Dear minister; this may be interesting
Did it come on second thoughts where the authorities are concerned? But the new sport shirt put on Minister Navin Dissanayake is as bright as the one he wore on the day of swearing-in. There are some people when they take upon a challenge they tend to wade into unknown territory. At times it comes [...]
Bangladesh U19 fight back to level series
The visiting Bangladesh U19 team fought back with vengeance to level the five match ODI series against host Sri Lanka U19’s with a convincing 60 runs win in the fourth ODI encounter played at the R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday. The Bangladesh young tigers who came into the game needing to pull off a victory to [...]
Ramanayake to replace Vaas with immediate effect
SLC fast bowling Coach Champaka Ramanayake is to replace the National fast bowling Coach Chaminda Vaas with immediate effect. The recent bowling slump in the Lankan national squad has pushed the cricket hierarchy to seek the executive nod on a priority basis and have requested Ramanayake to be packed and ready. The problem cropped even [...]
Chanuka ten and Ramesh ton steer St Servatius
A century by Ramesh Nimantha and a match bag of ten wickets by Chanuka Dilshan helped St Servatius College register a ten wicket win against St Sylvester’s College at the Uyanwatte Stadium. St Servatius batting first scored 268 runs. Ramesh Nimantha scored his second century for the season with a well compiled 112 off 151 [...]
A bag full of money for those with kit full of skill
Over 125 golfers including top professionals from the local and foreign circuits will be in action on their hunt for the prestigious Solar Therm Sri Lanka Open 2014 title where a total cash reward of Rs. Two Million is packed for delivery. The prize money, double than last year’s cash award collectively, will be on [...]
Food for thought at Hayleys Agri fun
Hayleys Agriculture Food Export Division held its annual get-together and sports day for the fifth consecutive year at Havelock Park in Colombo. Many sports and entertainment events were organised for the large gathering of staff members of HJSCSF, who were present from different parts of the country such as Biyagama, Alawwa, Padiyathalawa, Mahiyanganaya and Jaffna. [...]
Dilanka, Sammu have Bens in a spin
The left and right arm spin combination of Dilanka Sandaken and Sammu Ashan shared 15 of the 20 wickets of St Benedict’s as the duo steered Ananda to a convincing innings and 69 run win in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter which ended at Ananda Mawatha yesterday. Dilanka ended with a match bag of [...]
Gampaha masters at athletics
Gampaha District Masters Athletics Association will conduct its All-Island Masters Open Athletics Championship on February 28 and March 1 at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike (Sri Bodhi) grounds in Gampaha. Over 700 athletes both men and women ranging from age groups of 35 to 90 years are expected to take part in this meet and will compete [...]
Ukgalpola efforts in vain for St. Anthony’s
The visiting Sebastianites restored some kind of pride by batting much better second time round after losing on the first innings to the Antonians by 57 runs at Katugastota. After early heroics from Ukgalpola, it was Kavindu Yapa Bandara who took the spotlight with a well compiled half century. The Fernandos – Pramesh and Rasika [...]
Kandy arrest Cops in their own backyard
Kandy Sports Club kept its hopes of claiming the Dialog Division ‘A’ League Championship intact after recording a clinical 37-3 win against Police Sports Club in a second round match played at Longden Place yesterday. Kandy SC won the game with bonus points after scoring five tries, three conversions and two penalties. They led the [...]
Navy power play too much for Army
Sri Lanka Navy turned in a fine performance to drub the Sri Lanka Army by 43 points (7 tries, 4 goals) to 8 (1 try, 1 penalty) in the Dialog Premier League second round rugby clash at Welisara yesterday. At the breather Navy led 31-3. In the first round game Navy registered a 48-3 win [...]
Rugby standards take a plunge
Were Sharks stung by Navy and immobilized to reduce their performance or were the Sharks inept in matching the standards required from a match in the premier league. The scoring for the day were nineteen tries by Navy and one by Sharks. This means a try was scored every four minutes. Fifteen players in the [...]
Andri now clad in Black and Ash in ICC World Cup
Exactly five years ago former St. Peter’s College opener and wicketkeeper Andri Rafaello Berenger was in New Zealand representing Sri Lanka as a frontline batsman in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. During the recent years Berenger has tried his utmost to get into the Sri Lanka national stream and he was almost up to [...]
‘Heat’ of the Australian- Open draw
The first day of the Australian-Open sent more than a share of the ‘big guns’ among women out. Most noticeable was top ten Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic. In these early rounds of the new season, it is easy to catch good players who are still nursing their game, off balance. This makes the first Gran-Slam the [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: SLC Premier League Bloomfield vs Badureliya SC at Bloomfield Colts vs Tamil Union at Colts NCC vs Ragama CC at NCC CCC vs Chilaw Marians at CCC Moors vs Army at Moors Saracens vs SSC at FTZ, Katunayake SLC Emerging Trophy Kalutara PCC vs Police at Police Park Galle CC vs Sebastianites at [...]
DO YOUR JOB “Do your job without interfering in matters that does not concern you.” This bit of advice was given by a new minister when he addressed the gathering at a key sports body. He was obviously referring to somebody and everyone in the audience apparently knew whom the minister was talking about. The [...]
Vidyartha, Visakha are boys and girls U-16 TT champs
Vidyartha College ‘B’ Kandy and Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo showed their prowess to clinch the Boys and Girls championships respectively at the All Island Inter Schools U.16 Team Table Tennis Championship – 2014 ( Last year’s tournament) organised and conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Table Tennis Association and concluded at the S Thomas’ Indoor Stadium, [...]
Nelson Mendis final on February 15
The Second Round of the Super 12 matches of the 11th International Under 14 Cricket Tournament 2014 for the Nelson Mendis Challenge Trophy which was postponed due to bad weather in December 2014, has been re-scheduled. The Final match will be played on Sunday, February 15 at the Colombo Cricket Club (CCC) Grounds. Match Schedule: [...]
Isipathana reigns supreme at Zahira 7s Friendship Rugby
Isipathana College, the tree-time winners went on to grab their fourth Zahira 7s Friendship Rugby Challenge Trophy, beating gritty Prince of Wales’ College by 24-19 in an unexpected nerve-tingling Cup final played at Maradana last Sunday. Last season’s schools triple crown champions, Isipathana was given a stiff challenge by the Cambrians who took the Cup [...]
Ananda Sasthralaya, a strong combination of pace and spin
Ananda Sasthralaya, Kotte which stands tall in the old Kingdom of Sri Jayawardenapura is a proud institution which has produced top academics and professionals who are making Sri Lanka proud at home and abroad. This school with a history of over 125 years has been playing cricket for a long time and their performances were [...]
NCC amass 404 against Ragama
NCC taking first lease of the wicket helped by half tons from openers Niroshan Dickwella (55), skipper Upul Tharanga (62), Jehan Mubarak (80), Angelo Perera (54), Tharindu (65) and Sohan Boralessa (50 n.o.) made a mammoth score of 404 against Ragama CC in the Premier league cricket encounter at the NCC ground. NCC’s innings was [...]
Tharindu, Manjula score tons as Police pile up 500/9
Tharindu Dilshan and Manjula Jayawardena slammed tons as Police SC posted a mammoth 500 for 9 declared against Kalutara PCC on day two in their Emerging Trophy encounter played at the Police Park. Tharindu’s knock of 126 came off just 92 balls that included 13 boundaries and eight sixes while Manjula was unbeaten on 74 [...]
Those cricket siblings at Ananda
Dressed in a spotless white shirt and a blue Tasso shorts when we walked through the gates of Ananda College at Paranawadiya, there was always a sense of pride. On its own it held its own awe that stood well above the human spirit – the feeling is indescribable. However at this time Ananda’s central [...]
“I’m very confident that I can pass the official test in Chennai”: Ajmal
Pakistan announced their 2015 World Cup uniform with real fanfare in a glamour filled ceremony held in Lahore. Sadly during that evening, as the players lined up on the stage to proudly display their allegiance with the green flag, the familiar figure of Saeed Ajmal that has adorned Pakistan’s ODI colours for 111 ODIs whilst [...]
Schoolboys topple top seeds
Top seeds Nishantha Fernando and Lahiru Eshan were beaten at the 47th National Carrom Championship organised and conducted by the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka. The event was worked off at the Carrom Federation Headquarters in Maharagama. They were beaten in the pre-quarter-finals by two schoolboys Sasrika Muthunayake and Minoj Ravindu of Prince of Wales’ [...]
Shuttle tussle tomorrow
The spotlight falls on the keen tussle for the Presidency at the Sri Lanka Badminton Association Annual General Meeting scheduled to be held tomorrow (Monday) at the Badminton Headquarters, Torrington Square at 3.00pm. This close contest will be between the incumbent President Suraj Dandeniya and former President, National Champion, captain of the Sri Lanka Badminton [...]
Charith and Gihan lead their respective sides to victory
A century by opening batsman, Charith Satharasinghe (113 in 119 balls, inclusive of 17 fours) put Standard Chartered Bank on the right side of the ledger with a heart stopping, last ball, one-wicket win over Commercial Leasing Co. in the 4th BMW-Hyundai Trophy, MCA Division ‘C’ 50-over League Tournament 2015 semi-final played last weekend. In [...]
