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Madawa double ton lifts Bloomfield
Premier Cricket By M. Shamil Amit Kusal Janith of Colts, Madawa Warnapura of Bloomfield and Janaka Gunaratne of Moors SC was on fire with the trio slamming blistering unbeaten knocks for their side in the Premier league cricket encounters against Air Force and Army. Kusal and Madawa slammed double tons while Janaka was unfortunate as [...]
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Jaleel charges ahead for another week
Several weeks have passed by but it seems that Minhaj Jaleel is unstoppable and is extending his empire, as the 34th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2013 competition enters its eighth week. Jaleel, of Thurstan College, reached the magical figure of 12, 383 votes after obtaining 1597, the highest number [...]
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Hettiwatte stomps as Samarakoon errs
84th Battle of the Maroons Nalanda make highest total of the series By Naushad Amit Middle order batsmen Pramud Hettiwatte and Avishka de Silva gave what could be considered as best for Nalanda College who stood tall against Ananda College at stumps on first day of the 84th Battle of the Maroons which began at [...]
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Battle of the Saints fizzles out to a draw
By M. Shamil Amit The 79th Battle of the Saints between St. Peter’s and St. Joseph’s as expected fizzled out to a tame draw at the P. Sara Stadium yesterday. The outcome of the encounter was almost sealed at the end of the first day’s play with the Peterites making 236 for 9 and the [...]
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St. Benedict’s record third win
Under 19 Cricket By M. Shamil Amit St. Benedict’s coasted to a convincing ten wicket win over Wesley in their Under 19 cricket encounter concluded at Kotahena to record their third outright win for the season. St. Benedict’s having dominated the opening day’s play kept up the momentum when they had the Wesleyites, batting the [...]
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Lyceum Wattala blaze to big lead
Lyceum International School, Wattala, with a total of 592.5 points, raced to a significant lead over the rest of the field at the 13th International Schools’ Athletic Championships, by the end of the competition’s second day, at the Sugathadasda Stadium yesterday. Trailing a distant second with a tally of 485.5 points is Gateway College, Colombo, [...]
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Enter the dragon – SLC race is on
Upali wants to save the country – Thilanga confident By S.R. Pathiravithana The incumbent president of the SLC and the last minute nominee to the cricket chair, Upali Dharmadasa, claims that he decided to take up the challenge at the last minute to save the game for the country. “In fact it was my brother [...]
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Mixing hatred, racism, terrorism with sports
Being hierarchical is almost a way of life. When we mean a way of life, this does not confine only to the Homo sapiens. Hierarchical society is imbedded by nature from the termites to the Homo sapiens a group which historically descended from Homo erectus. In the insect world, generally up on the line are [...]
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No signature; no matches – the player SLC stand off continues
The player decision to not to sign the yearly contracts with Sri Lanka Cricket stood the same by 2.p.m. on Saturday. The players were against scraping of the 25% guarantee fee to players from ICC events, deduction of salary for players taking part in the IPL, scrapping of one business class air ticket per year [...]
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Samarasinghe ‘twelve’ was the highlight
Royal-Thomian mini battle Right-arm leg-spinner Harith Samarasinghe impressed with a match bag of 12 wickets for Royal College in their annual mini cricket battle against traditional rivals S. Thomas’ College which ended in a draw at Reid Avenue yesterday. Samarasinghe took eight Thomian scalps in the first innings and followed up to bag another four [...]
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Sajeewa Weerakoon – a saga of missed opportunities
By Naushad Amit Sri Lanka may have seen heroes from time to time, but in the case of Sajeewa Weerakoon it’s totally about a fighting spirit. Left-arm spinner Weerakoon, 34, has been rated behind Rangana Herath and has never been able to fulfil his dream. Weerakoon has just played two One Day Internationals for the [...]
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Roy-Tho past cricketers set to dine together on March 6
The past cricketing coloursmen of S. Thomas’ and Royal College will gather for the 23rd Royal-Thomian Past Cricketers Annual Dinner, at the Atrium Lobby of the Cinnamon Grand on March 6, a day prior to their annual Big Match. The function is an entertaining reunion where former teammates and rivals from both schools gather to [...]
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A Bangladesh tour with a difference begins today
The bottom half of the new look Sri Lanka outfit will be out for the first time this morning at the Uyanwatte Stadium in Matara, taking the field with batsman of much promise, Angelo Perera, who represents the Nondescript Cricket Club in the Premier League tournament, to take on the visiting Bangladesh team. Since former [...]
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Begin tennis on the right foundation
At the competition level there are plenty of leads available in tennis, but beginners have problems finding the right path. Many beginners walk away after investing heavily in equipment, time and energy, becoming the ‘Victims-of-Tennis’. Tennis requires the application of physical, mental and sensory abilities into a disciplined reaction. As they advance they need guidance, [...]
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Six nations has a number of relevant issues
The final stitches are being completed as the new schools season is awaiting the whistle. The fit-on was the Sevens that was played during three different weeks. A good indication of what can be expected in the final garment was on preview. The overall look may be adequate for the ceremony, however I do not [...]
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Breaking Rules
Breaking Rules A few weeks ago the Sports Act came into being and a big noise was made that those who do not toe the line with the new act will be in grave trouble. The nominations were to be handed over to the country’s highest sports body and they were to decide on the [...]
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Dharshana helps his roots in Lanka
Former national badminton player Darshana Fernando, now a certified international coach took time off to assist young players with finer points of the game. Darshana who is domiciled in Canada conducted two professional training programmes for Althea International School in Colombo and Nakago College in Bandaragama. Darshana was joined by his deputy– younger daughter Piumika [...]
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Four oldest surviving football clubs in the island
By Subhani Hassimdeen Saunders .S.C: It was in the mid-1920s when a few youthful schoolboys living around Price Park in Pettah, who watched and played barefoot football under the shadow of their seniors, got together one day to form a football club of their own. Young Richard Dias-in his early teens- of St’ Benedict’s College [...]
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Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: Women’s cricket -Sri Lanka vs West Indies, 2nd T20 at R. Premadasa -SLC Emerging XI vs Bangladesh (Three-day warm up game) at Uyanwatte, Matara -SLC Inter-Club Premier -Bloomfield vs Army at Bloomfield -Colts vs BRC at Colts -Lankan CC vs Saracens at Katunayake -Moors vs Air Force at Moors -Ragama vs Panadura at [...]
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Trinity open rugby season
By Shamseer Jaleel Trinity College Kandy Rugby team for 2013 under full back Halique Wadood met their Old boys in their traditional encounter played for at their Rugby Carnival day encounter played at Pallekelle yesterday. Old Boys won the game by 50-25 which was played fo A G Frazer Trophy. Rehan Weerakoon was judged Player [...]
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Aussie batting flounder once more
After making positive noises all week about how the Chennai massacre was a learning experience for the bowling attack, Australia’s selectors made a late decision to swing the axe – then watched in horror as a decision to bat turned into an early batting collapse. Captain Michael Clarke won the toss, then the No. 5 [...]
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Three wins for S. Thomas’ College
Colombo schools hockey S. Thomas’ College. Mount Lavinia recorded three wins in the ongoing Colombo Schools Hockey Tournament which is being conducted by the Colombo Schools Hockey Committee at the Astro turf. In their under 15 fixture they defeated Wesley College by four goals to nil with R. Nallaperuma in brilliant form scoring a hat-trick, [...]
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Volleyball gets a pat on the back
Even though Volleyball is Sri Lanka’s national sport it is nowhere close to being as popular or as successful as a sport such as cricket. So should its status remain or should it be replaced by another sport? Pix by Amila Gamage
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St John’s seeking sweet revenge
By M. Shamil Amit The big match fever which has caught up in Colombo will now spread even to the Northern Province where one of the oldest big match in the peninsula, the 107th Battle of the North between traditional rivals St John’s Jaffna and Jaffna Central which is scheduled to be played over three [...]
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Pawan Devinda and Dhanushka Sandaruwan reach 1000 runs and 100wkts
Under 19 review The high-riding Richmond College Galle cricketers are on cloud nine and going from strength to strength in the ongoing Under 19 inter-school cricket season, as they chalked up their ninth outright win with a nine-wicket victory over Dharmaraja, in a match played over the weekend. The Richmondites in fact recorded back-to-back wins [...]
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Don’t ask for quarters – this is evenly poised
63rd Battle of the Golds, Moratuwa Cricket-crazy Moratuwa will light up when one of the most anticipated cricketing rivalries of their town, the 63rd Battle of the Golds between traditional rivals Prince of Wales’ and St. Sebastian’s, gets under way at the De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa on March 8 and 9. This encounter will [...]
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Could Vidyartha break the ice?
By Aubrey Kuruppu Vidyartha College could be chasing shadows when they encounter St. Sylvester’s College in their 55th big match at the Asgiriya Stadium, on March 8 and 9. Victory has long eluded them and even though hopes are high, they could be defeated come Saturday evening. The Sylvestrians have been extremely disappointing for most [...]
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Royal guile vs the Thomian grit
By David Stephens The emperor of all traditional encounters, the Royal-Thomian, is ready once again to stir from its slumber and rise to its throne. For the time is approaching for two of the country’s most well-known schools to engage each other, for the 134th time, in the Battle of the Blues, a three-day no-holds-barred [...]
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Trinity hold all aces; Antonians no trumps
By Aubrey Kuruppu The 97th Trinity-St. Anthony’s Big Match, to be played on the March 8 and 9 at Katugastota, is in a sense, a mismatch. The Trinitians are the best side in Kandy and remain the team to beat. Not so with the Antonians, who have been struggling with a rather inexperienced line-up. So [...]
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Athena and Pegasus houses share honours at Wycherley sports meet
Both Athena House and Pegasus House shared the Mariam Iqbal Challenge Trophy for Overall House Championship at the annual Inter-House Swimming Meet of Wycherley International School which was held on February 1 at the Royal College Swimming Pool. The programme commenced with the unfurling of the flags. It was followed by the three best [...]
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Indian Gopal wins 3rd Dhamso Chess Festival
India’s K.N Gopal (Andhra Bank,Syamalanagar) grabbed the third Dhamso International chess festival- organized by the Old Boys’ Chess Association of Dharmasoka College on behalf of chess federation of Sri Lanka and FIDE- title in convincing fashion, scoring eight points out of nine games. One of the tournament’s top seeds, Gopal had only two draws against [...]
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NCU holds annual Sports Day
The annual Sports Day festival of the National Childcare Unit (NCU), which is affiliated to the All Ceylon Buddhist Congress, was held at the Sports Ministry grounds in Torrington, Colombo last Sunday. Youngsters attached to 17 different children’s development centres around Sri Lanka participated in the day-long event where track and field events were held. [...]
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Shakya House on top at Dharmapala sports meet
Shakya House, with a points tally of 775, emerged on top at the Inter-House Sports Meet of Dharmapala Vidyalaya, which was held at the school’s ground in Pannipitiya recently. Soorya House, who gathered 709 points, finished second overall. Nanda and Mourya houses scored 618 and 559 points respectively to finish third and fourth. Shakya and [...]
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St. Joseph’s Convent cagers win U17 Colombo South title
St. Joseph’s Convent, Nugegoda won the Colombo South Under 17 zonal basketball final when they defeated Our Lady of Victories, Moratuwa by 72 points to 27 at Nugegoda recently. At the short whistle the home team led by 51 points to 23. After Our Lady of Victories opened the scoring for the day, the Josephians [...]
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Jaffna College survive fierce onslaught in Battle of the Golds
Amidst much expectation and excitement, the 96th Battle of the Golds between Jaffna College and St. Patrick’s College, two sides that on paper were evenly-matched although proceedings proved otherwise, got underway at the Bicknell Stadium of Jaffna College, last week. Jaffna College scored 142 runs in the first innings. C. Abiraj gave the Patricians a [...]
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Sabaragamuwa Stallions conduct rugby workshop in Galle
Following the success of an awareness programme conducted in Jaffna, the Sabaragamuwa Stallions took the initiative to organise a rugby workshop in Galle recently. The workshop was conducted at St. Aloysius College, Galle with over 80 students participating across several age groups that also included the first XV side of the school. A classroom session [...]