Unlikely proposition for Lankan coaches
Sri Lanka’s cricket management has already begun its quest to replace the South African born coach Graham Ford who opts out after his contract ends in January next year. Last week, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) came out with an official communiqué saying, “National Coach Graham Ford has indicated to SLC of his unavailability to continue [...]
Aadavan holds his own to take Boys title
Aadavan Pushparaj needed to grind through sweltering heat and some gutsy tennis from Jerique Rajapakse before he could chisel a rugged 6-4, 6-2 win, in the boys’ finals of the Under 14 Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) tournament’s second week, played at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association yesterday. The deceptively straightforward scoreline does not reveal how [...]
Spinners guide Mahanama to crushing win
Mahanama Colombo began the school cricket season on a winning note when they recorded a crushing ten wicket win over fancied St. Anthony’s Katugastota in their Under-19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at the FTZ ground in Katunayake yesterday. It was the spinners who guided Mahanama to victory with the right and left arm spin combination [...]
Nine new records established on day one
The two-day 30th Mercantile Athletic Championship, which got underway at the Sugathadasa Stadium, saw nine new records being established from over 100 finals in different age groups that were held on day one yesterday. The 30th Mercantile Athletic Championship, conducted by the Mercantile Athlete Associationand sponsored by Ritzbury, is being contested by 1823 athletes from [...]
Baseball finals at Diyagama today
In a nail-biting baseball game which hung in the balance right through to the finals innings, the Black Hawks edged the Green Wolves 6-5 to book a place in the finals of the Sri Lanka Baseball Classic, at the Japan-Sri Lanka Baseball ground in Diyagama yesterday. The Green Wolves, who along with the Black Hawks [...]
Tuskers reach Cup quarters
The Sri Lanka Sevens team under the leadership of Fazil Marija, burst into action at the second Asian Sevens Series in Ban Sang, Thailand with two contrasting wins against Kazakhstan and Chinese Taipei yesterday. In their first group game against the Kazakhs, Sri Lanka recorded a convincing 26-5 win but later on the day were [...]
Lankan ladies take Plate Championship
The Sri Lanka Women’s Sevens rugby team beat Singapore by 17-5 to win the Plate Championship of the HSBC Asian Women’s Sevens Series in Ban Sang, Thailand yesterday. Sri Lanka women appeared in the HSBC Asian Women’s Series for the first occasion and the win will secure them overall fifth in the region. This is [...]
WPSO, WPN and Central advance to semis
Western Province South Outer, Western Province North and Central Province advanced to the semi finals of the Prima Under-15 Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament when they defeated Western Province North Outer, Western Province South and North Province respectively in the matches played yesterday. A knock of 106 with 12 boundaries and a six by right hand batman [...]
Ion Tiriac’s tennis dimension
Certain eras in history, one would see strong personalities coming ‘out of the blues’ to make an impact. In the sixties a simple man from Brasov, Romania appeared in Tennis. Ion Tiriac was first noticed as an ice Hockey player in the Romania 1964 Olympic team. He then switched to Tennis, reached the top 50 [...]
Pandora’s Box and Indian cricket hegemony
Classical Greek mythology predicted what would transpire on this earth 2013 years after the demise of Jesus Christ. Long before the world thought of Christ, the Greeks had their people wrapped in stories that depicted the real world, people’s day-to-day lives and how some of their actions would be translated into results that could have [...]
Why people take the risk despite the consequences
The recent episode of banned substances as well as previous events of unacceptable behavior in schools rugby makes you wonder why people would take the risk despite the consequences that follow. I tried to find a reason and looked on a management and social theory. “The traditional view of managers is that they have virtually [...]
Lankan Kayaking makes maiden foreign journey
The National Association for Canoeing and Kayaking Sri Lanka (NACKSL) is fielding a four-member team comprising three paddlers and a coach/manager to the 15th Asian Canoe Sprint Championship, which will be held in the World Heritage City of Samarqand Uzbekistan from September 26-29. This is the first time in the history of Kayaking in Sri [...]
Sampath Bank celebrates cricket and netball in style
Marketing are Sampath Bank cricket champs Marketing emerged champions at the Inter Department six-a-side soft ball cricket tournament conducted by the Sampath Bank Sports Club when they defeated Kandy Metro by 13 runs in the final at the Moors ground last weekend. After posting a match winning score of 63 for 3 in their quota [...]
Arjuna still batting for SL
Arjuna Ranatunga was a Colossus. The only captain to lift the World Cup for Sri Lanka, his reputation and aura grows every time the national side fails in the task to emulate the Class of ’96. Ranatunga was also more than just an astute captain, the original Captain Cool. If not for him Sri Lanka [...]
Golf’s first exclusive local magazine
Seeking to chart the progress and history of the rapidly shifting world of local and international golf, GolfPlus Monthly Sri Lanka, the country’s first magazine to place exclusive focus on the sport, last month launched an inaugural edition teeming with unique insight, clever anecdotes, helpful tips and interesting facts. The magazine is the local arm [...]
Cuing for nothing
The 61st National Billiards Championship came to an end last Sunday, with the maestro of cues K.H. Sirisoma clinching his 22nd title. If that makes Sirisoma an elated man is a big question. To rank billiards, the sport that brought Sri Lanka’s first World Cup title, among the prolific will be indeed a total mishap, [...]
Just one of us
Just one of us The Sugathadasa Stadium was all decked up for the prize giving of a sports body and a particular lady was spotted sulking in the stands. This lady was heard saying that she is an advisor to the Big Man in the sport and that the reception she got at the prize [...]
Local ATHLETICS: 30th Mercantile Championships at Sugathadasa Stadium BASEBALL: SLT Sri Lanka Classics at Diyagama, Homagama FOOTBALL: Dialog Champions League 2013 Air Force SC vs Colombo FC at Longdon Place CARROM: Inter-Club League Tournament at CFSL, Maharagama BASKETBALL: Carlton Cup Division II quarterfinals at Henry Pedris Schools All-Star Under-19 Championship at Henry Pedris CRICKET: Annual [...]
Royal cagers send S. Thomas’ to the cleaners
It was as if Royal College were playing a home and home match at Mount Lavinia recently when they sent the Thomians to the cleaners with a 55 to 13 points drubbing in their senior basketball fixture to retain the D.S. Senanayake Memorial Shield recently.At half time the Royalists had the Thomians well and truly [...]
Ananda’s new sporting legacy
Each time a fleet of sleek boats sliced swiftly through the still waters of the Beira Lake during last weekend’s Sri Lanka Schools Rowing National Championships, clusters of students gathered near the finish line to raucously egg on their respective schools. Whenever this occurred, more often than not, the loudest cheers emanating from the lake’s [...]
Can Lanka afford to have a Lankan coach after Ford ?
The exit of Graham Ford from the role of Sri Lanka cricket coach has spawned the question of whether our cricket administrators should consider filling the vacancy with a local candidate. This week the Sunday Times asked the public if the time was right for Sri Lanka Cricket to make such a move or if [...]
De La Salle clinch U-19 Div ‘B’ cager title
After conceding a 17 point lead at half time, De La Salle College rallied in the second half to defeat Royal Institute by 66 points to 58 and clinch the All-Island Schools Under-19 Division ‘B’ Basketball Championship in the final that was played at Mutwal on Wednesday. At half time Royal Institute were ahead with [...]
Cream of junior sports crop to be harvested at schools awards
A total of 501 young sportsmen and women are set to receive colours at the 20th Sri Lanka Schools Milo Colours Awards Ceremony, which will be held at the BMICH next Friday. The much-awaited sports awards ceremony will see the crème de la crème of the junior sports fraternity rewarded for their efforts in respective [...]
Rumeshika thunders to Tarbet triumph
Rumeshika Ratnayake of St. Joseph’s Girls’ School Kegalle was one of the top female athletes to dominate the recently concluded 83rd Sir John Tarbet Senior Athletics Championship, which was held at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. Rumeshika (17) broke the national records in Girls’ 100m event and the Girls’ 200m event, while going on to [...]
