Hashan and Chandana given SLC assignments
The Sunday Times reliably understands that former national cricket stars Hashan Tillekeratne and Upul Chandana are to given with coaching assignments of Sri Lanka Cricket soon. Tillekeratne is to be given the job of batting coach while Chandana would have the task of handling fielding. However the significance of these two appointments is that both [...]
The ghost of Big Three and the Zimbabwean lesson
During the Zimbabwe-Sri Lanka-West Indies tri-nations ODI series, someone queried what Zimbabwe’s next international assignment was. The commentator rather reluctantly replied that their next assignment was once again against Sri Lanka and that too, in June 2017.  Isn’t Zimbabwe a fully fledged Test playing nation? Why this apathy against a fledgling cricketing nation that is [...]
CR in lackluster win in uneventful game
A final score-line of 31-26, coming on top of a half-time tally of 20-19 would suggest that the CR-Police match at Longdon Place was full of tension, titillation and excitement. But it wasn’t so. In fact, CR’s win by 31 points (a goal, 3 tries, 3 penalties) to 26 (3 goals,1 try) was the outcome [...]
Argentina-South America’s first to win
Juan del-Potro’s Davis-Cup Argentina had and has great Tennis players. It is one of the countries which had Tennis as an elite sport for over a hundred years. Among the Argentinean men, Guillermo Vilas, Jose Luis Clerc and David Nalbandian, and Gabriella Sabatini among women, dominated the world Tennis in the last quarter of the [...]
Kandy needs to take stock and get its act together
CR&FC proved beyond reasonable doubt that the matches they lost to date were self-inflicted. Against Air Force, in the first 11 minutes they scored twice to take a 14-0 lead against the giant killers. The starter was good and the main course ended with a champagne win by 57-20. The score might make you ask [...]
Asela Gunaratne’s 158 for Army — the highlight
SSC amassed a mammoth score of 503 but Tamil Union in their turn ended day two making a bold reply in the Premier League Tier ‘A’ inter-club cricket encounter played at P. Sara Stadium. SSC resuming from their overnight score of 375 for 5 ended up making a mammoth score of 503. However Tamil Union [...]
Navy and Air Force overall wrestling winners
Sri Lanka Navy with 40 points won the handsome Pulser Power Challenge Trophy Overall Championship at the77th National Wrestling Championship organised by the Sri Lanka Wrestling Federation and sponsored by David Pieris Motor Company which concluded at the new Sports Ministry Indoor Complex. Sri Lanka Army finished as the first runners-up with 24 points while [...]
Panadura SC crush Police SC with a day to spare
Panadura SC crushed Police SC by an innings and 15 runs with a day to spare in their Premier League Tier B inter-club cricket encounter concluded at the Panadura Esplanade yesterday. The foundation for Panadura SC’s win was laid by their left arm orthodox spinner Gayan Sirisoma’s who ended with a career best figures of [...]
MAS Slimline, MAS Unichela in the lead
The third day’s proceedings of the 91st ABA Men’s and Women’s Nationals Boxing Championships being held at the Royal Sports Arena saw two clusters from MAS Holdings in the lead. In the men’s category MAS Simline Pannala who ended up as the third best last year have so far succeeded to qualify to four of [...]
Lankans create field Hockey history despite losing the final
The Lankan strikers created Hockey history by reaching a final of an international tournament for the first time. After an unbeaten run in the preliminary matches and the semi-finals at the 5th Men’s Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Cup tournament, the Lankans lost 0-3 to Bangladesh in the final. The elated Coach of the Lankan Hockey [...]
Mihiliya and Shamil win main titles
Mihiliya Methsarani was crowned as the Sri Lanka Junior National Squash Champion for the fifth consecutive year while Shamil Wakeel won his second back to back junior national title at the 27th Ritzbury Sri Lanka Junior National Squash Championship, which ended at the Tamil Union Squash Courts, Colombo 8, yesterday. Methsarani, the currently Asia’s second [...]
A sport for every child to build a healthy nation
The increase in the number of overweight children in our society, may be a direct result of us not paying attention to their daily diet and to their physical activity. TV and computer games have replaced children’s playtime. Today, they play Football in the computer, rather than on the grounds. If we choose to ignore [...]
ADDRESSING OLD LADIES
A coach from Singapore visited Sri Lanka to give advice on the technical aspects of the game. The Singapore coach was shocked to see that she had to address a set of old ladies. She had stated that she was in Sri Lanka to address the youth of the country on the sport. It has [...]
St. Joseph’s shot out for 23 in 1926, and again 90 years later
St. Joseph’s all out for 23 runs. That is what we read in the newspapers a few weeks back. It happened during the 1st innings of St. Joseph’s College (SJC), Maradana, against Thurstan College, in the Under-19 Division 1 inter-school match played at Thurstan grounds. The SJC scorecard was reminiscent of a mobile phone number: [...]
Kanrich and Casualline win at Volleyball
Kanrich Finance and MAS Casualline Mawathagama won the Men’s and Women’s titles respectively at the Munchee Super League Volleyball Championships concluded at the National Youth Services Council Indoor Stadium in Maharagama. Kanrich Finance defeated Brandix Minuwangoda 3-1 in the Men’s final while Casualline Mawathagama had the better of Brandix Green Plant Seeduwa 3-1 in the [...]
Commercial Bank dominate winning ‘A’ and ‘B’ Divisions
Commercial Bank (ComBank) dominated the 40th Mercantile 7-a-Side Hockey Championship 2016, organised by the Mercantile Hockey Association (MHA) at the P. Sara Stadium recently. ComBank stickers fought all the way to win the ‘A’ and ’B’ Divisions against Hatton National Bank (HNB) ‘A’ and MAS Holdings in the respective finals. Earlier, in the KnockOut Tournament [...]
Will Kandy be Navy’s Waterloo?
Kandy SC, who suffered an unexpected and totally indefensible loss to the Airmen some three weeks back, now seem to have regained their composure and confidence to a certain extent. Wins against the Army and Police by 24-point and 25-point margins respectively, did good for their battered ego. However, a tougher test awaits them today [...]
Gamage’s explosive 64 — the highlight
The rain gods at last permitted the MCA ‘D’ Division 40-Over League Tournament 2017 to get off last weekend, with 16 teams participating in 4 Groups. Dilip Nishan Gamage (Expolanka Group) Janaka Ushan (Hilton Colombo Residencies) Sadeesha Lakmal (NTB), Gayan Prasanga and Rasika Chandana (Heshan Flexe) and Sachin Dewage (AMW Group) hogged the spotlight in [...]
MAS Holdings’ Buwanaka Gunathilake wins Men’s Triple Crown
McLarens Holdings Ltd with 41 points won the Overall Championship at the Li-Ning 33rd Mercantile Badminton Association (MBA) Individual Championships 2016 played over five days at the MBA Headquarters Courts last week, which saw over 45 National players in action. Buwanaka Gunathilake of MAS Holdings won the Men’s Triple Crown, while Thilini Hendahewa of McLarens [...]
Open Standard Cycle race on Dec. 10
An Open Standard Cycle Race organised by ‘Ekamuthu’ Youth Society of Vihara Mawatha, Kotalawela, Kaduwela will be conducted for the fifth consecutive year, commencing from Vihara Mawatha, Kotalawala on December ten. The race will flag off at 8.00 am at the Vihara Mawatha Junction and will take the route through Pittugala, Malabe, Arangala, Athurugiriya, Panagoda, [...]
Foreign players barred from FA Cup: FFSL
Foreign players will not permitted to play in this year’s Cargills Food City FA Cup Tournament which commenced last Saturday. The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) made this decision as local players were unable to make an impact due to foreign-player dominance. This year’s Cargills Food City FA Cup Tournament champions will receive a [...]
Third Red Bull Ride ‘My Wave’ at Ahangama
The Red Bull Ride ‘My Wave’ after its successful completion of the second edition which was held at the Eastern coast in Arugam Bay is gearing up to hold the third edition scheduled to be conducted on December 10 and 11 at the Southern coast Kabalana Beach in Ahangama. The event which began two years [...]
Seylan Bank and MAS ‘A’ victorious
Seylan Bank Sports Club and MAS ‘A’ proved their superiority in the mercantile table tennis by emerging champions in the Men’s and Women’s ‘A’ Divisions at the Mercantile League Table Tennis Championship 2016 concluded at S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium tables last weekend. Forty six teams from eighteen member companies participated in both Men’s and [...]
Sri Lanka Junior Golf C’ship from Dec. 7-9
All arrangements have been made to conduct the Sri Lanka Junior Golf Championship for the ninth consecutive year at the Royal Colombo Golf Club from December 7 to 9. Vinod Weerasinghe and Armand Flamer Caldera are the top contenders for the Junior National Champion and a close contest between them will decide the Junior National [...]
FFSL out to make Football most popular National sport
The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) is on the verge of forming a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of qualified stalwarts to assist and guide its National Youth Development Project (NYDP). This move, according to FFSL’s Media and Finance Committee Chairman, Ranjith Rodrigo, is to strengthen the programme by helping the youngsters as well as [...]
Worm turns for cricket – big guns ditched
The pre-quarter final encounters which concluded saw four centuries being scored by Mithira Thenuwara of Tissa MMV Kalutara, Pawan Sandesh of Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama, Tharindu Amarasinghe of Prince of Wales and Sineth Jayawardena of Royal helped their respective sides to win their matches and to advance to the quarter-finals in the Singer Trophy under thirteen [...]
St. Bernadette’s and Nalanda Minuwangoda in quarters
Newcomers to school cricket St Bernadette’s College Polgahawela and Nalanda Boys Schools Minuwangoda impressed by winning their pre-quarter final matches to qualify to the quarter finals of the Under 13 Division Two cricket tournament. St Bernadette’s recorded a convincing first inning win over Sandalanka Central while Nalanda Boy’s School too coasted to an easy first [...]
Classic Travel’s Mohamed Zaeem (22) Pool Champ
Mohamed Zaeem, the 22-year-old rising star from Classic Travel, won the 3rd Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) Pool Championships 2016 sponsored by Yenesha Travels (Pvt) Ltd., when he beat debutant Viraj Nallawangsa [Authenticities (Pvt) Ltd], 2-0 in the final, at the ‘Shotz’ Pool Lounge, Excel World, last Friday. 38 Players from 14 Firms participated. Mohamed [...]
Classic Travel ‘B’ Champs, Cinnamon Grand bag ‘Plate’ and ‘Bowl’
Classic Travel ‘B’ led by Sasith Udayanga won the Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) 5-a-Side Beach Tag Rugby ‘Cup’ Championships 2016, defeating Walkers Tours, 6-0 in the final, at the Mt. Lavinia Hotel Paradise Beach last Saturday. Cinnamon Grand bagged a ‘Double’ when they won the ‘Plate’ and ‘Bowl’ Championships. 11 Teams participated in 3 [...]
TTSC Swim on Dec. 10
The 32nd Travel Trade Sports Club Swimming Championships 2016, sponsored by Luxe Asia will be held on Saturday, December 10 at Thurstan College Pool from 1.00pm onward. The meet will be conducted in 2 categories, namely – Novices and Championships, consisting 75 events, to the rules of SLASU on a team Championship basis. The age [...]