Lankans abstain at the voting
The ICC’s controversial Working Paper worked its way into the mainstream as South Africa, one of the three nations that opposed the proposal, changed its stance and voted in favour of the resolution yesterday. Both Sri Lanka and Pakistan abstained from voting citing that they needed more time to discuss the amended resolution with their [...]
You cannot serve cricket and mammon
By the time you read this column, in all probabilities the membership of the International Cricket Council would have used their vote for or against the ‘Out of the blues Working Paper’ presented by India, England and Australia in a bid to gain total control of the game of cricket, perhaps, forever. Now whatever the [...]
Shanuka, Nikshy and Minhaj race to magical 1000 runs
Three outstanding cricketers on the school circuit, Shanuka Dulaj of Prince of Wales, Nikshy Ahamed of Zahira and Minhaj Jaleel of Thurstan reached a dreamy mark of1000 runs in a season. The achievement was made extra special by the fact that the trio celebrated the 1000-run mark with tons. Shanuka, although reaching the mark with [...]
A closer look at Davis-Cup 2014
Davis-Cup, the premier inter-nation Tennis league in the world is 114 years old. Today, a nation’s men’s Tennis status is judged by the Davis-Cup performance. Originally there was only the world group in Davis Cup but now the tournament attracts teams from over 130 nations into its draw and is played in five groups. Sri [...]
Hameed Al Husseinie storm into home tournament finals
Hameed Al Husseinie sailed into the finals of the Group of ‘80s Hameed Al Husseinie College under 19 Invitational Inter-School Football Tournament with a spectacular 4-0 romp over Hindu College, at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday. The competition’s hosts benefited from a sublime hat-trick from M.N.M Rahuman, who whipped in his side’s two first half goals, [...]
Easy passage for Blue Star
Blue Star faced little trouble while Navy experienced a tough battle before winning their respective quarter-final clashes of the Cargills Food City FA Cup football championship at two different parts of Sri Lanka yesterday. Blue Star beat Don Bosco by 3-0 at the Matara Football Complex while Navy brought down a gritty Ratnam outfit 2-0 [...]
Police, Air Force and Navy win at rugby
Police pulled out all the weapons in their arsenal then reached a little deeper and extracted an extra ounce of fortitude to edge past a determined Hambantota Sharks 22 (3 tries, 2 conversions, 1 penalty) – 21 (2 tries, 1 conversion, 3 penalties), in a pulsating Dialog Division ‘A’ Inter-Club Plate fixture at Police Park [...]
Chamil Cooray prevails
Defending Singles champions, Chamil Cooray remained unconquerable while Chalani Lakmali lost her form to concede her crown to Joseph Roshita at the 46th National Carrom Championship played at the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka headquarters in Maharagama. Cooray defended his Men’s Singles title beating rookie finalist Mohamed Shaheed in the final that stretched to a [...]
Mubarak slams career best 222 as NCC set for the kill
Jehan Mubarak slammed a swashbuckling career best knock of 222 not out as NCC was set for the kill against Badureliya SC when play ended on day two in the Premier league cricket encounter played at the Surrey Village ground in Maggona. Mubarak who was unbeaten of 179 on day one added a further 43 [...]
Krrish Colombo ready to launch
A three-member team of golf professionals representing Colombo is all set to make its debut in the third edition of Rs. 1.2 Crore Louis Philippe Cup, India’s premier pro golf league, from February 17 to 22 at Bombay Presidency Golf Club in Mumbai, India. Comprising top Sri Lankan golfers N. Thangaraja, who finished 12th on [...]
Top-ranked players through
Top-ranked players Rohan Sirisena, B.N.B. Jayasinghe, Milinda Lakshitha and Udaya Ranasinghe entered the quarterfinals of the Men’s Singles event at the 67th Table Tennis Nationals being held at the Jayatilleke Indoor Stadium in Nawalapitiya. Jayasinghe and Lakshitha won their matches with comparative ease, while Sirisena and Ranasinghe were taken to four sets by their opponents [...]
Royal power their way through
Royal College put together a steady, but by no means flawless, performance against C.W.W Kannangara, keeping them at bay with intelligent defence before pouncing with paralyzing pace, to leap to a 10 (two tries)-0 victory win and book a place in the semi-finals of the Milo Inter-Schools Under 18 Sevens Championships, which were held at [...]
Bairstow, Plunkett tons, England Lions dominate
The England Lions batsmen got the much needed batting practice in preparation for their first four day unofficial Test match against Sri Lanka ‘A’ scheduled to be worked off from February 12 at the Pallekele Stadium. The first warm-up match against the Sri Lanka ‘A’ Emerging XI saw them struggling to come in terms with [...]
Royal’s Pathirana extends lead at top of the table
Royal College allrounder Randev Pathirana gained a strong lead of 1102 over his immediate threat Akila Lakshan as the 35th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2014 competition approached its fourth week. By the third week Pathirana toppled Lakshan — the initial leader of this year’s All-Island contest — of Royal [...]
Local CRICKET: Premier League SSC vs Bloomfield at SSC Chilaw Marians vs Tamil Union at P. Sara Oval Panadura SC vs Ragama CC at Panadura Moors SC vs Colts at Moors Badureliya SC vs NCC at Maggona Army vs Air Force at Panagoda Emerging Trophy Sebastianites vs Police at De Soyza Galle CC vs Kurunegala [...]
TTSC Squash on Feb 22
The closing event of the Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) calendar for 2013, the TTSC Squash Championship will be held on February 22 at the Cinnamon Lakeside Sports Complex in Colombo. The squash competition which will bring down the curtain on the TTSC 2013 events calendar, will pave way to its activities for 2014. The [...]
Keep tab on discipline and rowdy behaviour from now on
The Sevens kicked off the schools rugby season last week. Having weaned its way from the uncertainty the games were on at Reid Avenue. The competition was not as hot as the lead up to the event. The sizable presence spectators at the Royal Complex during the two days showed the passion for schoolboy rugby. [...]
Our tour in the United Arab Emirates against Pakistan
It is always better to play international cricket in neutral venues. Our National Team had an opportunity to battle with Pakistan which loves to play in the U.A.E. Most of the time they were lucky to win there because the Pakistanis believe that Almighty God helps them to win whenever they play in the U.A.E. [...]
Public looking at cricket’s position paper
The ICC’s ‘position paper’ has been met with antagonism by the cricket boards of South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. This week the Sunday Times spoke to the general public to find out if they supported the SLC’s stance against these controversial reforms.
SLRFU and SLSRFA lock horns again
The main governing body of rugby in the country, the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) and its affiliate, the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) has been compelled to work together, this occasion by the International Rugby Board (IRB), the Sunday Times learns. In addition, the local rugby governing body is at a [...]
Niluka’s performances impress Scottish Sports Minister Shona
Scottish Public Health and Sports Minister, Shona Robison, said her recent visit to Sri Lanka during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) had provided her with an opportunity to meet with key administrators and athletes from the country’s sporting circle. Ms. Robison, whose nation will play host to the Commonwealth Games in July, explained [...]
ICC Board approves changes to governance, competition and financial models of ICC
Protecting Test cricket A Test Cricket Fund will be introduced to help ensure all of the Test playing teams will be able to sustain a home programme of Test cricket through to 2023. The fund will be available to all of the Test playing Members except the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), [...]
Suresh, Dilshan half tons save Revatha MMV
Suresh Kumara and Dilshan de Zoysa saved Revatha MMV Balapitiya with the duo cracking half tons to deny D.S. Senanayake College who was looking at an outright win in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at the DSS ground in Wijerama Mawatha yesterday. The second day’s play saw Revatha MMV resuming from their overnight [...]
