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Minister to fire cricket selectors
Player monopoly to end, three teams for three segments among the changes in the offing. By S.R. Pathiravithana An angry Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage lashed out at the declining cricket standards in the country, saying that the team has now become the monopoly of a few players who think that they are indispensable. “It is [...]
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Lankan cricketing values in the doldrums
In the bygone era, it was Australia and England. They ruled the roost in international cricket and it was a closely knitted unit that kept to their programme in the game. To prove the fact, Don Bradman who is considered the greatest cricketer ever to grace the popping crease, hardly had any exploits with other [...]
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Harsha and Hasitha guide Southern Province to massive win vs North
Under 19 Inter-Provincial Cricket By M. Shamil Amit An allround performance by Harsha Rajapakse who cracked a 50 and grabbed four scalps and a 53 by skipper Hasitha Madushan helped Southern Province to record a massive 200 runs win over Northern Province in their Under 19 inter-provincial cricket match played at Panagoda yesterday. Southern Province [...]
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Last year’s finalists clash in first semi
Premier Limited Over Semifinals The first semifinal will be a repeat of last year’s final as defending champions NCC square up against SSC, in an interesting tussle between the two neighbouring traditional rivals. NCC, led by Sri Lanka player, Upul Tharanga, come into the game as favourites having secured seven wins from their nine preliminary [...]
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Ragama CC aiming to enter maiden final
The second semifinal between Ragama CC and Colts, due to be played on January 9, is also going to be a keenly-contested game, with Ragama CC aiming to enter its first final of the Premier Limited Over tournament. Both sides are well-balanced even in the absence of their top players, who are on national duty [...]
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Lankan foursome are confident
Davis Cup tie against Pakistan By David Stephens Sri Lanka’s Davis Cup side feels extremely confident and excited about their upcoming Asia Oceania Zone Group Two tennis clash against Pakistan, despite failing to overcome their regional neighbours on five previous occasions, three of the team’s members stated. Rajeev Rajapakse, Harshana Godamanne and Thangarajah Dineshkanthan all [...]
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Daniel smashes century as Joes move into the Pre-Quarters
All rounder Jehan Daniel hit a whirlwind century to steer St Joseph’s to a crushing first innings victory over Sri Devananda MV in a All Island Under 13 Division one second round game played at Darley Road recently. Daniel who ended up making 154 off 122 balls tore into the visitors bowling attack thumping 6 [...]
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Queen’s Club tennis to commence on Jan 12
The Queen’s Club Open Ranking ‘A’ Grade Tennis Championship for 2013 will be conducted from January 12 to February 4, 2006. It will be worked off at the Queen’s Club courts, 221, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7. Entries will close on January 4, 2013 and the draw will be held on the 9th at 5.00 p.m. [...]
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78 percent of undergrads lack exercises
By Bandula Molligoda Physical Education is a must for all undergraduate to gear the university students to be fit to go through their University career in studies and sports. Now authorities are working out the details of this exercise which will devote 45 minutes daily morning and evening and is compulsorily for all students. Their [...]
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Udaya the outstanding player
Vidyartha College’s Udaya Ranasinghe, ranked number three in Sri Lanka, confirmed his high reputation with a straight sets win in the Under-15 Boys’ final at the Junior Table Tennis Nationals held at the Jagath Rajapakse Stadium in Nilambe, Kandy yesterday. After a close first set, Udaya pulled away from his opponents, Nuwantha Niroshana of Dharmasoka [...]
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No battles for favourite slicers
45th National Carrom Championships By Naushad Amit Favourites cruised away to easy wins as the Men’s Doubles reached its quarterfinal stage at the 45th National Carrom Championship, the first of national titles for 2013, which began at the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) headquarters in Maharagama yesterday. Today national player Mohamed Sherifdeen and M.T.M. [...]
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What a mail
What a mail The big boys at the Oval Ball were in a pow wow on the appeal of Ahnimal and most have agreed on a reconsideration by hemail. The answer by the big VEEPEE that came on femail in reply to the Ok by Illy the SECEE has let the cat out of the [...]
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TENNIS: The Players
Making of a good player: Many formulas exist, none, with a guarantee, because individual response is unpredictable. Player’s ambition, ambiance and values in the society they live in, are the deciding factors. More later. Who makes who? Swedish Tennis legend, Bjorn Borg made coach Bergelin. Humble coach Bergelin himself has said this. Borg was bought [...]
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Oh! To be a referee and watch them pass the ball
Have you ever considered where rugby referees come from or even how or why they got involved? The tongue in cheek answer will be we all have the same beginning. So they are human. A serious answer is “they come from within the game”. Many are ex-players, and some real culprits of the game turned [...]
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Kangaroos ready to bury half-baked ‘Lions’
Lankans in red at ‘Pink’ Test SYDNEY, Jan 5, 2013 (AFP) – Australia were on the verge of a four-day victory in the final Test and a series clean sweep after a Sri Lankan batting collapse on the third day at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. For a time it looked as if Sri [...]
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Williams races to Brisbane title win
BRISBANE, Australia, Jan 5, 2013 (AFP) – American superstar Serena Williams demolished Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-1 in just 50 minutes to win the Brisbane International on Saturday. Third-seeded Williams served notice that she will be the one to beat at this month’s Australian Open with a ruthless display against Pavlyuchenkova, the world number 36. [...]
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He was a lovely man and a gentle soul…we will all miss him terribly
By David Lloyd I first worked with CMJ on Test Match Special in 1990. He was a terrific colleague and a good friend. And for someone like me, learning the ropes as a summariser, he was the perfect on-air companion, always putting you at ease. My fellow summarisers at the time were Trevor Bailey and [...]
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Greig’s hat lives on
By Palitha Perera The first picture shows the hat of late English cricket captain and Lanka loving commentator Tony Greig’s hat placed on top on the SCG wicket before the second Test between Sri Lanka and Australia began on Thursday as a tribute to the cricketer. The second picture shows Tony Greig’s hat sitting behind [...]
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Spreading the gospel on bicycles made for three
Three cyclists attached to the Bangladesh Scout Movement — Abul Hossain, Rubel Hossain and Zakir Mollah are in Sri Lanka as part of their world tour campaign against HIV/AIDS and Climate Changing. These three cyclists have visited many countries around the globe and they arrived in Sri Lanka from Chennai, India on December 25, 2012 [...]
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Tough task for ‘Lions’
By Aubrey Kuruppu he heady success of the Trinity team over the last two or three years has made them the blue eyed boys of school cricket. Champions of the last two seasons, the lions have a tough task filling the gaps left by the exit of five players who more or less ran the [...]
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Looking for small goals to establish for the future
By Naushad Amit After going through a poor season last year, Dharmapala College Pannipitiya cricketers are showing signs of improvement this season. Strangely, last season Dharmapala had a bunch of cricketers who were strange to first XI cricket and Susil Gunawardhane, who is serving in his second year as coach, definitely had a tough time [...]
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Friendship TT club hold coaching camp
The Friendship Table Tennis Club recently conducted a coaching camp, which saw the participation of 50 young players from school throughout Sri Lanka, at the Shuttle Power Sports Complex. More than 50 young players from schools of all parts of Sri Lanka participated. Veteran table tennis players and reputed coaches of present day, Jothipala Samaraweera, [...]
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Western Province South wins Prima Cup
Under 15 Inter-Provincial Final Western Province South (WPS) beat Western Province North (WPN) by three wickets in a high scoring encounter to win the Prima Cup Inter-Provincial Under-15 cricket tournament final, which was played at the R. Premadasa Stadium last Saturday. WPS’s win was initiated by their openers Avishka Fernando and Ravindu Sanjeewa who put [...]
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Rugby Player of the Year Shenal doing fine balancing act
ANC Education is proud of the achievements of Sri Lanka rugby player Shenal Dias, who was also adjudged the ‘Rugby Player of the Year 2012’ by the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union. Shenal (21) joins ANC’s list of Sri Lanka sportspersons viz. Pavithra Fernando, the national rugby skipper of 2010, sprinter Shehan Ambeypitiya and national [...]
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Lucky Rogers claim Nelson Mendis Challenge trophy
The Lucky Rogers Cricket Academy exerted their authority over the undefeated CCC School of Cricket ‘A’ team to notch up an emphatic seven-wicket win and claim the Nelson Mendis Challenge Trophy, in the final of the ninth International Invitational Under 14 cricket tournament, which was played at the Thurstan College grounds on Friday. Winning the [...]
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Trinity’s Sirisoma named best all-round junior sportsman
Sehan Sirisoma of Trinity College was awarded the title for Best All-round Sportsman of the junior school in 2012, after having an outstanding sporting season at the school. This year in athletics, he became champion of his age group and also won the junior school pentathlon championship, adding to the string of zonal, district and [...]
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Tanysha smashing her way up UK tennis ladder
For eleven-year-old Tanysha Dissanayaka, the game of tennis is much more than merely a game which she indulges in to satisfy a need to participate in an extra-curricular activity. To her, it has become an inextricable part of her life, a sport which she extracts great joy from and has rapidly excelled in over the [...]
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Tibhar boost for Lithmina
Tibhar Sri Lanka has come forward to sponsor promising table tennis player Lithmina Mahanama for a period of one year. Lithmina of Wesley College, who impressed during the 2012 season at junior and ranking tournaments, will receive sporting gear and this support will further swell depending on his performances during 2013. Lithmina is the one [...]
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Jaffna to host school hockey tournament
The All-Island School Under 19 Hockey Championships will get underway from January 26 to 28 in Jaffna, with 65 Schools from all over the country announcing their participation in the tournament, which will be worked off at Jaffna Central College and the University Grounds. The finals will take place on January 28 at the University [...]
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Sri Lanka U15 girls secure third spot
Sri Lanka’s Under 15 Girls Hockey team was placed third at the Malaysia Pasta Hockey Tournament, which was held in Kuala Lumpur recently. Chiniese Taipei emerged first while Thailand were runners-up. -Bandula M
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Kalutara Teachers win State Services Netball
The Kalutara Teachers netball team clinched the State Services Division ‘B’ championship, beating the Special Task Force side in the final, played at the Sports Ministry ground in Colombo. The jubilant Kalutara Teachers side also claimed three individual awards at the tournament, with Manorika Saputhanthri, Saloja Perera and Maduka Wijekoon winning the prizes for the [...]
