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Hunting in packs and thinking out of the box
It was early 1996. At that time the Lankans generally were invited to a tri-series or a cup championship just to make up the numbers. At this instance, the Lankans were in fact in Australia remaining on that soil after their controversial ‘Murali’ Test series. So, then joining the two teams were the West Indies, [...]
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DSS young rugby players undergo medical checkup
It was a strange scene this Friday at the D.S. Senanayake College grounds in Colombo 7. While some teams were at play, in a corner of the grounds a huddle of students were undergoing medical screening. They were the under-12, under-14 and under-16 rugby players of the college, being checked thoroughly under a sports medicine [...]
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Minister says elections will be held on due date
By S.R. Pathiravithana Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said the Sri Lanka Cricket elections, which were postponed from March 31 to April 16, will be held on schedule. “In spite of Thilanga Sumathipala being a Member of Parliament representing the government, we were able to get the correct verdict from the courts. No-one can disprove that [...]
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Kazakhs taste Lankan special with spice
HSBC Asian5Nations Division I rugby championship By Naushad Amit Fullback Reeza Mubarak enjoyed a brilliant day on the field as Sri Lanka thumped over Kazakhstan by 49-18 in what could be termed as an unexpected outcome to pocket the HSBC Asian5Nations Division I rugby championship at Havelock Park in Colombo yesterday. Sri Lanka played up [...]
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D.A.V. College India emerge champions
Red Bull Campus Cricket World Cup By M. Shamil Amit India represented by D.A.V. College emerged the Red Bull Campus Cricket World Cup champions with a comfortable 49 runs win over Karachi University Pakistan in the final played at the R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday. Left arm spinner Gurinder Singh was the hero of the Indian [...]
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Lankan rugby ascendance commendable
Schools rugby took a back seat with the stop for Holy Week and the arrangement to ensure that matches did not clash with the A5N tournament. The passion will rise as the schools league begins after the New Year celebrations. The third week of rugby will be completed as some of the games are rescheduled [...]
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Moors huff-puff and falter
Premier Cricket Final Kaushal, Dhammika rescue SSC By M. Shamil Amit Kaushal Silva and Dhammika Prasad came to the rescue of SSC with the pair putting on a valuable 102 runs stand for the ninth wicket in the second days play in the final of the Premier league cricket tournament played at the SSC ground. [...]
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Lookout for Tommy Haas – he has the aces
Match elements and Miami ATP 500 Tommy Haas was the ‘dark horse’ in Miami ATP 500 in March. Haas, not completely unknown, sent world’s number one Djokovic home in the second round with 6/2, 6/4 win. He looked unstoppable reaching the semi-finals against Spain’s Ferrer. Haas’s game of accuracy sacrificing power, is a noticeable change [...]
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VVIP orders school rugby officials to paint green over reds
The Sunday Times reliably understands that a top most VVIP of the country has played a pivotal role behind the curtain in letting four school rugby players walk free from the two-match ban imposed by the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA). During the late hours on Thursday (4), the SLSRFA unexpectedly reversed its [...]
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ICC introduces new ‘No ball’ playing condition
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has introduced a new playing condition for Tests, One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20s) that instructs the umpires to call ‘No ball’ whenever a bowler breaks the non-striker’s wicket during the act of delivery. This playing condition will come into effect on 30 April, and the first international match [...]
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Cooper denies Daredevil victory
Delhi Daredevils led by Mahela Jayawardene continued its lack lustre form as Rajasthan Royals kicked out their Indian Premier League 6 campaign in style with a thrilling five-run win at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi yesterday. The Delhi Daredevils needed just nine runs from the final over but paceman Kevin Cooper who had bowled [...]
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Lankan selectors name ‘play it safe’ initial squad for Champions trophy
Tharindu Kaushal ignored once again There were no major surprises when the Sri Lanka Cricket’s selection committee headed by Sanath Jayasuriya announced the initial 30 member pool for the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 scheduled to be played in England from June 6, 2013. In the opening slot Upul Tharanga who had been ignored since the [...]
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India drop Sehwag for Champions Trophy
NEW DELHI, April 6, 2013 (AFP) – India’s selectors on Saturday left out dashing batsman Virender Sehwag from a 30-man preliminary squad for the Champions Trophy in England in June. Seasoned off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and veteran seamer Zaheer Khan were also missing from the list, which has to be shortened to 15 players a month [...]
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Shashika in a positive campaign
Bata- the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer 2013 As Thurstan College’s Minhaj Jaleel remains indomitable in the 34th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2013 competition, even after 12 weeks, there are some other contenders who have made clear progress in their respective categories. Among those who steadied their campaign [...]
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CRC christens Diyawanna rowing in style
By David Stephens The Colombo Rowing Club came up with an imperious outing on the waters of the Diyawanna Oya, finishing with two gold medals and one silver, to sail away to victory in the open category of the 28th Rowing Nationals, which came to a close yesterday. The Colombo Rowing Club stamped their authority [...]
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Godamanne and Rajapakse give SL lead
The experienced doubles pair of Harshana Gadamanne and Rajeev Rajapakse gave Sri Lanka a 2-1 lead in their Group two Asia Oceania Relegation Play-off against Lebanon, when they beat Bassam Beidas and Patrick Chucri 6-7 (6), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-4 in their match played at the Automobile et Touring Club du Liban in Lebanon yesterday. [...]
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Should politics and sport mix?
In recent times several events have placed a number of sports under a political microscope, bringing into focus the fact of whether sport should exist independent of entities that lie outside the playing field. The Sunday Times looked to the public to learn if this was indeed the case. Pix by Amila Gamage
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Chandana’s out-of-the-box golf dream
Sri Lanka’s second professional golf open By S.R. Pathiravithana If monotony creeps into your day-to-day life, our daily deeds can seem like drudgery. Yet, if you are bold enough to first dream and think and then challenge the status quo, the chances are more that you will end up a winner. Chandana Weerasinghe, though a [...]
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Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: SLC Inter-Club Premier final Moors vs SSC at SSC U-19 Schools -Isipathana vs Thurstan annual T20 match at Thurstan ground -Gurukula vs Dharmaloka, 22nd limited overs encounter at R. Premadasa Stadium -DSI/AVI-MCA Div ‘F’ League -Hilton Residence vs Softlogic Finance; Commercial Leasing vs WNS Global at MCA -Data Entry Intl vs Astron Lanka; [...]
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Shivantha Vivekanandan elected committee member of Deaf International Cricket Council
Zaharine Hameen (Patron, Sri Lanka Deaf Cricket Association) and Shivantha Vivekanandan (President, Sri Lanka Deaf Cricket Association) attended the 1st Deaf International Cricket Council Annual General Meeting, which was held in Dubai, UAE, recently. The other countries like Australia, England, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan and South Africa were present. Vivekanandan from Sri Lanka was elected [...]
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Four in a row for Talawakelle Tea Estates
By Shamseer Jaleel Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC won the Inter-Plantations Rugby Sevens tournament for the fourth consecutive year, creating a record in the plantation sector as no other team has continued a winning streak for such an extended period. The tournament, which has a history of over 19 years, was organised and funded this year [...]
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Tomorrow’s mainstream on an excursion of exposure
By Naushad Amit Under the captaincy of the Kusal Mendis, the next generation of Sri Lankan cricketers will engage in their first bilateral youth tour to Bangladesh. The fresh 18-member Sri Lanka Under-19 squad left for Bangladesh during the wee hours today in a tight tour, which will span 22 days. During their three-week mission, [...]
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P.I. Pieris – 80 years
It is great to be 80 years old and Ian reached this milestone on 15th March 2013. Let me wish him good health, long life, peace and happiness. I was sorry as I could not be present with him on his 80th Birthday, on the day of celebration due to personal reasons which I conveyed [...]
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Reminiscences of school rugby of the past
Another school rugger season has commenced, and perhaps it would be of interest for present fans to look back on an era when rugger began to emerge as a popular sport, with more schools taking to the game. School matches of that time were played on weekdays, and the matches were of fifty-minute duration, twenty-five [...]
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Dida – The Legend
The Tri-Nations Rugby Tournament It has been almost 35 years since Sri Lanka came close to winning the Asiad. At this moment it is only fitting to bring to mind the only complete rugby player produced by Sri Lanka. No one can equal that record to-date. The great coach Archibald Perera moulded him at school [...]
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TT veterans gang up against Chandana Perera
A convoy of former table tennis stars, who turned out for Sri Lanka at the highest ranks have united to make a strong protest against outgoing head of Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka (TTASL), Chandana Perera. The group of former players, who later turned as coaches and administrators, allege that Perera had used table [...]
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Susantha comes with a vengeance to take snooker title
Sattar takes Billiards honours By M. Shamil Amit Sri Lanka’s reining national snooker champion and the defending champion of the M.J.M. Lafir memorial snooker tournament retained his title when he defeated M. Rimzan by five frames to one in the nine frames snooker final played at the MICH billiard parlour yesterday. It was sweet revenge [...]
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St Peter’s and Wesley advance to quarters
By M. Shamil Amit St Peter’s and Wesley advanced to the quarter finals of the Under 19 T20 cricket tournament with wins over Gurukula MV Kelaniya and St Joseph’s played at Braybrooke Place yesterday. The first match between St Peter’s and Gurukula MV was a high scoring game with St Peter’s taking first lease of [...]
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An awesome responsibility rests on Wadood’s team this year
around the schools rugby – Trinity college By Aubrey Kuruppu The number of rugby legends and greats who learnt their basics within the portals of Trinity College is legion. Trinity has a rich rugby culture and, almost invariably produces a team that is up there with the best. Kaneel Seneviratne’s 2012 side came back strongly, [...]
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A dry season for results barring the Royal-Thomian
Is pride the cause for big match brawls By M. Shamil Amit The big match encounters played by traditional rivals every year are a much looked forward to event by most of old and present boys of respective institutions. But the saddest part of these encounters is that the majority of them end in clashes [...]
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Rodrigo aims to put soccer back on track
By Naushad Amit With the aim to put back football to its deserving position, the newly elected president of Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL), Ranjith Rodrigo, revealed their mission statement, which includes serious and radical changes. Among the amendments Rodrio introduced were staff-cuts, more responsibility to vice presidents, abolishing of a vital administrative portfolio, [...]
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Achievers dribbles way to basketball bounty
The Achievers Lanka Business School is at the pinnacle of inter- institute basketball, having strongly announced their presence during the 2013 season by emerging champions in the Colombo University Sports Festival and the Inter- Institute Basketball tournament organized by Informatics. The team attributes their success to the immense support they receive from the management of [...]
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St. John Bosco’s and Gavaravila shine at Don Bosco Road Race
St. John Bosco’s College Hatton and Gavaravila Tamil Maha Vidyalaya proved their distance running might as they emerged boys’ and girls’ champions respectively, at the Don Bosco Road Race, organized by the Old Boys Association of St. John Bosco’s College Hatton, on March 15 in Hatton. St. John Bosco’s victory in the boys’ bracket secured [...]
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Sapphire House crowned champs at City High School Sports-meet
Sapphire House emerged victorious at the annual sports-meet of City High School, Dehiwala, surviving stiff opposition from Emerald House and Ruby House, to march home with the event’s challenge trophy, following the conclusion of proceedings at the Saranankara Grounds. The Chief Guest at the event was current Chairman of the Cricket Selection Board, Sanath Jayasuriya. [...]
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Nethmi makes mark in Malaysia
Rising young female tennis star, Nethmi Waduge, once again proved her mastery on the court, this time in the Junior Fed Cup Pre-Qualifying tournament in Kuching Malaysia, where she roared to victory in all of her five singles matches. Nethmi had wins over Iran’s Elaheh Bonab (6-3, 6-0), Jordan’s Rama Bageen (6-1, 6-2), Kyrgyzstan’s Arina [...]
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St Mary’s Matara excel at Shotokan Karate meet
The karate team from St Mary’s Convent Matara secured several medals and certificates at the sixth Shotokan Karate Championships. Seli Diana Dinithi Maduumaliyange was adjudged the best contestant at the championship. Picture shows Front row (from left) : Seli Diana Dinithi Maddumaliyange, Manjula Lokugamage (coach), Sister Sanadamali Kurera (Principal), Neranjala Pathinayaka (Teacher incharge), Sumedha Thathsarani [...]
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Stafford down AIS in Big Match
Stafford International School, captained by Revan Polonowita, performed solidly in all departments to record an 18-run win over Asian International School, to clinch the De Silva trophy, following the two schools’ annual big match. After losing the toss, Stafford was put into bat and registered a total of 147?7 in their allotted 40 overs. In [...]
