Fast and furious: Future of Lanka’s cricket
Recently I watched a clip made during the heydays of the great West Indian fast bowling machine that took Caribbean cricket to astronomical heights. After the legendary bodyline series which was used only as a ploy to curb the Bradman dominance over the Englishmen, this was the time when a cricketing nation used fast bowling [...]
Oh! So close
Roistering, ruthless Royal succeeded in edging out Trinity by the barest minimum in a match that did justice to some of the finest games seen in the 71st year old series. In doing so, Royal broke the Pallekelle Hoodoo’ and this should serve them well when it comes to the return leg. Royal gained their points [...]
CSN bid for TV rights to be taken up by the SLC IC
The Interim Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket will sit on Wednesday to evaluate local bids for TV rights, in which CSN an exclusive Sports Channel is a major runner. CEO Sri Lanka Cricket Ashley de Silva speaking to the Sunday Times said “We will form a Tender Committee which probably would comprise the CEO, Head [...]
Sanga hassled by UK immigration officer
Sri Lanka cricket star Kumar Sangakkara, currently in England turning out for the English county Surrey, had to taste the bitter side of the United Kingdom Immigration Department in London. Sangakkara, who was in London during the final week of April to play Surrey’s Division II match against Essex at the Kennington Oval, is believed [...]
L.V. Jayaweera boxing action
H.G.D.L. Abeysekara (Red) of Pallebowala MV Hanguranketha delivers a blow to knock down W.D.P.S. Sankapala (Blue) of Rajasinghe MV Hanwella in the Bantamweight 37-39kg bout of the 42nd L.V. Jayaweera Inter-School Boxing Tournament at the Mahanama College Auditorium in Colombo yesterday. The tournament sponsored by MAS Holdings was well participated by over 400 schoolboys from [...]
Lankans dump the Volcanoes to win Asian5Nations
Sri Lanka recorded runaway 27-14 victory against the Philippines in the final of the Asian5Nations Division I rugby tournament match played at the Philippines National Stadium in Manila yesterday. With this Sri Lanka wins the ARFU Asian5Nations Division I championship, earning a shot in the Top Division if they beat the third placed team from [...]
Fourth day’s play washed out
The fourth and final day’s play of the Sri Lanka ‘A’ and Pakistan ‘A’ 1st unofficial Test match at the R. Premadasa Stadium was washed out without a ball being bowled. Inclement weather on the previous day and in the morning of day four made play impossible which forced the umpires to call of the match [...]
Wesley and S. Thomas’ battle for Sir Oliver Goonetilleke Shield
Wesley and S. Thomas’ two of the leading Christian schools in Sri Lanka will battle it out in their rugby encounter for the Sir Oliver Goonetilleke Memorial Shield scheduled to be played on May 15 at Havelock Park with the kick off set for 4.30pm. This was revealed by Farman Cassim, match coordinator at a [...]
Science and S.Thomas’ triumph in Kandy
The two Mt. Lavinia Colleges – S. Thomas and Science recorded wins over Dharmaraja Kandy and St. Anthony’s Katugastota in their Inter-School rugby games in Kandy yesterday. Science College overcame Dharmaraja 59-33 at Bogambara while S. Thomas’ had the better of St. Anthony’s 30-17 at Nittawela. Science’s 50 points were made up of 5 goals, 3 [...]
Boteju defeats Fazil to retain number one spot
Reigning national snooker champion Susantha Boteju of YMCA continued his dominance as retained the number one sport when he defeated a gritty youngster M.F.M. Fazil of MICH in the final of the ranking tournament played at the Automobile Association Club AAC) billiard table. Boteju who came out on top with a six frames to four [...]
St Joseph’s second half burst too much for Wesley
The second half burst of St Joseph’s enabled them to coast to a comfortable 33 points to 15 win over Wesley and end their last league campaign of the Singer U20 Schools rugby tournament on a winning note in the match played at Longdon Place yesterday. The Josephians after trailing 9-10 at the breather made [...]
Hemasiri says now the minister is flexible
A positive sign of response was aired by Hemasiri Fernando, President of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOC) last Thursday when he affirmed that the impending situation of sports administration bodies in Sri Lanka will once again come to normalcy very soon. While stating the importance of the removal of at least 10 [...]
Malinga valiant, but Sachin stays ahead
St. Peter’s College allrounder Sachin Dalpethado continues to stay ahead in the All-Island segment of the 36th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2015, as the competition completes its tenth week. Sachin accumulated 1647 votes during the ended week as he leads close contender Malinga Amarasinghe of Nalanda College by 2132 [...]
Tennis-holding high-rating
The European season which is currently on, has another angle in Tennis challenges. The spring and summer of Europe is all about outdoor sports. In this atmosphere Tennis has to show strength if it is to be prominent in the European sporting arena. 2015 Fench-Open which will begin in the last week of May and [...]
Lankans looking to do good in Philippines
The first round of the Schools Rugby League has reached its last week and the match that draws interest is the one between Trinity and Royal. This match will be a battle of prestige for more reasons than one. This will decide the number one and two slots in Group B of segment 1. This [...]
IPL 08: A Tale of Comebacks
IPL 2015 enters its last week of league matches. The Chennai fortress has fallen. A resurgent Mumbai have done the improbable. Five wins in the last five matches taking them to the top four spots in the table – their last win coming against Chennai at Chennai on Friday. With 30 runs to get in [...]
Travel Trade Sports Club shuttle tournament on May 17
The 20th Travel Trade Sports Club Men’s and Women’s Badminton Championships 2015, sponsored by Serendib Leisure for the 5th successive year will take place on May 17 at S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium, Mt. Lavinia, commencing 8.30 am. Entries have been called from the TTSC Membership and will close on Wednesday, 13th May at 3.00 [...]
Shuttle and Ping Pong bosses to be elected
The much awaited Annual General Meetings of the Sri Lanka Badminton and Sri Lanka Table Tennis Associations will be held on the 13th and 14th May at the Badminton Association Headquarters and at the National Institute for Sports Science auditorium at 5 p.m. and 2 p.m. respectively. Though a large number of nominations were received, only [...]
The Bradby Fiesta
The vibrant ‘Bradby Fiesta 2015’ hosted by the Royal College Union will get underway on May 23 at the Bloomfield and Racecourse grounds starting from 11.00am until midnight. “The motive behind Bradby Fiesta is to welcome the troops and supporters of Trinity College from Kandy and to give space for the two schools to fuse [...]
India sweeps the board at Sepaktakraw
India made a clean sweep by winning both the Sepaktakraw men and women’s Tournaments 2015, at the St. Joseph’s College auditorium, Colombo 10. India beat Malay CC 2-0 to win the Regu (Singles) event for men and in the Doubles event India overcame the Kolonnawa Malays 2-0. Staging the competition in Sri Lanka was a great [...]
West Indies women cricketers to tour Sri Lanka from May 13
West Indies Women’s cricket team is scheduled to tour Sri Lanka this month to play 4 One Day Internationals and three T20 matches. Sri Lanka lost the ODI Series but won the T20 series against Pakistan last year. At the Women’s World Cup in 2013 Sri Lanka were ranked 5th but dropped to the 7th position [...]
World Cup travails and England cricket
No heads rolled after England’s shambolic World Cup. It was swept under the carpet and Peter Moores’ brave new world was given a fresh airing in the Caribbean. It was surmised that England should put it past Denesh Ramdin’s men, who were a few places below them in the rankings, with some ease. The drawn [...]
MCA Seniors in Over-40 cricket sixes
The Senior Citizens of the Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) will get their flannels pressed, boots dusted and their fitness levels into peak condition, to take part in the MCA Annual Over 40 Cricket ‘Sixes’ 2015 today, (May10) at the MCA and D.S. Senanayake College Grounds, commencing 8.30 am. The following 10 teams have so far [...]
Nalanda past cricketers meet today
The 12th Annual General Meeting of the Nalanda College Past Cricketers’ Association will be held today (May 10) at the Mercantile Cricket Association ‘Club’ at 6 p.m.Nalanda College has produced the majority of national players who brought credit to the motherland in cricket with their excellent sportsmanship on and off the field. All past cricketers are [...]
Eagle Logistics boosted by Himal Fonseka’s 125 n.o
Opening batsman, Himal Fonseka carried his bat to score a sparkling 125 not out in 63 balls inclusive of 7 sixes and an equal number of fours to propel Eagle Logistics to a high flying seven wickets win over MAS Active ‘B’, in the ongoing 12th David Pieris Group of Companies, ‘DPGC’ Challenge Trophy, MCA [...]
It’s finance all the way
Cinnamon Grand Colombo held its inaugural Grand Inter Department Tag Rugby Sixes at the Thurstan College ground recently. Finance ‘A’ and Finance ‘B’ clashed for the finals at the first-ever championship, but the eventual result was a thrilling win for Finance ‘A’ team. After some fierce competition, Finance ‘A’ managed to lead the score board [...]
84 sharp shooters receive Colours
Eighty four shooters from schools received awards at the Sri Lanka Schools Shooting Sports Colours Awarding Ceremony 2014 held at the Nalanda College Main Auditorium on April 28. Among the recipients were 45 boys and 39 girls, who performed exceptionally well locally and internationally through the year 2014. The President of National Shooting Sports Federation, [...]
Damitha Silva – a promising cricketer from Kurunegala
Damitha Naveen Silva of Maliyadeva College Kurunegala is a fine cricketer who represented Sri Lanka junior national team against Australia Under-19 in September 2014 at the age of sixteen. He was the youngest player in the team at that time. He began his schools career at the age of 12 respectively in the Under-13 team [...]