Woeful Lankans capitulate once again as Proteas win the series
Champika Fernando at the Wanderers Cricket Stadium All too familiar batting collapse left Sri Lankan cricket think-tank searching for answers as South Africa massacred woeful Sri Lanka with a clinical all-round performance to win the third ODI by seven wickets here at the Wanderers Cricket Stadium in Johannesburg yesterday. The hosts have now taken an [...]
Sooriyawewa off: Still no venues ready for Bangladesh tour
Hardly a month left for the series By S.R. Pathiravithana It is almost certain that there will be no international cricket till at least June this year at the Sooriyawewa Stadium which is now in state of disrepair and neglect. Initially it was revealed that when the Bangladeshis tour Sri Lanka in March, one of [...]
Charana ousts Santhush to stake claim to the crown
Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 The fourth week of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 brings in a new leader in the All-Island Schools category. This time Charana Nanayakkara of Thurstan College comes to the top passing last week’s leader Santhush [...]
SLVF appoints 15 Coaches
Fifteen volleyball coaches have been appointed by the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation aiming five Asian International Competitions. All these coaches have been ratified by the Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera. Since the Under-19 Boys Tournament is first on the list training has already started at the National Youth Sports Centre (NYSC) in Heyantuduwa. The other contests [...]
Sanga launches the Sunday Times – Dialog Schoolboy Cricketer Awards
The Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 was officially launched at the Auditorium of Dialog Axiata at Union Place, Colombo on Wednesday with distinguished invitees making their presence at the event. Sri Lanka’s most celebrated and iconic cricketer, Kumar Sangakkara made his presence as the chief guest of the event to [...]
Two teams selected for Asian Beach VB tournament
Sri Lanka will be represented by two teams – men and women – at the Asian under 21 Beach Volleyball Tournament to be held in Thailand from March 2 to 4. The Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation has taken this decision and currently both teams have been chosen and are training at the Heyantuduwa NYSC Training [...]
Women’s club football and Dialog Super Eight will commence next week
The Division One Women’s Football Championship will commence on February 7. This has been decided upon by the Sri Lanka Football Federation. Four teams are figuring in the competition. They are: Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force and Sri Lanka Police. On February 7 there are two matches. The first match [...]
18th Asian Junior Squash team C’ships 2017- Hong Kong
Sri Lanka junior squash girls’ and boys’ teams left to participate in 18th Asian junior squash team championships 2017- Hong Kong from February 1 to 5. Total 21 leading squash playing Asian countries are participating in this championship. Both Sri Lanka teams are playing under Group ‘B’ in this championship and this will be played [...]
Royal — A bold reply after Pete’s twin fifties
Lakshina Rodrigo and Vinul Gunawardena cracked half tons but the late order batting failed to make any impression for St Peter’s against Royal on day one in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at Bambalapitiya. Lakshina cracked a 81 that included 11 boundaries while Vinul hit a 73 with 14 boundaries and the duo [...]
Army ahead in this battle of wits
The Police and the Army, who will meet today at Diyagama, take the field with some confidence after winning last week’s matches. The Army had the more satisfying win, as they triumphed 30-17 over the Navy who were title contenders up to a couple of weeks ago. The Navy’s 28 point loss to the Kandy [...]
Look out for the bad ally within – the match-fixing conundrum
“One Team One Nation”– that is the brand that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has placed its hopes, aspirations and achievements upon, for the game, in this tear drop shaped island of wonders. Why do I call it the island of wonders? As you are aware, Sri Lanka has produced only one female Athlete in the [...]
‘AO’- Glory of Serena and Federer
The Chinese New Year that just dawned, this is the year of the ‘Rooster’. According to their birth chart, Serena Williams and Roger Federer were born in the year of the ‘Rooster’. What a coincidence that they won the Australian-Open [AO] titles this year. It did not just happen with the luck of the birth [...]
Kandy-Havelocks the real battle
The book says that an Aircraft in distress has right of way over all other traffic. For Kandy SC it was sweet revenge by not giving the right of way. The Air Force Rugby team which successfully engaged and beat Kandy in the first round were in distress as Kandy rode rough within few minutes [...]
Official apathy towards a National Plan
Sri Lanka (SL) have won 2 Olympic medals, 4 World Championship titles, 2 Para Olympic medals and has emerged as a major force in the South Asian region. Duncan White (1948 London Olympics), M.J.M. Lafir (1973 World Billiards & Snooker), 1996 Cricket World Cup, Susanthika Jayasinghe (2000 Sydney Olympics), Nishantha Fernando (2012 World Carrom Championship), [...]
RTC back in the saddle and galloping from Feb.25
After a brief recess, the Royal Turf Club (RTC) has made all arrangements to kick off its 2017 Horse Racing season with the Independence Day Race on February 25 at the Nuwara Eliya Racecourse. The RTC comes alive after nearly 3 months, since it had its major event in November 2016, with a chain of [...]
Cricket at Richmond- The Golden Era
Richmond College Galle has a long history of playing cricket. Like in many other schools that existed in the colonial era, cricket has been the main team sport at the College. In fact it is one of the pioneers in school cricket. Richmond played its’ first ever inter-school cricket match against All Saints’ College, Galle, [...]
THE KALUTARA CONNECTION
The party in Negombo where 300 individuals were invited had an individual who had been spying on the guests. It is circulated that this person did not belong to any of those who were contesting at the AGM but was spying for a former big shot, which still has interests in the sport. It has [...]
Red Bull Levels in Mirissa on Feb.25
Hailed as one of the toughest obstacle courses, Red Bull Levels returns to Sri Lanka for its 3rd edition in Mirissa, a well known location in the southern coastal belt for Water-sports, on February 25. With the success of the previous two events in 2015 and 2016, Red Bull hopes to unleash the 3rd installment [...]
NTB ‘A’, SCB remain unbeaten Group leaders
Nations Trust Bank (NTB) ‘A’ of Group ‘A’, and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) of Group ‘B’ completed their quota of 4 matches on an unbeaten note, thus finishing as Group leaders in the ongoing ‘BMW-Hyundai’ Trophy, MCA ‘C’ Div. 50-Over League Tournament 2017, continued last weekend. In the Preliminary Round, NTB ‘A’ scored 2 comfortable [...]
Lankan Blind Cricketers in handsome win
Sri Lanka Visually Handicapped cricketers scored a resounding 214 runs victory over New Zealand in their first match of the 4th Cricket World Cup T20 played in Delhi. A swashbuckling opening stand of 334 runs by Ruwan Wasantha (B2) and Suranga Sampath (B3) was too much for the Kiwi cricketers as they found difficulty [...]
‘Coast to Coast’ Racing Cycling a la Lanka Sportreizen
Lanka Sportreizen (LSR), a leader in water and nature based sports activities such as the LSR Colombo Marathon, ‘Rumble in the Jungle’- Mountain Biking Challenge, ‘ Vittel Amazon’ Adventure Challenge, ‘SriLankan Pro Surf- WQS’ International Surfing Event, has planned to hold a Cycling Event for professionals keen on Racing Cycling. Travelling around the world for [...]
Lanka Academy beat Reederei Eugen Friederich with 3 balls to spare
Lanka Academy won the 9th Mercmarine Premier League Cricket Tournament, defeating Reederei Eugen Friederich (REF) in a thrilling final at the Malay Grounds, Colombo 2. K.S.I. Indika and Vimukthi Jayamanna excelled in Lanka Academy’s victory, in a match dominated by batsmen. The Mercmarine Premier League, considered the most popular sporting event among Sri Lanka’s seafaring [...]
Daminda (ComBank ‘B’),Thimal (MAS ‘B’), Mediwaka (AIA) shine on opening weekend
Chamila Daminda of Commercial Bank (ComBank) ‘B’, Bimsara Thimal of MAS Silueta (MAS) ‘B’ and Purna Mediwaka of AIA Insurance (AIA), hogged the limelight in the opening round of matches in the 15th David Pieris Group of Companies sponsored, ‘DPGC’ Challenge Trophy, MCA ‘E’ Div. 30-Over League Tournament 2017, which got underway last weekend. No.3 [...]