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Treading down the alley where angels fear to fly
It is the culture or the inherent system that is to be blamed and not individuals. I remember in 1977 Sri Lanka was ruled by a political system which only could not turn a man into a women. Since then every benevolent ruler who has sat at the helm has tried his or her level [...]
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Sweltering heat no bother to gritty Paks
By David Stephens Despite offering boatloads of resistance, the Sri Lankan Davis Cup duo of Harshana Godamanne and Rajeev Rajapakse were unable to hold off the Pakistani pair of Akeel Khan and Aisam Qureshi, which stormed to a 6-2, 6-7 (7-0), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory in their Davis Cup doubles encounter charged with excitement and [...]
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Sanju Sharuk takes the lead in Emerging contest
34th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2013 After three weeks of progress Thurstan College cricketer Minhaj Jaleel still continues to hold on to the grip of the Most Popular contest of the 34th Bata-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year contest. Jaleel hopped further to glory as his tally [...]
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Sublime Rahuman makes it a quadruple
Hameed Al Husseinie All Island Inter School Invitation Football tournament By David Stephens Hameed Al Husseinie College put on a footballing clinic as they orchestrated a 5-0 demolition of Hindu College, Colombo, to book a final berth in the Group of ‘80s Hameed Al Husseinie All Island Inter School Invitation Football tournament, after action at [...]
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SJC past vs present at rugby
The annual rugby football encounter between St. Joseph’s College Colombo Past players and Present Players will be played on February 08 at CR & FC grounds commencing 4.30p.m. The winners will be awarded the S.T.A. De S. Wijayaratne memorial trophy. Prior to this encounter there will be a match for the aged over 30′s and [...]
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Thomian Sports Meet 2013
The Inter-House Athletic Meet of S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia will be held on February 6 at the College Big Club grounds, commencing 8.30am. The Chief Guest for this occasion will be Milinda Hettiarachchi — a distinguished old boy of the College. All Old Boys, Parents and well wishers are invited to be present at [...]
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Richmond cruise to sixth outright win
Under 19 Cricket By M. Shamil Amit Richmond College Galle cruised to their sixth outright win of the ongoing Under 19 inter-school cricket season with a eight wicket win over St Servatius Matara in the match concluded at the Uyanwatte Stadium in Matara yesterday. It was left arm spinner Saveen Nanayakkara who turned the game [...]
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NCC outclass KYCC by innings and 255 runs
Premier League Cricket NCC began their campaign on a winning note when they outclassed the hapless Kurunegala YCC side by an innings and 255 runs with a day to spare in their Premier league cricket encounter concluded at the NCC grounds yesterday. The writing was on the wall was there for KYCC when they were [...]
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Watch the Lankan women in action again
On the request of Sri Lanka Cricket and also due to popular demand by our nationwide viewers, CSN will bring you a repeat telecast of the ICC Women’s World Cup ODI match between Sri Lanka and England on February 4, from 10.30 a.m.
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Dialog ‘A’ and CIFL reach semis
MCA-DPMC/Bajaj Trophy Division ‘E’ quarterfinals Dialog ‘A’ and CIFL entered the semi-finals of the MCA-DPMC/Bajaj Trophy Division ‘E’ 40-ver league tournament when they easily overcame NDB Bank and Trelleborg Lanka respectively in the quarterfinals played yesterday. Dialog ‘A’ and CIFL will take on each other in the semi-final which will be played on February 9 [...]
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Tennis anyone? The ‘Grass-roots’ idea
Do you like to play Tennis? I have rarely got a ‘no’. Tennis attracts players but has problems retaining them. The International Tennis Federation (ITF), the world body for tennis, admits that this is a worldwide trend. Still, it claims to be the sport with the largestparticipation in the world. Tennis skills are hard to [...]
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Expo Lanka pocket a double
Expo Lanka Group pocketed a double when they emerged Mercantile Division Division ‘A’ League and Knock-out champions conducted by the Mercantile Football Association recently.They defeated Amana Takaful 3-0 at the City League ground to win the League segment and inflicted a 5-1 drubbing on Hatton National Bank to win the knock out and complete the [...]
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It is skill and not the size that matters in rugby – du Plessis
By Vimal Perera The Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) officially introduced Ravin du Plessis, Sri Lanka’s new national coach, to the national pool and confirmed that he will begin his assignment by leading training for the forthcoming Asian five nations division I tournament, which will be held in Sri Lanka from April 7 to [...]
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SLC batting
Well done Sri Lanka! The triumphs really warmed the cockles of everyone’s hearts! My simple letters to the papers occasionally did always pin-point ‘head bent down’ purpose batting by our frontline batsmen until the magical score was reached and the scoreboard smiled. Ironically the whimsically what did we see in the Third ODI against Australia. [...]
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Message to Sanath
I wish to Congratulate Sanath Jayasuriya on his appointment as Chairman of the Selection Committee. As mentioned in the papers, the chairman has said the senior players are essential for the next few years to the Sri Lankan cricket team. However, it is my belief that no cricketer is indispensable and every cricketer to be [...]
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Dates set for carrom Grand Slam and Junior Nationals tournaments
With the conclusion of its 45th National Championship, which produced many astonishing results, the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) will continue its agenda for this year with two more competitions. They will hold the 12th Junior National Championship and the 14th Grand Slam Championship, both ranking tournaments. The respective tournaments will begin on February [...]
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Chalani Perera on target for SJC
With a top score of 26 points, Chalani Perera was on target for St. Joseph’s Convent, Nugegoda in their convincing 65 to 28 point win over Asian International School in their Colombo South Zonal basketball fixture at Nugegoda. At half time the Josephians were well ahead with 42 points to their opponents 14. Harini Ramalka [...]
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Sports is Abeynaike’s family trade
By Rangi Akbar The Abeynaike family has been maintaining close ties with S. Thomas’. The late Orville Abeynaike was the sub-warden at S. Thomas’ with over 25years service to the school. He first played cricket and hockey for the Mt. Lavinia School before taking over as coach in both sports maintaining great success in them. [...]
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Big Match blues
Big Match blues There is a standing rule in this sports body that officials cannot stand in at certain games such as Big Matches. The official who brought in these rules is now alone and worried as all the others have deserted him. Recently he was seen twiddling his thumbs all alone at his desk. [...]
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Lankan hockey federation to bid for Asian tourneys
By Bandula Molligoda The Sri Lanka Hockey Federation will be making a bid to host the next Asian men’s and women’s hockey tournament, during the Asian Hockey Federation Conference, which will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on February 2. Sri Lanka has already qualified to play in this six nation tournament after having won [...]
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Gymnastics festival set for March
By Bandula M A gymnastics festival, organized by the Ministry of Education, will be held from March 10 to 12 at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo. Over two thousand five hundred schoolboys and girls will participate in this event, which includes many gymnastics demonstrations and competitions. The Minister of Education, Bandula Gunawardena, will be [...]
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Sports science and research added to universities
By Bandula M The Ministry of Higher Education is planning to introduce sports science and sports research to universities in Sri Lanka from next month. The courses will be conducted by three professors and it will be launched at the University of Peradeniya shortly. The Ministry of Higher Education will provide financial assistance worth Rs. [...]
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Heed the advice given by medical authorities
The often repeated story was heard again more as an argument than a discussion. That is about the amount of money that is spent and the expectation. This will be more intense as today the talk is about the number of foreign coaches that have taken assignents in schools and the huge amounts that are [...]
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Former track star Wimaladasa laments lack of athletics progress
By Bandula Molligoda Former 400 meter national athlete, Col. Wickramasinghe Wimaladasa, who won two gold medals at the Tehran Asian Games, expressed disappointment over the country’s progress on the athletic track despite it arming its athletes with adequate infrastructure. Col. Wickramasinghe Wimaladasa, who scored gold in the 400 meters and 4 x 400 meters relay, [...]
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Is Kandy’s school cricket on the skids?
By Aubrey Kuruppu A dispassionate analysis of inter-school and provincial cricket in Kandy over the last few months leads one to the inescapable conclusion that the standard is on the decline. Taking refuge in the monumental deeds of Muralitharan and Sangakkara will not help Kandy’s cause. Over the last two years when Trinity was ruling [...]
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Website Netball tourney
Sri Lanka’s premier sports website, www.srilankasports.com will organise a netball tournament for the banking sector of Sri Lanka. The organisers have named it the Sri lankasports.com Inter-Bank Netball Championship 2013 as they intend to host the event on May 4 at the Indoor Stadium of St. Joseph’s College Colombo. Top teams representing all banks in [...]
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Trouble brewing in Matara over B’desh match
Text and pic by P D de Silva With the election of office bearers to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) due to be held on March 31, the present regime has offered the Matara District Cricket Association (MDCA) the privilege of hosting a three-day warm up encounter for the touring Bangladesh cricket team at the Uyanwatta [...]
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Hamilton by two wickets
Hamilton Lions guided by the performances of Roshan Perera and Chakranga Rajapaksha beat Rotorua Sri Lankans in a thrilling encounter to regain the Big Match challenge trophy after a lapse of two years by two wickets. The annual big match which played for the sixth successive year between two Sri Lankan cricket teams based in [...]
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Vaas and Muralitharan the best thing that could happen to Sri Lanka
Plans are presently in motion to bring legendary bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas back into the national team as bowling coaches. This week the Sunday Times set out to discover if the public were in favour of this move and if they thought it could help raise the bar in our bowling department. Pics [...]
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Cheerleader Percy 50 not out at ACL
Percy Abeysekera, who is known as the world’s first-ever one-man cheering squad for cricket, received an award for completing 50 years of service at ACL Cables, his long time employer. Abeysekera (76) was handed a token of appreciation for his service towards cricket in Sri Lanka and for completing 50 years of service at the [...]
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Richmond going great guns, the side to keep an eye on
Under 19 School Cricket Review By M. Shamil Amit The Under 19 inter-school cricket season which is in full swing with matches being played around the island almost everyday has seen some outstanding performances being achieved by young cricketers from the outstations. It was also unfortunate as most of the third term matches were hindered [...]
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Achievers clinch inaugural Informatics Rugby Sevens
An Achievers team playing some scintillating and inspired sevens rugby simply possessed too much firepower for any other team at the Informatics Rugby Sevens, and comprehensively bagged the tournament’s inaugural title, after a day of thrilling competition at the CR&FC grounds last week.. In the finals, Achievers were pitted against an ICBT Kandy unit, which [...]
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Sanjika helps St. Servatius’ register easy win
text and pix by p.d.De silva St. Servatius’ College registered a six-wicket win against Maliyadewa College Kurunegala in their Under 19 division one game, held at the Uyanwatta stadium on Tuesday (29th). Maliyadewa skipper Tineth Manishka opted to bat first in the Under 19 Division One tournament Group B game. The visitors lost wickets at [...]
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Colombo Under 12 girls TT coaching camp a success
The Women’s Working Group Table Tennis Association conducted a table tennis coaching camp for Colombo district Under 12 school girls, at Lalith Athulathmudali Vidyalaya, Mt. Lavinia recently. The coaching camp was successfully conducted under the guidance of experienced coaches such as Buddhisiri Withanachchi and Vajira Wickramasinghe with the participation of nearly 40 girls. The officials [...]
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Rahula House wins Isipathana sports meet
Rahula House emerged victorious at the annual Inter-House Sports Meet of Isipathana College Colombo, which was held at the Shalika grounds in Narahenpita last Thursday (24). Isipathana College adopted the theme ‘Indigenous’ for their sports meet, which had a very good participation of over 1000 athletes. Young sportsmen from Isipathana between the ages of 11 [...]
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Sandesh and Hansani shine at Colombo TT championship
Sandesh Nissanka of Ananda College and Hansani Piyumala of Anula Vidyalaya emerged as top performers at the Colombo District Table Tennis Championship 2013. The tournament was conducted last Saturday (26) at the Lalith Athulathmudali College Indoor Stadium in Mt. Lavinia. Nissanka and Piyumala were adjudged the Most Outstanding Players in the boys and girls segments [...]
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Mani Sports Club and Jaffna University win district club carrom tournament
By Sam Hensman, Jaffna The Mani Sports Club, Jaffna and the Jaffna University won the men’s and women’s Inter-Club Carom Championship, organized by the Jaffna District Carrom Association, played at Jaffna Central College recently. In the men’s tourney eight teams entered the fray. Mani Sports Club stamped their class throughout the championship. In the finals [...]
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Anjana Ambepitiya a bright hockey prospect
Text and Picture by P D de Silva Vimansha Anjana Ambepitiya of St. Thomas’ College Matara is an outstanding national hockey prospect. As a member of the Sri Lanka Schools Hockey team for the 39th Pesta USM International Age Group Hockey tournament, which concluded in Penang, Malaysia recently, he brought fame to his alma mater with [...]
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Winners take it all
St. Joseph’s Convent, Nugegoda annexed the under 17 ‘A’ division All Island basketball champions for the third consecutive year when they defeated Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya by 60 points to 38 at Nugegoda recently. The team was led by Anne Stephnie Ravindran, while Imesha Thathsarani who top scored with 26 points was adjudged the most [...]
