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There is a lesson for everyone in Sangakkara’s professionalism
He had completed his century. Former Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara looked down at the crease and took his guard once more. The sweltering heat that prevailed at the Premadasa Stadium was quite unforgiving. As he was looking down a streak of sweat poured down off his helmet and became a part of Lankan soil. [...]
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Dilshan guides Sri Lanka to emphatic win
By M. Shamil Amit Reporting from Sooriyawewa T.M. Dilshan slammed an unbeaten 113 to guide Sri Lanka to an emphatic eight wickets win over Bangladesh in the first ODI encounter against Bangladesh played at the Sooriyawewa Stadium yesterday. Thus Sri Lanka surges to a 1-0 lead in the three match series. The Bangladesh bowlers were [...]
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Sri Lanka’s third tennis era
Tennis came to us during the early English rule. Tennis replaced croquet and archery as a social sport in England, in the middle of the eighteenth century. It took the name Lawn Tennis. A form of indoor tennis was played in Europe well before this. Even Shakespeare refers to tennis. The Gymkhanas English planters craving [...]
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St. Peter’s trounce Joes to retain Basil Wiratunga Memorial Shield
By Vimal Perera St. Peter’s kept the Basil Wiratunga Memorial Shield for the 14th time-in-a-row after beating St. Joseph’s 43 (6 tries, 5 conversions, 1 penalty) to 15 (3 unconverted tries) in their Singer Under-20 Schools Division I A League Rugby encounter played at Longdon Place yesterday. At half time the scores were 15-12 in [...]
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Panadura SC dominate Colts
Premier Cricket By M. Shamil Amit Panadura SC the Group A leaders of the Premier league cricket tournament maintained their dominance when they came out on top against Colts at the end of the second day’s play at the Panadura Esplanade. Panadura SC resuming on their overnight score of 18 for no loss went on [...]
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A technical fault says SLC
Sri Lanka Cricket yesterday explained the reasons behind the Generator Failure at Hambantota last night during the first ODI between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Two of the four light towers had failed due to both the operating generator and the standby generator for the said two light towers provided by the Ceylon Electricity Board, had [...]
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Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: -Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 2nd Test Day 2 at R. Premadasa ICS, Colombo -SLC Inter-Club Premier -BRC vs Army at BRC -Lankan CC vs Air Force at Katunayake -Moors vs Bloomfield at Moors -Panadura vs Colts at Panadura -Saracens vs Ragama CC at Bloomfield -Badureliya vs CCC at Maggona -Chilaw Marians vs Kurunegala [...]
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Richmond unlucky as Mahinda escapes defeat
108thLovers’ Quarrel Richmond was unlucky as they missed out on pulling off a dramatic win as Mahinda escaped defeat in the 108th Lover’s Quarrel big match concluded at the Galle International Cricket Stadium yesterday. Richmond who were chasing 114 runs for victory fell short in nine overs by 22 runs as they ended the day [...]
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SLC on cloud nine with Rs. 1.3 billion bonanza
-Dialog and Tea Board team up as sponsors -Ashley de Silva to take over as CEO, SLC -Minister to announce committee’s findings this week By S. R. Pathiravithana Sri Lanka Cricket, which was once writhing with a huge hole in its pocket, can now bid adieu to all its financial woes. It has now clinched [...]
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Trinity contain giant killers Science for close win
By Rangi Akbar Trinity must be heaving a big sigh of relief. The Kandy lads underwent tremendous pressure in the final twenty minutes or so and scraped through to an 18-11 win over Science College at the latter’s grounds in Templar’s Road, Mt. Lavinia yesterday. Trinity making their first appearance in Colombo was given a [...]
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Royal scramble through to down Kingswood
By David Stephens In a sluggish match which had an equal share of highlights and horrors, Royal College fumbled, tripped and scrambled to a 13 (two tries, one penalty) -7 (one goal) victory over Kingwood College, in their Singer Under 20 Inter-School Rugby League clash, played at the Royal College Sports Complex yesterday. Royal notched [...]
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‘Battle of Nilwala’ today
Decision likely at 113th By P.D. de Silva A result could be reached in the 113th Battle of Nilwala which will draw to a close at the Uyanwatte Stadium in Matara today. St. Servatius declared their first innings at 181 for 9. Sanjika Ridma scored 73 while right arm fast bowler Hashan Vimarshana captured three [...]
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Thimira bails Thurstan out
50th Isipathana-Thurstan cricket encounter By Lakshman Ranasinghe The 50th Isipathana-Thurstan cricket encounter petered into a draw with the Colombo seven lads fighting to stay alive at the SSC grounds, yesterday. In reply to Isipathana’s first innings total of 256, Thurstan continuing from their overnight score of 75 for 3 were troubled by the Isipathana pace-spin [...]
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St. Benedict’s advance to pre-quarterfinals
U-19 Limited Overs cricket St. Benedict’s recorded a convincing seven-wicket win over Dharmapala Pannipitiya, in the Under 19 inter-schools limited over tournament, played at Darley Road yesterday to advance to the pre-quarterfinals. St. Benedict’s was steered by an unbeaten knock of 51 by Mahel Jayalath which helped the home team, chasing 157 for victory, to [...]
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Very interesting schools rugby season ahead
What will be most interesting element of this schools rugby season? Will it be the close-fought games or the drama in and around the games? Only time will tell. Wesley, St. Peter’s, Science and Joseph’s won their games in Division 1A, while the Trinity-Dharmaraja match ended in a draw. Last year’s tenth and ninth placed [...]
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Hemantha topples Tyron but Jaleel continues dominance
Alas, St. Peter’s College skipper, Dushan Hemantha, managed to topple Richmond College’s A.K. Tyron to snatch the competition’s second slot as Thurstan College’s Minhaj Jaleel continues to dominate the 34th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2013 for the tenth consecutive week. The deficit between Tyron and Hemantha was 109 votes [...]
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Susantha clinches title for the 16th time
61st National Snooker Championship By M. Shamil Amit Defending national snooker champion Susantha Boteju of YMCA clinched the national title for the 16th time when he defeated Ryan Somaratna of Otters AC 7-6 in the thrilling 13 frames finale played at the Billiard and Snooker Association headquarters table at the Sugathadasa Hotel in Colombo yesterday, [...]
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Another dull draw in Kandy
107th Big Match between Kingswood and Dharmaraja By Aubrey Kuruppu The 107th Big Match between Kingswood and Dharmaraja at Asgiriya Stadium was a dull, drab affair until midday yesterday. What generated the excitement was not some brilliant shot-making but the rapid fall of wickets. Kingswood’s skipper Kasun Bandara with a determined, dedicated knock of 30 [...]
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Match at Moratuwa ends in a tame draw
61st Battle of the Golds The 61st Battle of the Golds big match between Moratu MV and Sri Sumangala Panadura, played at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa, ended in a tame draw yesterday. Moratu MV 207 for 6 (Ishan Peiris 49, Saminda Maduranga 45, Ushen Tharaka 20, Sanesh Champaka 17, Dushan Sulakshana 28 n.o.: Lahiru [...]
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Match drawn at Matugama
50th Battle of Pasdunkorale The Golden Jubilee Pasdunkorale Big Match between Ananda Sastralaya Matugama and St. Mary’s Matugama at Matugama concluded in a listless draw. Ananda Sastralaya Matugama 145 (Lahiru Sankalpa 31, Nadeesh Malshan 24, Tharaka Maduwantha 22, Kasun Chamara 20: Thisaru Priyalalitha 4 for 22, Udara Madusanka 3 for 18, Thushan Chathuranga 2 for [...]
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Ireland on the verge of qualifying for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
Ireland is on the brink of securing a spot in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 after winning its fifth round 50-over matches in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Championship against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Both matches were streamed live on the ICC website www.icc-cricket.com. Ireland won [...]
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Australia back in the game courtesy Lyon
Australia came back magnificently with off-spinner Lyon grabbing a five-for 94 with some canny turn and bounce. He accounted for the top and middle order Indian batting whilst the quick bowlers applied pressure from the other end. All is set for a fascinating contest on day three in their fourth Test at the Feroz Shah [...]
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Football to get a facelift
By Bandula Molligoda The Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage warned the Sri Lanka Football Federation to join hands with the Sri Lanka Schools Football Association in an attempt to uplift the standard of the game throughout the country. The Minister pointed out that the main reason for the present crisis in the sport is due [...]
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Gaveshini named Methodist’s Most Outstanding Sportsperson
Fourteen-year-old Gaveshini Abeygunawardena was named the Most Outstanding Sportsperson for 2012, at the Methodist College prize giving, which was held at the college auditorium on March 8. Apart from winning the Under 15 singles and doubles championships for tennis and badminton, she was also a member of her house netball and basketball teams that emerged [...]
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Janadhipathi emerge unbeaten U15 hockey champs
Janadhipathi Balika Vidyalaya Sri Jayawardanapura, who have made excellent progress in hockey during the past few years, performed outstandingly in the finals of the Under 15 Colombo School Hockey Championship, where they trounced Musaeus College 2-0. In the preliminary round Janadhipathi BV beat Visakha Vidyalaya (3-0), Bishop’s College (3-0), Ladies’ College (3-0). In the semi-finals [...]
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Sharmal champ in Brunei
Sharmal Dissanayake gritted through to a hard-earned 6-4, 6-3 win over Chien Hsun Lo of Taipei to clinch the 47th Brunei ITF Junior Circuit boys’ singles final, which was worked off from March 12 to 17 in Brunei. In the first round of the competition, Dissanayake overcame Corneill Sppen of Malayasia 6-1, 6-0, before moving [...]
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SA Games in danger
By Bandula Molligoda Nepal has shown willingness to host the 2013 South Asian Games (SA) as India has already lost their bid, following a ban imposed on the Indian Olympic Committee by the International Olympic Committee. The games were originally scheduled to be worked off in New Delhi during February but a ban on their [...]
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Dead wickets and Test cricket
Sri Lanka’s first Test match against Bangladesh in Galle saw the accumulation of a bagful of runs, with batsmen from both teams cashing in on a pitch which seemed to offer very little for the bowlers. So should such an apparently defensive wicket have been prepared against a lesser Test nation like Bangladesh? Pix by [...]
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Fourth Golden Battle of Ruhuna to shine at Uyanwatta
Text and Pix By P.D. de Silva The fourth Golden Battle of Ruhuna, a duel between Vijitha Central College Dikwella and Rajapaksha Central College Weeraketiya, will be hosted by Vijitha Central at the Uyanwatta Stadium on March 26 and 27. Rajapaksha Central has the advantage of playing in the schools Under 19 division three tournament [...]
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The blueprint for soccer excellence
By Subhani Hassimdeen – It’s almost a tradition in this country to burst into bouts of euphoria whenever a foreign soccer expert arrives. The scenario was the same, when Krautzman, Pape, George Ferreira – the father and son combination arrived here not so long ago. Medals, trophies, championship and heights of technical excellence were reached [...]
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New office bearers for sailing
The following office bearers were elected at the 51st Annual General Meeting of the Yachting Association of Sri Lanka held on March 20, under the guidance of the Ministry of Sports.Patron – Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage (Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy), President – Joseph Kenny, Vice President – Rear Admiral Damayantha Dharmasiriwardene, Secretary – [...]
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Serendib Lankans make their mark
Serendib Cricket Club, an all-Sri Lankan cricket outfit competing in the Riyadh Cricket Association League (RCAL) in Saudi Arabia has managed to reach the final of the competition. This achievement according to its skipper Imran Saleem is an extraordinary feat as this has been their first competitive season since forming the club. “We are competing [...]
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Ranjani spells out the status quo in sports elections
By Naushad Amit The Director General for the Ministry of Sports, Ms Ranjani Jayakody, assured that elections of remaining sports governing bodies in Sri Lanka could be conducted before the deadline, which comes in a week. She revealed this to the Sunday Times at a stage when election heat has reached a boiling point. “This [...]
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Candidate to return?
Candidate to return? There is hectic activity at the Citadel these days with the fast approaching elections. The latest bit of news is that a candidate who is said to have been rejected by the higher authorities is making a comeback and already his henchmen are busy at work supporting him. Busy on this front [...]
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Antonians aim to rise from the dust
By Aubrey Kuruppu Sixth in 2011 last year was expected to be better. Alas for the best laid plans! St. Anthony’s College Katugastota plummeted even further purely because of the exodus of four back division players. The forwards gave it their all, but once the ball was released to the back division players, they were [...]
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Sanjeewa wins Air Force rally
Upul Sanjeewa, representing the Special Task Force of Sri Lanka Police, won the prestigious Air Force Cycling Rally, which was held for the 63rd occasion over a distance of 425 kilometres. Sanjeewa took nearly 10 hours to complete the race, which was held in three stages in three days. The champion rider has won many [...]
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Sri Lanka girls qualify at Asia- Oceania World Juniors tennis
The Sri Lankan girls’ Under 14 team lost to Vietnam 1-2 in the finals of the pre-qualifying tournament held in Kuching Malaysia and claimed the second spot on the last day of the Asia-Oceania Zone World Junior Tennis tournament, played under the aegis of the International Tennis Federation. In previous matches, the Sri Lanka team [...]
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Memories down the track at Police Park
By Hafeez Marso (Senior Superintendent of Police) Historically, sports culture in Sri Lanka has influence to North and South Indian mores. Chronicles reflect back where these primeval traditions took root in our country at different period of time, particularly during the period of King Gajaba. Martial arts had a greater significance and the most common [...]
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Reed House climbs to victory at Royal sports-meet
Reed House with a commanding overall performance won the championship of the Royal College Inter-House Sports-meet, which was held at the college grounds in Reid Avenue last week. The victorious Reeds accumulated 520 points while being closely chased by Marsh House, which finished with an overall tally of 501 points. Boake House, which produced the [...]
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Jasmine House blooms brightly at JMC sports-meet
Jasmine House emerged victorious at the annual sports meet of JMC International School Dematagoda which was held at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo, and saw a large turnout. The house meet, which attracted over 500 students from JMC, was dominated by the athletes of overall champions, Jasmine house. Carnation and Manel houses finished second and [...]
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Wycherley and CIS all set for annual big match
The first XI team of WIS will be captained by Taalib Haniff, while Anupriya Perera will lead the first XI team of CIS. Both teams carry experienced and talented players so an absorbing encounter is on the cards. Wycherley International School and Colombo International School are set to resume their rivalry on the cricket field, [...]
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Wesley enjoys resounding success after introducing swimming squad
Wesley College assembled its inaugural swimming squad in August 2012 under the guidance of experienced coaches Asoka Serasingha, Edward Vandendriesen and Anton Silva. The trio did a tremendous job to achieve great heights in a short period in swimming. The Teacher-in-Charge of swimming, Shyamali Parera too played an encouraging role. Mario Gurusingha had the honour [...]
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Vinodya and Nimesh shine at All-Island Novices-Intermediate TT tourney
Vinodya De Silva of Royal Institute and Nimesh Rashmika of Anura Central, Yakkala emerged the Most Outstanding players at the All Island Novices/Intermediate Table Tennis Championships, which was organized by the Women’s Working Group of the TTASL to celebrate World Women’s Day at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium in Mount Lavinia recently.
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Kaveen kicking his way to karate glory
Kaveen Samaranyake, the Sri Lankan karate prodigy from Gateway College, started his career at the age of just seven. Samaranayake (17), attended Leeds International School where he first started martial arts. He was able to achieve his first decoration at the annual Shitoryu Seikokai competition, earning a silver for the Kata form of karate and [...]
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Restarick ‘Scatters Light’ at Methodist Meet
Restarick House lived up to their school motto and ‘Scattered Light’ when they ran ahead to secure 202.5 points and with them the Overall Championship at the Methodist College Sports-meet, which was held at the Nondescripts Cricket ground recently. In second place was Park House with 150.5 points while Scott House ran into third place [...]
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Gateway girls take U19 ‘B’ division cager honours
Playing with perfect composure during key points of an exciting basketball match, Gateway College Colombo, after trailing 33-32 at halftime, overcame Ave Maria, Negombo 53-41 in the finals of the All-Island Under 19 ‘B’ Division Girls’ finals, played at the Ave Maria courts in Negombo. In the semis, Gateway beat Asian International School and Ave [...]
