champions the cause Sri Lankan Rugby Football Union. Chula emphasized that safety involves more and includes grounds, training equipment, coaches, [...]
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Sevens or fifteens — the Lankan rugby dilemma!
Although Sri Lanka has enjoyed a strong run of success in the seven-a-side version of rugby, the country still places firm emphasis on the 15-a-side format of the game when it comes to school and national rugby development. The Sunday Times put it to the general public: Which format deserves more attention?
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Rewards for your efforts in schools cricket once again
All preparations are in place to kick start the 34th Bata-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year competition for the year 2013. As our readers are aware, last year Trinity College first XI skipper Niroshan Dikwella was crowned as the Bata-the Sunday Times Schoolboy All-Island Cricketer of the Year 2012 in addition of being [...]
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S. Thomas’ vs St. John’s Jaffna on Monday
S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia will host St. John’s College Jaffna at their annual school cricket encounter played for the Warden A.J.C. Selvaratnam Memorial Shield on Monday and Tuesday. The match will begin tomorrow (10) and will end on December 11. Awards for the man-of-the-match, best batsman, best bowler and best fielder will be also [...]
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Competitive sports banned at Under-13 age group
Schools will not be allowed to send their children below 13 to participate in competitive sports events from next year. This decision has been made by Ministry of Education in the interest of this group of children. It has been found that when children at this age group are over worked by strenuous coaching. It [...]
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Sri Lanka’s Canberra tour match ends in high-scoring draw
SYDNEY, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s only tour match before their three-test series against Australia ended in a draw in Canberra on Saturday when they declared on 396 for six at lunch on day three. The tourists still trailed the 439 for six made by the Chairman’s XI but both sides agreed to bring [...]
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Our footballers – no orphans!
My Attention is drawn to an article in your sports page on the 18th of November 2012 under the caption “Is Football a second class citizen?” I really appreciate the far-sighted analytical mind of the soccer loving crowd who has made some valuable comment about football, which should be an eye-opener for those who are [...]
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Sri Lanka Army made me a man – Bashu Musafer
In the past the Sri Lanka Army took Pride of place on and off the field. It has unearthed rural youth from the village greens in order to harness hidden talent to serve the national cause to gain international recognition. At the same time it was one of the nurseries for rugby and track and [...]
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Sri Lankan Hockey team goes down fighting in Doha
DOHA, QATAR: A spirited Sri Lankan Hockey team led by Nuwan Anju Hewage went down fighting to Azerbaijan at the World Hockey League round 1 title held at Al Rayyan Stadium. Azerbaijan who defeated Sri Lanka 4-3, will now move to the second round the World Hockey League. Despite the close finish, the captain of [...]
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KDU in 2-1 win over Colts CC
Kotalawela Defense University registered a 2-1 win over Colts CC in their Pioneer Shield ‘B’ Division hockey fixture at the Astro Turf recently. At half time KDU held a 1-0 lead. For Kotalawela DU, Asanka Liyadapitiya and A.S.M. Marikkar scored a goal each, while Shan Ratnam netted for Colts CC. The game was refereed by [...]
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‘Abeetha’ champs at Matara Municipal Council Sports Festival
‘Abeetha’ edged ‘Abhiru’, ‘Ayoma’ and ‘Agra’ to win the inaugural sports festival held by the Matara Municipal Council recently. The sports festival among staff was a concept of Mayor Sosindra Handunge. Staff members competed in cycling, cricket, tug of war, volleyball, marathon, and track and field events held over two days at the Uyanwatta grounds. [...]
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Rugby Workshop in Jaffna
The Sabaragamuwa Stallions together with the Security Forces Headquarters – Jaffna organised a rugby workshop recently at the Duraiappa Stadium Jaffna. Over 80 students from 7 schools; including Manipai College, Central College Jaffna, St. Patrick’s College, St. Anthony’s College Jaffna, St. John’s College Jaffna, Chavakachcheri Hindu College and St. Joseph’s College Jaffna participated in this [...]
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Holders St. Anthony’s bow out of Jaffna League
In a major upset of the Jaffna League knock-out football tournament, Anaikkodai Union trounced holders, St. Anthony’s Sports Club, Pasaiyoor, 2-1 to move into the semifinals played at Gurunagar Football Grounds. The game itself had the hallmarks of a classic duel between two of the top sides of the competition. St. Anthony’s opened scoring through [...]
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Ragama gets cash boost
Ragama Cricket Club on Thursday received a generous sponsorship of rupees one million from Multi Finance PLC, their sponsors for the upcoming Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Club Premier Limited Overs Championship. Its President Roshan Abeysinghe revealed to the reporters that as one of the underprivileged Tier ‘A’ cricket clubs in the country, Ragama CC has performed [...]
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How can our cricketers handle pressure
We have very good and talented cricketers in our national team. Most of them are on a par with many world class cricketers. There is no need to question their ability and talent. Our selectors pick them to play in the national team because of their natural aptitude to play the game. Sri Lanka has [...]
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Beware of this pack of warriors
After their resurgence as a frontline school cricket team last season, Richmond College Galle will be unquestionably eager to preserve their status or even move forward to being the best team in the island. Last season Richmond, one half of the legendary ‘Lovers’ Quarrel’ big match encounter which is over a century old, finished off [...]
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Soldiers of fortune in a different sense
Sde S. Jayasinghe Maha Vidyalaya Dehiwela is an underprivileged school from the Colombo suburbs which has driven its way to the top. After the 1992-93 schools cricket season S. de S. Jayasinghe MV, known as Dehiwela Central during that time, earned a promotion to Division I cricket but lack of funds let held them back [...]
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Adinuba Frank sparkles in CFC win
Nigerian Adinuba Frank who has been signed on for Colombo Football Club as their forward had magic in his boots to fire a hat-trick for his adopted club when they trounced Kandy York SC 4-0 in a Premier Division One soccer fixture at Bogambara Stadium, Kandy recently. At the short whistle, Colombo FC held a [...]
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5 MBA tournaments next year
Mercantile Badminton Association has decided to conduct three seminars and 5 major tournaments during next year (2013). Intermediate technical official course (18th of May Colombo) intermediate coaches course (7th and 8th of September Colombo) and sports physiology course (2nd of November Colombo) 2013 mercantile badminton tournaments are as follows:- 20th-24th of March AVI 30th MBA [...]
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CCC SC to serve another cricketing feast
The CCC School of Cricket is set to stage another cricketing banquet when the curtain goes up on the 9th Under 14 International Invitational Cricket Tournament, which will see top cricketing schools and academies battling it out for the Nelson Mendis Challenge Trophy from December 10 to 21. The matches will be played at 11 [...]
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Royal take Champions Trophy on penalties
Royal College defeated S. Thomas’ College 5-3 in a penalty shootout to retain the Champions Trophy, in their Under 19 annual football fixture, which was played at the Royal College Sports Complex recently. At the short whistle the home side led 1-0. In the 24th minute of play, right side winger Indrajith Ranaraja took a [...]
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Kilinochchi to stage 2013 all-island school games
The once war-ravaged city of Kilinochchi in the North will be the venue to be next October when the all-island school sports festival gets underway. This event will be the first of its kind to be held in North and will feature students from the North and East. Over 1500 participants at this meet have [...]
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Seneviratne and Dias shine at Thomian swimming gala
M. Seneviratne swam ahead to win the 25 metres Grade V (upper 3) sprint and N.D. Dias annexed the same event in the Grade Four (Lower third) at the S. Thomas’ College Lower School Swimming Gala, which was held recently at Mount Lavinia. Following Seneviratne into second place was S. Syendra while M. Chandrasiri was [...]
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STC Matara looking for cricketing resurgence
Junior cricket in Matara has reached an all time low with all three schools in the district being eliminated in the first round of the Under 13 Division One tournament this year. It is said that this is the first time that a school from Matara did not qualify for the second round. St. Thomas’ [...]
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Lyceum N’Eliya clinch zonal badminton crown
Lyceum International School Nuwara Eliya became overall champions at the zonal rounds of the AVI Junior National Badminton Competition, organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Badminton Association, at the Municipal Indoor Stadium in Nuwara Eliya. They won the doubles event in the boys’ Under-19 age category with Gyrika Aluthge and Keuse Lawrence taking the honours. [...]
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Sansika makes Rahula Matara proud
Tharin Sansika Punchihewa made Rahula College Matara proud when he brought the All-Island Under-13 Badminton title to his school after a lapse of 34 years. Tharin who clinched the Under-13 Badminton title was also named the Upcoming Player of 2012. Rahula Matara also impressed in other age categories while also placing third in the Under-13 [...]
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Vijayaba qualify for Under 15 division three final
Vijayaba National School Hungama qualified for the final of the under 15 division three cricket tournament. They defeated Richmond College Galle by 47 runs at the Vijitha Central College grounds in the semi final played on Tuesday (27th). With this win Vijayaba NS qualify to play in division two of the Under 15 schools cricket [...]
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Dabare and Sigera steer CCC to victory
Thanuka Dabare, with a top score of 58, and Asela Sigera, who backed him up with 50 runs, steered the CCC SC Under 14 ‘A’ team to a comfortable 62 run win over Panadura CC, at the latter’s ground recently. In the second Under 14 encounter too, the CCC SC ‘B’ team beat the hosts’ [...]
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SLC triumph over HFC Kurunegala
St. Lawrence’s Convent, Colombo defeated Holy Family Convent, Kurunegala by 70 points to 64 and emerged Under 19 champions at the All Island School Games, which was organized by the Ministry of Education at St. Joseph’s Girls School recently. St Lawrence’s were unbeaten in the tournament. The team comprised – Sheron Wickramaratne (captain), Omali De [...]
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Vishaka sitting pretty on Water Polo throne
Vishaka Vidyalaya has proved itself to be a powerful force in the sport of water polo this year, remaining defeated throughout the season and securing numerous trophies, including the 2012 schools tournament. They also emerged the winners of the National Aquatic Championship 2012 and the Sri Lanka Schools Aquatic Sports Water Polo championship. Additionally, they [...]
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Vijaya and Pushpadana colleges win hockey sixes
Vijaya College Matale and hosts Pushpadana Girls’ College Kandy emerged boys and girls Champions respectively, at the invitational Under 19 schools hockey sixes, conducted by Pushpadana Girls’ College Kandy to mark the 70th anniversary of the school at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy recently. Vijaya College Matate, through a goal each from Malinga Bandara, Sithum [...]
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British School basketball tourney in top gear
The British School Under 19 Inter-International basketball tournament is in full swing, with Asian International School, Colombo International School, Gateway College and Lyceum International School registering early wins at the British School courts. The tournament, which kicked off on December 3, will pit all international schools against each other in highly-competitive action which will carry [...]
