Defending champs Navy pip Havies from behind to win
Defending champs Navy hung in like true warriors to stage a come back after trailing for most part of the game against Havelocks to win by 17 points ( 2 goals 1 penalty) to 13 (1 goal 2 penalties) under lights at Havelock Park last evening. With this win Navy is now certain to secure [...]
Kiwi legend Garratt Williamson to boost local referees’ society
The Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union in their quest to reach great heights and run under the watchful eyes of its President Asanga Seneviratne is making every endeavour to uplift the sport from all angles. For starters the depleted and current sorry state of rugby referees affairs is about to get a shot in the [...]
Winds of change in post-Sanga-Mahela era
Cricket is a beautiful game and we need to take care of it. While listening to that perennial Scorpion hit song “Wind of Change” those words crept through my mind. It all began at the Premadasa Stadium, when Kumar Sangakkara held that catch to complete an eventful 5-2 series win over the English cricketers. To [...]
Murali in Matthew Hayden’s All Time Greatest XI
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 begins on February 14 when New Zealand takes on Sri Lanka in the tournament opener in Christchurch. With less than two months to go, ICC has launched ‘Your Greatest XI’, which will allow fans a unique chance to pick their Greatest All-Time Cricket World Cup XI from the previous [...]
Sirisoma, Aslam clash for billiards plum
Defending champion K.H. Sirisoma of Sri Lanka Port Authority) and S.H.M. Aslam of Moors SC (MSC) booked their berths to the final of the 62nd National Billiard Championship when they came out victorious in the two semi-final encounters played at the Billiard and Snooker Association headquarters billiard table at Sugathadasa Hotel in Colombo yesterday. The [...]
Dubai resident Lankan blows CR/CH game today
Sri Lankan born rugby referee Clement Isack residing in the United Arab Emirate of Dubai officiates the game between the CR and CH at Longden Place today. Clement a member of the United Arab Emirates Rugby Referees Society (UAERRS) will be making his first appearance refereeing a local ‘A’ Division game in Sri Lanka. Many [...]
‘Orange-Bowl’ of Florida fame
Elevating the status of the junior player and their ranking tradition began with the Orange-Bowl event in Florida, USA in 1947. In fact, it is this event that made Florida known for its Tennis. Like computers making the silicon-valley, Florida in a way, was made by Tennis. Today the Orange-Bowl is the most prestigious junior [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: SLC Premier League L/O final – Colts vs SSC at R. Premadasa Stadium SLC Sara League – Antonian SC vs Sinha Ambepussa at Moratuwa Campus – Crusaders vs Moratuwa SC at Kalutara Esplanade – Matale CC vs Matugama CC at Matale – Old Dharmapalians vs Sinha Ambalangoda at Ambalangoda – United Southern vs [...]
Four tries to stay alive
This will be the eighth week and rugby will sleep through for the festive season to wake up and finish round one in the first week of January. The second round which will see teams work harder to get small increments. It is a tight fight upfront and the rise will be small as seen [...]
SSC and Colts clash in final showdown
The curtain of the SLC Premier Limited Over cricket tournament will come down with the final clash between defending champions SSC and Colts scheduled to be played at the R. Premadasa Stadium from 9.45am onwards today. The two teams booked their berths to the final by securing wins over Moors SC and Ragama CC in [...]
Cricketing holiday for Angelo and Co after tour
Sri Lanka Cricket has made arrangements to keep the Lankan cricket team back in New Zealand once their official tour of that country is over. This will be in preparation for the 2015 World Cup where the Lankans would meet New Zealand in the tournament opener at Christchurch. SLC’s Head of Operations Carlton Bernadus, speaking [...]
Junior TT wakes Jaffna up
For the development and promotion of Table Tennis in Jaffna, on the request of the President of the Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka thirteen (13) Table Tennis tables were presented to thirteen schools in the Jaffna Peninsula by the Chinese Government on the Asia German Sports Exchange Programme at a ceremony held at the [...]
Slimline dethrone incumbent Army
Two clusters of MAS Holdings the Slimline Boxing Club Pannala and MAS Southern Koggala emerged champions at the 89th ABA Men’s and Women’s National Boxing Championship which concluded at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium. Slimline BC was in full command in the finals of the men’s category with all three boxers who qualified to the final [...]
Akila Dhananjaya’s 6/28 — the best for the week
LB Finance ‘B’ and Commercial Leasing Co. had easy outings against Softlogic Holdings and Colombo Dockyard PLC in the ongoing 4th Prestige Automobile (Pvt) Ltd., sponsored, ‘BMW-Hyundai’ Trophy, MCA ‘C’ division 50-Over League Tournament 2015, continued last weekend. LBF ‘B’ defended their moderate total of 211 in 47.1 overs, as Akila Dhananjaya ripped through Softlogic [...]
SriLankan Airlines unstoppable
SriLankan Airlines was unstoppable once again, as they retained the 30th Travel Trade Sports Club Men’s and Women’s Team Swimming Championships 2014, by a huge margin at the Thurstan College Pool recently. A total of 13 teams participated in 51 events. SriLankan Airlines finished with 173 points and bagged six of the Best Performance awards [...]
Tennis prodigy Adithya achieves Asia’s number one spot
Twelve-year-old Adithya Karunaratne is another Lankan tennis prodigy is going from strength to strength. She is performing extremely well in the Under-14 ranking tournaments conducted by Asian Tennis Federation this year which culminated in her, earning the Asian Number 1 ranking in her age group. There is no doubt that Adithya’s remarkable achievement is something [...]
The Senanayake saga: The reconstruction of a champion spinner
We sat upon our couches staring at the TV screen exasperated on that boxing day of 1995. Sri Lanka were hosted by Australia for a three Test series and had already won the first Test in Perth. Here, in this game we were watching the burly Australian Umpire Darrell Hair no-balling the young Lankan off [...]
Official World Cup song released
National cricket team sponsor, Dialog Axiata, launched the official Sri Lanka Cricket 2015 World Cup Song – ‘Sri Lanka Api Thamai’ (We are Sri Lanka) – at a grand musical extravaganza at the CR&FC in Colombo featuring the Sri Lanka cricket team amidst thousands of cheering fans. The song was performed live before the cricket [...]
CR’s comeback curve?
CR&FC who started the season off on a bang and suddenly suffered three setbacks at the hands of Navy, Kandy and Police, will take on CH&FC, another side that promised much but have not lived up to expectations in their first round encounter of the Dialog sonsored ‘A’ Division inter club game at Longden Place [...]
Cops could blow down the Airmen
The running backs of Police would be a decisive factor when the Police Park side take on the Air Force in their first round encounter at their home ground in the Dialog sponsored ‘A’ Division inter club rugby encounter this evening. Police have played this season so far in fits and bursts and have even [...]
FINA conducts clinic for swim coaches
James Richards, a senior age-group swimming coach of Leeds City Council in the United Kingdom conducted a five-day coaching clinic for 39 Sri Lankan coaches on an invitation of FINA, the world governing body for aquatic sports. The advanced swimming coaches’ clinic was held in Colombo from December 10 to 14 under the patronage of [...]
Prof Ranjith de Silva elected uncontested as the new President
The 42nd Annual General Meeting of the Western Province Badminton Association, one of the oldest badminton associations in Sri Lanka, was held on the December 14 at the Blue Feathers Sports Club Hall. One of the Association’s founding members and its current President, L.R. Ariyananda, a veteran badminton player retired on that day, while Prof [...]
MAKING A COMEBACK
MAKING A COMEBACK Cricket fans were at a loss to find out why a man dressed up as a Lion was parading at recent international cricket matches. The Lion also runs into the grounds when a toss is taking place and attracts a lot of attention. It appears that the Lion is the trademark of [...]
Galadari emerge champions at city ‘Five Star’ Finance Cricket Fiesta 2014
The Galadari Hotel recorded an unforgettable victory securing the champions trophy at the City Five Star Finance Cricket Fiesta 2014 held on December 14 at the Bloomfield Grounds. In addition to this the Galadari Hotel players won the best title awards which were ‘Man of the Match’ won by Aruna Thenuwara, ‘Man of the Series [...]
Chathulanka and Hasara – the Champs at Vidura
Chathulanka Gamage and Hasara Wijayarathne were crowned the sports stars of the year at the 3rd Sports and Co-curricular Activities Awards Ceremony of Vidura College held at the school auditorium in Thalawathugoda. Chathulanka, a Grade 11 student of the school, was awarded the boys’ category of the main prize while Hasara, a Grade 10 student [...]
A record number of 38 teams lock horns
The 11th Under 14 International Invitation Cricket Tournament for the coveted Nelson Mendis Challenge Trophy organised by the CCC School of Cricket got under way last Thursday. A record number of 38 teams lock horns in this year’s edition including three teams from India and a team each from the United Arab Emirates and the [...]
Ananda wins inaugural Maroons water polo battle
Ananda College beat Nalanda College by 14-6 in their inaugural Maroons Water Polo held at the Sugathadasa Swimming Pool Complex last weekend. The Most Valuable Player, Malinka Jayasekera with six goals and Dhanushka Hansaka with a hat-trick took the victorious Ananda College unit to a convincing and a historic win against their traditional rivals. For [...]