SLC rocked by match- fixing allegation
13 overs bowled in just 20 minutes By S.R. Pathiravithana In one of the most controversial incidents in the sports history of recent times, it seems that two leading cricketing clubs – Kalutara PCC and Panadura have been charged with match fixing allegations and would face dire consequences if the charges are proved. Premier ‘B’ [...]
This threesome looks to be interesting
Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 Santhush Goonathillake of St. Peter’s College has made indications that he is all serious in claiming the crown by maintaining a healthy lead by the third week’s count of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 contest. [...]
Spin-less Lankans crash as Proteas go one-up
Champika Fernando reporting from Port Elizabeth Sri Lanka’s top and middle order slump showed no sign of abating as another batting collapse helped South Africa draw first blood in the five-match series with a crushing 8-wicket win in the first ODI here at St. George’s Park in Port Elizabeth yesterday. After limiting themselves for a [...]
Just keep your ear to the ground … it’s buzzing
With a new cache of silverware, some may be of the view that we have hit the jackpot! Indeed it was great to complete the first series win of any kind in South Africa, and we must thank Thilanga and company for infusing that extra adrenaline via the Skype chat they had as an afterthought, [...]
AO’s Tennis made ‘difficult’
It is common to write about Tennis made easy. So, I am not sure if the title of this column is appropriate. To win a Tennis match at a Grand-Slam event, players must overcome the opponent which is a difficult task, accommodate the crowd and conditions, which is mental, and have the mastery over movement [...]
The real art of winning comes through proper structuring
I stood waiting for the customary lighting of the pyre and a much respected professional asked; “What is happening to Sri Lanka Rugby?” I reflected on the question and asked myself why? Why is he asking this? Considering the back ground of the person and people around I would have thought they had many issues [...]
Twenty20 not for Schoolboy Cricketers: SLSCA
With the intention of easing on their heavy load of fixtures schoolboy Cricketers engage annually, the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association (SLSCA) has decided to scrap the Inter-School Twenty20 Tournament effective this season. SLSCA Secretary Kapila Jayalath confirmed to the Sunday Times that the SLSCA Executive Committee unanimously decided at a meeting held recently. “We [...]
Dineth and Tharanga shine for Tamil Union
Dineth Thimodya cracked a 113 with nine boundaries and a six while Tharanga Paranvithana made an unbeaten 104 as the duo put on a valuable 214 runs stand for the third wicket for Tamil Union to make 269 for 3 against Ragama CC in their Premier Super Eight cricket encounter played at R. Premadasa Stadium. [...]
Police Colours after eight years
Sri Lanka Police Department are gearing to celebrate their colors night after eight years on January 31. The ceremony will be held at Nelum Pokuna Auditorium from 7pm onwards, Under the patronage of Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development Sagala Ratnayaka as the Guest of Honour. Two hundred and thirty three police sports [...]
Gayan 14 for 66 spins Panadura SC to victory
Left arm orthodox spinner Gayan Sirisoma ended with impressive match bag figures of 14 for 66 as he guided Panadura SC to an innings and 31 runs win over Kurunegala YCC with a day to spare in the Premier Tier B cricket encounter concluded at Panadura yesterday, The second day’s play saw Panadura SC resuming [...]
Pasindu ton but Royal settles for a draw
A knock of 138 by Pasindu Sooriyabandara for Royal and a 91 by Movin Subasinghe for Wesley were the highlights of the drawn Under-19 inter-school cricket encounter between Royal and Wesley concluded at the SSC grounds yesterday. The morning session of play on day two saw Pasindu’s ton helping Royal make a formidable 317 for [...]
Yasoda slams 167, Galle CC make 407
Yasoda Lanka slammed a 167 in 221 balls that included 12 boundaries and four sixes as he along with Dilhan Cooray who made 82 associated in a valuable 196 runs stand for the sixth wicket for Galle CC. Resuming from their overnight score of 208 for 5 they ended their innings making a formidable score [...]
Merciless Soldiers gun down the Sailors by the sea
Army staged a late second half rally to down Navy by 30 points to 17 in their Dialog Inter-Club rugby game at Welisara yesterday. Navy showed glimpses of a great fight back in the second half but it came to an end when Army centre Madusha Chandrasekera intercepted a pass and scored under the posts [...]
Havelocks takes a step closer
A second half burst by title contenders Havelocks SC set their path towards the crown intact with a robust 31-10 victory against a worn-out CR and FC unit in their second round fixture of the Dialog Division ‘A’ Inter-Club Rugby League Championship at Longdon Place yesterday. The first half and the halftime scores would definitely [...]
SL beat SA in Youth 3-Nation final
While their senior Lankans were humble-pied in the first ODI by the hosts, some 750 kilometres away in Port Elizabeth, the Sri Lanka Under-19s showed the meaning of a true fighting spirit by thrashing South Africa Under-19s by 77 runs to clinch the Tri-Nation Tournament at Paarl yesterday. After ousting Zimbabwe thrice in the round [...]
Election fever
The Sports Ministry has instructed all National Sports Associations (NSA) to conduct their AGMs and election of Office Bearers before May 31, 2017. The elections will be held after a break of 2 years. The officials have started their election campaigns already. While some officials conduct their campaign openly, others do it secretly. One set [...]
Nipun, Miflal move ahead with good individual performances
Nipun Dhananjaya of St. Joseph Vaz College Wennappuwa stole the limelight in batting while Ameen Miflal of St. Peter’s College dominated the bowling in the updated version of the Sunday Times-Batsman.com Schoolboy Cricketer Rankings. Both chart-toppers have managed to perform well during the ongoing Singer Inter-School Under-19 Division I Cricket Tournament and have managed to [...]
Beach Volleyball – Most suited for Sri Lanka
Beach Volleyball (BV) is a team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net. It has been an Olympic discipline since the 1996 Atlanta Games. Whilst the history of Sri Lanka BV goes back about 25 years, it is recorded that, originally, BV started in the early [...]
Remedies for our National Cricketers to win on alien soil
After beating Australia and Zimbabwe in 2 Test series our national team’s morale was very high. The Australians ate humble pie against Sri Lanka (SL) for the first time. Also, we beat Zimbabwe in its own den. As a result of this, our team expected to carry all before them against South Africa (SA). However, [...]
Kandy-Air Force return clash — no room for complacency
A few seasons ago, the Air Force were not taken all that seriously and matches against them provided the leading clubs opportunities to try out a few things and test a few personnel. But that stunning win over the champions has led to a rethink and today’s Air Force players can hold their heads high [...]
No to official bus
With the AGMs of various sports bodies scheduled to be held soon, almost all the sports bodies have started campaigning for their favourites in order to curry favours. One such party had organised a massive beach party and even players in the national team were invited to this bash. But the incumbent president of the [...]
Colombo FC tipped to make it 3 in a row
According to Colombo FC Manager A. Sampoo, their aim is to win the Dialog Champions League Super 8 Round on an unbeaten note, beating Renown SC, Navy SC and Blue Star SC. “We have 3 foreign players in the team and the local players are in top form. If we win this time, it will [...]
Pot is nearer to Police in the battle of the wooden-spoonists
Table neighbours Police and CH, take each other on in a bottom-of-the table encounter that will provide the CH with, possibly, their last chance of gaining a win. That, too, is not assured as the Police came out on top (46-25) in the first round. Incredibly, the CH have scored 108 points in their 11 [...]
WP Badminton Association Inter-Club C’ship on Feb.10-12
The Western Province Badminton Association (WPBA) Inter-Club Team Badminton Championship will be held on February 10-12 at the S. Thomas’ College Sports Complex, Mt Lavinia. The WPBA is an affiliate of the Sri Lanka Badminton Association (SLBA) and is also one of the most active and popular Badminton Associations in Sri Lanka. Since its formation [...]
CDB Champs with 2-wicket win over Kanrich Finance ‘B’
In a lacklustre final, where bowlers dominated, Citizens Development Business (CDB) lifted the ‘Elephant House Lemonade’ Trophy, narrowly beating Kanrich Finance ‘B’ (Kanrich) by 2 wickets, in the 14th Ceylon Cold Stores PLC sponsored, MCA ‘D’ Division 40-Overs League Tournament 2017, concluded at the MCA grounds last Sunday. Kanrich sent into bat, were shackled by [...]
Walkers-Whittalls overall Champs dethrone grounded SriLankan
With SriLankan Airlines out of the way, a combined team from Walkers Tours & Whittalls Travels (Walkers-Whittalls) were overall winners after 31 meets, at the 32nd Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) Swimming Championships 2016 sponsored by Luxe Asia, and concluded at the Thurstan College pool last Sunday. There were 83 events including 8 relays, for [...]
Pakistani, Indian, Bangladeshi Cyclists invited for the Tour
Three foreign teams- Pakistan, India and Bangladesh- have been invited for the first and main event of the Sri Lanka Cycling Calendar- Tour De Air Force- to be held from March 3-5, from Colombo to Jaffna in 3 Stages. The 3-day event, held for the 18th time, is organised by the Cycling Union of Sri [...]
Dockyard bounce back with comfortable win over ComLeasing
Colombo Dockyard Ltd (CDL), who suffered a humiliating 294 runs defeat at the hands of LB Finance (LBF) ‘B’ on Thai Pongal day, got the wind back on their sails, as they overcame Commercial Leasing Co. (CLC) by 51 runs in the ‘BMW /Hyundai’ Trophy, MCA ‘C’ Division 50-Over League Tournament 2017, continued last weekend. [...]
Travel Trade Beach Volleyball on Feb.11
The Travel Trade Sports Club will bring down the curtain on its 2016 Sports calendar, on its 40th anniversary, with the 10th Beach Volleyball Championships, sponsored by Mt. Lavinia Hotel Group and hosted by Club Bentota, for the fifth successive year, will be held on Saturday, February 11, at Club Bentota’s Paradise Island Beach, Aluthgama, [...]
National Junior Golf Ranking Awards 2016
Sri Lanka National Junior Golf Rankings in support of Sri Lanka Golf joined hands with NDB Wealth last year to promote Junior Golf 2016. Rankings for the year concluded with the completion of the Sri Lanka Junior Open 2016, Prima Regional Junior Opens in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya. The qualifying round of the Rukmini Kodagoda [...]
Pakistan’s AAN Sports Champs, beat India’s Ali’s Warriors
AAN Sports of Pakistan won the 2nd Ali’s International Cricket Premier League (ICPL) T-20 Tournament beating of by 7 wickets in the final at the R. Premadasa International Stadium. The finalists from two rival countries tested their might with 200+ totals, with AAN Sports led by former Pakistani Test player, Rana Naveed overcoming Ali’s Warriors [...]
Laundry Dept takes opposition to the cleaners
The Galadari Hotel held its Cricket Fiesta 2017 at the Malay Grounds on January 21, in grand style. This is an annual Inter-Department event held with much enthusiasm and camaraderie. In a keenly contested event, the Laundry Dept were the “Winning Team of the Tournament”, with the Kitchen ‘A’ team Runners-Up, while F&B ‘A’ team [...]
Sumo Wrestling comes to Sri Lanka
Arrangements are being made to introduce Sumo Wrestling islandwide by the Sri Lanka Sumo Wrestling Association (SLSWA). To date, 4 Provinces and 1 District have embraced the sport. They are Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Eastern and, with great success, in the Jaffna District. There are about 175 men and 75 women Sumo Wrestlers in the [...]
Seylan Bank retain sports.com Netball trophy
Seylan Bank retained the most prestigious Sri Lanka Sports.com Netball Challenge trophy after beating arch rivals Hatton National Bank in a thrilling encounter at the Cup Championship of the Sri Lankasports.com Inter Company Netball Challenge It was another chance for HNB to take a sweet revenge and take the ownership of the prestigious Cup Championship [...]