Sanga at Wimbledon
Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara stands and waves in the royal box on centre court before the start of the men’s singles third round match between Australia’s Samuel Groth and Switzerland’s Roger Federer on day six of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 4, 2015. [...]
Pradeep, Prasad shine as Sri Lanka grab honoursSri Lanka – Pakistan 3rd Test Match
Pacies Nuwan Pradeep and Dhammika Prasad shone as Sri Lanka grabbed honours on day two of the third and the final Test match played at the Pallekele International Stadium. The duo along with Tharindu Kaushal, who grabbed two wickets, made Pakistan struggle as the visitors ended day two on 209 for 9 before bad light stopped [...]
Amended sports law draft sent to Lausanne
An amended initial draft which has affected the National Sports Law Regulation causing disparity and confusion among local and international governing bodies and the Sports Ministry of Sri Lanka has been sent to Lausanne in Switzerland – where the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is based according to National Olympic Committee (NOC) chief, [...]
Fei Quando conducts grading test for members
The Fei Quando International headed by artial arts and physical fitness expert Grandmaster Hassen Khalid, founder of Fei Quando – Way of the Flying Fists – conducted a grading test for its members at the Multi Hall, Royal College Sports Complex, Colombo 7. The grading test was conducted by Grandmaster M. Hassen Khalid and was [...]
Sepaktakraw planned as an event for South Asian Games in India
The South Asian Sepaktakraw Federation with its headquarters in India is making elaborate arrangements to stage sepaktakraw as an event for the first time at the forthcoming South Asian Games to be held in India with the participation of SARCC member countries India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal. This was disclosed by Nizam Hajireen, [...]
Dhananjaya guides Richmond to second win
A quick-fire 103-ball knock of 116 inclusive of four boundaries and nine sixes by Dhananjaya Lakshan helped defending champions Richmond record a comfortable 90 run win over Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa in their second round match of the Under-17 Division I cricket tournament played at Wennappuwa. The match curtailed to 40 overs saw Richmond taking first [...]
Shakespeare Shield Golf today at the RCGC
The 104th Shakespeare Shield Golf Tournament will be held today at the Royal Colombo Golf Club where the unique event brings together two prestigious institutions – the Carson Cumberbatch Group sponsors, and the Royal Colombo Golf Club, both having a rich history dating back over one hundred years. The format of the tournament has been [...]
Kamesh steers Ananda to seven wicket victory
Defending champions Ananda thanks to a fine knock of 78 by Kamesh Nirmal recorded an easy seven wicket over Dharmaraja in the second round match of the Under-15 Division I tournament played at Kandy. Ananda after restricting the junior Rajans to a score of 172 reached the target in the 32nd over. St. Servatius Matara [...]
School bully mentality in world cricket
As I remember it, the school bully was always prevalent. The persecutor. The tyrant. The tormentor. The one who used his bigger physical size to intimidate. The one who would coerce, brow-beat, strong-arm and subjugate the weak. Strong words which seemed quite appropriate to the then school environment. Flip this to the corporate world and [...]
Moratuwa and Peradeniya universities are carrom winners
Moratuwa University and Peradeniya University emerged winners in the Men and Women’s categories respectively at the Inter University Carrom Championship 2015 concluded at the Carrom Federation Headquarters, Maharagama last week-end. Thirteen Universities around the country took part in this tournament organised by the University of Jaffna and worked-off on a very high note where highest [...]
Milo Schools President’s Trophy Knockout
The teams to clash in the Milo Schools President’s Trophy schools rugby knockout tournament has been found and now the stage is set and arrangements are finalized to play the semi-finals with the first to be played today at the Royal Sports Complex. However Royal, the schools rugby league champions of 2015 who are scheduled [...]
Madushan takes Colombo FC could nine
K.A.D. Madushanka’s seventh minute strike was enough to pave the way for Colombo FC to their maiden Cargills Food City FA Cup Knockout Football Championship 2014 as they shut the doors and dashed the dreams of similarly ambitious Blue Star SC 1-0 in a closely contested final played under lights at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday. [...]
Sri Lankan cricket’s journey to the unknown
The last Test win against Pakistan I consider as one of the most significant wins in the game’s annals as far as Sri Lanka is concerned. The significance in that win could be deciphered in many ways, but I prefer to dwell upon the part where the country is about to move into the unknown [...]
Learning to manage referee ‘manthra’ at crux games
Jim Collins in his book ‘Good to Great’ says that good is the enemy of great. We talk of good companies, good schools, good people, good clubs, as well as good teams. But do we talk of great? We have finished the school league and about to finish the knock-outs. Have we had great teams [...]
Intense Tennis for Wimbledon crown
Public interest in the first week of the Wimbledon Championships focuses on survival of the seeded players, the giant killers, new talent and still-in-action veterans. Wimbledon is the event which made Tennis to what it is today over the last one hundredodd years and remarkably, even today holds on to its traditions, most of which [...]
SAVING MONEY IN A UNIQUE WAY
A leading sports organisation after its AGM, has avoided 16 court cases! This move has saved a lot of funds for the sport. The earlier administration had spent nearly Rs. 50 lakhs on such cases. The present set of officials have decided it is useless to pursue such court cases and had decided not to [...]
Pedal Pushers fun ride on July 26
Over 800 riders will be featured at the 4th Pedal Pushers Colombo Cycle Fun Ride 2015 which will be held on July 26, Sunday around Colombo. The Colombo Cycle Fun Ride 2015, a city ride and a carnival at the culmination of the ride at the Racecourse in Colombo, is considered as an ideal entry [...]