Minister to meet cricket hierarchy and set new guidelines
Sports Minister Navinda Dissanayake will meet the Sri Lanka Cricket hierarchy tomorrow at 10 a.m. with a set of strict guidelines which they will have to follow. The Minister told the Sunday Times that initially he wants to have a general discussion about the game of cricket in the country and then gradually get on [...]
Five under par Prabhagaran pips Mithun by one
After trailing the previous day, K. Prabhagaran from Nuwara Eliya Golf Club defended his title successfully by shooting five under par 66 to overhaul overnight leader, Mithun Perera by one and convincingly stretch his lead by two for a grand aggregate total of 16 under par, to clinch the Solar Therm Sri Lanka Open 2014 [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: SLC Premier League n Badureliya vs Colts at Maggona n Air Force vs Bloomfield at AFG, Katunayake n Tamil Union vs NCC at P. Sara Oval n Chilaw Marians vs Moors at R. Premadasa ICS n CCC vs Saracens at CCC n SSC vs SLPA at NCC SLC Emerging Trophy n Lankan CC [...]
French fries kill more people than bullets while Lankan rugby is killing itself
“I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, ever give up, and no matter what else happened”. Wilma Rudolph was born prematurely at 4.5 pounds, the 20th of 22 siblings from two marriages. Rudolph contracted infantile paralysis caused by the [...]
Ashok Vitharana funeral today
WORLD CUP OR BUST The indications are that a TV channel, who has already got the rights to cover the World Cup cricket tournament in New Zealand and Australia this month, may come to a grinding halt. The reason is that they will not be in a position to dole out the heavy tax that [...]
Scorers seminar
A seminar for new Cricket Scorers will be held at the Institute of Sports Science, Torrington Square on February 3 and 4, 2015 commencing at 9 a.m.All who are interested in joining this seminar please contact the following for further information: Chaminda – 0777769498 Krishantha – 0773626646 – LR
Trinity fight back to record ninth outright win
Trinity fought back after having conceded a first inning lead to Wesley to record an outright win by three wickets in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at the Bloomfield ground in Reid Avenue yesterday. The architect of Trinity’s win was their skipper and right spinner Raveen Sayer who was supported by left-arm spinner [...]
Buddika appointed as President
Vishwa Buddika was appointed President and K Mohan de Silva was Secretary of the Old Revathians Cricket Association for 2015 at its 4th AGM held at the Revatha College Hall recently. The full list of Office bearers of the Old Revathians Cricket Association for the year 2015 is as follows. Patron: Bandula Sarath Waduthanthri (Principal [...]
WORLD CUP OR BUST
WORLD CUP OR BUST The indications are that a TV channel, who has already got the rights to cover the World Cup cricket tournament in New Zealand and Australia this month, may come to a grinding halt. The reason is that they will not be in a position to dole out the heavy tax that [...]
Milinda guide Moratuwa SC
Milinda Sepala’s knock of 83 was the feature of the proceedings of the Sara Trophy Division I cricket tournament final between Moratuwa SC and Malay CC which began at the Colts ground yesterday. The morning session of proceedings saw Moratuwa SC being invited to take first lease of the wicket making steady progress as they [...]
The Champaka-Vaas saga: The inside story
Wonder what’s going on inside the Lion’s camp pitched in Kiwi land. Lions getting heckled and pecked by mere Kiwis could be quite disturbing. The pack of lions, after making short work of the high riding Englishmen in a seven match series at home, roared and charged into the Kiwi country in a bid to [...]
Winning the world cup is an arduous task
All Sri Lankans are eagerly looking forward to the World Cricket Cup Tournament which will commence on 14th February this year. Every Sri Lankan cricket fan expect our lads to bring the Cup to our country. As an ardent cricket lover that is my wish too! When you look at the team our country has [...]
Milinda slams career best knock of 180
A career-best knock of 180 by Badureliya SC skipper Milinda Siriwardena against Colts was the feature of the second day’s proceedings in the Premier league cricket encounter played at the Surrey Village ground in Maggona yesterday. Milinda, who was unbeaten on 107 on day one, cracked 23 boundaries and a six which helped Badureliya CC, [...]
Buddhi 203 n.o., Police SC amass mammoth 528/4
Buddhi Samarawickrama slammed an unbeaten 203 inclusive of 16 boundaries and two sixes which was supported by tons from Tharindu Dilshan and Sanindu Keshawa paving the way for Police SC to amass a mammoth score of 528 for 4 against Sebastianites CC in the Emerging Trophy cricket encounter played at Police Park. Buddhi was involved [...]
‘Fired-up’ Tennis in Melbourne
Love of sports and its manifestation; seem to be a passion in Australia. Australian-Open Tennis of 2015 was exciting to those in Melbourne and viewers worldwide with good matches played in well orchestrated arrangements. The event brought the best of plaers in uncompromisingly dedicated arrangements towards good Tennis. Even in difficult conditions everything worked out [...]
Cinnamon Grand Inter Department Cricket Sixes 2014
Over 600 Cinnamon Grand associates gathered at the BRC Grounds for a fun-filled day of cricket, good cheer and family spirit. 180 associates donned their cricketing gear, leaving aside their uniforms for the day; and in 30 teams departments’ competed neck-to-neck, vying to take home the championship trophies (men/women) at the annual Inter Department Cricket [...]
Golf is not a rich man’s sport anymore – Mithun Perera
Two professional golfers representing Sri Lanka, Mithun Perera and K. Prabhagaran are of the view that more tournaments similar to Sri Lanka Open, which gives amateurs the opportunity to compete alongside professionals, would help the sport prosper in the island nation. Perera and Prabhagaran, amateur golfers turned professional from contrasting backgrounds, have gone all the [...]
LB Finance ‘B’ take Mercantile ‘C’ div title
Superb allround performances by Akila Dhananjaya and Gihan de Silva spearheaded LB Finance ‘B’ to a fine 79-runs win on Duckworth/Lewis method, over Standard Chartered Bank in the final of the 4th BMW-Hyundai Cup, MCA Division ‘C’ 50-over League Tournament 2015, concluded at the MCA grounds last weekend. The officiating umpires, Sena Nandiweera and Susil [...]
Merc TT takes for 2015
Mercantile Table Tennis Association kicks off its events for 2015 with the MTTA Veterans’ Championship (Over 40) to be played at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium, Mount Lavinia on February 27 commencing at 5.30pm. This league tournament is open for all permanent employees of all affiliated firms to the Mercantile Table Tennis Association as [...]
Prageeth – the best
The Association of Cricket Umpires felicitated Prageeth Rambukwella for his selection as the Premier Best Umpire 2014 recently. Prageeth, an old Nalandian cricketer started his umpiring career in 2004 and graduated to Premier Panel in 2008. He had performed as the 4th umpire in one test match and five One Day Internationals. Prageeth toured South [...]
School kids continue to create upsets
Schoolboys and girls continued to create major upsets in the 47th Carrom National Championship 2015 worked off at the Carrom Federation Headquarters, Maharagama last weekend. In the Women’s Singles pre-quarter-finals a 15-year-old schoolgirl from Dharmapala Vidyalaya, Pannipitiya, Kaushalya Vidanagama ranked No.14 defeated the No. 4 ranked Arosha Wickramasinghe in the third round 25/19, 18/24, 23/18 [...]
Lyceum Int.Wattala wins two shuttle tournaments
Lyceum International School Wattala won two championship titles at the Inter-International Schools Badminton Tournament organised by the Gateway College Colombo. Lyceum Wattala won the Boy’s Under-17 and Girls’ Under-13 championships to bring honour to their school. In the Boy’s Under-17 category, Lyceum Wattala beat Royal Institute Colombo by 3-0 while their Under-13 Girls’ team beat [...]
Susamayawardene College have no ground of their own
Susamayawardene College, Colombo 8, which is 61-years-old is where three national players Akalanka Ganegama, Dimuth Karunaratne and Jeevan Mendis started their cricketing careers as schoolboys is urgently in need of facilities for the game to go on smoothly. The school authorities should be commended for keeping the game alive and taking part in the schools [...]
Keen reflexes, cat like agility marks Fei QuanDo Grading
Keen reflexes, good positioning and cat like agility were the hall marks at the Fei Quan Do (Way of the Flying Fists) International Grading Test for all Colours and Grades where Black Belts were awarded for Kabeer, Shanaka, Yadesh and Ravindran. The grading took place at the Royal College Sports Complex, Colombo 7. The Grading [...]
Karn Kashyap leads Dragons to easy win over Warriors
Karn Kashyap stroked a brilliant unbeaten 53 with nine boundaries and a six to lead BSC Dragons to record a comfortable 9-wicket win over BSC Warriors in the annual big match of the British School Colombo. Batting first the BSC Warriors scored 74 for the loss of three wickets in their first innings. The Dragon [...]
Under-13 Girls winners Standing from left: Senesa Semali, Thulasi Tharanesparan, Udana Jagoda (Vice Captain), Himaya Wijesekara (Captain), Adithya Bandara, Ranudi Jagoda
Thanushi Rodrigo of Mahamaya College and Udaya Ranasinghe of Vidyartha College, made Kandy proud when they were adjudged the Most Outstanding Players in the Girls/Women’s and Boys’/Men’s categories at the Mayor’s Cup All Island Open Ranking Table Tennis Championship 2015 held last week-end at the Bandula Gunawardene Indoor Stadium, Lumbini College, Colombo 5. This championship [...]