Dineshkanthan’s ground strokes too much for Jayawickrema
Thangarajah Dineshkanthan conjured up a dazzling array of thunderous ground strokes to power through to a 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) win over an extremely tenacious Amresh Jayawickrema and claim the 98th Colombo Championships at the SLTA Courts yesterday. Dineshkanthan’s explosive hitting from the back of the court pummeled Jayawickrema into submission early on and he [...]
Sanga’s super Saturday
Anyone who opted to stay off the R. Premadasa Stadium last afternoon may have been wondering why they were so unlucky. Indeed it was a true innings of a master who had perfected his craft. One could write reams on Kumar Sangakkara’s career best inning of 169, but savouring it firsthand would have been the [...]
Who sent whom to the market?
There are two Sinhala colloquial phrases which I think came into the usage about the last two decades and they are very meaningful. The first is ‘Kade Yanawa’ (Going to the market) – the real meaning is doing some menial work for someone with no particular profit for one’s self, though the victim thinks otherwise. [...]
Ragama CC dominate second day’s proceedings
Ragama CC dominated the proceedings against Air Force SC in the morning session of play on day two in their Under 23 Division One cricket encounter played at Braybrooke Place. Ragama CC batting the second time was sitting pretty as they ended the day making a massive 319 for 5 which came on the back [...]
Suranga lifts Subagya to victory
Suranga Sampath struck a scintillating undefeated century against the CEI Plastics Sports Club to propel his side, Subagya Vidyalaya Moneragala, to a commanding 25-run victory which secured them the Merril J. Fernando Challenge Trophy at Wesley College grounds, Campbell Park yesterday. Sampath bludgeoned the ball to all corners of the field to remain unbeaten on [...]
ABA Women’s Layton Cup Boxing
Udayangani of MAS and WMDDK Weerabahu of the Army exchange punches in the Lightweight (60kg) division, at the Sugathadasa indoor stadium last night. – Pic by M.D. Nissanka.
Galaxy of international artistes at Carlton Sevens
Fifty two of the world’s rugby Sevens artists will be in action at the Carlton Super Sevens this year. The first leg of the International Sevens will be worked off on July 27 and 28 at the Galle International Cricket Stadium. The Carlton Sevens will see six Kenyans, 17 New Zealanders, 14 Fijians, two British, [...]
Amali leads MAS Holdings to shuttle glory
MAS Holdings, led by Amali Amarasinghe, emerged champions at the Third Mercantile Inter-Firm Team Doubles Badminton Championships. In the final, MAS Holdings beat SriLankan Airlines 3-2. Before that they overcame John Keells Holdings 3-1 in the semifinals.The champion MAS Holdings team comprised of Chiranthi Kularatne, Hiran Samarasinghe, Ranga Randunu, Nadisha Daniel, Chullaka Hapuarachchi, Thilan Perera, [...]
Inter-club carrom from August 17
One of the leading league tournaments hosted by the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka, the Inter-Club League Carrom Championship 2013, will commence from August 17 at the CFSL headquarters in Maharagama. The highly anticipated competition for slicers of all calibers will include events in seven divisions in total in both the men’s and women’s categories. [...]
Etisalat Golf on July 26 and 27
The annual Etisalat Golf Classics will return with its 2013 edition for the fourth consecutive jaunt at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) course on July 26 and 27. The Etisalat Classics is an eagerly anticipated event in Sri Lanka’s golfing calendar. This year marks the fourth outing of the tournament and is open to [...]
Mendis to lead Lankan teens against India
The Bata-Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2013, Kusal Mendis will lead Sri Lanka when it hosts India in a bilateral Under-19 cricket series, which will begin next Tuesday. This will be Mendis’ second assignment as skipper of the Sri Lanka Under-19 team following his debut international tour against Bangladesh, which took place in [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
-Local CRICKET: SLC Under-23 Division I Navy vs Colts at Welisara Army vs CCC at Panagoda Ragama CC vs Air Force at Moors Singha SC vs NCC at Galle Negombo CC vs Moratuwa SC at Kadirana Bloomfield vs Leos CC at Bloomfield Division II SSC vs Antonian SC at Mt. Lavinia Kandy CC vs Kurunegala [...]
Every journey begins today–Andre Agassi
Inspiration and motivation are two engines that propel Tennis players. ‘Thank you Tennis’ were the words of Andre Agassi in his speech when the eight-time Grand Slam singles champion Andre Agassi was inducted into the International Tennis Hall Of Fame in July 2011 in Newport, Rhode Island. In his speech he cites the inspiration and [...]
Wesley and Dharmaraja proved a salient point
The league championship was won by Dharmaraja College Kandy, who remained unbeaten and their achievement was a result of the passion they showed on the field. However, they failed in their attempt to win the double. They were beaten in the semifinal by Wesley, who then beat Trinity to win the knockout. Both Wesley and [...]
Amazing Fight!
A strange fight took place recently at a cricket match. The losers had a free-for-all with lunch packets (buth packets). Spectators watched the spectacle with amazement! The reason for this could be that there is a lot of disagreement between players and selectors. So the buth packets flew high. This incident took place at a [...]
Thilini Jayasinghe and the Kandy Times
Further to the publication regarding Thilini Sudhara Jayasinghe (plaintiff), the Sunday Times states that the photograph in the Kandy Times of 2008.03.02 was not published with the intention of causing her disrepute or pain of mind and was done in good faith. The second to the sixth respondents in the D.C. Kandy Case No: DSP [...]
Karunaratne laments over missing coach
Sri Lanka’s badminton and London Olympics standout, Niluka Karunaratne, revealed that his preparation for the forthcoming Badminton World Championships in Guangzhou China has been greatly stymied by the absence of national coach Shankar Annamalai, a predicament he says the Sri Lanka Badminton Association has yet to resolve. Annamalai is currently on annual leave back in [...]
Hatton National Bank win Grand Slam
Hatton National Bank defeated McLarens by 3-1 to emerge Grand Slam Champions at the 3rd Inter Firm Doubles Team Championships organized by the Mercantile Badminton Association that was concluded at S. Thomas’ Mount Lavinia Indoor Stadium recently. The tournament was sponsored byb Akzo Nobel Paints Lanka (Private) Limited under the brand name Dulux. The tournament [...]
Time for Mathews to follow sleepwalking and reach for the stars
Only our sleepwalking cricketers seem to excel at rarefied heights. The other lot has once again shown that they cannot take the piss on the opposition at crunch time. And the worst part is that in recent times, the opposition mostly has been India.Twice in the space of less than a month, our bossy neighbours [...]
Father like siblings
A son following in his father’s footsteps is quite a common occurrence. A son and daughter doing it is a bit rarer. But when both offspring outdo the parent and achieve national recognition in their chosen sport; that calls for sport fans to sit up and take notice. The sportsman who is at the centre [...]
Old Bens in narrow win over SLAF
Old Bens posted a narrow 79 to 76 point win over Sri Lanka Air Force in their men’s Colombo Super League basketball fixture organized by the Colombo District Basketball Association at Nugegoda recently. However, at the short whistle Air Force were ahead with 40 points to 38. For the Old Bens Clinton Stallone led the [...]
Hearts for Heart run on September 8
‘Hearts for Heart’, an event organized by Sirasa TV and Yes FM in partnership with Flora which consists of several running and cycling events for the general public in order to promote the message of healthy living, is set to take place on September 8 at the Sports Ministry grounds. The events listed for the [...]
Colombo HA win men’s final over Defence Services
Colombo Hockey Association ran out champions when they defeated Defence Services 3-1 in the final of the 40th Boys Junior Nationals conducted by the Sri Lanka Hockey Federation that was concluded at the Astro Turf recently. At the short whistle the winners led by three goals to nil. The opening goal of the game was [...]
Behind the net saga of that European tour
It was March 13, 1968, amidst a large gathering of friends and relations, the eighteen member national team of Sri Lanka left the Katunayake airport by BOAC Boeing 747 to Tel – Aviv on a European tour. There had been some signs of the tour being jeopardized due to factionalism in the Ceylon Football Association. [...]
Records galore at Southern Province school games
K.M. Nimesh Bhagya and P.G. Nirmali Madushika of Kathaluwa MV were adjudged champion male and female athletes at the Southern Province Schools Athletic Championships which concluded at the Uyanwatta Stadium. Richmond College Galle won the boys championship with an aggregate of 87 points while Rahula College Matara was second with 80 points and Mahinda College [...]
Keyasha and Yasara take HFC netball to new heights
Keyasha and Yasara Siriwardana, Holy Family Convent Bambalapitiya’s two new sporting aces, are writing a fresh chapter in the school’s illustrious 110-year sports history with their exploits on the basketball court. Both girls spearheaded HFC’s recent march to victory at the All Island ‘A’ Division Inter Schools Basketball Championship, defeating a strong St Joseph’s Girls’ [...]
Teen soccerites off to Nepal
The Sri Lanka Under-16 national football team left for Katmandu, Nepal to take part in the second South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-16 Football Tournament. The team, led by De Mazenod College defender Ranju Silva, will include a total of 20 players in the squad who will be accompanied by six officials appointed by the [...]
Antonians two wins and a loss
Antonian Sports Club recorded two first innings wins and a first innings defeat after three games played in the ongoing SLC Inter-Club Under-23 Division II cricket tournament. The Antonians gained first innings points against Wennappuwa SC and Kurunegala SC while losing first innings against Old Anandians in their last outing. In their first game opening [...]
‘I knew I was gone’: Haddin
Australia’s agony at narrowly missing out on an opening Ashes Test triumph has been quickly overshadowed by fresh off-the-field matters. Brad Haddin didn’t need to wait for the replay to know he had hit the ball that sealed Australia’s first-Test defeat. And he said he had no problem with Stuart Broad’s decision not to walk [...]
Pros and cons of Chandimal captaincy
With Angelo Mathews banned for the first two ODIs of the South African series, a struggling Dinesh Chandimal has been handed the reins of the Sri Lankan cricket team. However, with his recent poor form and erratic play, is Chandimal, who becomes the counry’s youngest ever captain, presently suited for the role?
