Sweet revenge for Anderson as Lankans fold meekly
An inspirational ten-wicket haul by England fast bowler James Anderson who ended with a match tally of 10 for 45 to see the home team take sweet revenge to their 2014 loss, in their last outing at the same venue, yesterday. Sri Lanka lost their last eight wickets for only 40 runs in their second [...]
More on what could have been
Last week I wrote “Business will be as usual talking about why we lost and how better the referee could have done”. It is back to yapping the referees was wrong. Others talk about the Shield grabbing episode or the issue of who should share the Shield. The referee will always be wrong through the [...]
24 athletes leave for Vietnam Asian Junior Meet
The 24 member Sri Lanka Junior Athletics team for the 17th Asian Junior Athletics Championships to be held in Ho Chi Ming, Vietnam from June 2 to 6 will take wing on May 30. There are 17 boys and seven girls in the team. The team was selected after the 54th Junior Nationals Athletics Championships [...]
Now it’s a do or die battle as Yohan picks up
The deficit between the top two contender for the 37th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2016 competition has drastically reduced to a mere 892 as the 14th week’s outcome is released. By last week, top placed Pawan Dias of Royal College Panadura and second placed Yohan Mendis of S. Thomas’ [...]
Navy wins 2nd Defence Services Golf Championship in Nuwara Eliya
The Defence Services 2nd Golf Championship between the Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force got underway at the Nuwara Eliya Golf Course. The Inaugural Defence Services Golf Championship was played in 2014, in China Bay at the Eagles Golf Links hosted by the Sri Lanka Air Force. The Sri Lanka [...]
Kusal’s WADA hook and the four-centimetre clip
From a formative stage, one of the strong ingredients that Kusal Janith Perera carried in his system was resolute. When he initially held the bat, he gripped the handle as a right-hander and that is the way he started his cricket in the initial years in the family back yard. Soon, he found out that [...]
Mighty ‘Brit’ beats Djokovic
In the past seven decades, the big names of Tennis from the British Isles were in the history books. Fred Perry is the most famous of all. In the sixties names like Mike Sangster and Roger Taylor kept the flag flying for Briton but did not pick up any big titles as such. In the [...]
Sunday Times wins Sports Presidential Awards
Kumar Sangakkara and Nimali Liyanarachchi emerged the Most Outstanding Sportsman and Sportswoman of 2015 while Senior Sports Journalist S.R. Pathiravithana, Sports Editor and Deputy Editor of the Sunday Times won the award for the Most Outstanding Sports Journalist of the Year (Print Media) 2015 at the Presidential Sports Awards Ceremony held at the BMICH on [...]
Airwomen win handball 2016 C’ship
Sri Lanka Air Force Women’s team emerged Women’s Champions at the 9th Defence Service Handball Championship 2016 concluded recently. In the finals SLAF women met Sri Lanka Army which gave the real taste of a final as the game swung from side to side till the final whistle was blown in the favour of the [...]
From the schoolyard to the international arena
The talent of a little girl running all over the schoolyard was spotted by a Teacher-in-Charge of Athletics and her encouragement was grabbed with both hands. As time went by this little girl excelled in the field of athletics and as a Physical Trainor . A.G. Nandani Athauda, started her career at the Mirigama National [...]
An impressive outfit which is strong in both flanks
After many years, the school by the sea, has produced quite an impressive outfit. The heavy set of forwards possessing mobility is blending well with their three quarters. The black and blue brigade led by hooker Pandula de Silva, a fourth year coloursman, is leading the team from the front. He is ably assisted by [...]
The end result will determine the champs
Eight schools have proceeded, to the second round of Division 1 of the Singer Schools Under-20 Rugby League Championship, to play for the cup championship. The schools are Isipathana, S. Thomas’, Science, Royal, Trinity, St. Peter’s, Wesley and St. Anthony’s. At the end of first round, Isipathana and S. Thomas’ colleges topped their respective groups. [...]
17 new records in spite of rain
The rains which lashed the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Diyagama during the last few days did not deter the junior athletes from displaying their talents at the 54th Junior National Athletic Championships. Seventeen new records were established including a Sri Lanka record. Accordingly 24 (17 boys and 7 girls) athletes for the 17th Asian Junior [...]
Dilip Ruwan and Harshani Chamodi adjudged best boxers
Boxers from the Sri Lanka Army (men and women) showed off their capabilities by winning 12 medals at the (ABA) Annual Boxing Championships at the Royal College Boxing Ring. The Army men’s boxing team won 4 Gold Medals and 5 Silver Medals while the Army women bagged two Gold Medals and one Silver Medal. Dilip [...]
MBSL invited for Aussie tourney
Masters Basketball Sri Lanka (MBSL) have been invited by the organisers of the Jupiters Pan Pacific Basketball Tournament of – Queensland Basketball to participate in this tournament to be held in the first week of November this year. The tournament has been slotted to take place at the Coomera Indoor Sports Complex, a brand new [...]
Two pools in preparation for Asian Junior Volleyball Championships
The Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation has taken a decision and has picked two pools in preparation for the Asian Junior Volleyball Championships. Already 19 boys and 19 girls have been picked for the event and they are currently under training at Torrington Square and Heyantuduwa. The boys are training for the 18th Asian Men’s Under [...]
Rain washes out CRIB Sixes final
Rain completely washed out the second and final day’s play of the 4th Governor’s Trophy –CRIB Cricket ‘Sixes 2015/16′ at the P. Sara Oval. The tournament commenced with glorious sunshine with the participation of 68 men’s teams and 36 women’s teams, matches conducted simultaneously on four pitches. At the completion of the:1st day’s play the [...]
Football FA Cup – Indefinitely postponed
Due to the prevailing weather conditions the remaining four matches of the Cargills Food City FA Cup have been postponed indefinitely, Football Federation of Sri Lanka announced. This includes the two quarter-finals which was to be held on Friday May 20 – Sri Lanka Army vs. Sri Lanka Air Force and Saunders-Blue Star and the [...]
Rasith hogs the limelight
One drop batsman, Rasith Chalanga from Technomedics and Dinesh Panditharatne from HNB ‘C’ hogged the limelight in the ongoing MCA Division ‘F’ 25-Over League Tournament 2016 continued last weekend. While all 10 games on Saturday were played in glorious sunshine, all nine matches on Sunday were rained-off without a ball being bowled. Rasith Chalanga hit [...]
Hockey in the lurch — who is responsible
Hockey, a sport that was thriving to earn limelight in the international arena, is gradually spreading out among schools. After much struggle finally Sri Lanka managed to taste a little bit of success at the first round of recently held World League Qualifiers, booking a berth for the second round. But there are administrative issues, [...]
Ane is it true with Nam
TENSE MEETING Two high-powered officials started abusing each other at a meeting of a very popular women’s sport in the presence of the Big Man in Sports. The Big Man in Sports intervened to bring the situation under control. There is a lot of tension in this sport since of late and even the ‘pool’ [...]