Royal huff and puff but Trinity prevail
Despite a brave, even audacious performance by Royal, fate decreed that the Bradby Shield should be the preserve of Trinity for another year. The winners walked away with heads held high even though they had squeezed out a victory by only one point at Pallekele yesterday. Trinity’s 19 points came from a goal and four [...]
Only one more count; Lahiru holds on to the lead
Lahiru Wickremasinghe of De Mazenod College Kandana managed to cling on to the top position of the All-Island Category according to the official results of the penultimate week before of the 35th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year contest comes to an end. The intensity of the battle is clear between [...]
Birthday gift for Bertie who turned 92 by SLC
It was a pleasant surprise for the ailing past cricketing stalwart Bertie Wijesinghe who celebrated his 92nd birthday yesterday. In a first class career that spanned from 1946 to 1957, Bertie turned out for the country on fifteen occasions had a highest score of 57 and best bowling analysis of 5 for 57 with his [...]
Lankan football plunges deep into the rut
Officials representing Football Leagues islandwide, affiliated to the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL), gathered yesterday at the National Football Training Centre in Baddegana to attend a discussion and seminar on Development of Football. Over 200 representatives from nearly 70 Football Leagues were present at the discussion as they collectively condemned the act of six [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: Stafford Motors-MCA Div ‘G’ League – Amana Bank vs Tea & Herbs at Thurstan ground – Coca Cola vs LB Finance ‘B’ at Thurstan ground – HNB Assurance vs Tech One Global at Kotahena – Coats Thread Lanka vs Gummi Lanka at Kotahena MOTORSPORT: – Kaiji Super Star 2014 at Kanway Autodrome in [...]
Lankans should be mindful of their strengths
It’s a wakeup call for the Lankans as they go in for the second one-day-international against England at Chester-le-Street, Durham. In the first ODI, the Lankans surrendered minus a fight after the home team laid a well planned trap to subdue the marauding Lankans, who had enjoyed a very successful run in the shorter versions [...]
Kelly thunders 150 as Joes record easy win
Opener Revan Kelly thumped an unbeaten 150 in just 137 deliveries as St. Joseph’s romped home to an easy 175 run victory over Dharmapala Vidyalaya, Kottawa in a Division I Under-15 game played at Pannipitiya. Kelly thundered 20 boundaries and two sixes and was associated in a 175 run unbroken stand in 90 balls for [...]
Nalanda College PCA organises six-a-side cricket tourney
A six-a-side cricket tournament organised by the Nalanda College Past Cricketers Association will be worked-off at the Wesley College grounds on June 1 from 8.00am onwards. This tournament is open to all past and present Nalandians. From the inception the NCPCA had sponsored various activities for the benefit of their “Alma Mater”. During the past [...]
Sri Lanka to host Yonex Sunrise Intl’ shuttle tourney
Joining hands with the Sports Ministry, World Badminton Federation, the Asian Badminton Federation and the Sri Lanka Badminton Association had finalised arrangements to conduct theYonex Sunrise Sri Lanka International Badminton Championships to be held from June 4 to 8 at the Sugathadasa Indoor Sports Complex. In this championship over 260 competitors both men and women [...]
SSC tennis from June 6
The tennis courts at the SSC are once again being prepped and spruced for the club’s annual championships, which will attract all of the top talent on the Sri Lankan tennis circuit when the marquee event kicks off on June 6. The competition, which is set to reach an exciting conclusion on June 22, will [...]
Former Kiwi International to boost Sri Lanka netball
Former New Zealand Netball international Margaret Foster will be arriving in Sri Lanka on June 1 as a consultant coach to the Sri Lanka netball team that is undergoing residential training at the Sports Ministry. The Sri Lankan national netball team will be taking part in the 9th edition of the Asian Netball Championship scheduled [...]
Easy passage for fancied cueists to quarter-finals
The Colombo District Snooker Championship which is in full swing now at the Moors SC billiards table in Braybrooke Place saw the tournament reaching the pre-quarter final stage. The fourth day’s proceedings saw fancied cueists in the likes of Anil Rohana (AAC), Rohitha de Silva (SLPA) and Prasanna Pushpakumara (MICH) who are former national players [...]
‘Who is who’ in Tennis
Referred to as ‘Majors’ the four Grand-Slams are the oldest annual Tennis events comprising the Australian-Open in Melbourne, French-Open in Paris, Wimbledon in London and the US-Open in New York. Why these four? They are the national championships of the ‘first four’ countries to win the inter-nation men’s competition, the ‘Davis-Cup’. As the showcase of [...]
Don’t be afraid to take a walk in the park
A British journalist friend, genuinely impressed with the Lankan style of cricket and also their track record, once quizzically inquired: “I am clearly impressed with Sri Lankans’ style of cricket. You produce cricketers of quality, as a matter of fact. Lankans in the calibre of Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardena, Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan and even [...]
More questions than answers
As schools rugby reaches the last stages of the league there is much talk on what can happen despite the league taking a break. The tasks ahead for the teams in the final stages are not easy as the expectations are high. It is at this point that stress and tension are bound to rise. [...]
Asian giants Japan and Hong Kong meet today
Tokyo, May 22, 2014: All the pressure will be on Japan to win this weekend and a confident Hong Kong is hoping that will go some way to helping them pull off an historic upset when they take on the Brave Blossoms in the ARFU Asian Five Nations finale in Tokyo today. Both teams are [...]
The ICC will be totally undermined by the ‘Big Three’: Ehsan Mani
A former President of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Ehsan Mani, is a vociferous proponent of good governance in the matters of running Cricket at a global level. Mani’s association with cricket started in his early life in Pakistan, where he was playing for the Rawalpindi Club and Government College Lahore XI from 1959 to [...]
Dressage Competition 2014 on May 31
The Dressage Competition 2014, conducted by the Premadasa Riding School will be held at its premises at Melder Place in Nugegoda on May 31. The competition will set off at 3.00pm with students from the Premadasa Riding School, St. Thomas’ College Gurutalawa and the Victoria Saddle Club expected to participate. According to organisers competitors will [...]
Hameed Al-Husseinie humble mighty Zahira
School football stronghold, Zahira College Colombo suffered a shocking 4-2 defeat at the hands of Hameed Al-Husseinie College in the curtain raiser game of Kotmale Chox Schools Under-19 Football Championship which kicked off on Thursday at the Sugathadasa Stadium. The tournament, which features four international schools among other top football sides from national schools, is [...]
For Elmo no summit is too high
Mountaineer Elmo Francis who became the first Sri Lankan to reach the summit of Lobuchi East which stands at 6200 metres returned to the Island after his successful venture. Elmo, who is also the first Sri Lankan to reach the summit of Mera Peak in the Himalayas in 2006 set out this time to reach [...]
Distinguished Ananda Cricketers of yesteryear (1886 -1960)
In that historic year 1886 a Buddhist High School was started at No. 61, Maliban Street, Pettah for Buddhist Children by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott and C.W. Leadbeater, a foreigner converted to Buddhism became the first Principal. There were 37 students enrolled to the school. Cricket, in keeping with the English traditions, was the fashionable [...]
Is the ministry changing gear at SLARDAR
Over 20 members of the one-time strong motor racing club, the Sri Lanka Association of Racing Drivers and Riders (SLARDAR) are alleging that a complaint made to the Ministry of Sports, against the conduct of some of their own, almost one year ago, has gone unheard. The mess-up, according renowned racing driver Upulwan Serasinghe, is [...]
Pan Asia Bank beats HNB at the Mercantile Indoor Cricket Finals
Defending champions Pan Asia Bank successfully retained their championship title by beating HNB at the Mercantile Indoor Cricket Tournament held recently at the Austasia sports complex in Thalawathugoda. Pan Asia Bank team played five matches against teams from NTB, HNB, Expo Lanka, Aitken Spence and SS Garment Lanka to reach semi finals where they beat [...]
Asantha Christie a novel experience
To most Sri Lankan sports fans the mention of the name Asantha Christie will probably inspire nothing more than a series of blank expressions. In Malaysia however the name is closely associated with long distance running, where Christie has built a reputation for himself as a prime marathoner. Twenty-six-year-old Christie, who hails from Dunuwila, Kandy, [...]
Keen tussles on card to reach Semi-Finals
Kanrich Finance ‘B’, Hilton Colombo Residence, MAS Active Trading ‘B’ and People’s Leasing from top half while Pizza Hut, Std. Chartered Bank, Citizens Development Bank and Bodyline from bottom half booked their berths to play in the quarter-finals of the Sierra IT Trophy MCA “F’ Division 30-over League Tournament 2014.Pizza Hut created the biggest upset [...]
Nalin de Silva – Officer and a gentleman
He was called the Iron man. His playing days he was unstoppable. Rock solid and his tackles were borne-crunching. He is none other than Nalin de Silva — former Isipathana, Sri Lanka Air Force, Sri Lanka sevens and fifteens player and the present SLRFU (Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union) Secretary. During his playing days for [...]
How did chucking of this magnitude escape the naked eyes of match referee and umpires
Under normal circumstances umpires can’t see with their naked eyes if a bowler’s action has about 10 degrees of elbow extension. When it reaches about 15, it can arouse suspicion. However when a bowler extends his elbow by a staggering 25%, only an umpire with visual impairment will miss that. It is worse if umpires [...]
