The saga of Amla, Dilruwan and Rangana
Though ‘the marathon man’ alias Hashim Amla defied the Lankan threat for nearly eight hours in the sub-continental humid heat with a memorable inning of an unbeaten 139, it were the Lankan spin duo of Dilruwan Perera and Rangana Herath along with Mahela Jayawardena who have written script in the second Test between Sri Lanka [...]
Whom did Chandimal fail — himself, the country or the puppeteer?
I would not be flummoxed or flabbergasted when I tune on my television or walk into one of the Test venues shortly, to see Rangana Herath batting with one of the top order guys, but, with only a few Lankan wickets fallen. The reason, little old roly-poly guy has been forced to come up in [...]
Niloo Jayatilleke wins Ladies Stroke Play
Niloo Jayatilleke won the Mackwoods Sri Lanka Ladies Stroke Play Championship which ended at the Royal Colombo Golf Club last Wednesday. This was the third time Jayatilleke won the three-day foremost stroke play championship for ladies in Sri Lanka. A total of 23 participants competed this year, with four ladies debuting from Diyathalawa Golf Club, [...]
Krishan Maduranga the only centurion
New- comers, Heshan Flex ended their quota of league matches on a winning note, beating United Tractor Equipment by 23 runs, thus taking the top spot in Group ‘A’, while unbeaten, Brandix finished on a losing note, beaten by Mt. Lavinia Hotel by 42 runs, in the ongoing 4th Stafford Motor Co., sponsored, “Honda” trophy, [...]
Colombo Scrabble Festival 2014
The Sri Lanka Scrabble League (SLSL) is the sole authority for Scrabble in Sri Lanka, based at the Women’s International Club (WIC), Colombo 7. It is a non-profit making organisation and a full member of the World English-language Scrabble Players’ Association (WESPA). SLSL was incorporated in 1989 and is celebrating its 25th silver jubilee this [...]
Chinese invade local cricket
For the first time a Chinese Company has come forward to sponsor the Mercantile Cricket Association’s Under-13 and Under-15 Inter-Academy Cricket Tournament for 2014. This was revealed at the presentation of the sponsorship package by Chinese Machinery Engineering Corporation to the Mercantile Cricket Association at a press briefing held at the MCA Pavilion on Wednesday. [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: – Sri Lanka vs South Africa Second Test, fourth day at SSC SLC Under-23 Championship Division I – Colts vs CCC at Colts – SLPA vs Moratuwa SC at CCC – NCC vs Army at NCC – Ragama CC vs Bloomfield at Moors – SSC vs Negombo CC at Bloomfield – Navy vs [...]
Tactical game- the ‘Big Leap’
Success in ‘International Open-events’ is the final destination for a Tennis player. The ‘Big-Leap’ in Tennis is the transition from junior ‘stroke maker’s game’ to the full fledged mastery over the ‘Tactical-Game’. This is what international Tennis competition is all about. Players in the ‘open-platform’ have a tactical brand of their own. It could be [...]
Injured as a player – come join the referee ranks
The best of the pick from schools form the side’s whites and reds and battled out yesterday at Race Course. The performers at this level will step into the wider arena of rugby hopefully to be performers in the National Rugby scene. Immediately a pool will be picked in preparation for the Under 19 Junior [...]
Rugby at Science grounds today
The Division 1B Cup and Plate semi-finals of the Western Province Schools Under-16 15-a-side Rugby Championship will be played at the Science College ground in Mt. Lavinia today. Eight teams from 30, have advanced to the crucial knockout stage which will ensure final berths in the Cup and Plate segments of the competition, which are [...]
Sportec SC rout Old Thomians SC by 252 runs
Sportec Sports Club routed the Old Thomian Sports Club (Matara) by a mammoth 252 runs in the opening game of the inter club division III cricket tournament organised by the Matara District Cricket Association. The match was played at the Senanayake grounds in Weligama. Nine teams namely, Sportec SC, Deniyaya Planters SC, Old Thomian SC [...]
Sudesh Peiris elated with his weightlifting ‘Silver’
Twenty-nine-year-old Kurukulasooriyage Anton Sudesh Peiris who hails from Sandalankawa in the Kurunegala District in Sri Lanka lived upto his promise by bagging the Silver Medal in the men’s 62kg category Weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games on Friday. Peiris who was also the Lankan flag bearer at the opening ceremony took his second commonwealth medal [...]
NCC, Navy record outright wins with a day to spare
NCC and Navy SC recorded outright wins with a day to spare against Army SC and Air Force in the Under 23 Division One cricket tournament matches played at the NCC ground and Welisara respectively. This was the second successive week that NCC are securing an outright win within two days as they crushed Army [...]
Ex-co tells Malinga to choose between Mumbai and Southern Express
It all points out that Sri Lanka’s pace ace Lasith Malinga will play for the Mumbai Indians in the Champion’s League T-20 tournament this year. After the last Indian IPL tournament, the Mumbai Indians had requested Malinga to represent them at this tournament. Accordingly, Malinga sought the SLC ex-co’s permission to play for the Indian [...]
Skipper Priyanjan and Prasanna star in second ‘A’ team win
A captain’s knock by Ashan Priyanjan and a fifer by spinner Seekuge Prasanna guided Sri Lanka ‘A’ to a convincing 107-run win against Ireland in the second unofficial One Day International played at Stormont in Belfast on Friday. Electing to bat, Sri Lanka ‘A’ were bolstered by powerful displays by their top order which eventually [...]
Sharmal confident of medal at Youth Olympics
Sri Lanka’s top young tennis star, Sharmal Dissanayake, said that he was extremely confident about his chances of medaling at the forthcoming Youth Olympic Games after an intense and fruitful period of training in the leadup to the global junior sports extravaganza, which runs from August 16-24 in Nanjing, China. “I am expecting a medal [...]
Seeing the light through jingling bells
He takes aim and swings his arm back. A loud shout of ‘play’ is called out as an underarm delivery is sent hurtling at the batsman. It bounces a few times before reaching him. You’d only except the batsman to object, but there is no chagrin as he coolly sweeps the ball down to fine-leg. [...]
3rd CACA Cricket sixes on September 14
The Cricket Sixes organised by the Champion Anthonian Cricketers’ Association (CACA) of St. Anthony’s College Wattala for the third consecutive year will be played on September 14 at the College grounds. Cricketers who have represented St. Anthony’s College Wattala at any level of school cricket are eligible to play in the tournament which will be [...]
Carlton Cup Basketball Championship from August 16
The sixth annual Carlton Cup Basketball Championship 2014, hosted by Hambantota Sports Club, will begin from August 16. According to the organisers, last year’s competition was a great success which brought overall basketball clubs and school teams together to battle it out for the Carlton Cup championship. This year’s edition of the basketball championship is [...]
Gunner Supercross 2014
Organised by the Regiment of Artillery of the Sri Lanka Army, in association with the Sri Lanka Autosports Drivers’ Association (SLADA), the Gunner Supercross 2014 takes place on August 3 at the Artillery Complex in Minneriya with over 100 competitors taking part. Commercial Credit, will join hands with the Regiment of Artillery of the Sri [...]
Hemantha and Praveen win
Priya Hemantha and Praveen Raj, both from the Victoria Golf and Country Resort, won the Division ‘A’ and ‘B’ titles of the July Pin Fernando Grand Prix which was played at Digana, Kandy from July 15 to 18. Despite strong winds the course offered excellent golf as Hemantha shot a 9 over par 301 to [...]
The Galle Test in retrospect
That the South Africans were the better side broke no argument. They had a lot of depth in batting and, with Dale Steyn showing the way, had the fire-power to take 20 wickets. Their fielding, with Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers and JP Duminy excelling, was also of a high standard. To come to [...]
Randeniya, Raheem best of the rest
Hurdler Supun Viraj Randeniya of Ranabima Royal College and prolific swimmer Kimiko Raheem of Asian International came out as the best of the rest when the duo bagged the prestigious most outstanding awards in the boys and girls categories at the 21st Milo Sri Lanka Schools Colours Awards ceremony which was held at the BMICH [...]
L.H. Sunil the legendary Junior Cricket coach from Matara
Winning 27 All-Island junior cricket championships and nine runners-up titles within a span of 30 years is an achievement that would be a dream for most cricket coaches but there is one person in the island who has guided his young charges to achieve this feat and will be hard to beat. Fifteen Under-15 Division [...]
Nishantha and Lahiru take doubles title
Nishantha Fernando partnering Lahiru Eshan defeated Mohomad Shaheed and Anas Ahmad in the Men’s Doubles finals while in the Veterans Over-40 Singles Lalith Kumara scored an easy 25/0, 25/19 victory over Merryl Nanayakkara in the ongoing 27th Federation Carrom Championships being worked off at the Carrom Federation Headquarters in Maharagama. The Fernando/Eshan combination beat Chamil [...]
One-day swimming workshop
The Swimming Coaches Association of Sri Lanka (SCA) will conduct a one-day Swimming workshop at the National Institute of Sports Science Auditorium (NISS), Ministry of Sports, Torrington Square on Tuesday. The workshop will be held from 8.30am to 4.30pm. This Workshop will be conducted by Ranil Goonasena, who is in his 42nd year in coaching [...]
Travel Trade Hardball Cricket
The 32nd Travel Trade Sports Club Hardball Cricket “Sixes”, sponsored by Cinnamon Grand Colombo for the 3rd successive year will be held on Sunday, August 3, 2014 at Thurstan College Grounds, commencing 8.30 am. The Teams: Aitken Spence Travels (2013 winner), Vivantha by Taj Bentota (2013 Runners-up ). Cinnamon Grand Colombo, Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo, Cinnamon [...]
Ratnam FC pulls out of Dialog Champions League 2014
Ratnam Football Club, one of Sri Lanka’s elite and productive football clubs with a history of over half a century, has faced a severe cash drought, forcing them to pull out of the Dialog Champions League (DCL) 2014 football competition which kicked off yesterday. The news of Ratnam FC’s sudden pullout was made public by [...]
21 teams, 219 games on the cards
The 10th Dialog Champions League (DCL) football championship, featuring 21 teams and 219 games will begin from this weekend. The competition which will run for 21 weeks will be held at 16 venues throughout the country which includes Prison ground in Anuradapura, Seevalie ground in Ratnapura, Jayatilleke Stadium in Nawalapitiya, German-Sri Lanka Friendship ground in [...]
Moratuwa schools to the fore in shuttle sport
St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa and Our Lady of Victories (OLV) Convent, Moratuwa emerged champions of the Super A segment at the Schools Badminton Championship concluded at the Richmond College Kannangara Memorial Hall in Galle recently. Eighty four schools’ badminton teams took part in this tournament organised by the Schools Badminton Association and Richmond College and [...]
