Signed, sealed only to be delivered
4 It was Dilruwan’s turn to hog the limelight By Aubrey Kuruppu Resurgent Sri Lanka thrashed the Aussies by a massive 229 runs at the Galle Stadium to win the three match series 2-0, with one still to go. Dilruwan Perera was Sri Lanka’s hero, for a change. He made his off breaks spin, bite [...]
Tourists suffer galling series defeat in Galle
By Jon Pierik GALLE: A tour of Sri Lanka which began with so much promise effectively ended in misery on Saturday when Australia tumbled to a 229-run defeat in the second Test, and ceded the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy. Resuming day three on 3-25, chasing 413 to win, the tourists were spun out for 183 in 50.1 [...]
This team showed maturity says coach Sudath Sampath
Sri Lanka Under-20 Rugby 7s: Targetting Asian 2nd Leg The Sri Lankan Sevens Rugby is on cloud nine after a scintillating performance by set of youngsters donning the Under 20 national jersey. The youngsters went on to lift the first leg of the Asian Sevens under 20 Championships at Johor in Malaysia last week. The [...]
Tarindra leads Mobitel Eagles to first leg win
Sri Lanka Super Sevens By Narendra Kulatunga Tarindra Ratwatte, took the final showdown by thunder, scoring two scintillating tries to give Mobitel Eagles, the first taste of Sri Lanka Super Sevens title by beating Soft logic Warriors 21 points to 14. Yet, at the break it was the Soft logic Warriors who had the proceedings [...]
Charith’s theory spells magic
It was a bright and sunny day but, looking through my window, I thought there was a tinge of gloom. It was then that I called Sri Lanka Cricket team’s manager Charith Senanayake to discuss about our chances. We were just about to climb Mount Everest or something similar — taking on the ICC’s No.1 [...]
Halep, Djokovic win Roger’s Cup
US- OPEN SERIES 2016 Players’ alternative to the Rio Olympics is the US Open series. Hard courts were born in the USA. In an effort to revive Tennis in North America, the US Open series has been established with new incentives. These events span over 7 weeks with the US Open as the finale in [...]
About dogs who bark but not bite
When there is good news of a performance of note the media give less space but more on the supposed penalty imposed on Sri Lanka Rugby is a question I was asked. The best answer will be by knocking on your conscience and asking what is that effects the value and culture of the sport. [...]
Saparamadu, Hansika adjudged best boxers
Two pugilists from MAS Holdings were adjudged the best boxers in the men’s and women’s categories of the Layton Cup Boxing Meet which concluded at the Royal MAS Arena boxing ring in Reid Avenue yesterday. MAS Slimline’s P.V.D.D. Saparamadu came out as the best in the men’s category while K.A.K. Hansika MAS Unichela Panadura was [...]
Renown crash to their first defeat
Renown lost their first match 1-2 to Sri Lanka Navy in the ongoing Dialog Champions League football tournament at the Navy grounds, Welisara yesterday. At the City Football League Complex Java Lane pulled off a 2-0 win over Air Force. This was Java Lane’s first win seven games, achieving the victory in the eighth outing. [...]
New Football CEO Jaswar Umar
Jaswar Umar has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Sri Lanka Football Federation by the Executive Committee with immediate effect yesterday. Jaswar Umar has been involved as a football referee and a referee’s instructor for the past 21 years. In future he will act as an International Match Referee in [...]
Sri Lanka topples Singapore to meet Malaysian in 10th Asian Netball final
Sri Lanka created a major upset in the ongoing 10th Asian Senior Netball Championships in Bangkok, Thailand when they toppled reigning champions Singapore 36-30 in the first semi-final yesterday. Singapore was the reigning champions in 2012 and 2014 in the competitions held in Colombo and Singapore respectively. A close fight was witnessed in the game [...]
Janali, Medhira and Anika do well in their under 18 ties
In the first two days of the 101st Senior and Junior National Tennis Tournament conducted by the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA), witnessed some superb tennis from the Juniors at the Greenpath. The matches that caught the eye of the spectators were in the Girls under 18 Singles, where top seeds Janali Manamperi, Medhira Samarasinghe [...]
Then the Lankan youth beat England in a Test
While their seniors thrashed the top ranked Test nation back at home, the Sri Lanka Under-19s too achieved success by recording a rare away win against the England Under-19s, beating them by 7 wickets at Northampton to wrap up the two-match Youth Test series 1-0. The match ended with a day to spare on Friday [...]
Now the Hong Kong referees are up in arms
Hong Kong has refused to send referees for the Sri Lanka Super Sevens which was held on Friday and Saturday at the Racecourse ground in Colombo. This, according to informed sources, was after Sri Lankan team officials of the Under-18 team had been too rude match officials at the Asian Under-18 Schools Sevens Championship held [...]
SSC record fifth successive win
SSC maintained their unbeaten record when they recorded their fifth successive win by defeating Galle CC by 18 runs in the Under 23 Twenty20 cricket encounter played at the SSC ground. SSC taking first lease of the wicket made 119 for 9 and then restricted their opponents to a score of 101. Thikshila de Silva [...]
RTC’s Autumn Season now from August 20 due to rain
The Royal Turf Club (RTC) will postpone its second season by two weeks, as the inclement weather in Nuwara Eliya in recent days has proved to be a ‘wet blanket’. The second season or, the Autumn Season as the RTC calls it, which was scheduled to gallop off yesterday, will now commence on August 20. [...]
Regional Junior Open Golf Championships is on its way
The Regional Junior Open Golf Championships kick-started yesterday at picturesque Victoria Golf and Country Club, Rajawella and today will be the final day. With Golf growing in popularity, the Sri Lankan Golf Union has now got more than 50 entries for the Championships. The Golf development programs for Juniors are being actively carried with the [...]
Sportec SC overcome Ruhunu University SC
Sportec Sports Club overcame Ruhunu University Sports Club by three wickets to clinch the Matara District inter club Division III cricket title. The tournament was conducted by the Matara District Cricket Association. The preliminary games were played at the Jayasuriya grounds while the semi-finals and the final was played at the Uyanwatta stadium. In the [...]
Gisele, samba as Rio gets Games party started
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6, 2016 (AFP) – The Rio Games launched with a flamboyant spectacle headlined by supermodel Gisele Bundchen on Friday as a doom-laden Olympic build-up gave way to an energetic party atmosphere at the fabled Maracana stadium. Marathon runner Vanderlei Cordeiro lit the cauldron after an exuberant show of Brazilian cultural touchstones and [...]
SL Rugby caught Fiji-ting with National team awaits punishment
The Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) is caught with its proverbial pants down, as World Rugby is on the verge of imposing a crippling fine of Sterling Pounds 25,000 for a serious breach of the laws of the game by fielding foreigners in the National team. This is because the SLRFU fielded Fijian Emori [...]
JUMPING THE BANDWAGON
The sport with two wheels are in two minds whether to send participants to a meet in Korea at the end of the month for fear that they might jump the bandwagon and decide to stay back. This sport has been receiving several invitations, pre-paid at that, but the parent body is avoiding these invitations. [...]
Zahira Rugby comes in from the cold, with a heritage to emulate
Zahira College, Colombo, is one of the oldest schools in the country to play Rugby. Zahira’s Rugby kicked off in 1924, as the 4th school to play the game after Kingswood (1893), Trinity (1906) and Royal (1916). From the ’20′s to the ’70′s, Zahira played against their traditional opponents Trinity, Royal and St. Peter’s. These [...]
According to Allan Border
This is not about that ‘Little Red Book’. Neither is it about the mercurial South African, highly rated and, in the opinion of many, the best batsman in the world. This piece concerns an Aussie who played 156 Tests, scored 11,174 runs with a highest of 205, made 27 hundreds and 63 fifties and ended [...]
Pakistani Heera Ashiq, Nethmi Waduge SL Men’s, Women’s Tennis Champs respectively
The 101st Colombo Tennis Championship was successfully concluded last week, with at least 800 Junior and Senior Tennis players, along with overseas entrants, competing. The numbers alone augur well for the future of local Tennis . The showpiece games were the finals of the Men’s Open, Women’s Open, Men’s Open Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Of [...]
Ahan steers Royal with unbeaten ton
Sri Lanka national cap Ahan Sanchitha cracked an unbeaten 105 in 137 balls that included 17 boundaries and helped Royal Colombo record a comfortable first inning win over Dharmaraja at Reid Avenue. Sanchitha was also involved in a 94 run stand for the third wicket with Isiwara Dissanayake who made 32. Dharmaraja were all out [...]
Devapathiraja, Wesley, DSS and Richmond advance to pre-quarters
Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama along with Wesley, DSS and Richmond advanced to the pre-quarter finals of the Under-17 Division One Cricket Tournament which is in progress now. The Rathgama lads defeated Sri Devananda MV Ambalangoda by 40 runs. The foundation for Devapathiraja MMV’s win was laid by Pethum Madusanka whose half ton saw them make a modest [...]
Kurunegala Familians Queens for 9th Successive Year
Holy Family Convent Kurunegala clinched the Milo schools netball title for the ninth successive year when they emerged overall champions at the 25th Milo All Island Schools Netball Championship concluded at the Uyanwatta Stadium in Matara. The Kurunegala girls was the only team to qualify for two finals which was in the U-14 and U-18 categories [...]
Dharshan (Men), Chalani (Women) Top Slicers at WP Championship
At the Western Province (WP) Carrom Championship 2016 concluded at the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) headquarters, Kohuwala Chamil Dharshan Cooray and Chalani Lakmali Liyanage emerged Champions in the Men’s and Women’s categories respectively. This highly contested event was organised on the instructions of the WP Ministry of Sports & Education and conducted by [...]
6th Stafford-Honda MCA Div.’G’ 25-Overs League stage over
A solid opening stand of 151 runs in 97-ball between Milan Maduwantha (66 in 51 balls- 2 sixes and 8 fours) and Iresh Udara (62 in 51 balls- 8 fours), helped newcomers, Prym Intimates to a convincing 35-runs win over Union Assurance PLC, in the ongoing 6th Stafford-Honda, MCA Division ‘G’ 25-Over League Tournament 2016,continued [...]
Heshan Flexe Champs at maiden appearance
Heshan Flexe Packaging (HFP) tasted success as Champions in their maiden outing at MCA Cricket, when they beat Nippon Paints (NP) by 36 runs, in the 1st Commercial Credit & Finance PLC sponsored, MCA Division ‘F’ 25-Over League Tournament Final 2016,concluded at the MCA grounds last weekend. HFP taking first lease of the wicket after [...]
Lanka Cavaliers Veterans Over-45 Cricket Sixes today
The most significant items of the 4th edition of the Lanka Cavaliers Veterans Over-45 Cricket Sixes 2016 will be that a team from Jaffna will be present for the first time today at De Soysa Stadium in Moratuwa commencing at 8.30 am. The veterans of Jaffna will yield the willow to show cricket is for [...]
Premier Golf to tee off at Nuwara Eliya
The Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) one of the oldest golf clubs in Asia will be the venue for the upcoming Premier Golf Tournament 2016 held on September 9 and 10. The tournament held for the fourth consecutive year will begin with a customary pre-event challenge where golfers will have the exciting task of facing [...]
Air Force lasses emerge Volleyball champs
The Sri Lanka Air Force women’s Volleyball team beat Sri Lanka Army lasses to emerge champions at 9th Defence Services Volleyball Championship 2016 concluded at the Regimental Centre of Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment Army Camp in Ambepussa. This was the fifth consecutive Defence Services Volleyball Championship bagged by the Airwomen. Chairman of Army Volleyball Committee, [...]
MCA Com. beat Lanka Cavaliers by 6 wickets, retain ‘Tyrone de Silva’ Trophy
The MCA Committee led by Senior Vice President, Roshan Iddamalgoda, retained the ‘Tyrone de Silva’ Challenge Trophy with a comfortable 6-wicket win over Lanka Cavaliers in their 13th Annual Cricket Encounter 2016 played at the MCA grounds last weekend. The Lanka Cavaliers sent into bat, had to struggle for runs, as they were shackled by [...]