He matures with the bat like fine wine
The other day, the Sunday Times took time off Kumar’s busy schedule to pry out what ingredients he has put into his game plan. In 2000, Sangakkara was playing in only his third Test –it was against the strong Proteas at the SSC grounds and he was in the side as a wicketkeeper who could [...]
Nadeeka on show today
Sri Lanka women’s javelin throw champion, Nadeeka Lakmali will be in action today in the final round of the women’s javelin throw event at the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championship at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. Lakmali, the second Lankan athlete to reach a final besides Olympic silver medalist Susanthika Jayasinghe, will be the ninth [...]
SLC awaiting ICC response to Lokuarachchi accusation
Sri Lanka Cricket is awaiting the results of the ICC probe into the actions of Sri Lankan cricketer Kaushal Lokuarachchi during the Bangladesh Premier League tournament. A top official of SLC told the Sunday Times, “The ICC has given him fourteen days to respond to their charge.” Lokuarachchi has been charged by the ICC for [...]
Amrita clears first hurdle with ease
Current women’s tennis national champion Amritha Muttiah needed little time to get her campaign off and running as she drubbed an overmatched Oshani Wickremasinghe 6-1, 6-1, during their preliminary round match of the 98th Sri Lanka Nationals, which was worked off at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts yesterday. Muttiah simply had too much firepower [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: SLC Under-23 -Division II final league round match at Colts TENNIS: – 98th National Championship at SLTA CARROM: – Inter-Club League Tournament at CFSL, Maharagama VOLLEYBALL: -Munchee National Championship at Galagedara, Kandy BASKETBALL: n Masters’ 5s at Henry Pedris Courts CYCLING: – National Championship at Anuradhapura International FOOTBALL: – Spanish league season gets [...]
Lankan teens record historic win
Sri Lanka Under-17s led by Chamika Karunaratne recorded a historic win by thrashing the England Under-17s by an inning and 81 runs on the final day of their three-day match which ended at Bedfordshire in England yesterday. The England juniors trailing by 209 runs to cover an innings defeat were bowled out for 128 with [...]
Lankans do it in style
The Sri Lanka Under-20 rugby team regained their position at the Top Division in the Junior Rugby Asiad when they recorded a comprehensive 31-nil win against Singapore at Kaohsiung in Chinese Taipei yesterday. The Sri Lankan juniors finished their campaign successfully as an unbeaten side to play alongside Japan, Korea and Hong Kong in the [...]
Kandurata Maroons prevail in one sided final
Kandurata Maroons prevailed in what was expected to be a close tussle when they recorded a convincing seven wicket win over Basnahira Greens in a one sided Inter-Provincial Super4’s T20 final played at the R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday. The win also saw Kandurata Maroons booking a berth to represent Sri Lanka in the Champions League [...]
CR&FC ties up with KFC for the Inter-Club season
When one ‘Red’ leaves the ‘Red Shirts’ another of the same pigment steps in as a replacement to support their endervours as financial benefactor. Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), a subsidiary of Cargills Ceylon Limited, announced their commitment with CR&FC, one of Sri Lanka’s leading Division ‘A’ rugby clubs who have experienced a mediocre season for [...]
Lankan cricketers to be honoured on Sep 10
Over 150 cricketers from the low tiers to the premier in addition to women players who represent tournaments conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) are set to be honoured at the Dialog Sri Lanka Cricket Awards 2013 which will take place on September 10 in a grand scale. The venue for the event however is [...]
Simple Sharmal elated by his feat
Sri Lanka’s Junior National Tennis Champion Sharmal Dissanayake, who defended his title with a clinical 6-1, 6-2 victory over Nishangan Nadaraja, said that he felt enormously privileged to be named captain of the sporting delegation currently competing in Nanjing China at the Asian Youth Games. “It was a surprise for me, I never thought I [...]
Lakshman Kadirgamar- A great loss for Trinity and the country
Without much doubt Lakshman Kadirgamar, who passed away on August 12, 2005, was one of the finest sports personalities produced by Trinity College Kandy. In addition to his sports career he was also an exemplary student. He won numerous academic accolades while at Trinity including the Dr. Andreas Nell Memorial Prize for Ceylon History, the [...]
Little doesn’t mean less for Randika
For many years the only dwarf Randika Cooray saw was the one in the mirror. Born with achondroplasia, Randika had a genetic condition that resulted in disproportionately short arms and legs. Short though they may be, Randika’s limbs didn’t let her down at the 2013 Dwarf Games held in Michigan, U.S.A. The biggest yet, the [...]
Politics, grudges have been set aside to develop netball
Followed by many controversies leading up to the elections of the Netball Federation of Sri Lanka (NFSL), its Vice President Yamuna Sandamali divulged that differences have been put aside and things are falling into place for the sake of development of the game.Sandamali, a veteran of netball for over four decades as a player, coach [...]
Cook’s football treat
Oliver Cook, a graduate from the University of Durham and a volunteer for the UK based NGO ‘Heal the Bay of Sri Lanka’ spent three months coaching the football players Gandara MV. Pic by P.D. de Silva
Test umpire Ponnathurai’s funeral today
Former Test umpire S. Ponnathurai passed away on Thursday. He was a Vice President and the Honorary Treasurer of the Association of Cricket Umpires Sri Lanka (ACUSL). He was also a former match referee and instructor in umpiring at SLC and Association of Cricket Umpires Sri Lanka He was also involved with the Amateur Athletic [...]
Vuvuzela; has it come to stay in Lankan cricket?
After debuting at the football World Cup in 2010, the vuvuzela has been gradually, although not silently, making its way into sports arenas across the globe. Recently it announced its arrival into international cricket. This week the Sunday Times set out to discover what the public thought of the instrument and the prospect of a [...]
Good for cattle
Good for cattle Recently a top level team visited Jaffna and wanted to see the grounds that has been constructed to play the world’s most popular game at staggering cost of Rs. 45 million. The officials walked around the ground and after much discussion stated that the grass that has been planted on the ground [...]
Passion and discipline lacking in school rugby: Pradeep Basnayake
A chat with Pradeep Basnayake is a pleasurable experience. He is frank and fair in his views, doesn’t hold back, and is always forthcoming. Moreover, he has the credentials, having represented the country in two sports. To get his lesser-known sport over and done with, tall, burly Pradeep captained Trinity at Basketball in 1993 and [...]
Sri Lanka U-23 jolted by Nepal
Sri Lanka Under-23 cricketers were severely jolted by the touring Nepal National Emerging team before posting a close three run win in a limited over fixture at Reid Avenue recently. Batting first the home team were dismissed for 168 runs with Sagar Pun returning the excellent figures of six for 23. Nepal in reply made [...]
Mercantile rugby and taking the onus
Cheating, performance supplements, and confusion are common facets in rugby as in many sports. The 43rd Mercantile Sevens was no exception as some thought winning by any means was in line while others played to enjoy. I had the chance of talking to people in between games that did not offer worthwhile rugby. There was [...]
Andrew Udeshi wins closely fought Oman Air Golf Classic 2013
Andrew Udeshi stamped his authority outclassing over 75 other competitors to win the Oman Air Golf Classic 2013 which held last weekend at the Victoria Golf and Country Resort in Digana, Kandy. Udeshi won the overall championship while Martin Miller emerged the runner-up in a thrilling competition which had to be decided by a tri-breaker. [...]
Hambantota sports city can be a spur to growth
Sri Lanka is set to get its first fully-fledged sports academy with plans afoot to set up a body in Hambantota which will cater for everything from athletics and basketball to rugby and swimming. The Hambantota Sports Club (HSC), the brainchild of Namal Rajapaksa, will get off the ground with former Sri Lanka rugby coach [...]
‘Golden-Masters’ and Bartoli’s ‘Good-Bye’
‘Grand-Slam achievement is the feat of winning the four Tennis majors, Australian open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open in one calendar year. Association of Tennis Professionals [ATP] has another elite annual series – the ‘World Masters 1000’ consisting of nine tournaments. Winning all nine during ones competitive career is called the ‘Golden Masters’. No [...]
ANC on a straight drive to cricketing dominance
The American National College first Xl cricket team has been going great guns during their past few excursions, notching up a string of highly-impressive victories. After winning the Business Management School (BMS) cricket tournament in June, they moved on to conquer the Imperial Institute of Higher Education (IIHE) in the finals of IIHE Challenge Trophy, [...]
Triggers pulled in Northern and North Central provinces
The Individual Qualifying Air Rifle Shooting Meets 2013 for the North Central and Northern Provinces were held successfully at Maithreepala Senanayake Central College in Medawachchiya last weekend. The notable outcomes from these qualifiers were the sprouting of five shooters, three girls and two boys, who emerged as ‘sharp shooters’ in their inaugural outing. Harshini Pemasiri [...]
Habitat for humanity Sri Lanka
On Sunday 28th July 2013 the University of London International Programmes collaborated with Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka on its third build. This initiative started in 2010 with a small group of University staff and alumni. Our community of graduates has the means and willingness to contribute to society and therefore we decided three years [...]
SAITM ready to scrum for more
The South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) is one of leading private universities in the country that offers a number of courses in the medical, engineering, management, technology and arts subjects. The university is also known for promoting sports and other extracurricular activities. One such sport is rugby, the oldest sport in the [...]
Dewmith and Natasha win YMCA TT tourney
Dewmith Weerasena of Lyceum College and Natasha Sandamini of Visakha Vidylaya were the novice winners at the YMCA Table Tennis tournament, which was held at the Central YMCA tables recently. The tournament was sponsored by Abans Limited and has been held continuously from 1932. While Dewmith Weerasena defeated Tharindu Keshan of Isipathana, to win the [...]
Bens down STC Matara by 38 runs
St Benedict’s College registered a 38-run win against St Thomas’ College Matara in a second round match of the All Island Under 17 Division One cricket tournament, which was played at the Uyanwatta Stadium in Matara on August 14. Being asked to bat first, the visitors scored 208 for 7 in their 50 overs. Sithum [...]
Vijayaba crowned kings of Southern volleyball
Vijayaba Vidyalaya Hungama clinched the Boys’ Under-19 and Under-17 championships at the Southern Province Schools Volleyball Championship, which was held recently in Galle. The Girls’ Under-19 championship was won by St. Mathews’ College Deniyaya while the Girls’ Under-17 title was clinched by Lankagama Model School. Vimalabuddhi Vidyalaya Seenigama won the Boys’ Under-15 championship while its [...]
Junior National Tennis Championships
The 98th Junior National Tennis Championships drew the country’s most talented young players to the Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts during the course of the week. Our photographer Hasitha Kulasekara captured some of the grueling action that unwound between these future stars of the local game.
