Sanath cries foul as Farbrace is tipped to jump camp
Sri Lanka’s National Coach Paul Farbrace was strongly tipped to be named into the England coaching team yesterday. If so Farbrace will become new England coach Peter Moores’ second-in-command. Moores’ appointment was confirmed by England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) yesterday. But any news relating to Farbrace’s appointment did not surface from the ECB camp. [...]
SLC tells cricketers: Sign the contract and earn US$ 500,000 a year
Sri Lanka Cricket’s strong man and secretary Nishantha Ranatunga says national cricketers who are in a standoff with the authorities will have to sign their annual central contracts on offered terms, even though they are on a high winning the T-20 World Cup. As the standoff between the players and the authorities continues into the [...]
Why Lanka’s cricket talent is unique
Now the cricket summer is over. Here in Sri Lanka it is cricket autumn. Till the IPL rain is over, the majority of the cricketers will take a well-earned break, after three months of continuous hard work. After the summer’s activity where they won the hearts of the cricketing world with the ICC T-20 trophy, [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: MCA-Sierra IT Div ‘F’ Noyon Lanka vs Softlogic Finance at St. Sebastian’s Moratuwa Galadari Hotel vs Singer ‘B’ at St. Sebastian’s Moratuwa Ceylon Tobacco vs SLT ‘B’ at Thurstan ground Emerchemie NB vs Dialog ‘B’ at Thurstan Eagle Logistics vs MAST Fareast at Panadura Esplanade Bodyline vs Nawaloka Hospitals at Panadura Esplanade Pizza [...]
A man who reshaped Lankan rugby
The name Hisham Abdeen and rugby will go together for many reasons. It’s similar like ducks taking to water and Hisham Abdeen taking to rugby. He was not only one of the best products from Zahira and Isipathana colleges and most probably the best ever third rower produced by Sri Lanka. He represented Zahira College [...]
‘Beating the drum’ for growth of Tennis
The words promotion and development or growth, create confusion in Tennis administrations, clubs and individuals. In today’s world, all major sports are fighting to evolve and stay prominent above others for recognition, sponsor favour and public interest to each relevant sporting event. In this scenario some sports are facing extinction in certain countries. It is [...]
Rugby referee – hero, villain or judge
A very interesting exchange occurred between the referee (not in Sri Lanka) and a player in a recent match where the player yelled “you are incompetent”. The referee retorted calmly that “if I was, I would never be a referee for a match like yours”. Simply people have to remember that school rugby ‘is not [...]
Atlantus’ spark of gold beat the rest on turf
Atlantus, in its maiden race on Sri Lankan soil, made a stunning gallop to snatch the prestigious Governor’s Cup at the 143rd annual horse racing event held at the Race Course in Nuwara Eliya last Tuesday. As much as the wining horse, the Indian jockey K. Anil, who also made his racing debut in Sri [...]
Deheragoda, Aravind burn the Diyatalawa track in grand style
Dinesh Deheragoda and K.P. Aravind of India took the major honours when they bagged the top divers and riders awards at the 22nd Foxhill Supercross which was held at the Sri Lanka Military Academy motor racing track in Diyatalawa yesterday. Dinesh in fact winning the best drivers award after a lapse of 12 years having [...]
SSC Cricket Bash gets underway
The SSC Cricket Bash 2014 commenced with on a fruitful note yesterday. The cricket carnival which commenced yesterday will end on May 4. The carnival is being held in various age categories such as Under-10, Under-12, Under-13, Under-15 and Over-15. There are 260 boys taking part in the event which is targeted to produce top [...]
Lankan teens square series with impressive win
Sri Lanka Under-17s squared the three-match One Day series with a comprehensive 52-run win against the visiting England Under-17s in the second match played at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat but was able to only muster 179 in a game which was curtailed to [...]
Second win for Sri Lanka Blind cricketers
Sri Lanka Visually Handicapped cricketers scored their second win over the touring Australian Visually Handicapped cricketers by 8 wickets in their limited Over cricket match played at the Galle International Cricket Stadium yesterday. Batting first Australians amassed a healthy total of 336 for the loss of 6 wickets in their allotted 40 overs. P.Wilson top [...]
No walk in the park for Randev, Lahiru jumps into the lead
It looks as if Randev Pathirana of Royal College will not have a walk in the park. Lahiru Wickramasinghe of De Mazenod College Kandana, sensing his chances, has bounced back to take over the leadership by the 14th week of the All-Island category of the 35th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the [...]
Wellawatte Spinning & Weaving Mills – a top notch soccer outfit
Wellawatte Spinning and Weaving Mills, the largest textile Mill with a work force of over 3500 was situated at Havelock road, Colombo, where the ‘Havelock City Complex’ now stands. During the period 1950s to 1970s it became so popular all over Sri Lanka not only because of the textile products, simply because of its invincible [...]
Hemaka Amarasuriya completing 25 years with MHA
Hemaka Amarasuriya, a longtime advocate of the game of Hockey in Sri Lanka, is completing his 25th year as the Patron of the Mercantile Hockey Association, to which position he was appointed to in the year 1989. The Mercantile Hockey Association claims its roots in the Mercantile Amateur Athletic Association’s dedicated Hockey section in the [...]
Naveed’s feet are planted firmly on the ground
Looking at the career of Naveed Mohamed, the tennis player from Zahira College Matale, one wonders if his one of those referred to in Gray’s Elegy – “Born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air”. Naveed has dominated competitions in Matale and Kandy and he is very much aware of the [...]
St. Servatius too strong for John Forrest Secondary
St. Servatius College Matara’s cricket team preparing for the All Island Schools Under-17 tournament which begins next month proved their strength by defeating the touring John Forrest Secondary school cricket team from Perth, Australia by six wickets at the Uyanwatta stadium Matara. Batting first the visitors were bundled out for 92 runs in 26.4 overs [...]
Thurstan’s day of cricketing glory
The curtains of the Under-19 inter-schools cricket season came down last week with the final of the limited over tournament between S. Thomas’ and Thurstan played at the De Soysa Stadium, Moratuwa. For Thurstan it was going to be memorable as this is the first time that they had qualified to the tournament. In the [...]
Trinity held sway in hill capital cricket
Despite some stumbles and indifferent performances in the last part of the season, Trinity easily outstripped the others by gaining six Victories. Five of them were achieved by lunch on day two. Nalanda, surprisingly, was among the five. Dharmasoka, it must be said, gave the Trinitians a good run for their money. Skipper Ron Chandragupta [...]
