India agrees to shift 2015 in bound tour to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Cricket will look to maximally use the opportunity that has come their way by obliging India to play the five One Day Internationals that will begin from November 1. The five ODIs will be played in India between November 1 and 20. Secretary Sri Lanka cricket Nishantha Ranatunga speaking to the Sunday Times [...]
Joy for CDB in spite of rain
Rain on a Saturday morning was a spoiler at the Annual CDB Sports Festival that was held at the Bloomfield grounds. As a result of bad weather cricket and volleyball finals had to be cancelled and joint winners had to be declared. In the cricket segment, the winners were Hades and Atheena Houses. In the [...]
A touch of goodness with a cricket sense
Though on surface it was only a reconnaissance tour about a pending cricket tournament which is scheduled to take place in the former war-torn areas at the end of this month, certainly there was more to it. The modus operandi of this exercise is to bring back normalcy — through the game of cricket — [...]
More scrutiny on Senanayake before exposure
Sachithra Senanayake, the Lankan spinner in quandary, will undergo further scrutiny by Sri Lankan authorities, before he is exposed for another workout scrutiny by ICC’s biomechanical experts with regard to his clearance to play international cricket again. Senanayake who was reported by the ICC umpiring team during Sri Lanka’s tour of England early this year [...]
Inevitable ‘Made in China’ lable
This lable is difficult avoid now and it is so, also in Tennis. The world professional Tennis bodies, women’s WTA and men’s ATP went ‘gung-ho’ into China with their events in September and October. Most of the top 30 players of the world ranking in women and men were in China this year. This year’s [...]
Travel Trade rugby on October 25
The 2nd Travel Trade Sports Club five-a-side Tag Rugby Championships, sponsored by Walkers Tours and hosted by Mt. Lavinia Hotels Group will be held on Saturday, October 25 at the Mt. Lavinia Hotel “Paradise” Beach, commencing 9.00 am. Entries which have been called from the TTSC Membership will close on Monday, October 20 at 3.00 [...]
An inner look at SACK cricket
Spare a thought for the St. Anthony’s College cricketers who have been dealt a few cruel blows. Over the last two seasons, in particular, they underperformed, so much so that this season they find themselves relegated to Division II. Rules laid down at the start of the season cannot, and should not, be bent. The [...]
Sevens rugby: A chicken and egg situation?
The Sri Lankan Seven’s team left for Hong Kong to at least maintain the fourth position that they have been enjoying this year. Sevens it appears has come of age and has inspired more interest than before. Yet one finds a daunting task ahead in China as the team that took wing is missing some [...]
(Q)Key sera sera for Yohan this season — sings up for CR and Army
Former St. Joseph’s College forward and Sri Lankan double International Yohan Keyser has found himself in a pickle by signing to play for CR & FC in the upcoming club rugby league tournament and also enlisting himself in the Sri Lanka Army as a soldier. The Sri Lanka Army SC is a side that also [...]
First day’s play called off at Uyanwatta due to incessant rain
The first day’s play of the second four day unofficial Test between the touring West Indies ‘A’ team and the Sri Lanka ‘A’ team which was scheduled to start today at the Uyanwatta Stadium in Matara was called off at 11.30am, due to incessant rain. Upul Tharanga was named to lead the Sri Lanka team [...]
Lankans move to the quarters with two good wins
Sans their in-form superstars the Sri Lanka 7s team, under new skipper Mithun Hapugoda, won both their group games to reach the Cup quarter-final stage of the ARFU Asian Sevens Series 2014 at Chaoyang Stadium in Beijing, China yesterday. Sri Lanka topped Group ‘B’ after beating Kazakhstan 31-12 and Malaysia 26-10 and they are slotted [...]
Zahira Colombo clinches title for third successive year
Hosts and defending champions Zahira College Colombo retained the 10th Zahira Super 16 7-a-Side title with a close 1-0 win over St. Benedict’s College in the final played at the Zahira grounds in Maradana yesterday. The final played under heavy downpour saw the two sides changing after the first session deadlocked with neither of them [...]
Rain no play in school cricket
Inclement weather hampered the Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounters played around the island on day two forcing the umpires to call off the matches without a ball being bowled. The first day’s proceedings in the match between Royal and Richmond at Reid Avenue had only 27 overs of play was possible with Richmond batting first making [...]
“Incheon deserters black-listed”
I refer to the article under the above caption written by you appearing in the Sunday Times of October 12 2014, stating “the last such occasion occurred when a member of the Sri Lankan Cycling Team went missing at the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow months ago”, which is incorrect and misleading and not becoming [...]
NO TO SINHALA
NO TO SINHALA He is Sri Lankan to the hilt. What is more his name implies it too. During a recent visit to his motherland (he is based overseas mostly now) ; he has told the press that he cannot give interviews in Sinhala but only in the Queen’s Language. Shocked journalists gaped at him. [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: Sri Lanka ‘A’ vs West Indies ‘A’ 2nd Day of 2nd Unofficial Test at Uyanwatte Sri Lanka Women vs South Africa Women, 3rd ODI, at NCC MCA-Singer Premier League MAS Active vs HNB at MCA MCA Division ‘B’ League Raigam Marketing vs Union Bank at FTZ, Katunayake MAS Intimates Unichela ‘B’ vs Mobitel [...]
Carrom finals this weekend
Rangers (Wariyapola) and Caramites (Pink) fought their way to the finals while Rangers (Benz) and Rangers (Fed) entered the finals of the Men’s ‘B’ and ‘C’ Divisions respectively in the Inter Club Carrom Championship 2014. Organised and conducted by the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka this championship was worked-off at the Federation Headquarters, Maharagama last [...]
Old Bens in final
Old Bens veterans entered the finals of the over 40’s annual 11-a-side soccer tournament 2014 conducted by Soccer Masters Association by defeating the strong Battaramulla Veterans SC by 2 goals to 1 in the first semi-final worked off last Saturday at the Cooray Park in Wellawatte. Old Bens scored the 1st goal through Roshan Mohamed [...]
Rajiva Wijetunga, best over-55 athlete
Rajiva Wijetunga of MAS Intimates Unichela was awarded the Best Athlete Over 55 at the recently concluded Mercantile Athletic Championship 2014 held at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Diyagama. Rajiva was placed first in the Men’s Over-55 Shot Putt event throwing a distance of 10.78 metres which earned him the Best Athlete Award for 2014. [...]
NTB wins Governor’s Cup
Nations Trust Bank led by Tharindu Ariyawansa lifted the Governor’s Cup for the first time, dethroning the Defending Champions, Commercial Credit and Finance, at the 3rd Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka (CRIB), 6-a-side Cricket Tournament concluded at the P. Sara Oval last Sunday. A record number of 74 men’s teams and 39 women’s teams [...]
Kandy aims to be top of the pops again
Kandy Sports Club’s administration is up in arms against certain moves by the Rugby authorities in the run-up to this year’s league tournaments. The bone of contention is the draw which they allege was not done on “any proper basis”. Over the last few years, Kandy’s games against the Navy and Havelocks were played as [...]
Kandy paddlers clash for Sakuna Challenge
Over 500 paddlers are expected to compete at the 3rd Table Tennis Championship for the Sakuna Challenge Trophy which will be worked off on October 25 and 26 at the Jagath Rajapaksa International TT Complex in Doluwa, Kandy. The defending champions of the Men’s and Women’s Open titles Nirmala Kannangara of MAS Holdings and Ridmi [...]
Dishantha’s plea for recognition
After spending almost 18 years in the business of rugby coaching, Dishantha Priyadharshana was a man with an unaccomplished mission a few months ago but he always had a broken heart about the sport he was involved in. His dream of coaching a top Division ‘A’ club rugby side has now become a reality but [...]
National Fencing on Oct.30, 31 at Ratmalana
The National Association of Fencing in Sri Lanka (NAFSL) has made all plans to host its biggest annual event, the National Fencing Championship, for the third successive occasion on October 30 and 31 at Ratmalana. Over 150 athletes representing nine clubs will vie for honours at the National Fencing Championship 2014 which will be held [...]
Unbeaten MAS Intimates Unichela ‘A’ retains league title for 2nd year
Unbeaten MAS Intimates Unichela A’ retained the league title, for the second successive year when they scored a comprehensive 90-run win over MAS Active at the 22nd Singer-MCA Premier League, continued last weekend. This was Unichela’s sixth win on the trot, thus completing their league quota of matches; they scored wins against Jonh Keells by [...]
Planning an innings
I had been coaching cricket for so many years. Therefore, I would like to share my experiences on how to plan an innings. I am sure that this article will help many up-and-coming players. Fine, excellent strokes and a keen eye are not sufficient to play a long innings. Tactical sense, imagination, common sense and [...]
Celebrating Josephian cricket achievements
On Wednesday the Josephians took an evening off to celebrate their recent success and felicitated five of their brightest stars that illuminated the entire Lankan skies. The event took place at the Water’s Edge. The five cricketers were – the present National cricket captain Angelo Mathews, the mercurial allrounder Thisara Perera, Test opening batsman Dimuth [...]
Royal spirit vs Thomian grit enacted on water
Traditional foes in schools sports, Royal College Colombo and S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia will meet again in another discipline, this time on the waters of Beira Lake next Saturday. This will be for the 44th annual Boat Race — better known as the 41st Royal-Thomian Regatta. Regarded as the most prestigious boat race in [...]
Veterans Volleyball
A volleyball tournament for those over 40 years organised by United Volleyball Academy in Nittambuwa, Nambadaluwa will be held at the end of this month. Teams wishing to take part in the tournament are requested to contact Anura Sumanasekera at 581/3/A, Nambadaluwa, Nittambuwa. Telephone: 0757793949.
Sports Ministry identity sought for Sepaktakraw
Nizam Hajireen, President of the Sepaktakraw Association of Sri Lanka is now working round the clock to give the game a national identity. Sepaktakraw is a game popular with the Malay community of Sri Lanka. It is extremely popular in countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Germany and is catching up fast in [...]
Hansani and Nimesh take TT honours
Hansani Piumila of Visakha Vidyalaya and Nimesh Ranchagoda of Royal College grabbed major honours by becoming the most outstanding players in Girls’ and Boys’ segments respectively at the AGSEP Western Province Open Ranking Table Tennis Tournament held at the Indoor Complex of S. Thomas’ College in Mt. Lavinia. Hansani won the Women’s Singles and the [...]
Now the Petes are excelling at football
Having had a great spell at the recently concluded Kotmale Chox Under-19 Inter-School Football Championships by emerging runners-up, St. Peter’s College is on the verge of proving a point – that they are the next best force or the team to beat in schools football. This was evident in the All-Island Under-17 Inter-School Football Championships [...]
Thomian Old Boys soft ball Cricket 6s
The annual Thomian Old Boys Inter-Collegiate Batch Soft Ball Cricket Sixes, organized by the STC Mount Lavinia Class of 1990, was held on Saturday the 4th October 2014 at the “NCC” Grounds. and was successfully concluded for the 7 th consecutive years . 25 old boy teams, from Class Groups ranging from the 1975 to [...]
Two wins for DSS
D.S. Senanayake College scored their second successive win in the Inter Schools under 13 Division I cricket fixture when they defeated Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte by 119 runs at the D.S. Senanayake grounds on Wednesday. Earlier they beat President’s College, Rajagiriya by 24 runs in a match played at Rajagiriya. Batting first DSS scored 212 for [...]
WP led by Jehan Daniel down SP
Western Province North led by St. Joseph’s College allrounder Jehan Daniel recorded a 50-run victory against Southern Province led by Raveen Yasas, on Duckworth/Lewis Method to claim the Prima Cup Under-15 Inter-Provincial Cricket Championship played at the SSC ground recently A fine knock of 64 from Dushan Hettige and an unbeaten knock of 44 by [...]
Anulians thrive in this shuttle sport
Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda shuttlers who had been dominating schools badminton for over two decades proved again their superiority by winning the Girls Overall Championship with 40.5 points at the Junior National Badminton Championships 2014, organised and conducted by the Badminton Association of Sri Lanka concluded at the Royal College Sports Complex recently. Anulians are proud [...]
President’s cup for CAC
College Aquatic Club won the President’s Trophy which was concluded on Sunday at the Thurstan College Swimming Complex . Over 400 swimmers from 25 mercantile organizations participated and MAS Holdings with 999 points emerged as the winners whHolding (618 points) and SriLankan Airlines (366 points) became the 1st and 2nd runners up respectively MAS Holdings team captain Shanika [...]
Nadun and Oshini excel at all island open Junior ranking Tennis
Nadun Senadeera and Oshini Herath excelled to clinch a double each at the SLTA – all island Open Junior ranking Tennis Tournament (C grade) concluded on September 19th at Matale Tennis Club Courts in Matale. Nadun Senadeera bagged a double as he beat Chanith De Silva in a three setter 1-4, 4-0, 10-8 in the [...]
