The Wettimuny papers an inner look at a better cricket constitution
This was the Concept Paper developed and presented by then P.C. Prasanna Jayawardena, in consultation with the Interim Committee headed by Sidath Wettimuny at that time, to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera and the International Cricket Council (ICC), prior to the last Cricket Board elections in January. Prasanna Jayawardena P.C. was also [...]
Ragama CC crush Police
Ragama CC drove home for lunch when they crushed hapless Police SC by eight wickets in the Under-23 Division One limited overs encounter played at the Colts ground yesterday. The match lasted only 36.4 overs. After Ragama CC won the toss and invited Police to take first lease of the wicket, bowled them out for a [...]
Seven cueists book berth in quarter-finals
The Over-40 Masters (Veteran) Snooker Championship 2016 conducted by the Sri Lanka Billiards and Snooker Association of Sri Lanka (SLBSA) got underway at the headquarters billiards table of the SLBSA at the Sugathadasa Hotel in Colombo yesterday. The morning session of play on day one of the two day championship saw six matches being worked off. [...]
Mithun leads Lankan charge
It’s pro-golf time and the Asian tour will be teed off on Monday at the Ridgeways. On show will be Rashid Khan, the tour 13th ranked player — a Multiple Winner of the Asian. He leads a strong contingent of Professionals during the Open Golf Championship, organised by the Sri Lanka Golf Union (SLGU). As [...]
Expect a serve of explosive Sevens Rugby
Dialog ‘A’ and the Access Group, both basically featuring a Sri Lanka National Sevens team are hot contenders to grab the Cup Championship title, in the 46th Annual Mercantile Rugby Sevens kicked off on Friday at the CR and FC grounds. Today will be the final-day of the tournament, where the explosive short version of [...]
Joseph Vaz and Galigamuwa MMV take Under-18 titles
Joseph Vaz College, Wenappuwa and Galigamuwa MMV won Under-18 Boy’s and Girls’ titles respectively at the DSI Supersports Schools Volleyball Championship played at the National Youth Services Indoor Stadium, Maharagama yesterday. St. Joseph Vaz were given a tough game 3-2 (25-15, 21-25, 23-25, 25-21, 11-15) by Nattandiya Dammisara MMV in the Boy’s final. In the [...]
Negombo and Wennappuwa emerge victorious
Negombo Youth and New Youngs Wennappuwa emerged victorious in the Dialog Champions League 2016 Stage 5 football matches played yesterday. Negombo Youth defeated Civil Security Force 7-0 at the Kelaniya Sports Complex while Wennappuwa New Youngs trounced Super Sun Beuwela 3-2 in the match played at the Vernon Fernando Stadium Kalutara. Negombo Youth led 4-0 [...]
Sri Lanka vie for seventh spot
Sri Lanka Junior Boys will play Khazakastan for the 7th place today at the 18th Asian Junior Men’s Under 20 Volleyball Championship in Chinese Taipei. Sri Lanka qualified to the Super 8 by defeating Australia and Bahrain in the preliminary round as the first Lankan team to play in the Super 8 for a long [...]
Air Force and Army lasses battle in T20 final today
Air Force and Army booked their berth to the final when they defeated Navy and Colts CC in the SLC Women’s T20 semi-final matches played at the Colts ground yesterday. Chamari Atapattu was the heroine for the Air Force’s win against their Navy counterparts when she cracked an unbeaten 77 in only 59 balls which included [...]
It’s three months since the passing away of Sajith Mallikarachchi
Tempus fugit! Today, Sunday, will mark the third month since the untimely death of the much loved, former Sri Lanka rugby captain Sajith Mallikarachchi. There will be an All-Night Bana Peaching Ceremony at his residence in Maharagama commencing 7 pm tonight. This will be followed by the Alms-giving on Monday. A product of Isipathana, Sajith [...]
What the Green Machine is made of was amply proved
In a recent address US Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Biswal said “However, past achievements do not in themselves translate into present-day accomplishments. Success does not come automatically. A long and terrible civil conflict and a tragic natural disaster all combined to keep Sri Lanka on the margins of the global economy for many decades. [...]
NOT ONLY FOR SPORTSMEN
There is a special hotel in the heart of the town to cater to the needs of officials and athletes who have to stay overnight in order to attend to their affairs. But since of late, families and children too have been making use of this hotel. Now officials, who are in charge of this [...]
Super ‘A’ grade Tennis underway
The Super ‘A’ grade Colombo Tennis Championships held for the 101st year commenced on July 13 and will continue till July 27. So far enthralling tennis has been played by the youngsters at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA ) courts. Qualification results up to yesterday: Girls Under-10 Singles: Dihansa Sethumalee beat Avanthi Joshua 7-0, [...]
Three Athletes off to Poland
A contingent of three junior athletes and two officials left yesterday (July 16) to Poland to take part in the 16th World Junior Under 20 Athletic Championship to be held from July 19 to 24 in Bydgozcz, Poland. Conducted by the International Association of Athletic Federation (IAAF) a total number 1600 athletes from 175 countries [...]
SA Cadet and Junior TT Championships 2016 in progress in Pakistan
South Asian (SA) Junior Table Tennis (TT) Championship Gold medalist Udaya Ranasinghe of Vidyartha College, and Hansani Piyumila of Visakha Vidyalaya were selected to lead the Junior Boys and Girls teams at the SA Cadet and Junior TT Championships 2016 at the Toyata Gymnasium, Habib Public School, Karachi, Pakistan. The 4-day tournament which commenced on [...]
Burdett Trophy Golf today in Nuwara Eliya
One of the Worlds oldest Golf competitions, the annual Burdett Trophy, between the Royal Colombo Golf Club ( RCGC) and the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) since 1902, will be played today at the Nuwara Eliya Golf links. This is a one-day affair. The 114th Burdett Trophy for Men and the 80th Puffin Cup for [...]
Ticket to cricket abyss: Why forget the homegrown
Are these some very ominous signs? At the news conference which was held to welcome the Australian cricketers, none of the big guns of Sri Lanka Cricket was present. The most conspicuous being the absence of Jayantha Dharmadasa, SLC’s pillar in charge of international cricket, and the ceremony was chaired by Chief Executive Officer Ashley [...]
Tennis Icons – Serena and Murray
Evolved to near perfection in Tennis skills, tactics and personality, USA’s Serena Williams and Great Britain’s Andy Murray outclassed the field to win the 2016 Wimbledon Championships last weekend in London. Undisputedly, their understanding, exhibition of the game and the clinical precision in its execution will be a sought-after reference in the future of the [...]
Sumedha ready to take the Olympic challenge
Sumedha Ranasinghe, is the first men’s Javelin thrower from our country to participate in the Olympic Games, since Sri Lanka competed for the first time in 1948. The first women’s Javelin thrower to represent Sri Lanka in Olympics was Nadeeka Lakmali who did so at the Beijing Olympics 2008. Sumedha came up with his thoughts, [...]
Olympic trials debacle: Athletic Association does a Pole vault
Are we just primitive or careless. The the 94th National Athletic Championship was held at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex last week amidst the customary shortcomings. The irony is that in Sri Lanka there are only two athletic stadiums which could be used for International meets. One is the Sugathadasa Stadium which is out of commission [...]
Don’t cry for me, Asgiriya
Largely unwept and unsung, the Asgiriya Stadium has passed into obscenity as a Test centre. Starting with the Test against Greg Chappell’s Australians in April 1983, up to the Test against England in December 2007, 22 matches have been played there. The ground has a certain quaintness and old world charm about it. However, it [...]
Beach rugby tournament – a success
A Beach Rugby Tournament at its best was witnessed recently at Mount Lavinia beach. A turn out of 350 persons created a festive atmosphere filled with cheering and jeering, made the tournament the most successful and the highest participated one in the history of WNS Sri Lanka, a business process management company, the largest BPM [...]
Over 100 teams in Mercantile Volleyball Championship
Over 100 teams will vie for honours in the 1st Round of the Mercantile Volleyball Championship conducted by the Mercantile Volleyball Association (MVA), on August 20 and 21 at the National Youth Services Centre (NYSC), Maharagama, with the finals scheduled for September 16 and 17. With overall prize money of Rs 1 million, the competition [...]
Tharanga Indika 86 — the highlight
The MCA Division ‘F’ 25-over League Tournament 2016 sponsored by Commercial Credit and Finance PLC, reached the semi-final stage last weekend when HNB ‘B’, Heshan Flexe Packaging, MJF Exports and Nippon Paint booked their berths seeking for the finals. In the quarter-finals that were worked off last weekend, HNB ‘B’ defeated HSBC ‘C’ by 6 [...]
Rugby balls
The Agoal International ( Pvt ) Ltd, the sole agents and distributors for world famous sporting brand Canterbury products, presented Canterbury rugby balls for the recently concluded Milo President trophy knock out Rugby Championship. In the picture, Dilroy Fernando, the Director/CEO of Agoal International( Pvt) Ltd, officially handing over the Canterbury match balls to Denzil [...]
Jalitha hits a ton and bags a fifer
Asia Asset Finance opening batsman Dennis Rodrigo and top order batsman, Nimesh Perera sent the Peak Colombo bowlers on a leather hunt as they piled up 296 for 3 in the ongoing 6th ‘Stafford-Honda’, MCA Division ‘G’ 25-over League Tournament 2016, continued last weekend. While Rodrigo hit 83 runs in 44 balls, inclusive of six [...]
Sooriya Resort win at cricket
Debutant Sooriya Resort, Waikkala, emerged winners of the Annual Negombo Inter-Hotels Cricket ‘Sixes’ 2016, beating Jetwing Blue, Negombo in the Final, at the Sir Albert F Peiris Sports Complex, Wennappuwa last week. The 40th edition of this colourful event, was organised by the Negombo Hoteliers Association (NHA) was participated by 22 men’s teams and 6 [...]
Forty eight teams qualify from Matale and Anuradhapura Districts
The qualifying tournament of the 25th All Island Milo Schools Netball Championship is in progress around the island and is being conducted in 15 centres. The centers where the qualifying tournaments are being held are Ampara, Kandy, Matale, Anuradhapura, Kurunegala, Jaffna, Kalutara, Homagama, Ratnapura, Puttalam, Galle, Badulla, Matara, Gampaha and Colombo. Two qualifying tournaments have been [...]
Doubles Finalists found
Suraj Maduwantha-Shashrika Muthunayake and Rebeca Dalrine-Suchini Shashikala combinations emerged Men’s and Women’ Doubles Champions respectively at the Mid Year Novices Carrom Championship 2016 conducted by the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) at its headquarters in Kohuwela last weekend. Over 350 slicers islandwide participated in this year’s event which was conducted in 4 categories- Men’s [...]
Lyceum Wattala, Panadura, Nugegoda and Asian IS enter semis
The International Schools U19 limited over tournament has reached the last stages with the preliminary round matches and the quarter-finals being completed. The tournament saw the participation of 15 teams which were divided into four groups with four teams in each group with Colombo International School Kandy pulling out. The completion of the preliminary round matches [...]
Warnakulasooriya and Ranasinghe top the list
Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Colours Awards for the years 2014 and 2015 was held under the patronage of Commander of Air Force, Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinhala at the Eagle’s Lakeside Banquet Hall. Corporal W.D.B. Warnakulasooriya, a prominent figure in cycling and Corporal R.M.S.J. Ranasinghe, one of Sri Lanka’s top athletes, won the ‘Vartharasa Trophy’ [...]
Mercantile Athletic Meet from August 19 to 21
The 33rd Annual Mercantile Athletic Meet organised and conducted by the Mercantile Athletic Federation (MAF) will be held at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex from August 19 to 21 from 9.00a.m. to 5.00 p.m. each day. Inaugurated in 1982 with the participation of only 512 competitors it grew in numbers every year. In 2015 there [...]