Hafeez makes short work of Lankan skills
Led by a superb allround effort by Pakistan one drop batsman and off spinner Mohammed Hafeez – 103 and 4 for 41 helped them come out of the bad dream of losing 3-0 to Bangladesh not so many moons ago, at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium. Last evening, Pakistan made 259 for 4 in [...]
It’s good to lose at times
By the way Sri Lanka happened to lose the third and series deciding Test match against Pakistan by seven wickets and the visitors re-wrote cricket history while racing away to score the required 378 runs for the loss of only three wickets.In the hindsight, if Sri Lanka had won the Test match it would have [...]
Garbine Mugurusa’s Wimbledon
Spain’s Garbine Mugurusa has reached the finals of the 2015 Wimbledon Ladies. With it, she joins four other Spaniards who have achieved this rare feat. Many will be able recall the famous of the four Aranxtz Sanches. Mugurusa has achieved what Lucie Saforova achieved in the French-Open of this year, reaching a Grand-Slam finals’ for [...]
Are they being passionate or sentimental
Watching rugby surrounded by fanatic school supporters makes me wonder whether these vociferous are passionate or sentimental. Passionate is when they are driven by strong belief or feelings; sentimental if they are driven or prompted by their feelings. Listening to the barbs, I think they are more mental without sentiment and are neither passionate nor [...]
144 golfers tee off
The Annual feature fixture in the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) calendar, the Pin Fernando Trophy 2015, attracted 144 entries and after a very competitive qualifying round, 16 qualified for the automatic knockout stage of the draw in the Men’s category. The top qualifier was Aravind Fernando with a magnificent 64 nett off a 12 [...]
It’s time to change strategies and think of tomorrow
Soccer experts over the years have discussed ways and means to improve the game in our country. Unfortunately due to misunderstandings and power struggles between factions in the recent past, retarded the progress of the game. As a result the zest and zeal the game which was planned and promoted, particularly in the era between [...]
Lyceum excel in swimming
The 42nd Sri Lanka Schools Age Group Aquatic Championships 2015 organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Aquatic Association took place at the Sugathadasa Stadium Swimming Complex recently. In this four day event nearly 146 schools took part Lyceum International Schools excelled in the Boys Junior category with 124.5 points and in the Girls’ Junior category [...]
Trinity Under-17 unbeaten in Div I
Trinity’s under 17 cricketers maintained a perfect record by winning all four matches in the second round of the Under 17 Division One tournament. They have entered the quarter-finals. Their performance is more creditable because two of their matches were played on matting pitches at Ambalangoda and Ratgama. Non-turf pitches, it must be said, are [...]
Sri Lanka Paralympic team gets Allianz support
A new sponsorship agreement signed by Allianz Lanka extends financial and technical support of the Sri Lanka Paralympic team for a further two years. President of the Sri Lanka Paralympic committee Brigadier Rajitha Ampemohotti signed the new agreement wth Allianz CEO Surekha Alles at the Allianz Lanka head office in Colombo recently. The Sri Lanka [...]
Ladies – overall champs
Ladies’ College emerged overall champions in the All Island Inter Schools Tennis Tournament – 2015 held recently at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association Grounds, Colombo 7. In the Under-19 category, Ladies’ College emerged runners up beating Bishop’s college, Methodist College and Holy Family convent. Ladies’ College emerged winners beating Musaeus College, Visakha Vidyalaya, Methodist College [...]
Blu sailing regatta – a success
Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts together with the Royal Colombo Yacht Club (RCYC) saw the successful completion of yet another Sailing Regatta which was held for the sixth consecutive year at Blu Trincomalee. The event witnessed sailors of different skill levels, both veterans and novices, converging at Blu for the two-day sailing regatta. A total of [...]
Shakespeare at RCGE – greets Amal and Druvi
Amal Cabraal and Druvi Sirisena of John Keells Holdings emerged overall winners of the 104th Shakespeare Shield Golf Tournament held last Sunday at the Royal Colombo Golf Club. The duo scored 36 points to clinch the coveted Shakspeare Shield which is named after W. Shakespeare, former Chairman of Carsons who was elected to the Committee [...]
Visal’s dream of living Rossi
Dreams and goals make people live and stay positive. This is what exactly Visal Fernando has been doing all these years, despite leaving all his dreams behind to start a new life in Italy. Seven years ago Visal, now 33, had pride and glory in him as a top racing rider in Sri Lanka but [...]
Second edition of Rugby Rumble is sure to be a load of fun
The second Rugby Rumble, a thrilling and fun seven-a-side Tag Rugby Tournament that brings former college rugby stars to the pitch, will be held next weekend at the CR&FC ground at Longdon Place. Held for the second consecutive year, the carnival will take place on July 25 and 26 from 1.00pm onwards. This year Rugby [...]
Curtains close on MCA Division ‘F’ cricket
The curtain comes down of the Sierra IT Trophy, MCA Division ‘F’ 25-over League Tournament when Lankem Ceylon meets Vallibal Finance in the finals at the MCA ground this weekend. In the semi-finals played over the weekend, Lankem Ceylon snatched a 5-wicket win with two deliveries to spare against Hirdaramani Group while Vallibal Finance cruised [...]
Good fare at rankers c’ships
Top seeded players Nishantha Fernando partnering Chalani Lakmali emerged Mixed Double winners at the 28th Federation Rankers Carrom Championship 2015 at the Carrom Federation Headquarters in Maharagama last weekend. They defeated M. Shaheed and Madusha Vithana in the final. The biggest upset at this year’s event took place at the second semi-final of the Women’s [...]
Cinnamon Lake – the shuttle winners
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo’s women’s team emerged victorious at this year’s John Keells Holdings Inter-Company Badminton Tournament, bringing home the much coveted championship trophy in the women’s’ open category. Led by star player Ravihari de Silva, the trophy was won after an intense battle against SAGT by 2-0. Samanthi Peiris and W.D.C. Kalhari were part of [...]
Chihan’s ton not enough to surpass Rio SC’s first innings score
A quick-fire 102 off 97 balls with seven boundaries and nine sixes by right handed batsman Chihan Singhawansa could not help Hambantota CC surpass the first innings score set by Rio Sports Club in their Donovan Andree Trophy cricket encounter played at the Rathgama public ground. On being asked to bat first Rio SC posted [...]
Old Familians impress at Cager
The action of the 2nd Inter Schools Old Boys and Old Girls Basketball Championships 2015, conducted by Masters Basketball Sri Lanka, shifts from the MCA Courts to Depot Police Courts, Bambalapitiya. In the matches played over last weekend Old Familians, Bambalapitiya came back strongly in the 2nd half to down the Old Girls from our [...]
Camelot in action again
Camelot Beach led by Sajith Silva emerged as the winner of 32nd Negombo Inter Hotels Cricket ‘Sixes’ 2015, organised by the Negombo Hoteliers Association, concluded at the Negombo Esplanade, Negombo last Saturday. 22 teams in seven groups in two stages played in the tournament, where Camelot Beach beat Pegasus Reef Hotel by seven runs in [...]
Aravinda and Ishan stamp their class
Aravinda Premadasa and Ishan Dasanayake blazed the trail at Minneriya to claim crowns at the 10th Gunners Supercross held last Sunday. Premadasa, one of the most experienced local drivers in the racing circuit won the award for the best driver for the fourth year running as Dasanayake stamped his authority to after six years to [...]
BLIND FAITH
BLIND FAITH There is this strange case of an official passing the verdict of a team that is to go to Hiroshima for a sports event without seeing any activity of the sportsmen and women. Fifteen girls and fifteen boys were originally picked for training and later the contingent was reduced to four girls and [...]
Karunathilaka and Chamara roar at Lions meet
A.G.W.A. Karunathilaka and A.M.R. Chamara Kumara of Kandy District Athletic Association were awarded the Nirmala Dissanayake Challenge Trophy and Nagalingam Ediriweerasingham Challenge Trophy respectively for their Most Outstanding Performance at the 16th Lanka Lions Athletic Championship which concluded at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Athletic Stadium, Diyagama. A.G.W.A. Karunathilaka won the trophy for her outstanding performance in [...]
Unity SC endeavours to take Matara’s netball talent to National level and beyond
Unity Sports Club Matara in its endeavour to take local netball talent to national level and beyond organised a junior netball tournament to select thirty budding netball players to the Matara District Junior Netball squad. The Unity Challenge Trophy Southern Netball Festival was held at the German Sri Lanka Football Grounds in Uyanwatta last weekend. [...]
Tzu Chi NS heads group to enter round two
Tzu Chi National School Hambantota won all first round games to qualify for the second round of the Schools Under-15 Division III Cricket Tournament. The Tzu Chi team led by Pramith Chethiya defeated Walasmulla National School, Ruhunu Vijayabha National School, Rajapaksa Central College Weeraketiya and St. Mary’s College Hambantota in the first round. Skipper Pramith [...]
Dheema and Thenuka bag TT honours
Dheema Ali and Thenuka Dinujaya bagged honours by winning the most outstanding player awards on offer in the girls’ and boy’s categories at the annual Tibhar Table Tennis Tournament held at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Complex in Mt. Lavinia. The duo produced some scintillating display of ping pong to come on top amongst a [...]
Kalpa and Sasha win at Karate
Kalpa Basnayake and Sasha Kodippili emerged winners at IFK 2nd Oyama Junior Karate Championship held at the Lion’s Activity Centre in Kotte. Kalpa won the Boy’s Under-17 category while Sasha impressed in the Girls Open category at the championship which had nine different categories in total. Sahan Sandeep won the Boys Under-15 category while the [...]
Bandarapola MV annexes U15 netball title in Matale
A little known school, Bandarapola Maha Vidyalaya in Matale excelled to annex the Under-15 title at the Matale Educational Zone Inter-School Netball Championship 2015 for the Nandimitra Ekanayake Challenge Trophy held at Bernard Aluvihare Stadium in Matale last week for the sixth consecutive year. They beat fancied Sri Sangamitta Girls Matale in the final. It [...]
D.S. Senanayake under-15 cricketers making steady progress in three Divisions
D.S. Senanayake College Under 15 cricketers are making steady progress in the ongoing Singer Inter Schools Under 15 cricket tournament. Fielding three teams A, B, and C playing in the second round presently in the Division 1 Group F, in Division II Group B and in Division III Group A these DSS young cricketers have [...]
