The Chandimal-de Silva grit brings back the Lankan fight
By S.R.Pathiravithana From rags to riches may be an understatement. This saying applied to this entire series as a whole and especially to the first day of the third Test between Sri Lanka and Australia which got underway at the Sinhalese Sports Club Grounds, yesterday. First, against all odds, the Lankans beat their worthy opponents [...]
Lanka no-balls Australia’s pitch doctoring doosra
Australian whining season underway The inevitable Aussie whining season is on show. Now the latest is the complaint in some Australian media that the ‘Galle wicket may have been doctored’. This was big news in the “The Australian” soon after Sri Lanka’s series victory in Galle. Sri Lanka chief cricket curator Geoffrey Dabarera dismissed the [...]
SLC says ‘No’ to ICC’s Two-Tier cricket
There are some moments, despite the prevailing circumstances, where the grass looks greener and you see only smiling faces. Last Saturday, almost two-and-a-half days too early, when the Mathew brigade achieved the almost impossible. The Lankans had fairly and squarely spun a web round the Australian resolve. When it happened the last time 17-years-ago, a [...]
Rio’s upsets, tears and joy
Olympic Lessons Rio de Janeiro, the ‘River of January’ as a place of fame came to being on the 1st of January 1502 when the Portuguese galleon dropped anchor in the bay of the river Guanabara. Today, a mega city, it is famous for the Statue of Christ, Copacabana beach and the Carnival in Rio. [...]
Where do they draw the line?
Watching the Schools Under-14 Rugby Championship on Monday and Tuesday, I was appalled at the attitude of some coaches during tournament where a slap across the face after losing a match was thought to be in order. The language used by some at the young student was even worse. Coach Gavithra de Zoysa and Master-in-Charge [...]
COPE stirs Football and Cricket pots
Millions of rupees channelled by FIFA- the International Federation of Football Associations – to the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) had been deposited in the private bank accounts of two senior ex- office bearers of the FFSL; the Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprise (COPE) was informed this week. The money had been channelled by [...]
Deerananda MV Pilimatalawa emerge champions
Deerananda MV Pilimatalawa a school which began boxing just three years ago emerged champions at the All Island 47th T.B. Jayah Memorial Boxing championships which concluded at the Jayatilleke Stadium in Nawalaptiya yesterday. The champion Deerananda MV team bagged two gold, two silver and a bronze medal while Vidyaratana Pirivena University College Horana took the second [...]
Skipper Ramesh guides SSC to finals
An all-round performance by skipper Ramesh Mendis helped SSC to record a five wicket win over traditional rivals NCC in the semi-final encounter of the Under 23 Twenty20 cricket tournament played in the morning session at P. Sara Stadium yesterday. Ramesh first ended with a four wicket haul and then cracked a quick-fire 74 in [...]
Bandarawela Tamil Central College clinch Uva Golden Trophy
The first ever hard ball cricket match between old boys of Bandarawela Tamil Central College and New Burgh Tamil Maha Vidyalayam was played at the Bandarawela Municipal grounds recently. Tamil Central College cricket team captained by M. Dharshan scored 310 while New Burgh Tamil Maha Vidyalayam team was shot out for 106. Madhushan of New [...]
Gritty Sri Lanka clinches Asian Rugby Under-20 Sevens Series in Hong Kong
Despite losing the Cup final to Hong Kong 10-36 in the second leg, the gritty Sri Lanka Youth Sevens team, clinched the Asian Rugby Under-20 Series 2016, with overall championship points of 26, at Kings Park in Kowloon, Hong Kong yesterday. Sri Lanka scored from two unconverted tries which came from the backs of Omalka [...]
A host of matches on 10th day of National Tennis Championship
The tenth day of the 101st National Tennis Championship will continue at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) courts at Greenpath in Colombo, with a fleet of matches to be played as Avindra Perera, Medhira Samarasinghe and partners Janali Manamperi and Anya Gunawardene won titles in the Under-18 age category. Fifty one round robin games [...]
Discarded Olympian Markswoman takes aim at officialdom
While Olympic marksman Mangala Samarakoon turned his sights on the Sri Lanka Shooting Sports Federation (SLSSF) after his failure in Rio earlier this week, discarded Pistol shooter Ruwini Abeymanne leveled similar charges against the National governing body for ignoring her calls. Abeymanne told the Sunday Times that she had fulfilled the requirements and the minimum [...]
PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS
All eyes are in Rio, where the Olympics are taking place. Four big shots who have been holding the reigns of the local body for a long spell were once again trying to patch up things with the International body and the local body in Brazil. The problem cropped up many years ago and after [...]
Wasantha Aluvihare elected MHA President
Wasantha Aluvihare, state Minster of Agriculture and MP for Matale was unanimously elected the new president of Matale Hockey Association for the period 2016 – 2018 at its annual general meeting. Wasantha Aluvihare is a product of Trinity College Kandy. He represented his alma-mater at Cricket, Rugger and Athletics. Incumbent secretary U.L.M Latheeb was re-elected as the [...]
Armand Flamer Caldera (16) Junior Gold Golf Champ
Teen sensation Armand Flamer Caldera (16), displaying superb Golfing skills on the final day, clinched the Prima Regional Junior Championship in the Gold division in a playoff with Vinod Weerasinghe at the Regional Junior Open Golf Championship held at the Victoria Golf and Country Resort(VGCR) in Kandy. Armand was 5 strokes behind leader Vinod, going [...]
Pothas excited and raring to go at Lankan opportunity
The appointment of Nic Pothas, former South African and Hampshire cricketer with a sound track record, as the new fielding coach of Sri Lanka, may look an ordinary posting, but according to the legendary Aravinda de Silva, it’s all about the present-day youngsters inheriting a perfect ‘culture’. De Silva, the most stylish and sought-after batsman [...]
Sponsor Stafford Motors in MCA Div. ‘G’ Quarters
Stafford Motor Co. the tournament sponsor, along with Maliban Biscuits, PABC Bank ‘B’, Citi Bank NA, Asia Asset Finance, ACL Cables, Asiri Hospitals and Palliyaguruge Group, booked their berths for the quarter-final stage of the ‘Stafford-Honda’-MCA Division ‘G’ 25-Over League Tournament 2016, at the completion of the pre-quarter-finals last weekend. Maliban Biscuits proved much too [...]
Udayaga (Men), Lakmali (Women) Top Slicers at NWP Championship
Curtain came down ofn the North Western Province (NWP) Carrom Championship last weekend at the Auditorium of Janadhipathi Shilpa Shalika, Kuliyapitiya, with Y.M.P. Udayaga winning the Men’s championship, while W. Anusha Lakmali Jayaweera clinched the Women’s championship. Organised by the NWP Sports Ministry and conducted by the Sri Lanka Carrom Federation (SLCF), the tournament was [...]
Old Sebs win Lanka Cavaliers Veterans title
Old Sebastianites, led by Luckey Rogers Fernando emerged as the new Champions of the4th Lanka Cavaliers Veterans (Over 45) Six-a-side Cricket Tournament 2016, when they dethroned the 2015 winner, MCA in the Final, at the Moratuwa Stadium (De Zoysa Park). At the completion of the round robin stage the Group winners Old Palians (Group ‘A’), [...]
U-18 Boys, Girls Paddlers Singapore-bound for Asian Table Tennis Championship
A strong Schools Table Tennis (TT) contingent comprising of 5 Girls and 5 Boys accompanied by 6 officials, left for Singapore on Friday to take part in the 5th Asian Schools TT Championship 2016. Organised by the Asian Schools Sports Federation (ASSF) and hosted by the Singapore Schools Sports Council, this event will be held [...]
Ahan cracks second successive ton
Ahan Sanchitha cracked his second successive ton when he made an unbeaten 111 in 137 balls that included 17 boundaries in the Under-15 Division One second round match against Dharmapala Kottawa played at Royal junior ground in Reid Avenue. Ahan was involved in a massive 166 run stand for the third wicket with Isiwara Dissanayake who [...]
Commercial Credit & Finance sponsors Sri Lanka Super 7′s
Commercial Credit and Finance PLC has come on board as the Gold Sponsor for the current Sri Lanka Super 7′s 2016. A total of eight teams have been battling it out for the past one week and the tournament culminates this weekend at the Racecourse Grounds in Colombo. Each team consists of three foreign players [...]
Sachin steers Petes to victory
Sachin Silva’s allround performance paved the way for St. Peter’s to record a 3-wicket win over Prince of Wales in the Under-17 pre-quarter final encounter played at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa. Prince of Wales taking first lease of the wicket was helped by half tons from Shaminda Viraj and Ravindu Lochana for them to [...]
Disciplined, dedicated Palitha’s devotion to Cricket
It is very rarely a person is born with a special interest for a particular sport, and sacrifices his wealth, time and knowledge for the benefit of that sport. Former Dharmapala, SSC, Nomads and Saracens cricketer, T.K. Palitha, belongs to that rare breed who lived for Cricket. Born into a wealthy business family, Palitha never [...]
Luxe Asia ‘B’ retain TTSC Bowling title
Luxe Asia ‘B’ retained its Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) Bowling title for the second year running, at the Opanima Gems & Jewellry sponsored, 15th Annual TTSC Bowling Championships 2016, concluded at the Strikes Cosmic Bowling Centre, Excel World, TB Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 10, last weekend. Luxe Asia ‘C’ team won the Silver and debutant, [...]
JAT Holdings sponsors Sri Lanka-Australia Tests, co-sponsors ODIs, T20s
JAT Holdings, one of Sri Lanka’s premier organisations in the furnishing and finishing industry, with an impressive portfolio of products, has stepped in as Title Sponsor of the Sri Lanka-Australia Test series and Co-Sponsors of both the ODI and T20 matches. Up for grabs during the series will be the coveted JAT Paints Cup. The [...]
YMBA non-ranking Carrom championship
Applications are called for YMBA non-Ranking Carrom Championship 2016 organised by YMBA, Nugegoda in collaboration with the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka. Tournament will be conducted under four segments – Men’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Singles and Women’s Doubles. All the players islandwide are eligible to participate at this championship except players who currently hold [...]
Classic Badminton Championship from September 2 to 4
The Western Province Badminton Association’s 18th Classic Badminton Championship will be held from September 2 to 4, at Mercantile Badminton Courts, Malalasekera Mawatha, Colombo 7. Only individuals in the Western Province are eligible to take part in the tournament and all players should be residents of the Western Province. The Championship shall consist of Under-14 [...]
Travel Trade Soccer today
The Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) Annual 7-a-side Soccer Tournament 2016, sponsored by Traveler Global (Pvt) Ltd., will be held on Sunday, August 21 at the Edward Henry Pedris Ground in Colombo. Entries have been called from the TTSC Membership and will close on Monday, August 15 at 3.00pm with Anushka Perera, General Secretary/TTSC, C/o [...]