Change is a must, but it should be done consensually: Sidath
A long time ago my mother said, the most dangerous thing in life is to be undecided. She explained that when one is undecided, one is neither in nor out, one just keeps floating in a vacuum and one’s opinion is not worth a dime or worth a second to waste on. Yet, I see [...]
Indians due to arrive on August 9 for three Tests
The Indian Test team once a frequent visitor to the shores of Sri Lanka, will be back for serious action after a lapse of almost four years on a three Test and no frills series on August nine. The visitors who last played a Test series in Sri Lanka ended up 1-1, losing the Test [...]
SLRFU continues unheeded amidst confusion
The office bearers elected two years ago headed by Asanga Seneviratne still continue to carry on their duties at the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) after the second attempt to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) was put off by the Ministry of Sports two weeks ago.According to the incumbent general secretary of SLRFU, [...]
Eshan and Himahansika bring curtains down with titles in their bags
Lahiru Eshan and Tharushi Himahansika emerged champions in the Men’s and Women’s singles and signalled the conclusion of the Mid Year Novices Carrom Championship 2015, organised and conducted by the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka, worked off at the Federation Headquarters last Sunday. In a tournament where schoolboys and girls stole the limelight and the [...]
Bloomfield felicitation dinner
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, one of the leading cricket-playing clubs in Sri Lanka with a rich history held a felicitation dinner for Roshan Mahanama, Kumar Dharmasena and Ruchira Palliyaguru, three former cricketers turned top ICC match officials. The felicitation dinner coincided with the Golden Anniversary Celebration of Bloomfield becoming Sara Trophy Champions in 1963/64. [...]
YMCA’s Zulfikar emerges Colombo District champion
YMCA’s S.M. Zulfikar emerged the Colombo District Snooker Champion when he defeated J.M. Bandara of Army by four frames to one in the seven frame final played at the Billiards and Snooker Association headquarters billiards table at Sugathadasa Sports Hotel in Colombo yesterday. Zulifkar had little difficulty in overcoming his opponent Bandara after taking a [...]
King in the woods under Royal rampage
Confidence oozing from every pore, a relaxed Royal side devastated Kingswood by 49 points (3 goals, 5 tries, 1 penalty) to 7 (a goal). At the break, the winners had done more than enough (27-0) to seal the game in their favour. A half-full Royal complex had the pleasure of seeing the famed forwards run [...]
Science pip St. Joseph’s at the post
It was almost a repeat ending of last year in the second round of the Singer U20 Rugby league encounter between Science and St. Joseph’s played at Mt. Lavinia yesterday where Science pipped the Josephians by three points by recording 29 points to 26 victory. Science came back with a late burst after conceding a [...]
Peterites turn tables to down Trinity
St. Peter’s from a hopeless position of 10-20 at the breather turned tables to recorda 30 points to 25 win over Trinity in a second round match of the Singer U20 Rugby league encounter played at Bambalapitiya yesterday. The Peterites spearheaded by skipper Kevin Dixon who played the position of center chalked up 20 points [...]
Please save me!
Please save me! A top level inquiry was underway regarding women cricketers. It has now surfaced that a certain individual has walked into the women’s dressing room during a match in his underwear. Now that the cat is out of the bag, this official is going around begging behind these lasses NOT to divulge his [...]
Cricket coaching — no more bogus certificates
The Coaching Department and the Coach Education Unit of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has initiated a programme to authenticate the booming cricket coaching certificates, most of them counterfeit, in Sri Lanka. The SLC’s Coach Education Unit, through a media communiqué elaborated its observation on the growing number of coaching certificates that are moving around Sri [...]
SLRFU looking for former players to become referees
In a startling revelation the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) referees committee has understood that if the current phase of refereeing in Sri Lanka continues there will be no referees within the next five years. The reason according to the observation is that over forty percent of Sri Lanka’s total referees are below 38 [...]
Surviving amidst Parisian glamour
The Grand-Slam venue Roland-Garros in Paris has laid an inviting carpet to the world in its presentation of the French-Open 2015. Nothing has been spared to take the event into the global mega league attraction. As for the players, the hurdle of getting past the first challenges, that is to get past the first two [...]
Royal produced the keenest bench in years
The performance of Rugby Royal last week will be memorable to all and mostly to the players. It will be equally or more memorable to those ten players from the bench who would say, “I played in that match”. With the scoreboard reading 49 points to nil the Royalists were yelling for the fifty plus [...]
Sachin, Malinga and Sahan still in the lead
Nothing seems to bother Sachin Dalpethado as the leader of the 36th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2015. With just two weekends remaining before the end of the competition, Sachin has expanded his lead further by 2509, taking his tally to 18607 in the All-Island Schools segment. He leads second [...]
TTASL selects strong contingent for New Delhi South Asian c’ships
At the conclusion of the trials held at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium last weekend the Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka (TTASL) selected a strong contingent of fourteen players to represent Sri Lanka at the South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championship scheduled to be held from June 17 to 19 at the Talkatora [...]
Joes annihilate Bens with resounding win
St. Joseph’s College stomped on to a huge 110-run victory over St. Benedict’s College in a All-Island Under-17 Division I game played at Kotahena. Winning the toss and batting first St. Joseph’s were given a sound start with openers Revan Kelly (41) and Dario Dasanayake (19) adding 61 runs for the first wicket. The innings [...]
Greens maroon Thoras at Longdon Place
A clinical team effort gave defending Schools League Rugby champions Isipathana College a smashing 62-15 win against S. Thomas’ College in a Cup Segment game of the Singer Schools Under-20 League Championship played at Longdon Place yesterday. The Green Shirts scored from a staggering tally of 10 tries and six conversions while leading the halftime [...]
Anthony Symons still hooked on pedalling
For the second occasion veteran cyclist Anthony Symons took part in the renowned Five Boro Bike Tour USA held annually in New York City of the United States of America. Symons (72) was accompanied by his son Marlon, who is 50-years of age and a citizen of the USA. The Symons ended the race among [...]
Shore to Shore ‘A’ retain Printers Sixes
Shore to Shore ‘A’ retained the Printer’s Cricket ‘Sixes’ title with a comfortable five wickets win over Flexi Print ‘A’ in the Finals at the 10th Sri Lanka Association of Printers Six a Side cricket tournament 2015 concluded at the NCC grounds recently. Shore to Shore ‘A’ has now won the title five times in [...]
A sustainable future for cricket in Sri Lanka
Introduction Cricket in Sri Lanka has evolved beyond a sport. It is one of the country’s biggest brands. It is indeed a national asset and has helped propel Sri Lanka on the global map. At present measures need to be taken to ensure that SLC continues to maintain its competitiveness on the global stage. This [...]
Oldest living Cricket Captain of Ananda College
At the age of a ripe 86, Bobby Wickramasinghe is the oldest living cricket captain of Ananda. I visited him at his residence in Malabe by prior appointment. He welcomed me very warmly and we had lunch together. His beloved wife Manel passed away in 1999 after a brief illness. She was a daughter of [...]
Top shuttle fare at International Challenge from June 2 to 6
The second Yonex Sunrise Sri Lanka International Challenge Badminton Championship 2015 will get off at the Sugathadasa Indoor Sports Complex from June 2 to 6. Organised and conducted by the Sri Lanka Badminton Association with the blessings of the World Badminton Federation and the Badminton Asia Confederation, the contest will be competed by 209 shuttlers [...]
Rumeshika recreates athletic history
Teenage sensation Rumeshika Kumari Ratnayake of St. Joseph’s Balika Maha Vidyalaya, Kegalle became the ‘Queen of Athletics’ when she battered two national records established 21 years ago by legendary sprinter Damayanthi Dharsha at the recently concluded 35th Junior National Athletics Championship held the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, Diyagama. Coming out with flying colours this young lass [...]
Pros and cons of high priced rugby tickets
High priced tickets and cricket match-like scores is one of the troubling issues for the present quality of rugby played at schools level. This week we took the question to the public and some prominent figures in the rugby circle. Rizah Mubarak (National Ruggerite) They are making rugby too commercialised. At school level it should [...]
Eighteen teams in pre-quarters
Eighteen teams have entered the pre-quarter final round of the inaugural All Island Girls Under 17 Cricket Tournament 2015 organised and conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association in collaboration with Sri Lanka Cricket.Thirty five teams participated in the first round were played in 11 groups in league basis with 25 overs a side. [...]
EWIS to meet Union Assurance in E div final
Unbeaten EWIS and Union Assurance PLC advanced to the final of the 12th David Pieris Group of Companies Sponsored, ‘DPGC’ Challenge Trophy, MCA ‘E’ Division 30-Over League Tournament 2015. The semi-finals were worked off simultaneously at the MCA and Thurstan College grounds last weekend. A well compiled 75 runs in 69 balls, inclusive of five [...]
Four athletes who won medals in Qatar felicitated
Four young athletes, who won medals at the Asian Youth Athletics Championships 2015 held in Qatar, were felicitated with cash awards by the Minister of Sports Navin Dissanayake at the Ministry Auditorium last week. The youngsters who bagged medals were Yamani Dulanjali, U.K. Dharshan, Chamal Kumarasiri and Roshan Dhammika. Yamani won a gold medal in [...]
D.S. Senanayake ‘B’ register third successive win over De Mazenod Kandana
A strong pace-spin bowling combination guided D.S. Senanayake College ‘B’ to register their third successive victory over De Mazenod College, Kandana in the ongoing Inter Schools Under 15 Division II cricket tournament match played at Kandana. Batting first DSS totalled 200 in 48.4 overs with Chamath Yatawara top scoring with a well compiled 42 while [...]
Mihith Eknaligoda bags five swim medals
Mihith Eknaligoda, a promising young swimmer from Ananda College bagged five medals at the annual swimming competition of Fingara Swimming Academy held last week. He bagged four gold medals and a silver medal in the Under-7 age category and went on to become the champion swimmer of the age group. Under the guidance of his [...]
Neyara Weerawansa is Otters Under 12 tennis champ
Neyara Weerawansa of the British School in Colombo became the Otter Aquatic Club Under-12 girls champion when she beat Denuli Jayakodi 6/2, 6/0 in the B Grade Open final played at the Otter Aquatic Club Tennis courts. Neyara, a player with lots of promise had it easy against her rival Denuli who could not match [...]
Rashmika grabs first hat-trick of the tournament
Trinity’s left arm pacie Rashmika Dilshan had the honour of taking the first hat-trick in the ongoing Under 17 Division One cricket tournament which he achieved against Kegalu MV in the match played at Asgiriya. Rashmika who ended with impressive figures of 7 for 29 helped his side record a massive 199 run victory after [...]
St. John’s Nugegoda ‘Centenary Year’ TT finals today
St. John’s College, Nugegoda completed 100 years as a prominent boys school on May 5, 2015 and celebrated the historical ‘Centenary Year” in a grand scale and part of the of the Centenary Celebration an All Island Junior Ranking Table Tennis Championship 2015, organised by the ’82 Batch of Old Boys Association scheduled to be [...]
Pasan guides Ananda
Impressive bowling figures of 5 for 23 by Pasan Ranasinghe laid the foundation for Ananda to record a convincing eight wicket win against Zahira in the All-Island Inter-School Under-15 Division I cricket encounter played at Ananda Mawatha. Ananda after bowling out Zahira for a low score of 109 reached the target in the 24th over. [...]
