Rolling maul did the trick for Royal in mud and rain
Royal may have lost territorially and as far as possession was concerned. However they made maximum use of their strengths — the forwards and the rolling maul on their way to a 22-17 win over Trinity in their first leg of the 72nd Bradby Shield at the Royal College Sports Complex yesterday. Royal had two [...]
Is Pawan unstoppable?
Pawan Dias of Royal College Panadura looks unstoppable as the All-Island Schools contest of the 37th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2016 competition reaches its 11th week. Pawan still holds the grip of the main contest with an addition of 662 votes during the ended week, which takes his tally [...]
In spite of rain, Thomians prevail
The Thomian-Wesley game, worked out at the Havelock Park yesterday, turned out to be a drab affair, in spite of the Thomians ending up as winners at 21 points to nil. This was a highly anticipated segment 1A final fixture with many expecting a close finish. But the game commenced, ten minutes late from the [...]
Colombo FC and Renown declared joint champs
Due to rain and bad light, the final match of the City League President’s Trophy was abandoned with the scores reading one-all as Colombo FC and Renown SC were declared joint champions at the City League Football Complex yesterday. Colombo FC, the winners of FA Cup and Dialog Champions League 2015came into the finals on [...]
Avishka ‘ton’ was the highlight while Inosh bags a five-for
St. Sebastian’s College star batsman Avishka Fernando was in roaring form as he scored a match winning knock of 160 to guide Western Province South by 7 wickets in their match against the Central Province in the SLC Super Under-19 Provincial match at the Surrey Village in Maggona yesterday. Batting first CP was shot out [...]
HNB Merc Div ‘A’ knockout champs
Hatton National Bank clinched the Mercantile ‘A’ Division Knockout Championship when they scored an easy 24-8 win over Commercial Bank in their Mercantile Netball Championship 2016 tie played at the St. Joseph’s College Indoor Stadium, Maradana yesterday. HNB scored a stunning upset over the defending champions Seylan Bank 46-40 in a hotly contested match while [...]
Antonians snatch win in last minute
St. Anthony’s beat Kingswood by 23 points to 22 thanks to a last minute try by Praboda Bandara in their Singer Schools Under-20 Rugby League Tournament match played at Bogambara yesterday. Prior to that Kingswood was in the lead. Bandara and Dinuk Amerasinghe scored for the winners. Fly half Kumara Maduwantha goaled both tries and [...]
Lankan juniors for Ho Chi Minh challenge
Sri Lanka Athletic Association is expected to send a contingent of 18 to 22 athletes to take part in the 17th Asian Junior Athletic championship to be held at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from June 2 to 5. Conducted by the Asian Athletic Confederation a total of over one thousand Asian athletes from 42 [...]
Volleyball offcials to resign soon
It is learnt that several office bearers of the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation are expected to tender their resignations soon. The reasons given for their resignations were the non-cooperation of top officials of the federation which prevents the smooth function of their duties. On the other side the top officials put the blame on the [...]
Young rifle shooters off to Russia
Sri Lanka Schools Shooting Sports Colours awarding ceremony 2015 was held at the Colombo Nalanda College, Auditorium conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Shooting Sports Association. 225 shooters both girls and boys were awarded colours for their performances at the 2015 Sri Lanka Schools Shooting championship. Shooters from 189 schools took part at the event [...]
Sarathchandra and Kapila at the helm of school Cricket
The Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association (SLSCA), one of the important stakeholders of local cricket, held its Annual General Meeting on Friday to elect its office bearers for 2016-2018 at the Subodhi Maha Vidyala auditorium in Wattala. Despite Sarathchandra Silva, the principal of Kalutara Vidyalaya being elected as the new President of SLSCA uncontested, the [...]
Gregan impressed by Lankan Rugby enthusiasm
George Gregan, Australia’s highest internationally capped and a much celebrated player stated that he is impressed with Sri Lankans’ love for Rugby. During the media conference at the HSBC head office last Friday, Gregan stated, he had “never come across anything like the Bradby Fiesta, although he had watched higher rugby entertainment shows during his [...]
Injured Malinga out of action for 6 – 9 months
The Lankan panel of medical experts who studied the case of injured fast bowler Lasith Malinga is of the opinion that the cricketer would be out of action for at least six to nine months, according to secretary Sri Lanka Cricket, Mohan de Silva. Malinga, who is shrouded by a wall of controversy about the [...]
Windies CA Matale tour Malaysia
The Under-15 Cricket team of Windies Cricket Academy in Matale ended their recent tour of Malaysia successfully. Out of the four Twenty20 cricket fixtures they played on their first overseas tour from April 13 to 19, they won three and lost one to win the title. The tournament was organised by Navco Services in Kuala [...]
S. Thomas’ and Isipathana stay ahead of the rest
The final fixtures of the school rugby Division1, first round will be over with four fixtures worked out yesterday. The matches are Royal vs.Trinity (The first leg, which is a league fixture), S. Thomas’ vs.Wesley, St.Peter’s vs.Dharmaraja and up in Kandy, Kingswood vs.St. Anthony’s. In the segment 1A, the present group leaders are S. Thomas’. [...]
Thilanga jumps over ICC hurdle; next — cricket constitution
No English reader would ever say that they had not heard that famous call “It’s A Bird… It’s A Plane… It’s Superman”. Yes, we have lived with through our lives via comic strips and in the modern era, through pay channels with more than their fair share of re-runs also included – of course at [...]
Sajith Mallikarachchi – a true definition to greatness
When I wanted to talk about the late Sajith Mallikarachchi what came to my mind was a quote from one of William Shakespeare’s plays: “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” All these could apply to the Sri Lankan Rugby player and excellent human being; called early in [...]
Commercial mass or true elite competitors
Golden-30-months will decide The ‘tough’ European Tennis clay season has begun. Events will be moving from Monte Carlo, Spain, Italy, Portugal and will peak in Paris at the Roland Garros Grand-Slam, the French Open. By the grace of the electronic media, we do not seem to miss all of the excitement. The skill level of [...]
Pasindu stamps his authority
While the experienced Pasindu Peiris stamped his authority as the champion driver Ishan Dasanayake clinched his maiden major title becoming the champion rider for the first time at the 24th Fox Hill Supercross Motorsports Championship held in Diyatalawa. By virtue Peiris won the Major General Gamini Gunasekara Memorial Challenge Trophy while Dasanayake took the Hans [...]
What’s wrong with our Soccer
Football was known as the common man’s sport until the recent past. Till cricket and rugby and lately other glamorous sports took over the limelight gradually football was the dominant attraction among sports lovers. The gradual downfall of the performance of the national team and the lackluster spread of domestic competitions has made its fans [...]
MCA ‘E’ Division semi-final line-up
Citizens Development Business, Mercantile Investments Ltd., Lankem Ceylon and UB Finance qualified to battle in the semi-finals finals in the 14th David Pieris Group of Companies sponsored ‘DPGC’ Challenge Trophy, MCA ‘E’ division 30-Over League Tournament 2016, scoring comfortable victories last weekend. Half Centuries by Yohan Liyanage (53 in 51 balls, inclusive of three sixes [...]
Chefs are the best at Cinnamon Grand Swimming Meet
They may deal with fire and stoves but the Kitchen Department proved that it’s not an excuse to sideline their talent as they went on to clinch the Cinnamon Grand Hotel Inter-Departmental Swimming Meet. With an overall tally of 12 gold, four each of silver and bronze medals, the chefs dominated the Thurstan College Swimming [...]
One of the finest Trinity triumphs
Jan Tissera, the Trinity First XV skipper of 1979, will be the chief guest at the second leg of 72nd Bradby Shield at Pallekale on May 14. Tissera, led a Trinity team that was well balanced, added with individual brilliance. The only hiccup prior to the first leg, was their unbeaten record tarnished by the [...]
Merc Cagers on show
The 11th edition of the Mercantile Services Basketball Association Knock-out Tournament 2016,played for the Ram Ratnavale Memorial Challenge Trophy, got underway on 25th April at the Henry Pedris Sports Complex. The tournament has 34 Men’s Teams, pooled into five divisions and seven Women’s Teams, pooled into two divisions, comprising 27 matches; and the Finals scheduled [...]
A personal triumph for Naveed Mohamed
The 5th Mahaweli Reach Junior Tennis Championships were a personal triumph for Naveed Mohamed who won the Senior Singles title for the fourth year running. A product of Zahira College Matale, Naveed now turns out for Trinity College. Naveed overcame Pasindu Walisinghe with ease in the Under-19 final. He had earlier won the Under-19 Doubles [...]
Potential to be one of the best in the circuit
St. Joseph’s College, Colombo- traces their rugby history back to the year 1955, and they were the sixth school in the island to take up the oval shape ball game, after Kingswood, Trinity, Royal, Zahira, St.Peter’s and S. Thomas’. But before that Joes have played unofficial rugby games under the name of ‘Hornets’, prior to [...]
Double Blue, a force to reckon with this season
Wesley College, this season so far in their respective group segment 1A, in schools top division rugby, has proved they can really topple any good team. They posses set of hardy forwards, and a back division that has put up a solid defence. But this young team’s only drawback is lacking in finish. They opened [...]
Some untold stories of Thilan Samaraweera
It was not so long ago that rock solid middle order batsman Thilan Samaraweera was a pivotal component in the Lankan batting order. In spite of having the services of the legendary Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, there were many occasions that the entire weight of the Lankan cricket fortunes rested on the gutty right [...]
Bentota Zone wins Red Bull Levels 2016
Following an intense day of sun, sea and sand, Bentota Zone emerged victorious at the second edition of Red Bull Levels as they conquered the ultimate test of body and mind at Bentota Beach by Cinnamon. “We are so happy to have won a competition in our hometown, in front of all our friends and [...]
Butterfly beat Hawks
Butterfly Vacations beat Kuwait Hawks by 4 wickets in the second annual International Invitational Cricket Sixes 2016 held on April 10 and 11 at the S. Thomas’ College ground in Mt. Lavinia. Batting first Kuwait Hawks posted 79 for the loss of two wickets in five overs and Butterfly Vacations, with two deliveries to spare, [...]
Chamil and Brindley emerge doubles champs
Chamil Cooray partnered by Brindly Wickremasinghe emerged winners of the Men’s Doubles finals at the 16th President’s Cup Carrom Championship organised and conducted by the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka which was worked off at the Carrom Federation Headquarters, Kohuwala recently. Over three hundred participants from all parts of the island took part in this [...]
Travel Trade Carrom is on
The opening event in the Travel Trade Sports Club Sports Calendar 2016 – the 4th Carrom Championships commenced yesterday, April 30 at the Galadari Hotel, ‘Arena’ Lounge, commencing 9.00 am. The tournament will be conducted on two formats for Men and Women; The Men’s on a team Championship basis, consisting three singles and two doubles [...]
Rukmalgama CC ends league on a high note
Rukmalgama Cricket Club completed their quota of league matches on a winning note, beating Noel Dias CC by seven wickets, in the ongoing Colombo District Cricket Association (CDCA) Division III 50 Over League Tournament 2016, at the Poregedera Grounds, Padukka. Noel Dias CC, batting first was restricted to 127 in 34 overs by the pace-spin [...]