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Mission possible – 2013 version
There was a fresh breath of air on Thursday when the newly formed Sanath Jayasuriya and Co came up with their new lineup of players who are supposed to take the game into the future. Why I used the word supposed is that under the previous viewpoint both Mathews and Chandimal were somewhat fall guys, [...]
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CWW who? Drub Trinity lions
All-Island Under-20 Sevens rugby tournament By Naushad Amit Reigning champions Dharmaraja College Kandy are in line to defend their title at the end of first day of the All-Island Under-20 Sevens rugby tournament at the Royal College Sports Complex in Colombo yesterday. As Dharmaraja carry out their title-defending campaign in style, fellow neighbours Trinity College [...]
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Robin sings for the Proteas
CAPE TOWN, Feb 16, 2013 (AFP) – Robin Peterson and Dale Steyn led a South African fightback which left the second Test against Pakistan evenly poised at the end of the third day at Newlands on Saturday. Pakistan were 100 for three in their second innings at the close, a lead of 112. Peterson hit [...]
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St. Anthony’s shot out for 35 as Joes cruise to victory
By M. Shamil Amit The Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter between St. Joseph’s and St. Anthony’s Katugastota played at Darley Road ended in a dramatic eight wicket win for the Josephians which was also their second outright win for the season yesterday. An outright win for either of the team was not on the card [...]
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Tuan Dole heads CPRFU
Former Antonian 1972 skipper Tuan Dole will lead the Central province Rugby Football Union (CPRFU) for the second consecutive year in their election which took place recently at the Kandy Sports Club. The following were elected. President: Tuan Dole, Vice President: Viper Gunaratne (Snr), Secretary: Anil Jayasinghe, Treasurer: Anura Madawala, Immediate Past President: Mohan Samarakoon [...]
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Sylvestrians in a spot of bother
The Sylvestrians, who are not having the best of seasons, have been dealt two cruel blows by an extremely unkind fate. Their most successful left arm spinners have both been laid low by injuries. Sumedha Dissanayake, a leading allrounder, suffered a collar bone injury when warming up before a school game and was out of [...]
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Ian and Udara in record 309 stand for Ragama CC
Premier Cricket Samaraweera nudges Jayasuriya with the bat It was a feast of runs at the BRC ground in the Premier league cricket encounter between BRC and Ragama CC where after the completion of the second days play a whopping 673 runs were scored by the two teams. Before going into details the highlight of [...]
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Murali back in action
Legendary off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan who was appointed as spin bowling consultant by Sri Lanka Cricket recently turned out at to play a game of softball cricket for his alma mater St. Anthony’s College at the Antonian Cricket Carnival held at P. Sara Oval yesterday. After a busy schedule from the Big Bash in Australia, Muralitharan [...]
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34th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2013
The 34th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2013 competition is approaching its sixth week for this year but Thurstan College’s Minhaj Jaleel’s position as the leader of the main competition is virtually inaccessible to those trailing in his wake. He just crossed the 9000-vote range and now has a commanding [...]
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Tournaments or traditional friendlies give better value?
In recent times school cricket and rugby tournaments have brought with them a series of controversies with overage player being included on teams and certain schools withdrawing from competitions run by school sports bodies altogether. So is it wiser for schools to just stick to friendly and traditional matches when it comes to cricket and [...]
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Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: SLC Inter-Club Premier -BRC vs Ragama CC at BRC -Colts vs Moors at Colts -Panadura SC vs Bloomfield at Panadura -Saracens vs Air Force at Rifle Green -Army vs Lankan CC at Panagoda -Badureliya vs Navy at Maggona -Galle CC vs Tamil Union at Galle -Kurunegala YCC vs CCC at Welagedara -SSC vs [...]
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Can we outdo Singapore?
Can we outdo Singapore? An impressionable young man is doing all the ordering for a major sports event to be held down South in the year 2017. In fact he does all the talking, ordering and planning for the event. Others have only to listen and nod their heads. Forty-five countries are to take part [...]
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Effective shot base- unseen weapon of Tennis
‘The most challenging thing in Tennis is to play the simple shots effectively and this is what a player will have to do 90% of the time, to win’ – said Spaniard, Antonio Hernandez of the French Open fame. It is a tactical statement and a very tall order. Winners end the rally and that [...]
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Injury management and school rugby
An ambitious, well-meaning, much-needed, carefully-thought out project ‘Safe, Straight and Strong Sport’, with rugby being the first benefactor was announced at a press briefing by the Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage. The minister explained that many play rugby while in school but few continue through to a national level. This was because of injuries sustained [...]
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Seneth beats Senuka to take Under 15 Boys Singles title
Junior National Carrom Seneth Rajapakse beat Senuka Karunanayake 25-1 in a one setter final to clinch the Under-13 Boys Singles championship at the 12th Junior National Carrom Championship which began at Maharagama yesterday. Rajapakse and Karunanayake reached the final after beating Sahan Nirman and Sathsara Induranga respectively in the semi-finals from 61 other competitors. [...]
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Weeping Pistorius denies girlfriend’s murder
PRETORIA, Feb 16, 2013 (AFP) – Olympic star Oscar Pistorius broke down in tears in the dock on Friday as he was charged with the Valentine’s Day murder of his model girlfriend, a charge he denied “in the strongest terms”. The 26-year-old South African Paralympian gold medallist sobbed as Pretoria magistrate Desmond Nair announced a [...]
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2nd Ruhunu Maya game on February 22 and 23
Rahula Matara vs Dharmapala Pannipitiya By PD de Silva The first big match this year in the Southern Province will be the Second Ruhunu Maya encounter between Rahula College Matara and Dharmapala College Pannipitiya which will take place at the De Soyza Stadium Moratuwa on February 22 and 23. Dharmapala College will host this year’s [...]
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Richmond continue winning spree
Under 19 Review Secure seventh outright victory By M. Shamil Amit The Colombo dominance in school cricket is weaning. During the past two years it was Trinity College from Kandy, now the spotlight has turned towards the south of the island as Richmond Collage Galle, is turning tables. Last week the marauding Richmondites overran the [...]
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Army and NCC continue to dominate
Premier League review As the Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Club Premier approaches third week of play Army Sports Club and NCC continue to dominate the respective groups which consist ten teams each. Army SC leads the Group ‘A’ followed by Colts and Bloomfield. The Soldiers and Colts remain unbeaten with two wins under their belts. Bloomfield [...]
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Life and times of Cosmopolitan tennis
By David Stephens Nestled at the end of Frazer Avenue, a quiet residential lane a stone’s throw away from heavy traffic and city hubbub, the Dehiwela- Mount Lavinia Cosmopolitan Sports Club has, over the years, remained among the few constants in an ever- changing locality. To those in the neighbourhood, it is a place to [...]
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Thirty-one top umps return to ACUSL
By PD de Silva Thirty-one top umpires including T H Wijewardena, Ruchira Palliyaguru, Deepal Gunawardena, Gracien Liyanage, Prageeth Rambukwella, Kapila Kottachchi, Sena Nandaweera and Asanga Jayasuriya have rejoined the Association of Cricket Umpires of Sri Lanka (ACUSL). The ACUSL, formed 69 years ago, is the premiercricket umpires association in the island. Members who differed in [...]
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All-Island Intermediate Novices TT tourney begins on March 16
The All-Island Intermediate Novices Men’s and Women’s and Age Group Boys and Girls Table Tennis Championship, which will coincide with the celebrations of World Women’s Day, will be held on March 16 and 17, at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium in Mt. Lavinia. Matches will commence from 8.00 a.m. on both days. This event [...]
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Three synthetic tracks for universities
By Bandula Molligoda The Ministry of Higher Education has decided to donate a 400-metre synthetic track to the Oluvile Eastern University, for the benefit of sportsmen and women of Vavuniya and Trincomalee Another two more synthetic tracks will be donated to the Vavuniya and Trincomalee Universities this year, and the total cost of the project [...]
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National Cross Country finals today
The National Cross Country Championships, which is organized and conducted by the Ministry of Sports, will be worked off today at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium in Homagama. A total of 90 men and 54 women representing the nine provinces will be vying for bragging rights, challenge trophies and a sum of Rs. 230,000. The [...]
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Degree for international sports stars
The Ministry of Higher Education has launched a special programme for international sportsmen and women in the country, in an attempt to enhance their future career development. The four-year course will be conducted by former Sri Lankan and international athletes and present lecturers in universities and all participants are eligible for a degree. This programme [...]
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Polonowita bids adieu to his valentine wickets
By S.R. Pathiravithana In every sphere of life there are certain people who are institutions and who have contributed to the cause immensely, yet, personally they remain almost anonymous. Even in cricket there are several such personalities and Sri Lanka Cricket’s Chief Curator, Anurudha Polonowita, who is bidding adieu to the game on March 31 [...]
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Football’s lessons from the past
By Subhani Hassimdeen Football has, for some considerable time, been popular sport among the people of this country, just as it is one of the most popular sports in other parts of the world. It has the particular virtue that it is able to arouse a great deal of enthusiasm not only among the players [...]
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Abu Fuard – the perfect bowler
By Lasantha Rodrigo ,Moratuwa With my cricketing knowledge and experience playing at National Level, I still have to see a bowler like Abu Fuard who bowled his off spinners in perfect style. Any present day coach should train youngsters to emulate him. He had the determination to get a wicket from the very first ball [...]
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Wickets, but no place — (in retrospect)
The above captioned article was written by some Concerned Thomians or a Thomian, in the Sunday Times 10/02/13. Herewith is a kind response, as there is always another side to consider impartially. The respect towards officials by team players at STC is also a top priority as much as the sport. Thus details as to [...]
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Ja-ela Thunders to meet Kandana Young Stars in WYL soccer final
The finals of the Wattala Young League annual football tournament will kick off today at 4.00p.m. at the Kelaniya Himbutuwelgoda Football Grounds, between Ja-ela Thunders sports club and Kandana Young Stars sports club. In the preliminary matches, Ja-ela Thunders played six matches and won all of them while Kandana Young Stars has played six matches [...]
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Hameed Al Husseinie emerge All Island football kings
Hameed Al Husseinie wound down their sixth Group of ’80s All Island Inter School Invitation Football Tournament (AIISFT) in exquisite style, as the hosts edged out Lumbini College, Colombo 2-2 (3-0 penalties) in a heart-stopping clash, which went right down to the wire at the Sugathadasa Stadium. During the crucial penalty shootout, Lumbini’s players were [...]
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Green House win Gampola International School sports meet
With a tally of 320 points, Green House clinched the championship of the Inter-House sports meet of Gampola International School, which was held at the Gampola Weekulawatta Grounds last Saturday, under the patronage of the principal B.M. Jameel. Over 900 students participated in the sport meet representing three houses: Maroon, Green and Gold. Green House [...]
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Dharmasoka paddlers steal TT show at Damso
Udaya Ranasinghe of Vidyartha College Kandy and Erandi Warusavithana of Dharmasoka Ambalangoda impressed by winning the Most Outstanding Player awards for boys and girls respectively, at the Damso Junior All-Island Ranking Table Tennis Championship, which ended in Ambalangoda last weekend. Udaya, who produced a stupendous performance at the recently concluded Junior Nationals, continued his top [...]
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Lyceum Nugegoda emerge U-15 soccer champs
Lyceum International School Nugegoda bagged the Under-15 International Schools Soccer Championship, after beating counterparts Lyceum International Wattala 3-2 in a penalty shootout of a tense final, played at the Kelaniya Football Complex last Wednesday. Lyceum Nugegoda retained the championship for the second occasion. As the game ended in a goalless draw at the end of [...]
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Robert House run away with Holy Cross athletics title
Robert House, with a stupendous overall display, emerged champions at the 83rd annual Athletics Championships of Holy Cross College Kalutara, which was held on February 2 at the college grounds. The victorious Robert House accumulated 273 points and overcame the threat posed by Herald House, who finished second with 244 points overall. Briton House, with [...]
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Rotaract Club of Colombo win inter- Rotaract basketball title
The Rotaract Club of Colombo, following a tense and closely-contested fixture against the Rotaract Club of Colombo Uptown, clinched the Inter- Rotaract Basketball Tournament (IRBT) title 15- 14, at the Mercantile Cricket Associations Basketball court on January 27 The Rotaract Club of Colombo Millennium City emerged third at the annual basketball extravaganza, jointly organized by [...]
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DSS down STC 3-1
D.S. Senanayake College downed S. Thomas’ College by three goals to one, in their Under 19 Colombo South Schools hockey fixture, played at Mount Lavinia on Thursday. At half time both schools had scored a goal each. In the third minute of play, D.S. Senanayake were awarded a penalty corner, which was converted by Thilini [...]
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Two Mile Sea Swim’s leading ladies
K. Himasha Sewandi (center, the winner), G. Sashini Navodya (left, who won second place) and Danesha Udeshani (third) were the top female swimmers at the Two Mile Sea Swim organized by the Ambalangoda, Madampagama MMV Water Sports Association. (Pic by Gamini Mahadura Galle Corr).
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Chalitha, Zaffar and Kriwatt steal limelight
Youngsters Chalitha Pushpika, Zaffar Sikkkander and O. Kriwatt stole the limelight at the inaugural Regional Junior Open Golf Championship, which was held at the picturesque Victoria Golf and Country Club on January 26 and 27. This tournament was open to all players under the age of 18 years and attracted 43 youngsters from the ages [...]
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Richmond wins it for second time in three years
Inter-School Under-13 Division I Cricket Tournament Pix by Amila Gamage Richmond College Galle clinched the Inter-School Under-13 Division I Cricket Championship beating St. Anthony’s College, Wattala by 8 wickets in the final, played at the Thurstan College ground in Colombo on Tuesday. This was the second time that Richmond College won the title after qualifying [...]
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Sithuya makes Union College Jaffna proud
Independence Day Celebrations TT tourney sees large participation from North S. Sinthuya of Union College Jaffna was adjudged the Most Outstanding player of the tournament in the women’s section at the All-Island Independence Day Celebrations Table Tennis Championship which was held at the S. Thomas’ Indoor Stadium in Mt Lavinia on February 2 and 3. [...]
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Joes beat Gateway in U17 North Zone basketball final
St. Joseph’s College, Maradana clinched the boys’ Under 17 Colombo North Zonal basketball championship when they defeated Gateway College, at the latter’s court on Monday. At the short whistle the Josephians held a slim 29-27 lead. Nisal Cooray, with 17 points, led the way for the Josephians while Bhanukaka Gamage added 13 and Charane Anthony [...]
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School Hockey Colours Nite for the first time
By Bandula Molligoda The inaugural Hockey Colours Awards Ceremony, organized by the Sri Lanka Schools Hockey Association, will be held after the Colombo District tournament and the All Island Schools Under 19 boys’ and girls’ tournament. The Colombo District Under 19 and Under 15 tournament semifinals will be held on February 24 and 25, and [...]
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Richmond emerge baseball champions
Richmond College Galle performed outstandingly at a recent baseball tournament, which also included Royal College Colombo and Kingswood College Kandy, to walk away with the competition’s championship. The above pictures show the Richmond and Royal teams, who were placed first and second respectively in the competition. (Pics by Gamini Mahadura Galle Corr)
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Lyceum seal U 15 badminton double
By Bandula Molligoda Lyceum International School Wattala clinched the boys’ and girls’ Under 15 badminton championships, at the 2013 Inter International Schools badminton tournament, worked off in Colombo recently. The champion boys’ team was captained by Pranavan Sudhahar, while the champion girls’ team was led by Keerthika Logeshwaran. In addition Pranavan Sudhhar was selected as [...]
