Right Royal humble pie
St. Peter’s recorded a thrilling eight-wicket win over Royal in their Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Bambalapitiya yesterday. Royal batting duo Naveen Vidanapathirana and Geeshanth Panditharatne almost denied the Peterites’ victory with their stubborn batting while facing an innings defeat, but right-arm off-spinner Vinu Mohotti’s bowling stood in their way. Mohotti bagged a haul [...]
BRC crush Kalutara TC by innings
BRC recorded a crushing innings and 46 runs over Kalutara TC with a day to spare in the Emerging Trophy cricket encounter concluded at the BRC ground yesterday. BRC having dominated the first day’s proceedings continued to torment their opponents and then put themselves in a match winning position in the second session of proceedings [...]
Portugal’s Machado emerge champion
Rui Machado of Portugal emerged the singles champion of the first Sri Lanka Men’s Futures Tennis Tournament with an easy win over Jan Satral of Czech Republic in the final played at the Queens Club tennis courts in Colombo yesterday. Machado lived up to his expectations as the top seed as he was too good [...]
Dhammika Prasad injured — will miss World Cup
Sri Lanka Cricket informed yesterday that Lankan speedster Dhammika Prasad was hit on the outside of the left hand when attempting a return catch while bowling. X-ray showed a fracture of the 5th metacarpal bone. The fracture has been realigned and put in a cast. Dhammika will not be available for the upcoming World Cup. [...]
Lankans being lionized to lambast Kiwis at World Cup opener
Sri Lanka’s hopes for the World Cup opener on February 14 are on an upward trajectory with the players in their best of mind frame and gelling well, while the secret weapons Malinga is all set to unleash his force at the opponents, Chief Selector Sanath Jayasuriya told the Sunday Times, prior to his departure [...]
Moors SC, Army SC qualify to all four finals
The completion of the knockout stages the Inter-Club Billiards and Snooker Championships conducted by the Billiards and Snooker Association of Sri Lanka saw defending champions Moors SC and Army SC qualifying to all the four finals. The tournament also saw the participation of 11 teams around the island which were divided into four divisions. Moors [...]
ICC clears Saeed Ajmal and Sohag Gazi
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed that following remedial work and retests, the bowling actions of Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal and Sohag Gazi of Bangladesh have been found to be legal, and the players can now resume bowling in international cricket. In advance of any retest, a player who has been banned from bowling in [...]
World Cup warm-ups in Australia to be telecast
The start of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 is upon us and host broadcaster and ICC global media rights partner Star Sports is gearing up its production to make sure that the 2.5 billion people who have access to the live pictures from more than 200 terrtories around the world will enjoy an unrivaled [...]
Navy smash Air Force
Navy SC recorded a smashing 40 points (5 goals and 1 try) to 20 (2 goals and 2 penalties) victory over Air Force in their Dialog ‘A’ Division League Rugby Second Round encounter played at the Navy ground at Welisara yesterday. Navy led 21-20 at the breather. Air Force took an early lead when fly [...]
Disciplinary Committee disciplines Navy rugby officials
The Disciplinary Committee of Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) yesterday suspended an official and a former official attached to the Sri Lanka Navy Rugby team from getting involved with the game for the remainders of the ongoing Dialog Division ‘A’ Rugby League Tournament. Navy SC official, Commodore H.A.U.D. Hettiarachchi and K.D.I. Rathnasooriya, a former [...]
Ragama CC in first innings win over Tamil Union
Lahiru Milantha scored a fine 110 inclusive of eight boundaries and a six while Eranga Ratnayake made 85 with 16 boundaries to help Ragama CC to record a first innings win over Tamil Union in the Premier league cricket encounter concluded at P. Sara Stadium yesterday. The duo added a valuable partnership of 138 runs [...]
Navin’s six and hidden bouncers
Lankan cricket is burning at both ends – or is it three? At one end, in New Zealand, the players are readying themselves to face the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, but one could easily say that they are not in the prime mental status having lost their last two overseas ODI series badly to [...]
Men’s ‘Futures’ Tennis at Gymkhana
While the dust settles on Australian-Open with Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic wearing the laurels wreath, we do the analysis as to why losers lost and the strength of winners. With Internet access to facts and lots of opinions, events do not stop to e the topic of interest when the curtain comes down. The [...]
Whistles, referees and acceptable behaviour
Grandmother or tails, sir?, asked an anonymous referee from Princess Anne’s son Peter Phillips, Gordonstoun School’s rugby captain, for his pre-match coin-toss preference in 1995 – Daily Telegraph. Imagine the plight of a referee in Sri Lanka if he decided to break ice with a similar pun. There would have been hundreds of comments and [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: SLC Premier League Badureliya vs Air Force at Maggona NCC vs Bloomfield at NCC SSC vs Moors at SSC Chilaw Marians vs Army at R. Premadasa ICS SLPA vs Saracens at CCC SLC Emerging Trophy Galle CC vs Panadura SC at Galle Sebastianites vs Navy at Moratuwa Kalutara TC vs BRC at BRC [...]
Army Colours night on Feb 12
The 64th Sri Lanka Army Colours Night will take place on February 12 at the BMICH commencing at 7.00 p.m. with the patronage of State Minister for Defence Ruwan Wijewardene who will be the Chief Guest. 595 sportsmen and women will receive colours for their outstanding performances in various sports disciplines. Army sportsmen and women [...]
Janashakthi Hosts Annual Sports Day
Janashakthi Insurance held their Annual Sports Day at the BRC grounds in Colombo recently. Winner of the Sports Day was Head Office Sales team while Head Office and Central Zone teams ended at second and third places respectively. Organised by Janashakthi’s Sports and Welfare Club, the event saw lively participation from across the organisation, competing [...]
Bloomfield office bearers 2015
The newly elected office bearers of Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, headed by Jayantha Seneviratne, appointed its sub committees last week after conducting the Annual General Meeting recently. Seneviratne was elected the President of Bloomfield by a majority while Rohan de Alwis was elected General Secretary. Nihal Marasinghe was elected Treasurer. The three Vice Presidents [...]
Poor man’s soccer has no place in Sri Jayewardenepura
Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte Football League with a history of over 60 years served the people and the sports loving public of Kotte in various ways in sports, social and welfare activities with distinction. The football league was the brainchild of late DIG D.N. Van Twest the then ASP of Mirihana Division. An ardent soccer fan [...]
STC Matara home for lunch
St. Thomas’ College Matara made short work of Piliyandala Central College by an innings and fifty six runs and were home for lunch at the Uyanwatte Stadium. Dilum Krishan captured six wickets to demolish the Piliyandala first innings for 61 runs. Tharindu Geeth 15 and Dinush Madhusanka 11 were the only batsman to enter double [...]
Heavyweights keep falling
Schoolboys and girls continued creating upsets in this year’s carrom Nationals as at the 47th National Carrom Singles. In a huge upset, the present World Men’s Singles title holder and Sri Lanka No.2 W.D. Nishantha Fernando was beaten by a schoolboy from Prince of Wales’ College, Moratuwa — Pramedha Mendis in a three set battle. [...]
Dialog launches campaign to support cricketers
The ‘Sri Lanka Cricket Loka Kusalana Lankawe Ape Jathika Pathuma’, powered by Dialog, the official wishing campaign to support the Sri Lanka Cricket Team to bring back the ICC World Cup 2015, is traveling the length and breadth of Sri Lanka to collect well wishes of an entire nation. Pictures show cricket fans eagerly engaged [...]
Kegalu Vidyalaya on first innings
Kegalu Vidyalaya helped by Kosala Bandara 5/31 and Tharuka Wijesinghe 4/49 and an unbeaten 65 runs by Menuka Ranasinghe registered a first innings win against Rahula College at the Uyanwatte Stadium. Rahula batting first after a delayed start due to rain were 131/8 at stumps on day one and were restricted to a first innings [...]
A good dose of extras help AIA
A valiant seventh-wicket partnership of 101 runs between Kalana Ambepitiya (61 runs in 75 balls, inclusive of a six and six fours) and Chamara Prasanna (72 not out in 73 balls, inclusive of a six and eight fours) and a generous dose of 30 runs in extras, guided AIA Insurance to a close two wicket [...]
Club Bentota makes it a family final
In a home-and-home final, hosts Club Bentota ‘A’ emerged as the new Champions of the Travel Trade Sports Club Beach Volleyball Tournament, beating their ‘B’ team in the 8th edition, concluded at Paradise Island, Aluthgama last week-end. The tournament was sponsored by Mt. Lavinia Hotel Group (MLHG) for the third year running and was once [...]
SLTA bracing for bigger deeds
With the onset of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) sanctioned Men’s Futures Tournament after a lapse of ten years, the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) chief, Iqbal Bin Issack believes that the country is shaping up to the next level gradually in tennis. Issack will go down in the annals of Sri Lanka tennis history [...]
AN EXHIBITION GAME OF SORTS
AN EXHIBITION GAME OF SORTS After a long time a game played with a net and ball took pride of place. This was supposed to be a tournament to pick a pool for the world competition to be held Down Under in August. The only competition in this sport took place about six months ago [...]
Principal, staff and Old Boys a great strength to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
Sri Jayawardenapura M.V., Kotte which is 190 years old was known as Christian College in the early days. The school stands high in education as well as sports activities. A school which had been playing cricket for over 130 years it has produced a lot of cricketers who were well recognised in school and club [...]
St. Peter’s edge past Isipathana to win rugby U 20 Sevens title
In a closely contested battle St. Peter’s College bounced back to edge last year’s champions Isipathana College 7-5 to bag the All-Island Schools Under-20 7s Rugby Championship at Royal College Sports Complex last Sunday. This was the fifth occasion that the Peterites, led by winger Kevin Dickson, won the Schools 7s title after having won [...]
WP Ranking TT will conclude today
The Western Province Ranking Table Tennis Championship 2015 conducted by the Lumbini College, Colombo commenced yesterday and will conclude today at the Bandula Gunawardane Indoor Stadium at Lumbini College, Colombo 5. Over three hundred competitors along with the ranked players of the Western Province will show their prowess and this tournament is sure to be [...]
