Hapless Lankans fall to Wales
After being booed and jeered, Sri Lanka eventually won the hearts of thousands of rugby fans yesterday despite losing their group games against Kenya, Fiji and Wales at the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, at the Kowloon Rugby Stadium in Hong Kong. Sri Lanka suffered two heavy defeats, against Kenya on Friday and against Fiji [...]
S. Thomas’, Science seeking to extend winning run
The second round matches of the Singer U20 Schools Rugby League tournament are scheduled to be played today at three venues around the metropolis. From the three matches that are slotted to be played two teams – S. Thomas’ and Science – the two successful sides from the six teams that will be in action [...]
Highlight of men’s ‘Team-Tennis’
Focus on Dwight’s Davis cup Pioneers, England and the USA first played for the Cup, presented by American, Dwight Davis in 1900. Since then, with every encounter, the interest in the Davis-Cup tie, grew. In 1951, twenty seven nations played. Sri Lanka entered Davis Cup in 1953 as Ceylon. This year’s Davis Cup draw had [...]
Second half burst gives Trinity win over Joes
Led 9-14 at the break, trinity came back with a vengeance and turned the heat on the Josephians to come out winners by 34 points (1 Goal, 3 Tries, 4 Penalties) to 17 (2 Goals, 1 Penalty) at Pallekele yesterday. Trinity enjoyed an abundance of possession, especially in the second half, and they certainly put [...]
35th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2014
Lahiru Wickremasinghe of De Mazenod College Kandana has ousted Randev Pathirana of Royal College Colombo for the top post at the 35th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year reaches its eleventh week. It looks as if the battle is now hotting up. Akila Lakshan of Royal College Panadura is in third [...]
Lions must devour the Kiwis or else lay down and die
Notwithstanding the fact that they are going into the final round two game against New Zealand under vice captain on tour Lasith Malinga in place of suspended Dinesh Chandimal, the Lankans will have to seriously ponder on how they are going to subdue the Kiwis if they have any firm ideas of moving for the [...]
Old Boys ‘of the school of our fathers’ end tour with nail-biting win
The touring Old Boys of “the school of our fathers” and Friends from Australia ended their short tour with a nail-biting win in their final fixture against the Foundation of Goodness at Seenigama on Tuesday. The home team was dominated by ex-Anandians of 1974 and other players from Seenigama while the touring side included the [...]
Royal scared Isipathana but Lady Luck was not with them
The first week of the Schools League Rugby saw both winners and runners-up of last year losing their games. Winners Dharmaraja went down to the B division winners of the previous year S. Thomas’ College while runners-up Wesley lost to St. Joseph’s who were at the bottom of the league in 2013. Royal did scare [...]
Sumedha’s 45 give St. Sylvester’s victory over Vidyartha
The Sylvestrians raced to victory with 5.1 overs unused in their T20 match against Vidyartha at the Asgriya ground. As in the one day game, the hero for St. Sylvester’s was their skipper Sumedha Dissanaike who turned the heat on the Vidyartha bowlers with a sparkling unbeaten 45 (8 Fours, 1 Six). The runs cascaded [...]
Old Royalists fall short by eight runs
Playing their penultimate match of their tour against the old boys of St. Anthony’s, Katugastota, the 50 year old Royalists and Friends from Australia fell short of beating the home side by just eight runs. Electing to bat after winning the toss, the home side posted 151 runs in their quota of 20 overs. The [...]
School cricket stuck in Chittagong chaos
Here, in Chittagong life seems to be simple. It is so simple that even a traffic cop hardly has any work. The motorists do as they please and the officer watches how they are going to untangle the mess they created for themselves. May be the cop, waving his red-led-bulbed magic wand, is letting the [...]
Will it be another Maroons stalemate?
Two of Sri Lanka’s leading Buddhist institutions Ananda and Nalanda will confront each other in the annual Battle of the Maroons encounter scheduled to be played on April 4 and 5 at the R. Premadasa Stadium. Play will commence at 9.30 a.m. This traditional clash between these two schools will be the 85th in the [...]
Thurstan and Isipathana aim to break hoodoo
The traditional big match between Thurstan and Isipathana which normally is the curtain raiser of the yearly big match clashes has been delayed this time and is scheduled to be played on April 4 and 5 at the SSC ground starting at 9.30 a.m. each day. This will be the 51st encounter in the series [...]
Uva Thomian encounter evenly matched
The Uva Thomian cricket encounter between the two schools of the same fraternity, namely S.Thomas’ College, Gurutalawa and S.Thomas’ College, Bandarawela which was inaugurated 30 years ago by the headmasters of the two schools -.Patrick Gunawardene and.S.L.A.Ratnayake will be played this year at the Bandarawela Esplanade on April 5. This year both schools boast of [...]
Rajapaksa Central and Vijitha Central keen on having a decision this year
Rajapaksa Central College Weeraketiya will host Vijitha Central College Dikwella at the 5th Golden Battle of Ruhuna to be played at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa on April 4 and 5.The previous four encounters have been drawn and both teams would be looking forward to force a decision at this encounter. Vijitha Central’s [...]
First ever Pakistan National Day Golf Tournament in Colombo
The first ever Pakistan National Day Golf Tournament took place at the Royal Colombo Golf Club on March 22 where prominent Sri Lankan golfers and members of the diplomatic community took part. It was an 18-hole tournament in which players competed for exciting prizes, both in Gentlemen and Ladies categories. The golf dinner and prize [...]
Dialog launches Nationwide SMS Wish Campaign for World Cup
Dialog Axiata, Sponsor of Sri Lanka’s National Cricket Team, launched on March 22 a SMS campaign drawing the Nation’s wishes for a Sri Lanka victory at the ICC T20 world cup. The nationwide SMS Wish Campaign will run in conjunction with a prize draw, which will select 20 lucky Sri Lankan fans who will win [...]
Inaugural Sri Lanka Junior Match Play from April 7
The Sri Lanka Golf Union (SLGU) has finalised arrangements to conduct the inaugural Sri Lanka Junior Match Play Golf Championship which is scheduled to tee off from April 6 at the RCGC golf course. The four day championship will see top junior golfers in action as they vie for the Rukmini Kodagoda Trophy donated by [...]
RCGC Monthly Medal tournament on April 5
The monthly medal golf tournament conducted by the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) is scheduled to be held on April 5 at the RCGC golf course from 6.00 a.m.The tournament held exclusively for the RCGC members is sponsored by the Little England Cottage which will be played over 18 holes. According to captain of the [...]
Athukorale growing as coach and player
Sankha Athukorale has always held a reputation for shouldering consummate grace and grit on the tennis court, whether it be the way he fluently whips the ball down both backhand and forehand wings or tears after anything even remotely within his radar. After his hard-fought victory over Thangarajah Dineshkanthan in the finals of the Queen’s [...]
The dark side of crowd invasions
Crowd invasions at recent schools’ big matches have become a habit, especially in matches that are heading for decisions. The invaders not only interrupt the game but also cause huge damage to the properties of the grounds and its surroundings. Cricket is a game played by gentlemen. If so the spectators should also behave like [...]
Moratuwa SC win Carlton Club 6-A-Side Softball Cricket Tournament
Moratuwa Sports Club won the “Carlton Club Invitation 6-A-Side Softball Cricket Tournament 2014” on Sunday March 24 beating the Carlton Blue Cricket Team. The winners received the “Shehan Perera Memorial Challenge Trophy” presented by the Carlton Club in memory of a very loyal member who was actively involved in organising the two previous tournaments and [...]
GRUDGE AGAINST FATHER?
GRUDGE AGAINST FATHER? An ex-co meeting of a sports body which is very much in the news these days was fixed for a certain date but one of the ex-co members had sought a postponement to it as his brother was getting married on that very same date. This request, however, was turned down. Close [...]
Lanka see some support in face of Sevens fire
Once a year, rugby Sevens fans from across the world gather in Hong Kong for a three-day celebration of the sport that is a treat to behold. This was illustrated in the finest possible way on Friday, when the Kowloon Rugby Stadium in Hong Kong, which can hold a capacity crowd of more than 40,000 [...]
Sri Lanka favourites
As the finals of the T20 World Championships approaches we asked the public which two teams they predict will make it to the big day. Pix by Indika Handuwala
Dharmaraja confident of win against Kingswood
School cricket in Kandy, which held center stage over the past six months, will conclude today at the Asgiriya Stadium when Dharmaraja engages Kingswood in their limited over match. Looking back at the corresponding fixture in 2013, one recalls that the Randles Hill boys were cock-a-hoop at the break having dismissed their opponents for a [...]
Interim body for football is the only solution
While the two warring factions of local football has split asunder as in the battle field, to capture power at the up-coming AGM of the FFSL, the soccer loving crowd has raised serious questions – firstly, what sort of steps the Minister of Sports is going to take to resurrect our football which has been [...]
