Jigsaw is falling into place
The sixth week of rugby was completed and the path to the cup is open for keener competition in the weeks ahead. The joyous singing and socializing after a match which was part of the rugby culture is not on these days. One does not hear “and I gave her kisses one, kisses one and [...]
Kumar signs off at Pallekele in great style
The Sri Lankans gave another dominating display of limited over cricket to crush England by 90 runs and take the five-match series 4-2, with one game left to be played, at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, yesterday. There was only one winner after Kumar Sangakkara had raced away to a 112-ball knock of 112. His [...]
World Cup 2015: Zeroing in on final fifteen
There is one undeniable notion that grips every top cricket playing nation. Wittingly or unwittingly they have braced themselves into this four-year cycle while all their future plans, retirements and evictions are done with this grand event in mind. Ladies and gentlemen, it is described as the ICC World Cup, which takes place every four [...]
Army, Slimline pugilists dominate
Pugilists from defending champions Army BC and last years runner up Slimline BC dominated proceedings in the semi-finals of the 89th National Boxing Championship held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium. The semi-final bouts were in progress and at the time of going to press the two teams had three of the boxers qualifying to the [...]
Eight cueists advance to knockout stage
The preliminary round matches of the 69th National Billiards Championship, which is in progress now at the Billiards and Snooker Association headquarters billiards table at the Sugathadasa Hotel in Colombo has reached its last stages. By yesterday, eight cueists from the eight groups, namely defending champion K.H. Sirisoma (SLPA), M.J.A. Thasleem (AAC), S.H.M. Aslam (MSC), [...]
Lady spikers off to Kathmandu
A Sri Lanka Under-25 Women’s Volleyball team will take part in the inaugural South Asian Volleyball Championship which is scheduled to be held from December 19 to 23 in the capital city of Kathmandu in Nepal. India, Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh will compete along with Sri Lanka in this first-ever event. Following players will represent Sri [...]
Sharks record second win; edge through to win over Air Force
Hambantota Sharks edged through to a close 20 points (2 tries, 1 goal, 1 penalty) to 17 (2 tries and 1 goal) win to record their second win in the ongoing Dialog ‘A’ Division league rugby game at the Air Force ground in Ratmalana yesterday. The Sharks led 10-5 at the breather. The game gathered [...]
S. Thomas’ record fourth outright win
S. Thomas’ recorded their fourth outright win of the ongoing Under-19 inter-school cricket season with an easy ten wicket win over St. John’s Jaffna in the match concluded at Mt. Lavinia yesterday. The match was also played for the Rev. A.J.C. Selvaratnam Trophy which was the fourth in the series. The Thomians chasing just 36 [...]
North vs East – the Nestlé way
The Nestlé Lanka Sales team came together to compete for the ‘MD’s Sales Trophy’, a softball cricket tournament held at the Malay Sports Grounds in Colombo recently. The tournament saw the company’s eight regional sales teams participating in great sportsmanship, with the Colombo North team emerging champions and the Colombo East team as runners-up. The [...]
Creative ‘cliff hangers’ of 2014
What would be the deciding factor to win when equally good players compete with each other? It will be the ‘creative edge.’ Good-Tennis matches with super creativity from players are an attraction that the Tennis world awaits. Mega events are designed to bring out good-Tennis and are popular, for this reason alone. Every year the [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: SLC Premier League Limited Overs – SSC vs Saracens at SSC – Ragama CC vs CCC at CCC – Army vs Tamil Union at Panagoda – NCC vs Air Force at NCC – Colts vs Moors at Colts – Chilaw Marians vs Bloomfield at FTZ, Katunayake SLC Sara League – Antonian SC vs [...]
Sailors sink Soldiers at Reid Avenue
In a rather lop sided affair the defending champs Navy pummelled the day lights out of the Army to register a handsome 48 points (5 goals, 2 tries, 1 penalty) to 3 ( 1 penalty) win in their first round encounter of the Dialog sponsored ‘A’ Division inter club game played at the Race Course [...]
Four Bloomfield officials off to Pakistan
Eaglets Cricket Club in Bahawalpur, Pakistan has invited four cricketing stalwarts of Bloomfield Athletics and Sports Club for a week-long programme where both sides are expected to exchange their expertise and ideas in cricket. The Pakistan club, better known as Bahawalpur Eaglets in their domestic cricket circuit, has invited Bloomfield officials Hirantha Perera, Jayantha Seneviratne, [...]
National junior chess team off to Hungary
The national youth chess team left Sri Lanka for Hungary yesterday to represent the country at the World Youth Chess Olympiad 2014. This event will be for the Under-16s age group where at least one girl should be included in the team. The World Youth Chess Olympiad will be held from December 12 to 22 [...]
Races at Pannala today
Pannala Speed 2014, a competitive motor racing event jointly organised by Carlton Motor Sports, Negombo Motor Sports Club, Sri Lanka Racing Drivers and Riders and Asian Motor Racing Club, will be held at the Pannala Race Track today. The Pannala Race Track which is one of the top favourite tarmac circuits when it comes to [...]
Sari had a large following of adoring fans
Sarath, more affectionately known to his family and friends as Sari, was born on June 25, 1940, when the clock was striking twelve noon. Sari passed away on November 5, 2014, after battling very bravely and philosophically with pancreatic cancer, and by a strange twist of fate was cremated at 12 noon, on November 17, [...]
Lankan swimmers do well in Doha
Three local swimmers Matthew Abeysinghe, Machiko Raheem and Kiran Jasinghe collectively shattered 10 Sri Lankan Short Course records at the 12th FINA World Championships held in Doha, Qatar. Besides the trio, all six swimmers who were in the Sri Lankan contingent bettered their own personal best times at the championships held from December 3 to [...]
Commercial Leasing bounce back with a good win
A valiant unbroken 100-runs partnership for the 8th wicket between Supeshala Jayatilleke (85 not out in 89 balls, inclusive of two sixes and eight fours) and Nuwan Karunaratne (36 not out) gave Commercial Leasing PLC a close 3-wicket win over Peoples Leasing & Finance PLC in the ongoing 4th Prestige Automobile (Pvt) Ltd, BMW-Hyundai Trophy, [...]
HNB smashes the rest to crown themselves
Hatton National Bank Plc with an overall aggregate of 149 points emerged champions at the 31st Mercantile Badminton Association Inter Firm Team Badminton Championships 2014 concluded at the Mercantile Badminton Association Head-quarters courts last week-end. In the ‘A’ Division McLarans Group had a clean sweep winning both Men’s and Women’s Divisions while Hatton National Bank [...]
Maliban wins the Mercantile Cricket Championship 2014
Proving their prowess in the field of cricket, Maliban, won the Mercantile Twenty-Twenty League Softball Cricket Championship 2014. They won the tournament competing against Nations Trust Bank in the finals. The tournament conducted by the Mercantile Softball Cricket Association, with the participation of 17 teams was held at the Ceylon German Technical Institute ground. The [...]
Lankans lose to India in the semi-final
Sri Lanka blind cricketers missed the opportunity of playing in the Blind Cricket 2014 World Cup finals as they faced a heavy defeat at the hands of neighbours India in the semi-final played at the Gary Kirstan Grounds, Cape Town last week. India batting first went on a rampage to build-up a mammoth total of [...]
Woeful CH should get a hefty fine by the Cops today
Underdogs CH and FC who entered the tournament with hopes aplenty but who have so far failed miserably in their quest to even create an impact, will be under further pressure today when they play Police in their first round game of the current Dialog sponsored ‘A’ Division inter-club tournament at Race Course this evening. [...]
Moors SC outclass Air Force SC by six wickets
Inclement weather in the previous day forced delayed starts in the Premier Limited Over cricket matches with four of them played with reduced overs yesterday. The match between Tamil Union and Badureliya SC due to be played at the P. Sara Stadium was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to a wet outfield However, [...]
CR a tough hurdle for Kandy today
Kandy SC did what was expected of them by pummeling the Police to a 45-19 defeat at Nittawela last Sunday. The score line looks impressive. However there are plenty of issues for the team’s think-tank to powder on. The forwards didn’t really excel. As a matter of interest, Police won some scrums on Kandy’s put-ins. [...]
DANCING THE JIG
DANCING THE JIG The occasion was a cricket match between two top teams, one from Old Blighty and the other from our own soil. While the game was in progress cricket fans were surprised to hear singing and loud noises coming from a VIP box. Later it was learnt that wine had been served to [...]
Treshani and Jayaratne do well at Table Tennis
Treshani Perera of University Moratuwa and U.K.M. Jayaratne of Dudley Senanayake Central College, Tholangamuwa came out with flying colours to win the Intermediate Women’s and Men’s Singles at MORA smashes 2014 an All Island Intermediate/Novices Table Tennis Championships conducted by the University of Moratuwa and played at the University of Moratuwa Indoor Stadium recently where [...]
Athena House the best at Wycherley
Athena House clinched the overall championship at the annual Inter-House Athletic Meet of Wycherley International School held at the NCC ground in Maitland Place, Colombo. The victors, Athena House outclassed others in contention Apollo, Pegasus and Triton to walk out as worthy winners while carrying away the C.T.A. Schafter Challenge Trophy on offer for the [...]
Kulindu and Kalana help DS to triumph over De Mazenod
Two notable performances by Kulindu Ransika (46) and Kalana Jayawardene (4 for 14) saw D.S.Senanayake College registering a 84 run victory over De Mazonad College, Kandana in their Under 13 ‘A’ Division pre quarter-final match played at St. John’s College Grounds, Panadura over the week-end. Winning the toss DSS were helped by two fruitful partnerships [...]
Amaya does well in gymnastics
Amaya Sithumini Kottegoda of Sirimavo Bandaranaike College, Colombo 7, was chosen as the Overall Women’s Champion in all the events of gymnastics at the All Island Schools Sports Tournament conducted by the Ministry of Education. She was able to secure the first place in ‘Pole Balancing’, ‘Horse Jump’, ‘Ground Exercises’ and ‘Imbalanced Pole’ in the [...]
Kimiko the third star rising from Rahim
Sri Lanka’s teenage swimming sensation Kimiko Rahim was awarded the Platinum Award 2014 for her outstanding performances in swimming, national and international level by at an awards ceremony held recently. She hails from a family of swimmers as her elder sisters Mayumi and Machiko too are outstanding swimmers who have represented Sri Lanka in national [...]
Junior National Basketball Teams travel from Bangladesh and the Maldives to Lahore
Mihin Lanka, Sri Lanka’s national low-cost carrier proudly flew three national basketball teams from Bangladesh and the Maldives to Lahore, for the Junior Basketball Tournament ATISC-Lahore. The junior national girls’ and boys’ basketball teams from Bangladesh along with the junior national boys’ basketball team from the Maldives all travelled to and from the tournament with [...]
Musaeus College Sports Awards Ceremony, 2014
The Annual Sports Awards Ceremony of Musaeus College was held on the 4th of December, 2014, at the Peter De Abrew Memorial Auditorium. Mrs. Nirmali Wickramasinghe – Former Principal of Ladies College, Colombo 07 graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.
