Cricket AGM anxiety gathers momentum
The intensity to the run for seats at the forthcoming cricket elections is reaching sky high. Respective parties from both factions are busy trying their luck to rope in voters by enticing influential individuals with post election positions. So much so it is learned that some even have been promised high positions which are already [...]
Witchayanon and Yubol — the best
Witchayanon Chothirunrungren and A. Yubol of Thailand won the Men’s and Women’s Championships respectively of the 128th Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Championship concluded at the Royal Colombo Golf Club yesterday. In the Men’s Championship, Witchayanon Chothirunrungren overcame stiff competition from Samarth Dwivedi of India to win 2 up in the 36 hole final. The Timothy [...]
Ex-president of Peruvian Football Federation arrested in FIFA scandal
LIMA, Dec 5, 2015 (AFP) – The former president of the Peruvian Football Federation, indicted in the FIFA corruption scandal, was arrested late Friday on an international arrest warrant, and protested his innocence as he was taken away. Manuel Burga was taken into custody in the capital Lima as he left his house, insisting he [...]
Young hopefuls Jayasundera and Vithanage come good
Two contrasting half centuries by hopefuls – Udara Jayasundera and Kithuruwan Vithanage stood in good stead for the young Lankan who are looking their first Test against New Zealand on Thursday at the University oval at Dunedin. New Zealand who were 285 for 7 in reply to the Lankan first innings total of 193, declared [...]
Dhammika Prasad injured
The Lankans received a huge blow to their New Zealand line of attack when their most consistent seamer Dhammika Prasad was sent back home with a suspected back injury. Left arm seamer Vishva Fernando flew in to join the squad on Saturday night.
Right to Information Bill to be gazetted soon
Cabinet this week passed a Right of Access to Information Bill which will ensure citizens the right to obtain information from a “public authority” subject to certain exceptions. A public authority has been defined as a ministry, any office established by the Constitution (other than the Companies Act), a department, public corporation, a company in [...]
Three athletes qualify for Olympics
Three Sri Lankan athletes Sumedha Ranasinghe (Javelin Throw), Anuradha Indrajith Cooray (Men’s Marathon) and Geethani Ratnasekera (Women’s Marathon) booked their slots to the Rio Olympics to be held in Brazil from August 5 to 21, 2016 by reaching the qualifying standards so far. Apart from this trio the doors are still open for the other [...]
Kandy juggernaut at full steam – smash the hapless Cops
Kandy SC made light of a potentially difficult assignment by smashing their way through to a 50 points (6 goals, 1 try, 1 penalty) to 13 (2 tries, 1 penalty) win over the Police at Police Park.Many felt that this could be a banana-skin for the champion club. But the dismissive manner in which they [...]
Colombo FC wins Dialog Champions League
Colombo FC emerged champions of the Dialog Champions League 2015 by a solitary goal difference with Renown SC. In the Super Eight Round Colombo FC played seven matches won four, drew two and lost one. Altogether they scored 17 goals and had seven scored against them. The goal difference was 10 and in the process [...]
Low scores – blame the showers
Despite rain delaying the start of second day’s play of the SLC Emerging Trophy Cricket Tournament, Air Force, BRC and Lankan CC hogged the limelight with timely performances, making the dull games a bit exciting yesterday. Air Force pacemen Asiri Karunaratne and Lasanda Rukmal became the nightmare of Kalutara PCC batsmen as they were skittled [...]
Dharmaraja batch of ’92
The Batch of ’92 of Dharmaraja College Kandy will hold its ‘Back to School Night’ on December 12 at the Amaya Hills in Kandy from 06.30pm onwards. Past pupils of the ’92 batch are cordially invited to recapture memories of the glorious days of the past by contacting Aruna Ariyapala on 0777317070, Nalinda Gamage on [...]
Milantha ‘ton’ beats the rain
The start of Sri Lankas first class season for the 2015/16 season was given a wet welcome as six of the AIA Premier League Tournament matches could not get make much headway on the second day yesterday. Only five of the six matches were able to get a start on Friday, the first day of [...]
Windies humbled by 10 wickets in Test warm-up
Skipper Jason Holder said he expected the West Indies to be heavily criticised after an alarming 10-wicket loss to the Cricket Australia XI on Saturday just days before their opening Test with Australia.In what will only add to concerns about the Windies’ level of competitiveness ahead of the three-Test series, the tourists buckled to an [...]
MAS Holdings retains President’s Trophy
MAS Holdings retained the President’s Trophy with 877 points at the Mercantile Swimming Championship 2015 held at the Thurstan College Swimming Complex in Colombo. With the win this year, MAS Holdings has won the championship for the fifth occasion as John Keells Holdings, with 545 points finished behind at second overall. SriLankan Airlines secured the [...]
Llong’s Lyon hearted hot spot
Come Thursday, the first Test between Sri Lanka and New Zealand will be on show — a game seemingly tilted towards the superior skills of the Kiwis than the ‘greenhorn’ Lankans. So obviously for the Lankans it will be an uphill task, but it does not send shudders through me. Now as far as I [...]
The game is on but wow’s not yet the word
“We had a bad day” was a muttering I heard when passing the Coach of CR and FC after the defeat at the hands of Havelock’s last weekend. The good thing I heard from the secretary was that the CR committee is very keen of reviving the post-match fellowship. To win or lose is immaterial [...]
Seasons in Tennis
Tennis in Sri Lanka is about 150 years old. First it was sport of the civil and government servants. Tennis courts were a common sight in every provincial town just a few decades ago. Originally participation and promotion of Tennis was mainly through te ‘Public and Government services Clubs’. They numbered well over 75. By [...]
‘B’ div rugby on the road with 45 games
Air Force Chipmunks will take on Army Griffins in the curtain raiser game of the Dialog Division ‘B’ Inter-Club Rugby League Championship played for the Rudra Rajasingham Trophy. The match will kick off at 4.00pm on at Ratmalana on Tuesday.The tournament which consists of a total of 45 games will proceed with game between last [...]
Future of Test cricket in Hobart on the line
Hobart’s future as a venue for Test cricket is on the line amid worrying official projections of an attendance of less than 10,000 for the first four days against the West Indies, a turnout that would further tempt Cricket Australia to instead hand a maiden Test to Canberra next summer. CA is still enjoying the [...]
Vijaya takes hockey plum
Vijaya College Matale continued their supremacy in hockey, to emerge unbeaten champions in the Boys Group D to take away Golden Star Award for the second consecutive year at the All-Island Schools Under-13 Boys Hockey Carnival 2015 concluded at Edward Park Hockey ground in Matale. They beat Maris Stella Negombo 2-0 and then beat Dharmaduta [...]
Active Udana ropes in Premier title for MAS
Isuru Udana struck two classic hits over the ropes in the 19th over to give MAS Active Trading a heart stopping one wicket win over Commercial Credit & Finance PLC in the 23rd Singer –MCA Premier league 2016 Knock-out Tournament Final, concluded at the MCA Grounds last weekend. The match got underway at 2.30 pm, [...]
Bloomfield wins Daily News trophy
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club were declared joint winners with SSC at the recently concluded Daily News Trophy 2015 tournament organised by the Colombo District Cricket Association. This 122 year old cricket club had been dominating Sri Lanka club cricket winning almost all the major tournaments conducted by the then Board Control for Cricket in [...]
Over 200 top ranked competitors vying for supremacy
The 29th Ritzbury Junior National Squash Championship 2015, organised and conducted by the Sri Lanka Squash Federation got underway at the Sugathadasa Sports complex yesterday. Sri Lanka’s premier junior squash championship of the year will take place from December 5 to 12 with the participation of over 200 top ranked competitors vying for supremacy in [...]
Mayor’s cup from Dec 6 to 12
To mark the 150th year of the Colombo Municipal Council an Invitational Football Tournament for the Mayor’s Cup will be played on December 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 at the Sugathadasa Stadium. This tournament was organised by the Department of Playgrounds and Recreation of the Municipal Council in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Football [...]
Dewmini and Helitha crowned best paddlers
Dewmini Weerasena of Musaeus College along with Royalist Helitha Hendavitharana and Royal Institute’s Fathmath Ali were crowned Most Outstanding Players in the Women’s and Men’s categories along with Royal Institute’s Fathmath Ali as the Up and Coming Player at the Western Province Ranking Table Tennis Championship 2015, organised and conducted by the Nugegoda Table Tennis [...]
Cinnamon Red bags maiden title
Cinnamon Red Colombo bagged their very first TTSC title when they lifted the ‘Grand’ Trophy at the rain hampered, 33rd Travel Trade Sports Club Hardball Cricket ‘Sixes’ 2015, sponsored by Cinnamon Grand Colombo for the 4th successive year concluded at the BRC grounds last weekend. Nine teams in three groups participated in two stages, consisting [...]
Nelson Mendis Challenge Trophy to be held from December 10 to 22
The CCC School of Cricket under the guidance of veteran coach Nelson Mendis and its management committee have finalised arrangements to stage the 12th Under 14 International Invitational Cricket Tournament among coaching schools/academies for the Nelson Mendis Challenge Trophy to be held from December 10 to 22, 2015. The tournament will be conducted on a [...]
Western Province leads in Team Events
Western Province is currently heading the field with 46 gold medals, 42 silver medals and 26 bronze at the ongoing National Sports Festival. Sixteen events in the Festival have been completed. It should be noted that Western Province has won 19 gold medals in swimming alone. If not for the medals haul in swimming Central [...]
Ashan and Shehan – top stars
Versatile driver Ashan Silva and young riding prodigy Shehan C. Adikari became the top stars while CEAT and Honda clinched the team championships at the CEAT-SLADA Championship Awards 2015. Silva, however, was not present to receive his championship title, which he won for his performances in the SLGT 3500cc category to become the best driver [...]
Hockey inactivity causes concern amongst players
The South Asian Games (SAG) are to be held in Assam, India from February 6 to 16 next year. To date hockey players are perturbed over the fact that no pool has been formed for the SAG. This was indicated to the Sunday Times by several former national hockey players. The reason for this is [...]