Clubs with better facilities to have a bigger say
In one of the most progressive moves in the Lankan cricket administrative annals, SLC is seriously contemplating a restructure of its voting system. Right now they have obtained all details about the individual clubs and are scrutinising ways of formalising the voting system according to the merit of each individual member club. Sri Lanka Cricket [...]
Different views, but SLC is united for cause of cricket: Mohan
Sometimes I wonder how this ship ever sails the way it does. Then when I come across a piece of news that talks about crossings of swords inside the den, I think the time has come for the ship to sink. But, it doesn’t. Yet, it never fails to astound me as this is a [...]
SLSCA secretary sees no wrong in STC’s action
The Sunday Times learns that the cricket authorities of Prince of Wales’ College Moratuwa are seriously contemplating on raising an official objection to the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association (SLSCA) and the Ministry of Education against S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia. The objection according to Akila Bandara, the cricket Master-in-Charge of Prince of Wales’ is [...]
Lahiru forges ahead with a wad of votes
Randev Pathirana’s luck came to a standstill last week after Lahiru Wickramasinghe’s sudden surge. By this weekend, though a stiff battle was anticipated, the progress of Lahiru of De Mazenod College Kandana has only put Randev of Royal College Colombo in further distress. When Randev received an overwhelming count of 11901 votes, during the ended [...]
Transparency International challenges ICC
Transparency International, the global anti-corruption movement, is calling on the International Cricket Council (ICC), world cricket’s governing body, to review the appointment of N. Srinivasan as its next chair and conduct an independent governance review of its board structure before its annual conference meets in June to adopt the changes. Following the recent board meeting [...]
Confusion over betel-nut imports
An attempt by four ministries to protect local betel nut production and increase foreign exchange earnings by the export of its value-added product, has failed to achieve the desired results – the reason a controversy over the implementation of a Cabinet decision. The objective was to reduce Indonesian betel nut imports which are then processed [...]
MCA ‘G’ Division cricket tourney to play for Honda Trophy
The MCA ‘G’ Division 25 over League Tournament 2014 – is scheduled to begin next week. Stafford Motor Co. (Pvt) Ltd will sponsor the tournament for the 4th year in succession. Participating teams for this year’s tournament have increased from 53 to 64 with 13 teams making their debut at MCA cricket will play in [...]
The Lankan batsmen bat and the bowlers bowl
Skipper Angelo Mathews top scored with 51 as Lahiru Thirimanne and Dinesh Chandimal made forties to set up a heavy thrashing on Kent who lost the tourists’ second warm-up game by 128 runs at St. Lawrence ground in Canterbury on Friday. After losing their first warm-up game against Essex on Duckworth/Lewis last Tuesday, the Sri [...]
Masters Inter-Club Basketball from August 1 – 7
Masters Inter-Club Basketball Tournament 2014 organised and conducted by the Masters Basketball Sri Lanka (MBSL) will be held from August 1 to 7 at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium with the participation of local and foreign teams. This year’s Masters Inter-Club Tournament will coincide with the 15th anniversary of MBSL. The organisers will host teams from [...]
Manoji – a new Lankan record
The first day’s proceedings of the selection trials conducted by the Athletics Association of Sri Lanka at the Sugathadasa Stadium saw one new Sri Lanka record being established which was in the women’s category with Manoji Amarasinghe of Army hurling the hammer to a new record of 47.31m to better the existing record of 40.25m [...]
Lankans bemoan the longest eight
At last Sri Lanka seemed to have egress from the disappointment of an abysmal Asian Five Nations campaign. The fans were smiling, the players were energised and victory was within kissing distance. Then with a deft sweep of Harry Morris’ foot, the Philippines lunged to a 26 (3 goals, 1 try)-25 (2 goals, 1 try [...]
Rangana Herath felicitated
Sri Lanka Test cricketer Rangana Herath was felicitated by his alma mater Maliyadeva College Kurunegala recently. This felicitation ceremony was organised by The Old Boys Association of Maliyadeva College in recognition of his performances during the ICC Twenty20 World Cup which was held in Bangladesh in March this year. Sri Lanka eventually won the final [...]
SLPA and SLBFE emerge champs
Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) and Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) emerged the men’s and women’s champions of the Munchee National Volleyball Super League tournament which ended at the National Youth Service Council Indoor Stadium in Maharagama yesterday. SLPA, the defending champions in the men’s tournament, succeeded in retaining the title when they [...]
Storm over 16th player
Storm over 16th player The normal squad to make a tour is 15 but in this case 16 were picked. It is now revealed that even the Sports Boss did not know about the 16th player. Sports circles were buzzing with the news that the 16th player was included on the insistence of a powerful [...]
Daniel stars as Joes send Ananda crashing to defeat
Josephian allrounder Jehan Daniel ripped through the Ananda top order to help his side to a resounding 79 run victory in an All-Island Division I Under-15 game played at Darley Road. St. Joseph’s skipper Nipun Sumanasinghe won the toss and elected to take first lease of the wicket. Openers Revan Kelly (29) and Aaron Gunaratne [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: Sierra IT-MCA Div F League – Standard Chartered Bank vs Finlays at MCA – SL Telecom ‘B’ vs Citizens Development Bank at MCA – Bodyline vs Dialog Axiata ‘B’ at Thurstan ground – Polytex vs Pizza Hut at Thurstan ground ATHLETICS: – National Selection Trials at Sugathadasa Stadium RUGBY: – Royal vs Trinity [...]
Nishikori’s Perfect Tennis
Dedicated artists can enhance and exhibit Tennis as an exciting and captivating spectacle. Kei Nishikori of Japan did just that in the two matches he played against the clay court experts David Ferrer in the semi-final and Rafael Nadal in the final of Madrid-Open 2014. To my memory I have not seen Tennis being played [...]
Asian5Nations loss – did it matter for the Lankans
The Asian5Nations is almost over and the top three performers Japan, Korea and Hong Kong justified their banding as the High Performance Group of Asia. They were a challenge to themselves and will compete together in 2015 limited to three teams. The banding by the world governing body for equal competition it seems is more [...]
Yasa – the sports machine at the BOI
Sport is considered a great way to bring together people from different walks of life. But for some, sport is saline, blood and the energy booster that keeps them going. Yasa Ramachandra, a name synonymous with netball in Sri Lanka, is such a character who considers sport a way of life. Even today, probably in [...]
WNS Global and Virtusa penalised for non-punctuality
The league stage of the Sierra IT Trophy 30 over Tournament came to an end with the conclusion of three matches played at the MCA Grounds over the weekend. WNS Global after awarding 80 penalty runs to the opponents for not being punctual, managed to beat DFCC Group by one-wicket with 02 deliveries to spare, [...]
Humble beginning of Zahira College football!
It was during those halcyon days when the game of football was at the zenith of popularity during the period mid 1950s and 1960s the boys of Zahira College Maradana shone like a beacon. Hard training with application and determination, these soccerites spent the whole evenings on the sprawling school ground and by dint of [...]
Rugby rumble on June 14
An exciting 7-a-side Tag Rugby Tournament with a twist, Rugby Rumble 2014, is expected to bring former college rugby stars back on pitch for a fun filled revival of great sporting action in a heady carnival style atmosphere. The Rugby Rumble will take place on June 14 and 15 from 3.00pm to midnight at the [...]
Women’s Sepaktakraw Nationals on June 22
Ten teams are scheduled to take part in the first ever Women’s Sepaktakraw Nationals to be held on June 22 at the Indoor Sports Stadium of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 10. It is a game similar to volleyball but played without the use of hands with a rattan ball. The Amateur Sepaktakraw Association of Sri [...]
A cry from the athletic wilderness
St. Rita’s College Thaldeka, bordering the Wennappuwa town, is a mixed school by the sea side which comprises of 344 students in the lower grade class (1-5) and 307 in the upper grade (6-11) amounting to just 651 students. But they could proudly boast of producing a record-breaking athlete. This they have achieved sans the [...]
There is not much left for Kumar Sangakkara to prove – Or so, you’d think
Recently won the World T20. Better Test batting average than Kallis, Tendulkar and Sobers. Only Bradman has more double hundreds. After 122 Tests and 362 one-dayers, there is not much left for Kumar Sangakkara to prove. Or so, you’d think. Why then, has the 36-year-old Sri Lankan, one of the modern greats, turned down the [...]
Kaije Super Star 2014 revv off May 25
The Kanway Autodrome in Mirigama will be the venue for the inaugural Kaije Super Star 2014 Motorcycle Championship, a racing series for novice riders. The series, one of a kind in Sri Lanka where motorbikes are highly utilised, is specially designed for enthusiastic novice riders mounted on standard road-going motorcycles in head-to-head competition on track. [...]
St. Sebastian’s and Visakha emerge ‘Super A’ Badminton champs
In the Sri Lanka Schools Badminton Under-19 Inter Team Championships 2014, organised by Royal College, Colombo and conducted by the Schools Badminton Association, St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa and Visakha Vidyalaya, Bambalapitiya stole the limelight by emerging champions in the Boys’ and Girls’ Super ‘A’ Divisions respectively. The championship matches were worked off in six divisions [...]
Sri Lankan golfers of California victorious
The Sri Lankan Golfers of California beat the Mexican team 7.5 to 4.5, at the Annual Mexico vs Sri Lanka Golf Challenge The tournament was held on Sunday, May 4, at the Porter Valley Country Club in Los Angeles. Twenty four golfers represented each team, playing in pairs, to match play and to partners best [...]
Return of seniors will boost Sri Lanka’s netball hopes
The Sri Lanka Netball Federation will be making every effort to send a strong team to compete in the forthcoming Asian Netball Championship. “Return of the senior players who kept away from playing will no doubt boost the morale of Sri Lanka national netball team in preparation for the ninth edition of the Asian Netball [...]
Ready yourself for a no – holds – barred contest
It may be a bit short of Trinity’s all time high of six Bradby triumphs from 1952 to 1957. No matter, a win in the second leg of the 70th encounter at Pallekelle would do nicely, thank you. Besides it would equal Royal’s recent run of success from 2001 to 2004. The torch set alight [...]
There was amazing comradeship
Ladies and gentlemen, former ruggerites of Royal and Trinity, friends and colleagues of the Bradby teams of 1964. Looking around it’s great to see so many familiar faces of rugby players of a by-gone era, albeit some looking younger, some looking wiser, and most looking extremely wealthy. Times appear to be very good especially for [...]
