Tak, Tik, Tuk – See if he is good
Once a cricket insider during a light chat told me about the impression of a captain who sat along with the current selectors for the selection of a national squad. After the meeting, the captain had said, “I don’t think they know what they are doing. Sometimes it’s maddening”. I retorted claiming that persons in [...]
Kandy walk all over CH
Kandy demolished a hapless CH and FC outfit by 71 points to 5 in their last first round inter club League rugby match of the Dialog sponsored tournament at Maitland Crescent yesterday, after leading 38-0 at half time. Kandy made up their points from eight goals and two tries as against a solitary try by [...]
Could the Soldiers cop the Police this evening?
Police and Army will feature in a match that is expected to be a close call for both teams in their last first round contest which kicks off today at Police Park. Police make up a side on the rise and as such go out as the favourite team although Army has the potential to [...]
Du Plessis leads South African reply
Hashim Amla and A.B. de Villiers held fort to put on an unbeaten fourth wicket stand of 70 runs to take the Proteas to a comfortable 227 for 3 in reply to the West Indian first innings total of 329 before rain curtailed the final nine of the day at Nelands yesterday. At the end [...]
Two prospects from the North also in the fray
Sri Lanka Junior National selectors had named a squad of thirty one under 19 players in preparation for the forthcoming tour of Bangladesh Under 19 tour. Charith Asalanka, the Richmond College all-rounder has been named to lead the Sri Lanka under 19 team replacing former skipper Chamika Karunaratne of Royal College, Colombo. It is interesting [...]
Dr. Vigneswaran passes away
Sri Lanka Badminton suffered a great loss with the demise of Dr. R. Vigneswaran on Thursday. Dr. Vigneswaran, a reputed dental surgeon started serving badminton from the Uva Province in 1960s and had a big hand in the promotion and development of the game in the province. He was largely responsible in organising the Uva [...]
Lahiru, Raveen steer Trinity to fourth outright victory
Right arm pace and spin combination of Lahiru Kumara and skipper Raven Sayer shared ten wickets thus helping Trinity crush Dharmapala by an innings and 51 runs in their Under-19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Kadirana yesterday. Lahiru who ended with impressive figures of 6 for 28 and Raveen 4 for 13 wrecked Dharmapala batting [...]
Top cricket faces another postponement
The three-day domestic Premier League Cricket Tournament which is scheduled to be worked off from January 9 could see a postponement due to the presidential election which is scheduled for the previous day. But the 14 teams that will be contesting are all busy fine tuning their players for the league tournament undergoing strenuous training. [...]
Rugby, referees and 2015: What it’s going to be?
My New Year wish is that rugby fans will remember the laughter and the joy that rugby has brought during last year and think of the new ones to come. Like birds, let us, leave behind what we do not need to carry and enjoy the New Year 2015 as a beautiful year of rugby. [...]
HONING HIS TALENTS
HONING HIS TALENTS A leading cricketer who occupies the political stage these days in support of a big man may have other reasons for doing it. It is speculated that he himself plans to be a candidate at the next general elections and is taking this chance to hone his talents. BETTER AT TRAINING ATHLETES [...]
Kandy awaiting school cricket
It has been like “waiting for Godot.” School cricketers and officials alike have been scanning the skies and looking “for that patch of blue, use prisoners call the sky” as Oscar Wilde so eloquently put it in his Ballad of Reading Goal. Hardly any cricketing activity at senior level took place in Kandy in the [...]
Rise and survival of Australian tennis
January signals the start of the global Tennis calendar. Its summer now in Australia and it is their time for sports, Santa Claus and barbeques. The best Tennis players of the world will congregate in Brisbane, Sydney and of course Melbourne to kick off the season. Sports is a big part of Australian social life [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: Schools Under-19 – Mahanama vs Isipathana at Bloomfield – Kingswood vs Dharmaloka at Pallekele – St. Thomas’ Matara vs St. John’s Nugegoda at Uyanwatte BMW-Hyundai/MCA Division ‘C’ League – Peoples Leasing vs Colombo Dockyard at St. Sebastian’s Moratuwa – Dialog Axiata ‘A’ vs Standard Chartered Bank at Thurstan ground RUGBY: Dialog Division ‘A’ [...]
Noble House champs at British School in Colombo
Noble House emerged champions at the Inter-House Athletics Meet of The British School in Colombo held at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo prior to school vacations. It was a keenly contested event with Noble House emerged winners beating Newton, Scott and Shakespeare Houses. Prema Pinnewale, the Secretary General of the Athletics Association of Sri Lanka [...]
Prabuddhi an excellent Tennis player
Promising Janashakthi-sponsored tennis player Prabuddhi Perera excelled at the recently held Asia Tennis Federation Development Championship, conducted by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in collaboration with the SLTA. Representing in the Under-14 age category, Perera who was placed third in the first week, played extremely well in the second week, being placed first in the [...]
Devki adjudged Best Female Athlete
Devki Perera of Lyceum International School Nugegoda was adjudged the Best Female Athlete at the Piliyandala Zonal Colours Awards Ceremony 2014 held at the Piliyandala Central College. Devki is an athlete who had achieved numerous victories both locally and internationally in Wushu competitions. In 2014 Devki won two age categories at the National Wushu Championship [...]
Yahani wins after close battle
Yahani Mendis of Girls High School Mt. Lavinia won the Western Province Open Ranking Table Tennis Championship conducted by I&D Table Tennis Academy held at S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium. She beat her schoolmate Sachini Alwis in the finals by 2-1 after a close battle. With the result after this tournament she claimed the No.1 [...]
Praveena wins CP TT championship
It was a not very common blip on the radar for Sri Lanka’s teen-aged, talented National Table Tennis Champion Udaya Ranasinghe when he was beaten by school-mate Thilina Wijesiri in the semi-final of the open event at the Central Province TT Championships worked off at the Jagath Rajapakse International Stadium in Doluwa Another former Champion [...]
Ahadiyyah Maligawatte champions
N.M.W.A. Sunday Religious (Ahadiyyah) School, Maligawatte emerged champions at the cricket tournament for the President’s Cup 2014 beating Dehiwela Ahadiyyah School in the final. This cricket tournament organised by the Colombo District Ahadiyyah Schools Federation for the ahadiyyahs in Colombo District was worked-off at the Umagiliya Public Ground at Kolonnawa recently. In this well organised [...]
LIS Nugegoda bags U-15 ‘A’ division Cager Championship
Lyceum Nugegoda Girls and Boys captured the coveted Under 15 ‘A’ Division titles at the recently concluded championship organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Basketball Association. In a thrilling final hosted by HSC Blues Basketball Club at Hendry Pedris Courts, Lyceum Nugegoda Girls met their opponents Lyceum Wattala and unleashed their fast-paced, swashbuckling brand of [...]
Musaeus win at Badminton
Musaeus College Colombo won the All-Island Inter-School Under-13 Doubles Badminton Championship 2014 organised and conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Badminton Association. The victorious team was led by Parindya Mullegama with the support of her deputy Niduli Hamara. Others who represented Musaeus were Imasha Methyani, Himandi Nanayakkara. Tulani Jayasinghe, Sithmi Hewage, Induwaree de Silva, Lenmini [...]
Skipper Kamil’s double ton steers Mahanama to quarters
A swashbuckling unbeaten 205 by Mahanama Panadura skipper Kamil Mishara helped his side to book a berth to the quarter final of the Under 13 Division Two inter-schools cricket tournament. Kamil’s 129 ball knock which comprised 29 boundaries and nine sixes enabled Mahanama to record an easy first inning win over CWW Kannangara MMV Hunumulla [...]
Saneera in pre-Olympic football squad
Saneera Vaas of Maris Stella College Negombo who achieved many feats in his career as a footballer got through the G.C.E. Advance Level examination with flying colours obtaining ‘A’ passes for all four subjects this year in the Commerce stream. Currently he represents the Negombo Youth SC as its goalkeeper and is actively engaged in [...]
Curtain comes down on Central Province TT
The curtain came down of a successfully concluded Central Province Table Tennis Championship for the Prime Minister’s Challenge Trophy 2014 at the Jagath Rajapaksa International Table Tennis Stadium, Kandy last week-end. This tournament was organised and conducted by the Kandy District Table Tennis Association where fifteen girls’ schools and fourteen boys’ schools took part comprising [...]
