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There are flaws in our coaching system
Last Sunday our newspaper carried a news item to the effect that from 2013, students in the Under 13 age group will not be allowed to take part in any competitive sports, barring a few games like chess, swimming and gymnastics. The reason for these three sports being exempted is that by the time kids [...]
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Fantastic four and what next?
In keeping with the promise he made when he took over the Lankan cricket reins for the second time a year ago, Mahela Jayawardena has decided to abdicate after the gruelling Australian tour. We salute him for that. Without pushing a new captain at the deep end — like the way Dilshan had to wade [...]
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Goal-line technology works, says Blatter
TOKYO, Dec 15, 2012 (AFP) – FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Saturday that goal-line technology “works” and that referees were happy to see it implemented, as a trial of rival systems at the Club World Cup in Japan enters its final stages. The world body has been testing two technologies that determine whether a ball [...]
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Seven more sports schools
The ministry of education and the ministry of sports have launched a joint plan to increase the number of Sports Schools from 18 to 25. Within the next 2-3 weeks, the Principals of the sports schools which are now in operation will be called upon to hold a special discussions with regard to this matter [...]
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Tennis; competition and for life
Playing Tennis is a “Passion”. As beginner, as advance player, competition player, international player and recreation comes from a passion. Sri Lankans are sports minded. Every news paper has a sports page, every gathering talk sports. We all have a sports opinion. We have a passion for sports. Passion motivates us into doing sports. Participation [...]
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Acting wisely on professional safety standards
Rugby is a popular sport that has inspired many children to take up the game, but is increasing risk of serious injury a cause for concern? Information received is that Wasim Bawa a promising allround sportsman and an excellent rugby player may be lost to the game forever. The reason is possibly that he continued [...]
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The way she operates
The way she operates The much talked subject in the oval ball circuit is about a lady who would do anything to get her share of the job done. This lady is supposed to have befriended an official at a competition held in a neighbouring country and had wormed her way into the island with [...]
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Kushal guides Colts to fourth win
A swashbuckling 155 by Kushal Janith helped Colts to secure a 73 runs win on the D/L method against Panadura SC and record their fourth successive win in as many matches in the Premier limited over encounter played at the Panadura Esplanade yesterday. Kushal’s knock which came in just 116 balls comprised 19 hits to [...]
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Subasinghe (109) gives Ministry of Defence massive win
A match winning knock of 109 runs by S.A.I Subasinghe aided by K.S. De Silva (55) and H.S.K. Wawita (54) gave Ministry of Defence a massive 250 runs over Police Headquarters in their State Services 45 over knock out cricket match at the Health Grounds recently. Results At Castle Street Ministry of Defence beat Police [...]
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Roshan elected Havies President
Roshan Deen was unanimously elected the new President of Havelocks Sports Club at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) which was held on Friday at the club premises. In 2012 under the presidency of Tyronne Coonghe, Havelocks returned to the spotlight in the rugby circle by winning the league club rugby title. Others office bearers of [...]
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St. John’s Jaffna defeat Royal Panadura
St. John’s Jaffna defeated Royal Panadura by 31 runs in the limited over encounter played at the Sri Palee ground in Horana. The Johnians were first guided by Jeyakumar Amidyan and Perinbarajah Brinthapan who helped the side make a decent score. The pair put on a valuable 57 runs stand for the eighth wicket when [...]
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Herath pilots Future Stars to 166 run win over Wesswood International
N. Herath with a match wining unbeaten knock of 103 runs piloted Future Stars to a massive 166 run win over Wesswood International at Katugastota in the ongoing ninth Annual International Invitational cricket tournament for the Nelson Mendis Challenge Trophy. At C.M.S. Kotte a fine double of 92 not out and 3 wickets for 17 [...]
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Sri Lanka lack firepower, says coach
Sri Lanka are confident their spin sensation Rangana Herath can have a big impact in the second and third Tests in Melbourne and Sydney, but there’s the small problem of getting through the Hobart match first. After two days of play the tourists are finding the going tough on 4-87 in reply to the home [...]
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Manju out from the cold in style
The star attraction at the 87th National Boxing Championships currently being held at the Linea Boxing Centre in Pallekele, Manju Wanniarachchi, resuming his boxing career after a break of two years, was able to easily outpoint his opponent Airman Dinesha Bandara. Wanniarachchi carried far too many guns for his opponent. His much anticipated scrap with [...]
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Roaring start for Colombo Night Races
The second Colombo Night Races which drew large crowds began at Colombo Fort yesterday. Prominent local and international participants took part in the much anticipated racing event where seven car events and four motor cycle events were held during the night. The Sunday Times staff photographer Amila Gamage captured some enthralling moments of the McLarens [...]
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Butterfingered Lankans looking down the barrel
HOBART, Australia, Dec 15, 2012 (AFP) – Four Sri Lankan wickets rewarded a Mike Hussey-induced declaration to have Australia in a powerful position after the second day of the first Hobart Test on Saturday. Veteran Hussey’s fifth century in six Tests against Sri Lanka enabled skipper Michael Clarke to call a halt to Australia’s first [...]
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Dhoni ‘cooked’ at stumps
England took four wickets in the last hour of the third day to fight back against India in the final Test as the hosts trailed by 33 runs behind the tourists at Nagpur on Saturday. The tourists, who lead the series 2-1, had long been frustrated by Mahendra Dhoni and Virat Kohli, who shared a [...]
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Lankan Fencers test their skills for the first time
National Association of Fencing in Sri Lanka (NAF) said on Wednesday that it would host the inaugural National Fencing Championship on December 20 and 21 at the Unichela Fencing Club premises in Panadura. This will be the first ever domestic competition to be hosted by the NAF since it was founded in 2008. Kasuni Silva, [...]
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Shuttle champion Niluka to tour India and South Korea
Sri Lanka’s national badminton champion Niluka Karunarathna will shortly tour India and South Korea to participate in two international tournaments. In India he will take part in the International India Grand Prix Gold Badminton Championship in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow which will be held from December 18 to 23rd. In Seoul, South Korea, Niluka will participate [...]
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Nirmala retains TT crown
Nirmala Jayasinghe retained his Central Province Open Crown, but was taken the distance by a fighting C.P. Liyanage at the finals of the Central Province open TT tournament worked off at the Jagath Rajapakse International Stadium in Kandy. The winner, whose confidence was at a high, played a good all round game. However, at times, [...]
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Urgent need of a sports director
The absence of a director of Education in charge of sports at the ministry is a great drawback.It is pointed out that such a post should be filled by a senior grade one administrative officer with a degree in physical culture education. The present arrangement to assign those with a degree in other subjects such [...]
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Green Light for International School Cricketers
The Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association has requested to the Education Ministry that International schools should also be given permission to participate in inter-schools cricket tournaments in future. The Ministry however indicated that their request would be considered if they give an assurance that their participation in the tournament would not hamper in the matters [...]
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Under 19 Provincial tournament to pick squad for Bangladesh clash
The once elapsed Under-19 Inter-Provincial cricket tournament organised and conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is scheduled to kick off next Tuesday at four venues. However experts of schools cricket question the reason behind conducting a competition hile the first XI season has not even reached halfway. The tournament will include 10 sides covering the [...]
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SLCF wins inaugural Gamini Dissanayake Challenge Trophy
Sri Lanka Cricket Foundation (SLCF) beat Cricket Foundation of India by 52 runs in a Twenty20 match to win the inaugural Gamini Dissanayake Challenge Trophy at R. Premadasa Stadium. SLCF 148 for 4 wickets (20) (Ramesh Nallaperuma 42, V. Madushanka 39, Geeshanth Panditharatne 21, G. Akash 3/20) CFI 96 for 8 wickets (20) (C. More [...]
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Fine knock by Kavinda
Kavinda Silva produced a superb allround effort to steer Commercial Credit to seventh heaven when they beat Mobitel to clinch the Elephant Lemonade trophy after winning the MCA Division ‘D’ final played at the MCA ground yesterday. Man-of-the-match Silva clobbered an unbeaten 63 off 61 balls inclusive of five boundaries and three sixes to help [...]
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NDB emerge champs in ‘B’ Division
Clinical National Development Bank (NDB) clinched the Division ‘B’ title at the Mercantile Badminton Championship which was held at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Courts in Mt. Lavinia recently. NDB shuttlers performed creditably throughout the tournament beating HSBC 5-nil, Nations Trust Bank 3-1 while losing against Ceylinco by 2-3 in the preliminary rounds before reaching [...]
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Sandesh and Ruvini shine at WP TT tourney
Sandesh Nissanka of Ananda College and Ruvini Kannangara of Musaeus College were adjudged the most outstanding players at the Western Province Open Ranking Junior Table Tennis Championship, which was conducted at the Lalith Athulathmudali College Indoor tadium recently. The tournament was conducted by the St. John’s Sports Club, Nugegoda. Sandesh Nissanka claimed a double when [...]
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Suneetha launches website
Suneetha Wijesuriya – First Sri Lankan Women Fide Master launched her website www.chesssuneetha.com recently at Colombo Hilton under the patronage of eBEYONDS (Pvt) Ltd, to commemorate the 20th year of the World Chess Olympiad Gold Medal won by her (1992-2012)This website includes her story from her birth and the victories and the activities that she [...]
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Mercantile Volleyball finals today
Two apparel sector giants will clash in the men’s and women’s segments of the Mercantile Volleyball Tournament 2012, at the Youth Services Indoor Stadium in Maharagama today. The highlight of the day’s proceedings will be the men’s final which will be an interesting clash between trade rivals MAS Active Contourline Kandy vs Brandix Intimate Apparel [...]
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Air Force makes it four on the trot
Air Force made it four on the trot won when they won the final of the seven-a-side Charles Robinson Memorial All Island Invitational Hockey Tournament that was conducted by the Matale Old Thomians Association (Colombo Branch) at the Police Park recently.After the game ended in a nil all draw, centre forward L.G. Weerasuriya fired the [...]
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Thora hosts John for dinner
Old Thomians’ Swimming Club (OTSC) hosted the St. John’s College Under-19 cricket team for dinner at their club house last Tuesday under the patronage of S. Thomas’ College Sub Warden Rev. Marc Billimoria. This was in connection with the traditional schools cricket encounter between S. Thomas’ and St. John’s being resumed after three decades, after [...]
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Mercantile Shutlers to tour Malaysia
Two mercantile Badminton teams will tour Malaysia next year (2013) to participate in international tournaments. The participating teams are 2012 Mercantile Novices badminton winners and 2013 Glitz inter firm team doubles winners. Both tournaments will be held in Kuala Lumpur February (20-25) and August (16-21). Mercantile Badminton association will also conduct five local major tournaments [...]
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Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: MCA-Bajaj Div E League Debug Computers vs Aitken Spence at MCA ground Dialog ‘A’ vs Hemas Group at Ananda Mawatha Sri Lanka Telecom ‘B’ vs Central Finance at Kotahena SAILING:National Championship at Panadura Fisheries Harbour BOXING:86th National Championship at MAS Linea, Pallekele VOLLEYBALL:Mercantile finals at Youth Services Centre, Maharagama International FOOTBALL: Club World [...]
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The paceman’s round-arm delivery is steeped in the early development of cricket
SRI Lankan paceman Lasith Malinga has solved – or at least clarified – one of the mysteries of cricket. In Perth on Wednesday night, Malinga returned schoolboy figures of 6-7 for the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash competition. If Twenty20 represents the future of the sport, Malinga is well placed, since he is said [...]
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Can Sachin rob Kyle’s crown
Defending champion Kyle de Silva’s absence will leave Sachin as one of the favourites to clinch the Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship, when the three-day competition tees off next Wednesday at the RCGC Ridgeways in Colombo. Sachin de Silva of British School in Colombo will come out with all possible odds to secure the [...]
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Just playing in the ‘D’
Although it is common to see hockey listed as a prominent sport in most schools around the country, it has for several years languished in a state of limbo, with Sri Lanka making very little headway in the international arena. We put it to the public: Wht needs to be done to catalyse hockey’s national [...]
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Sunil on declining athletic standards
The present level of Athletics in the country has declined. Unless immediate steps are taken to remedy this situation it would deteriorated further and it would be too late to arrest the alarming drop in the standards — warned Sri Lankan short distant coach and one time Asian champion Sunil Gunawardena. Sunil Gunawardena who is [...]
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The then angry forward turned benevolent guru
Major Sarath Wijesinghe always had an angry look when he played rugby. I inquired why? “I played the game in an aggressive manner. Maybe that gave me that angry look,” said Sarath Wijesinghe in an interview with the Sunday Times. Sarath Wijesinghe – the boxer, athlete, rugby player and later rugby and athletics coach was [...]
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Crafting a brighter future for Lanka’s TT
Former national greats, Buddhasiri Withanachchi and Namal Gunasekara, who have devoted much of their lives to table tennis, could be considered an ideal match the sport of ping pong is lucky to have. In a country like Sri Lanka, where most youngsters are fascinated with cricket, rugby and more interactive sports, Withanachchi and Gunasekara are [...]
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Excess cricket causing student burnout, probe reveals
Many students are unfit due to over-coaching and participation in too many matches, says a committee which probed present school cricket activities. The committee, appointed by the Sri Lanka Cricket Board, says this situation is causing an adverse effect in schoolchildren’s education, growth and future. The committee also pointed out that another drawback in school [...]
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CIMA bolsters St. Servatius cricket
CIMA will give added strength to the St. Servatius College cricket team in the 2012 / 2013 season as part of an initiative which sees it partnering twenty first XI teams in the island, in keeping with its vision of ‘helping people and businesses to succeed’. St. Servatius College is the only school in the [...]
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International school cricketers wait for green light
The Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association has made a request to the Education Ministry that International Schools also be given permission to participate in inter-school cricket tournaments in the future. However, the ministry indicated that this request would be considered only if they got an assurance that their participation in the tournament would not hamper [...]
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‘Dream Cricket’ a memorable day
Rotary Club of Colombo West organised the first ever Dream Cricket event in Sri Lanka for the differently able primary school children in partnership with the Sir Donald Bradman Foundation and the Movement Disorder Foundation in Australia at the NCC grounds, Maitland Place Colombo 7 recently. It was a full day session of Dream Cricket [...]