Lankans upbeat in spite of inclement weather
Though the inclement experienced during the past few days, Lankan cricketers have managed to keep to the required work charts intact according to Interim coach Jerome Jayaratne. Jayaratne said “It started well enough when the training sessions began on September 21 and we had almost a week’s outdoor sessions. However the past few days have [...]
Full strength Lankan are a confident lot
Sri Lanka will hope to come out as a fully-fledged outfit when the rugby-mad Island nation gets to host its first-ever major Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) Sevens Rugby Tournament at the Racecourse ground in Colombo come weekend. After failing to make the intended impression in the previous two installments of the ARFU Sevens Series [...]
Johnians hold out boldly
Jeni Flemin Sebamalapillai along with Jathushan Vasanthan and Kishanthujan Jeyakumar put up heroic as the trio denied Royal Colombo from gaining an outright win in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at St John’s ground in Jaffna.Jeni Flemin cracked a 65 as he along with Kishanthujan partnered in a match saving 90 runs for [...]
Punish crooked coaches and save cricket’s tomorrow
This was the original thought first recorded by James Orchard Halliwell in the 1840s and gained popularity in the early twentieth century.“There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile. He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile. He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, And they all lived [...]
World events, rugby spectaculars and sports tourism
While the focus and discussion is centered on the Rugby World Cup the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) will be hosting the third leg of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series. This tournament which will be called the Dialog Sri Lanka Rugby Sevens 2015 will be played on October 10 and 11 at the Race [...]
Success of India- doubles
India’s Tennis legacy is impressive as an Asian nation. Many will recall Indian Ramanathan Krishnan as a Grand-Slam semi-finalist and Vijay Amritaj as a Wimbledon quarter-finalist in singles and good many results in Doubles over the last 50 years. We note, however, that India’s Grand-Slam winners are Doubles players and one has to give credit [...]
All eyes on off spinner Sayer as Sri Lanka take on Pakistan U-19
As Sri Lanka’s Preparations and count down for under -19 World Cup commence, all eyes will focus on promising off spinner Raveen Sayer not so much for the right reasons but for the wrong reasons. The former Trinity College Captain who finished with 96 wickets last season and 108 wickets in the previous season has [...]
Fully fledged carrom team to 7th ICF tourney
Sri Lanka Carrom team consisting of four men and four women players will leave on Tuesday (6th) to India to take part in the 7th ICF Carrom Tournament to be held in India from October 7 to 11 at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi India. Sri Lanka’s No.1 ranked Chamil Cooray will lead the [...]
Fourth ‘Murali Harmony Cup’ on the road
The tournament which builds bridges of friendship that brings together young cricketers from across the island on to one field — the Murali Harmony Cup T20 cricket tournament is set to start off from October 7. The tournament which begins on October 2 is slotted to end on October 11, is scheduled to be played [...]
FORGOTTEN RIVALRY
The rivalry that exists between a mongoose and a snake is well known. The animosity is so great that neither is willing to give into the other. But this has been changed due to the forthcoming AGM of a leading sports body. Two brothers who are heading the rivalry list have decided to end the [...]
Debarawewa NS open season with a first innings win
Helped by a 114 run third wicket stand by Ishara Chathuranga and Sachithra Hemanayake Debarawewa National School opened their under 19 season with a first innings win over Vidyartha College Kandy played at Debarawewa. Vidyartha College were invited to bat first and went on to post 230 all out before tea. Sahan Danawatta scored 41 [...]
One new Asian, 17 games records and two equalled this year army Para Games
One new Asian Para Games record and seventeen games records were established in different event categories along with two equaled records highlighted the Sri Lanka Army Para Games 2015 which drew to a close on an impressive note at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Diyagama recently. Over 450 athletes local and foreign took part in [...]
HSBC Premier MasterCard Rugby World Cup promo winners off to Twickenham
As the ongoing Rugby World Cup continues to enthrall fans worldwide, three lucky HSBC Premier customers and their companions have won the chance to witness the world – The 2015 Rugby World Cup – Semi Finals to be held on 25 October 2015 in Twickenham, UK wWith an all expenses paid hospitality package entailing business [...]
Dialog powers Sri Lanka Army Para Games
The 18th Si Lanka Army Para Games worked off at the Diyagama Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium was powered by the country’s premier connectivity provider, Dialog Axiata. At this year’s games, 450 disabled servicemen competed for top honours in 14 disciplines, which included athletics, archery, badminton, cycling, shooting, table tennis, power lifting, wheelchair marathon, tennis, basketball, swimming, [...]
Doctors’ six-a-side on Oct. 25
The annual Doctors’ 6-a-side Softball Cricket Tournament 2015 will be held at the University Ground in Colombo on October 25. The tournament, organised by the Sri Lanka Medical Association will be opened for any amount of teams comprising doctors. Registration fee per team will be Rs. 5000. Closing date for entries will be October 22.
Four karatekas do Rajans proud
Four students of the Karate team of Dharmaraja Prabuddha Bandara, Kalana Tennakone, Supun Gamage and Isuru Siyambalapitiya did proud to their school when they turned a new page by representing the Sri Lanka Schools Karate team at the 8th Commonwealth Karte Championship which was held in New Delhi, India recently.
Wesley’s Norman de La Harpe passes away in Melbourne
Norman de La Harpe, the ‘giant’ of Wesley passed away in Brisbane on August 28, 2015. De La Harpe was an outstanding sportsman, standing 6 ft 6 ins in height, who excelled in cricket and athletics, but he had more than one string to his bow, as he also played hockey, tennis, and was a [...]
Dareeju and Dimuth best at Gympo
The fifth Sappers 4×4 Gympo 2015 organised by Corp of Sri Lanka Engineers of Sri Lanka Army with collaboration with Four Wheel Drive Club (FWDC) and Sri Lanka Motor Cycle Riders Association was held at dual track at Sappers Off Road Arena in Embilipitiya. This was the grand finale of FWDC 4×4 Championship and the [...]
Kings and Queens of MercantileVolleyball to be crowned today
The kings and queens of Mercantile Volleyball will be crowned at the grand finals of the 4th Mercantile Volleyball Championship 2015 today at the National Youth Centre courts, Maharagama commencing at 9 am. Seven out of eight teams qualified for both Men’s and Women’s Grand Championship and Super League finals are from the apparel sector thus [...]
MCA Premier League 2016 to commence on October 7
The 23rd Singer – MCA Premier League 2016 tournament got 0ff to a start on September 23, 2015 with three games: MAS Unichela beat HNB by 71 runs on the D&L method at MCA; MAS Active beat Seylan Bank by 10 wickets at NCC; Sampath Bank beat Commercial Credit by four wickets at FTZ grounds, [...]
Senior citizens scrabble on Oct. 18
The annual All-island Senior Citizens Scrabble Tournament will be held on Sunday, October 18 at the Hilton Hotel. It will be conducted in 2 categories: ” A” for contestants who will play according to OSW 12,the Collins Scrabble Dictionary, and “B” for those who prefer to play by the Oxford English Dictionary . Two trophies, [...]
TTSC Softball postponed
Thirty seven Men’s teams and six Women’s teams will take part in the 38th Travel Trade Sports Club Men’s and Women’s Softball Cricket ‘Sixes’ 2015, sponsored by Aitken Spence Travels, scheduled to be held today (October 4) has being postponed to end of November at the Shalika Grounds and D.S. Senanayake College Grounds, simultaneously commencing [...]