MAHELA – leaving a legend behind in the dressing room
Now it seems that it was ions ago. I was at the Nalanda College pavilion at Campbell Place talking to a young cricketer who was full of promise for the future. But, I was there talking to him about his ailing brother, who subsequently passed away. The cricketer was young Mahela Jayawardena who was taking [...]
Angels ‘A’ hold sway over HNB
Angels ‘A’ BC held sway over Hatton National Bank to register a comfortable 40 to 16 win in the final of the women’s over 35 basketball match played at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium recently. At the short whistle the winners held a 21 to 8 point lead. The tournament was organized and conducted by Masters [...]
Doctors dissect Lawyers by seven wickets in annual game
Sri Lanka Medical Association dissected the Lawyers CC by seven wickets in their annual cricket encounter at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium recently. Taking first lease of the wicket, the legal officers were dismissed for 134 with Thusitha Ranathunge top scoring with 32 runs and Thilina the pick of the Medical bowlers returning figures of 4 [...]
Nine athletes to Youth Olympics
Nine young athletes along with seven coaches and two officials will represent Sri Lanka at the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games which will be held from August 16 to 28 in Nanjing, China. The event will feature 28 sports disciplines but Sri Lanka will be represented at six sports. They are swimming, athletics, badminton, beach [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan at Galle (First Test final day) -SLC Under-23 Championship Division II -Matugama CC vs Saracens at FTZ, Katunayake – Chilaw Marians vs BRC at BRC -Sebastianites vs Kalutara TC at Moratu Vidyalaya – Police vs Sinha CC at Police Park – Old Dharmapalians vs kelaniya CC at Pannipitiya – [...]
Sanga symphony spurs Lanka
The fourth day’s play in the first Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan was woven round the Sangakkara symphony. The thirty-six-year-old Lankan batting genius completed a masterful 221 to make his tenth double century and go past West Indian legend Brian Lara and see the Lankans to a score of 533 for 9 before the [...]
Sixteen cueists qualify to the pre-quarters
The final days proceeding of the 62nd National Snooker Championship round robin matches which were played at The Cue Club and AAC billiards tables in the morning and evening session yesterday saw 16 cueists qualifying to the pre-quarter finals which are cheduled to be worked off next week. Three matches were played in the morning [...]
Did we fail to plan or did we plan to fail ?
Earlier this week a sports page of a local English daily carried a story under the hedline: “No local referees for Carlton International 7s”. Some were happy at the development and predicament faced by the local referee’s society. This is nothing new as during the last club season referees were brought down by the controlling [...]
Hard-Court and extreme athletes
Clay and grass surfaces reward variation of ‘skills’. It is not so on Hard-Courts. Hard-Court Tennis is very physical. The physical attributes of five ‘S’s; strength, stamina, speed, suppleness and stability forms the core, to win on hard-courts. This means it pays if the player is tall, well built and athletic. The country that took [...]
Western Warriors and Southern Sharks in strong position
Western Warriors, and Southern Sharks were in a strong position to book their berths to the Finals at the time of going to press at the Carlton Super Rugby sevens 2014 which took place at the BOI Rugby grounds in Koggala yesterday. Rugby was in top order with some forty plus overseas players, along with [...]
School Cricket umpiring to come under one banner
To iron out the prevailing differences in appointing umpires for school cricket matches the Minister of Sports met with representatives of the four umpires associations at the Sports Ministry and had approved a new system of appointing umpires. It was brought to the notice that the schools cricket structure is in danger due to the [...]
Southern surfers strike back to keep their hopes alive
After being struck in the opening day the surfers from South made an impressive recovery against their Eastern counterparts to make the final day of the Red Bull Ride My Wave an interesting one at Arugam Bay yesterday. However, the Southern surfers still trail by 17.6 points, which can be a margin easily accomplished if [...]
Nets BC nets the crown
Two free throws netted by skipper, Duke Rajapaksa with just 20 seconds remaining in the game gave Nets Basketball Club a heart stopping 47/45 win over fancied Moratuwa BC in the Masters Inter Club Men’s Over – 35 Final, at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium. The Women’s Over -35 final and the Men’s Over -45 Final, [...]
Host of cricket personalities eye Lankan coaching job
A plethora of well-known cricket personalities have shown interest in taking over the Lankan National coach’s position which becomes vacant at the completion of the current Pakistan tour. The great interest in the top job, it seems, stems from Sri Lanka’s success at the T-20 World Cup and the clean sweep in England. Among the [...]
Kaveesh, Charith, Sham steer Singha SC
Kaveesh Kumara, Charith Asalanka and Sham Suranga helped Singha SC Ambalangoda to score a first inning win over Police SC in the Under 23 Division Two cricket encounter concluded at the BRC ground yesterday. Kaveesh cracked twin half tons while Charith put in a fine all-round performance and Sham took a five wicket haul enabling [...]
NDB staff at annual day
More than 600 staff members of the NDB and their family members gathered at the Kotalawela Defence Academy University Sports ground for a day of fun games and enjoyment on.The highlight of the day was a scenic helicopter ride organised for the first time by a Sri Lankan corporate for its staff and family. The [...]
Colombo-Negombo clash at teen soccer finals
The first semi-final of the Kotmale Chox Under-19 Schools Football Championship will get underway tomorrow between two top sides, Maris Stella College Negombo and Zahira College Colombo at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. The match will kickoff at 3.00pm with both sides looking at achieving the same objective but in different ways. The cynosure will [...]
Singapore is bound to face stiff opposition from Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Hong Kong
The 9th edition of the Asian Netball Championships 2014 is scheduled to be worked off at the Singapore Sports Hub OCBC Area (Hall 1) from September 7 to September 14. The Asian Netball Championship is the most prestigious Netball championship in Asia. The event is staged once in four years time. Singapore being the defending [...]
Schools team in Carlton Super Sevens
The fifth edition of Carlton Super Sevens will feature a Schools 7 team beginning from this season where top eight Under-20 teams are expected to test their might in the shorter version of rugby. The tournament will be known as the Dialog-Carlton Schools 7s and will add an intriguing dimension to the International competitions. The [...]
Sujeewa’s six sees Star Lanka Shipping through
Star Lanka Shipping entered the semi-finals in a spectacular fashion when Sujeeva Sampath hit a towering six off the last delivery which spurred them to a heart stopping two wickets win over Brandix in the ongoing, 4th Stafford Motor Co. “Honda” Challenge Trophy, MCA “G” Division 25 Over League Tournament quarter-finals, concluded last week-end. The [...]
Army Inter Regimental Para-Games in action from August 20 to 22
The 17th Army Inter Regimental Para-Games 2014 will be worked off at the Sugathadasa Stadium from August 20 to 22. The games were inaugurated in 1991 to develop the physical and mental stability of the soldiers who were disabled partly or full due to the internal strife. This year’s tournament consists of fifteen events and [...]
Fitness America brought Dinuka’s dream to reality
Dinuka Perera, who hails from Kandy and now settled down in the United States of America takes pride in bringing the rare honour of representing Sri Lanka at the Fitness America Competition. Fitness America is considered the world’s top ranked fitness and physique competition and it is held every year in Las Vegas with over [...]
Twenty two events at Gajaba Supercross
Over 200 drivers and riders are expected to compete under 22 different events at the 13th Gajaba Supercross motor racing event conducted by the Gajaba Regiment of Sri Lanka Army in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Autosport Drivers’ Association (SLADA). The second oldest motor sport event of Sri Lanka will take place on August 31 [...]
Cornerman – Inside out
I first met Dian through a mutual friend a few years back, yet I was quite surprised when Dian asked me to review ‘Cornerman’, him knowing my frank honesty. Thinking through I decided to do something different, making it an unconventional book review devoid of academic scrutiny. Cornerman: Stories from the life of Dian Gomes [...]