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Royal huff puff and blow the Joes down

Royal College was forced to fight hard to survive a spirited late surge by St. Joseph’s College, before eventually moving to a 14 (1 try, 3 penalties)- 7 (1 goal) victory in a Singer Division 1 ‘A’ clash at the Royal Sports Complex yesterday which came to life only late in the piece. Center Pasindu [...]

Cricket ethics, Tim May and other panjandrum

There are certain things on this good god’s earth that we do not wish to see, hear or talk about. They are best kept unspoken under strict wrap like the fabled ‘Pandora’s Box’. Yet, there are times they just surface like small rocks that protrude when the tide recedes. The stubborn fact is — it [...]

Since last week Wesley College allrounder Basith Muzammil has turned out to be a newsmaker. Muzammil made a sudden entry at fourth position last week and the 34th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2013 competition completed its 17th week Muzammil continues to bring a new dimension of excitement to the [...]

SLCA says it was Mathews who voted at the ICC

The President of the Sri Lankan Cricketers Association Ken de Alwis says that it was the present Sri Lanka cricket captain Angelo Mathews who voted at the ICC Cricket Committee (ICCCA) voting on both occasions. He also stressed that at no point was the previous captain Mahela Jayawardena involved in this voting matter. He said [...]

SLCA says it was Mathews who voted at the ICC

The Singer Under 20 Division 1A inter-schools rugby encounter played at Bambalapitiya yesterday between St Peter’s and Science College Mt Lavinia saw a controversial ending as St Peter’s came out victorious with a last minute try to grab the game by 29 points to 23. Science College had a clear lead 13-3 at the breather [...]

Kanrich Finance win ‘F’ final

Kanrich Finance inflicted a resounding seven wicket defeat on HSBC ‘B’ to emerge league champions in the AVI-MCA ‘F’ division cricket final at the MCA ground yesterday. Taking first lease of the wicket, the bankers were wrapped up for 130 runs with A. Asanka causing the major damage to capture 5 for 12. Kanrich Finance [...]

Commercial Bank ‘B’ win semi final

Commercial Bank ‘B’ beat HNB ‘B’ by three goals to one in the first semi final of the MHA ‘B’ division knock out hockey fixture at the Astro Turf yesterday. At half time the scores were level at one all. In the 16th minute of play, Commercial Bank drew first blood when they were awarded [...]

Trinity and Mahamaya take Pentathlon crowns

Kandy schools Trinity College and Mahamaya College took home the overall titles at the Pentathlon Swimming Championships, which concluded at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday. In the boys’ category Trinity College earned a total of 35 points followed by Ananda College with 25 points and St. Joseph’s College with 22 points respectively. Mahamaya College won the [...]

SLRFU to take up referee assault incident

The involvement of Navy player Rohitha Rajapaksa in an altercation with a referee during the Inter-Club Rugby Sevens Championship at Havelock Park last Sunday has prompted calls for resolute action to support referee authority in the face of intimidation. The Sunday Times inquired from Rohitha’s brother Yoshitha who was present when the incident took place. [...]

Trinity, Peters and Kingswood win their games

Trinity, St. Peter’s and Kingswood colleges recorded wins in their respective Singer Under-20 Schools League Rugby Division I ‘A’ matches played yesterday. After trailing in the initial half, Trinity bounced back to record a thrilling win against St. Anthony’s College by 22-14 in their match played at Pallekele. St. Anthony’s sent shock waves as they [...]

S. Thomas’ College unleashed a wave of carnage upon Lumbini M.V, battering them into submission with a superlative display which yielded a brutal 95 (10 goals, 5 tries)-0 massacre of the innocent at Havelock Park yesterday. The Thomians dominated every facet of the game, setting up camp in Lumbini’s half and straying at will over [...]

Lankans looking to mark their presence today

The third and the final leg of the Asian Grand Prix is scheduled to be worked off today at the Sugathadasa Stadium and the Sri Lankan athletes who succeeded in the first two legs at Bangkok and Chonburi in Thailand will be seeking to improve with a beter showing. The first leg at Bangkok saw [...]

Lions revive to hunt down Eagles

At times, the Trinity Lions went through sheer hell before running out 22 points to 14 winners over a fighting Antonian outfit in their Singer Under-20 Schools Division I ‘A’ rugby match played at Pallekele yesterday. The opening half was scrappy and Trinity made numerous errors in attack. These helped the Antonians to gain both [...]

Kingswood drubs defending champs Isipathana for maiden win

Kingswood tasted the heady wine of success when they scored a comfortable 27 points (1 goal, 4 tries) to 17 (2 goals, 1 penalty) won over Isipathana in their Singer Under-20 Schools Division I ‘A’ rugby match played at Bogambara yesterday. The opening half was much closer but the winners led 10-7. Scrum half Salih, [...]

HNB ‘A’ into final over Sampath Bank

Hatton National Bank ‘A’ trounced Samapth Bank by five goals to one to book their place in the MHA ‘A’ division knock out final at the Astro Turf yesterday. At half time both teams were on level with a goal each. In the 18th minute of the game, HNB ‘A’ posted the first goal of [...]

Sri Lanka men’s and women’s carrom teams emerged runners-up in team events to win three golds and two silver medals at the 17th SAARC Carrom Championship which was in Kolkata, India. India won the championship in team events on both men’s and women’s categories with Sri Lanka emerging runners-up followed by Maldives in both categories. [...]

Colombo, Renown and Navy record close wins

Colombo FC, Renown and Navy SC registered contrasting wins while the day’s remaining three games of the Dialog Champions League (DCL) 2013 football championship ended in draws, at six different venues yesterday. As the second week of the DCL continued yesterday, Renown recorded the most thrilling victory of the three as they changed the fortunes [...]

Cricket in the war-affected North and East of Sri Lanka earned a morale-boosting victory over the past week as three of its young stars, Rishan Tudor, K. Silojen and Jeyasooriyam Sanjeev, were selected into three national pool teams that will square off against each other in a warm-up triangular limited-overs competition leading up to the [...]

CH and FC ‘A’beat BRC to take Pioneer Cup

CH and FC ‘A’ pulled off a double when they beat BRC 1-0 to win the Pioneer Cup knock-out final at the Astro Turf recently. At half time, CH and FC ‘A’ led 1-0 and no goals were added in the second session of play. The solitary goal of the game was scored in the [...]

CH & FC ‘B’ win Bacon Cup

CH & FC ‘B’ defeated Royal HC by four goals to three in a close knock-out final to win the Bacon Cup at the Astro Turf recently. At the short whistle the scorers were level at two all. The tournament was conducted by the Colombo Hockey Association. Royal Hockey Club drew first blood in the [...]

Sri Lanka welcomed a new sport with the inauguration of Sri Lanka Kettlebells Academy under Sarath Wijewantha, the country’s first and only instructor for this sport. Wijewantha, who is a qualified fitness, martial arts and nutrition instructor, earned the rare honour of becoming the first and only Sri Lankan to be certified by the world [...]

Japan head coach Eddie Jones is outspoken and does not hold back his punches as he gets his point across. So it came as no surprise when he called on his employers, the Japan Rugby Football Union, to do more to help raise the standards of the game across Asia. Japan is the perennial powerhouse [...]

TTSC swings into action

As tourism in Sri Lanka steps into its off-season, the Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) will move into action by conducting four sports events during the month of June. The first event on cards will be on June 1 with the 7th Beach Volleyball Championships sponsored by Mt. Lavinia Hotel Group. This event will be [...]

President’s Counsel lawyer Kalinga Indatissa intends to write a new chapter in sports administration with transparency, efficiency and faith, which will be portrayed as his vanguard slogans. Indatissa, an alumnus of Royal College and a former administrator of Sri Lanka Cricket, pointed out his objectives to the Sunday Times after being elected the new president [...]

Wresting the football initiative – it’s now or never

If football is to make substantial progress once again in our country, it should take into account the mistakes of the past, and those who contributed to these mistakes, since a repetition of the same and the acceptance of the person who contributed to the lapses are certainly going to damage further in the future [...]

Science College Mt. Lavinia has gained the reputation of being the giant killers of Sri Lankan school rugby for an obvious reason. Since rugby was introduced at Science three decades ago, their performances have been on par with elite rugby-playing schools of Sri Lanka. But Science had their reasons for being slotted in the lower [...]

Two of the dominant football sides Blue Stars and New Youngs came to the forefront after first week’s play as they took pole position of the respective group points tables in the Dialog Champions League 2013. From a total of nine games tables’ leaders Blue Star, New Youngs and Java Lane walked out with wins [...]

Trinity College Kandy continues to lead the Singer Under-20 School Rugby League Division I ‘A’ points table as the competition approaches its seventh week. Last year’s Schools League runners-up Trinity remain on the top unbeaten after having recorded five wins and a draw in six games while high-riding Dharmaraja College follow behind closely to dislodge [...]

Sri Lanka is now in the top flight of Asian Five Nations rugby, rubbing shoulders with big guns such as Hong Kong and Japan. But just how well can we fare against such quality opposition and what can we do to ensure that we stay competitive?

Sunday Sports Guide

Local ATHLETICS: Asian Grand Prix, third leg at Sugathadasa Stadium CRICKET: Sri Lanka vs Sri Lanka ‘A’ at Pallekele Stafford Motors/MCA Div ‘G’ League CIC vs McLarens; Courtanlds Clothing vs United Tobacco at MCA S&S First Choice vs Hutch Telecom; Amana Bank vs Coats Thread at Thurstan grounds Bharathi Airtel vs Expolanka; Deutsche Bank vs [...]

Samprass’ only regret Tennis courts and tactics

Only a few international players were able to master stroke making and tactics to win on all types of court surfaces. Those few who succeeded, achieved the ‘career slam’ of winning all four majors in their life. Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Steffi Graf and Serena Williams made it. But not the mighty Pete [...]

Schools rugby – have they dropped the standards

The rugby last week involved the schools XV a side league as well as Club Sevens. Both events caught the attention and or are attracting notice for reasons of rugby on and off the field. The Sevens saw newcomers Upcountry Lions getting the better of Havelock’s Sports Club. The tournament was no thriller nor did [...]

Arethusa and TBJ Zahira set for limited overs Big Match

The second limited overs Big Match cricket encounter between Arethusa College and T.B. Jayah Zahira College will be played next Saturday (18) at the Moors Sports Club in Colombo. Arethusa’s cricketers who are yet to impress as a team, are confident of pulling off a win at this year’s encounter although TBJ Zahira has the [...]

Nugegoda Lyceum girls beat Wattala counterparts to win netball plum

The Under-13 netball team of Lyceum International School Nugegoda emerged champions at the Inter-International Schools Netball Tournament, which was held at Shalika Grounds in Narahenpita. In an all-Lyceum final the Nugegoda lasses beat their counterparts from Wattala after an exciting battle. The tournament was organised by Leighton Park International School with many international schools taking [...]

Jayananda and Dimantha crowned U-8 WSC TT Champs

Rishani Jayananda of Prajapathi Gothami B.M.V. Ambalangoda and Akesh Dimantha of Vidyartha College, Kandy emerged Under 8 champions at the Intermediate/Novices Table Tennis Championship, conducted by the Wellawatte Sports Club at the S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia Indoor Stadium last weekend. While Rishani Jayananda coasted to an easy two-set win 11/4, 11/5 over Prasansa Devinda, [...]

Asela, Ajantha and Lakshan win Red Cross Day runs

Asela Bandara won the half marathon while Ajantha Sanjeewani won the 10 kilometer race for women at the world Red Cross Day runs, which were held in Matara on May 8. P. Lakshan won the 10 kilometer race for boys under 20 years of age. The international Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which was [...]

Pradeep Sanjaya of the Southern Water Sports Club in Matara proved his supremacy by winning his second consecutive boys’ title for the one kilometer sea swim, organized by the Southern Water Sports Club and the Life Saving Unit of the Matara Police, at Polhena on May 5. The first three places in the men’s championship [...]

Green Gladiators triumphant at Univenture sports-meet

The Green Gladiators bagged the championship of the annual inter-house sports-meet of Univenture College International, which is a reputed English medium school in the Hatton zone. The sports-meet was held at the Hatton Don Wilfred Ground. The Green Gladiators collected the championship while the Yellow Unicorns and Blue Blasters emerged first and second runners-up respectively. [...]

Nondescripts CA return with ten wins

returned from their tour of Bangalore and Shimoga with ten wins and just two defeats recently. The Nondescripts Cricket Academy, which is based in Colombo, is without doubt one of the best of its kind in the world and has been in existence for the past 30 years. During this period, the academy has produced [...]

Young footballers from all parts of the country were put though a rigorous selection process last week, as officials looked to discover the 30 players who would make up the pool for the Under 16 national team. The chosen players will get their first taste of action in Pakistan, where they will be engaged in [...]

SSC Open places young talent on centre court

The SSC Open Tennis Championship was in full swing last week as riveting action in several junior age groups, comprising the Under 14, Under 16 and Under18 categories, unraveled at the club’s courts. A number of extremely gifted emerging players such as Chehan Fernando, Nethmi Waduge, Adawan Pushparaj and Dhanushka Abeywardena produced several displays of [...]

Rahula Super Friends walk away with super six trophy

The 2007 Rahula Super Friends walked away with the trophy for the Rahula Super Six Cricket Fiesta and a cash prize of Rs 25,000 after action at the Sanath Jayasuriya grounds in Matara on April 27. Team 2002 Rahula Max were the runners-up and received Rs 15,000 in cash. Nishan Senaka was named the Man [...]

SSC CA and CCC SC ‘A’ enter semifinals

SSC CA (Ben Navaratne) and CCC SC ‘A’ entered the semifinals of the ongoing Inaugural Under 13 Inter Academy Cricket Tournament, conducted by Palawatta SC. Both matches were played at Cooray Park, Colombo 6 last weekend. In the first quarterfinal, SSC CA (Ben Navaratne) defeated Roy Dias Cricket Academy by 28 runs in a low-scoring [...]

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