Sanga-Mahela show at Premadasa Stadium
Sri Lanka’s two senior cricketing statesmen – Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene were in sublime form as they formed a deadly combination against England to guide Sri Lanka to go two up in the seven-match series at the Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, yesterday. Sangakkara and Jayawardene put on an unfinished stand of 149 runs off [...]
Havelocks can trouble the top four
The fourth week of rugby has opened the gate wide open for a keen contest among the first four. They are Navy, Kandy, CR and Army who so far have lost one game each. The top four are followed by Havelock’s, CH and Police. Of these I would think Havelock’s pose a threat to the [...]
Five outright wins for Lumbini MV, Risith cracks first double ton
The third term matches of the Schools Under-19 2014/2015 season which began in early September and with the Christmas season nearing is bow at it’s tail end. The weather which is expected to be at the worse during this period hampered most of the matches which no doubt is going to take a toll for [...]
Nipun, Hasitha put Moratuwa SC on top
Nipun Peiris cracked 97 inclusive of 11 boundaries and Hasitha Lanka made 76 with five boundaries and five sixes which helped Moratuwa SC to come out on top against Matugama CC at the end of the first day’s play in the Sara Trophy cricket encounter played at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa. Nipun and Hasitha [...]
Hashan slams 74, Lahiru grabs five
A fine knock of 74 with eight boundaries and two sixes by Hashan Rajapakse was the highlight of the first day’s play in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter between St. Thomas’ Kotte and St Mary’s Matugama played at Kotte. The match got off to a late start at 1.30 p.m. due to the wet [...]
Kandy should have it easy today
Table leaders Kandy should further enhance their status quo at the top when they encounter the winless Hambantota Sharks at Beliatta in their first round fixture of the current Dialog sponsored ‘A’ Division Inter-Club game at Beliatta commencing at 4.00pm this evening. Kandy who were rattled in the second half of their game to lose [...]
Police stun CR and almost everyone else
Police produced a stunning display of rugby to turn tables on the fancied CR and FC team as they won by 41 points to 22 in their Dialog sponsored inter club league tournament first round game at Longden Place yesterday. Police scored four goals, two tries and one penalty while CR managed to put in [...]
Havelocks drub Air Force in mud battle
Havelocks were in fine form as they drubbed Air Force 44-16 to record their third win in the ongoing Dialog ‘A’ Division league rugby game at the Air Force ground in Ratmalana yesterday. Havelocks led 21-9 at the breather. Havelocks gained their points through 4 goals, 2 tries and 2 penalties while the Airmen’s points [...]
Senanayake and Malinga likely to be part of New Zealand tour
Sri Lanka’s two frontline bowlers Lasith Malinga and Sachithra Senanayake are likely to be included for the tour of New Zealand. Senanayake who underwent the second ICC scrutiny in Chennai last week is currently training with the national squad, but, officially is not a part of it. The ICC is due to release by the [...]
Swiss flag flutters over Davis-Cup
We have seen the familiar face of Maestro Roger Federer behind almost every celebrated Tennis Championship but never behind the century old inter nation team competition trophy – the Davis-Cup. Roger Federer and his team mate Stanislas Wawrinka made that too come to pass, in 2014. Switzerland beat France on French soil. It was Wawrinka [...]
Vaas escapade: Scapegoats and escaping goats
The recent news on ‘Vaas to be sacked’ was rather disturbing. The news item said the executive committee of Sri Lanka Crickethad decided to terminate the services of national fast bowling coach Chaminda Vaas after the ongoing seven ODI series against England. In the aftermath of the news we took time to learn as to [...]
Low scoring game ends in favour of Old Servatians
Old Servatians CA & FC registered a first innings win against Rio Sports Club in a low scoring first round match of the Donovan Andree trophy cricket tournament played at the Uyanwatte stadium. Seventy overs of play was lost in the two day game due to rain, unsafe ground conditions and bad light. The home [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: Under-19 Schools St. Thomas’ Kotte vs Mt. Mary’s Matugama at Baddegana MCA-BMW/Hyundai Division ‘C’ League JL Morison Sons & Jones vs Dialog Axiata ‘A’ at MCA Softlogic Holdings vs Commercial Leasing at Campbell Park RUGBY: Dialog Division ‘A’ League Hambantota Sharks vs Kandy at Beliatta FOOTBALL: Dialog Champions League 2014 Thihariya Youth vs [...]
Invincible Suburbs II has a field day
Suburbs II clinched the overall championship of Seylan Bank Sports Fiesta 2014, held at the NCC ground in Colombo recently, where over 1500 staff members of Seylan Bank representing 12 regions took part. Uva/Sabaragamuwa emerged runners-up while Head Office became third best out of 12 teams. Other teams that took part were West, North West, [...]
Wet weather hampers Merc ‘C’ division
The 4th BMW-Hyundai Trophy, MCA ‘C’ division 50-Over League Tournament 2015 got off to a disappointing start during last weekend. Out of the four matches billed for the week-end, two matches got completely washed out. Airport & Aviation Services and Peoples Leasing & Finance PLC recorded the first wins in the tournament. Opening weekend’s batting [...]
DFCC and HNB prove their prowess
DFCC Group ‘Blacks’ led by Prageeth Pushpakumara, with a clinical performance scored a convincing 65/50 win over HNB in the Men’s Final of the Mercantile Services Basketball Association League Tournament 2014, concluded under lights at the Otter Aquatic Club courts. In the Women’s ‘A’ division Final which preceded the men’s Final, defending Champions HNB, led [...]
Master cagers at play
The Inaugural Tournament organized by the Masters Basketball Sri Lanka for the Schools Old Boys and Old Girls has attracted 18 Men’s teams and three Women’s teams. This unique Five-a-side tournament was scheduled to be held yesterday and today at the Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) refurbished flood-lit courts, commencing 9.00 am on both days . [...]
Muhammad Ali cannot remember winning his third title, daughter says
Boxing great Muhammad Ali cannot remember winning his third world heavyweight title, his daughter has revealed – but he still jokes about making a comeback to win it again. Ali, who has been fighting bravely against Parkinson’s Disease for 30 years, has no memory of his third world title victory against Leon Spinks in 1978, [...]
The death that devastated the cricketing world
The tragic death of 25-year-old Phillip Hughes due to vertebral artery dissection in the neck leading to subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) inside the head has shocked the sports world. Hughes was struck in the neck by a bouncer from New South Wales bowler Sean Abbott on November 25 during a match between South Australia and New [...]
North and East active again in football
Football in the Northern and Eastern peninsula is as old as football in Sri Lanka and always remained active and vibrant until the outbreak of ethnic violence in 1983. Almost at the same time when the British planters, technocrats and civil servicemen were spreading the gospel of football in the Western, Central and Southern provinces, [...]
NKB and ABA win at WP shuttle tourney
Niluka Karunaratne Badminton Club and Aponso Badminton Academy emerged champions in the Men’s and Women’s ‘A’ divisions at the 41st Western Province Badminton Team Championships 2014 concluded at the S. Thomas’ College Gymnasium last weekend. A total of 60 men and women badminton players representing 36 clubs with a considerable number of Sri Lanka ranked [...]
Lankan greats prophetic on Hughes accident
November 25, 2014, a Tuesday, will be a day the cricket community and the whole world never would, but wish to forget. It’s the day that Australia opener Philip Joel Hughes, opening for South Australia against New South Wales in a Sheffield Shield match, lost his life prematurely at the famed Sydney Cricket Ground. Hughes, [...]
Cricketers of yesteryear TRT style
The inaugural TRT Sixes (Trinity College, Royal College and S. Thomas’ Mt. Lavinia) for the TRT Combined Colleges Challenge Trophy and TRT Inter Collegiate Challenge Trophies were played at the CH&FC Grounds last Sunday witnessed by old boys of the above mentioned schools along with their families. The ‘TRT Group’, since its formation has become [...]
Chamodhi – a lass with great potential
16 year-old swimmer Chamodhi De Fonseka from Lyceum International School, Wattala who is under the watchful eye of the legendary three times Olympian, Deshabandu Julian Bolling at the Rainbow Aquatics Colombo had come out with remarkable performances recently. A stunning performance was shown by Chamodhi at the Sri Lanka Schools Swimming Championships where she bettered [...]
Dewmith – promising young paddler
Dewmith Weerasena student of Grade 7, Lyceum International School Nugegoda has represented Sri Lanka in the 2014 International Table Tennis Federation World Hopes Week and Challenge held in Otocec, Slovenia where nearly 50 countries participated for this international training and tournament. He was selected among the first sixteen players in the tournament. According to the [...]
AIS excel in Basketball in 2014
Asian International School, Colombo with a rich harvest of trophies in Basketball 2014, won six championship awards and finished as the runners-up in two championships in both under 17 and under 19 age groups for 2014. An interesting feature of their proud record was that in three under 17 tournaments they won. Taher Akbarally and [...]
Basil House champs
Basil House, with 352 points, emerged champions at the 75th Inter-House Athletic Meet of St. Peter’s College which was held at the College ground in Bambalapitiya. Maurice House secured the overall second place with 281 points while Anthony House finished at third with 276 points. Peter House, who accumulated 259 points, was placed fourth. Arthur [...]
Gateway swimmers establish 11 new meet records and win 6 age group championships
The swimmers of Gateway College achieved great success at the recently concluded International Schools Swimming Championship held at the Sugathadasa Swimming Pool Complex. Gateway swimmers established eleven new meet records and won six age group championships. The Swimming Championships organised by the Asian International School saw the participation of twenty one reputed International Schools from [...]
Skipper Nipunaka guides St. Peter’s to easy win
An all-round performance by skipper Nipunaka Fonseka supported by Himsara Randeni helped St. Peter’s to coast through to an easy first innings win over Debarawewa National School in the Under 13 Division One second round match. Nipunaka’s impressive bowling figures of 5 for 13 enabled St. Peter’s to restrict the visitors to a score of [...]
