Herath’s Lions too good for the Tigers
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 1st Test By S.R. Pathiravithana from the Galle International Stadium  It was one worst batting displays in recent times. Bangladesh started the chase with their heads up high and came in the morning session with determination on their faces, but, after a little after a session of play it was [...]
No change at the top at the end of Count 9
Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 The chart-topper, Navindu Nirmal of St. Aloysius’ College Galle, continues to lead the All-Island Schools segment of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 reaches the ninth week. However as last week the Top 10 names of [...]
Sri Lanka lose opener to Japan
In Sri Lanka’s first match of the South Asia-Japan Under-16 football exchange programme Sri Lanka suffered a 1-3 loss to Japan at the Racecourse ground yesterday. The tournament organised by the Japan Football Association and is being conducted by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka. The tournament is targeting the 2020 Olympic Games and the [...]
Renown crash to unexpected defeat
Defending joint champions Renown SC suffered a 2-3 defeat at the hands of Java Lane in an unexpected manner in the opening game of City Football League President’s Cup Championship at the City Football League grounds in Slave Island yesterday. Java Lane led 3-0 until the last few minutes. Then Renown scored in the dying [...]
Nuwanidu shines for Sebs in drawn game
Nuwanidu Fernando shone with a top knock of 77 for St Sebastian’s on day two as their annual 67th Battle of the Gold’s encounter against traditional rivals Prince of Wales fizzled out to a draw at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa yesterday. As in the first day the match was marred by bad light when [...]
England Lions prevail on D/L
England Lions ended their Sri Lanka tour on a winning note when they recorded a 12 runs win on the Duckworth/Lewis method against Sri Lanka A in the fifth unofficial ODI match played at the CCC ground yesterday. Sri Lanka A taking first lease of the wicket was restricted to a score of 192 with [...]
Royal resistance rewarded by rain
Royal who were struggling for survival in their second innings in the post lunch session on the final day of their 138th Battle of the Blues against traditional rivals S. Thomas’ at the SCC ground were saved by Thevindu Senaratne and Ahan Wickramasinghe who together came to their rescue with a valuable 68 runs stand [...]
High hopes for Motoring in 2017
The 2017 motoring season is set to flag off in grand style as the Sri Lanka Super Series 2017 conducts the first of its six racing events later this month. Powered by Abaya and Company, the Distributors for USHA Pistons and SPR Piston Rings, the Sri Lanka Super Series 2017 takes place in collaboration with [...]
Dhanushka Ranjan to lead Sri Lanka Sevens Team to Borneo
Sri Lanka Rugby Union (SLRU) named two squads of 12 players each — men and women — for the upcoming Borneo Sevens Rugby Sevens which will take place in Borneo come next weekend. The Sri Lanka Men’s Sevens-a-side will be led by Danushka Ranjan, the Kandy SC winger, who has been a regular member of [...]
Weather gods call off play early
The centenary big match between Trinity and St. Anthony’s had quite a bit of good cricket. The knocks of Sanogeeth (83) and Boyagoda (90) provided attractive cricket. Percival also made runs quickly. Among the bowlers, Anthonians Alawi and Trinitian Nethumal stood out. Ultimately, the rains had the last word as they consigned the Big Match [...]
Gurusinha move and the flip-side of the coin
The line of faded international flags atop cricket’s citadel in Sri Lanka was akin to a row of tired soldiers at the end of their tether, waiting for the justification of their deeds. Though they were hoisted with all the honour, pomp and pageantry, at one point of time not so long ago, now, they [...]
Schools Rugby is not child’s play or Authorities’ plaything
“Before you build a better mousetrap, it helps to know if there are any mice out there.” – Yogi Berra. The factions on both sides of the Rugby table must understand and find out whether there are mice and, if so, what to do about it. That is, the and the Ministry of Education on [...]
Dangerous Cost of Fair Play
There was a time in sport when “fair play” (FP) was never spoken. It was taken for granted that, players will not indulge in ‘shady’ activities and nearly all, respected it. This was one of the pillars of sport from the time of the Greeks. The one that put sport on the respected pedestal in [...]
This can be anyone’s game
It cannot be said that either Dharmaraja or Kingswood is ahead of the other when it comes to the 11th Big Match at the Pallekele Stadium on March 17 and 18. To be sure, one is a team that plays in the ‘A’ division while the other is in the ‘B’ division. Yet, harking back [...]
All eyes on National Junior Caps Damitha and Wanitha
The 34th ‘Battle of the Rocks’ between arch rivals Maliyadeva College Kurunegala and St. Anne’s College Kurunegala will be played at the picturesque Welagedara Stadium Kurunegala on March 17 and18, commencing at 9.30 am on both days. The match sponsored by Dialog, is jointly organised by the Old Boys Associations of Maliyadeva College and St. [...]
Richmond hold edge over Mahinda
Richmond College who emerged leaders of Group ‘A’ of the Singer Schools Under-19 Division I League Tournament with 124.140 points hold the edge over Mahinda College, who ended one before the last of Group B with 60.170 points at the 112th Lovers’ Quarrel which will be played at the Galle International Cricket Stadium on March [...]
Udage now on top of the bowling while Pathum holds on
Isipathana College allrounder Pathum Nissanka retains his top position in batting rankings while left-arm spinner from St. Mary’s College Kegalle, Lasith Udage makes his way to the top in bowling ranks in the fifth round of the Sunday Times-Batsman.com Schoolboy Cricketer Rankings. Nissanka retained the top position in batting a fortnight ago and continues to [...]
St. Joseph’s – Bandarawela Central to lock horns
St. Joseph’s College, Bandarawela and Bandarawela Central College will meet in their annual Big Match cricket encounter, the Battle of the Golds in Uva, on March 17 and 18 at the Municipal Council Ground in Bandarawela. Battle of the Golds in Uva, the only annual schools Big Match cricket encounter held in the Uva Province, [...]
Sri Sumangala go out favourites
The 65th ‘Battle of the Golds’ Cricket encounter between Sri Sumangala College, Panadura, and Moratu Vidyalaya, will be played on March 17 and 18, at the De Soysa Stadium, Moratuwa. Sri Sumangala College leads the series with 8 wins to Moratu Vidyalaya’s 7. Sri Sumangala with 6 outright wins and 2 1st-innings wins from 13 [...]
Sri Lanka Karting to go international a la David Pieris
David Pieris is a name synonymous with Sri Lanka’s Motor Racing as well as the Motor trading industry. Pieris was a renowned driver in his heyday, but with time, he withdrew from the Race track to build a Motor trading empire, though his love for Motor Sports never diminished. In 2013, Pieris initiated a fully-fledged [...]
Colombo FC retain title with 3-1 win over Renown
The management of Colombo Football Club (CFC) decided to award their players a special Bonus for winning the Dialog Champions League for the 2nd successive year. The CFC, inaugurated in 2008, is the only team to have reached professional status in Sri Lanka. CFC is made up of former and current National players, school players [...]
RDS Surf School rule the waves
The 3rd edition of Red Bull Levels was held last weekend with 70 teams ready to take on the toughest obstacle course that tested the teams’ strength, grit, stamina and teamwork whilst experiencing two native trades of Sri Lanka — toddy tapping and stilt fishing. RDS Surf School stole the show and were crowned Champions [...]
12 players in Asian Youth Volleyball squad for Myanmar tourney
The Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB) has named 12 players for the Eleventh Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championships to be held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar from March 28 to April 5. The Sri Lanka team will take wing to Myanmar on March 25. Fourteen Asian countries will take part in the competition. Sri Lanka [...]
Chamil and Yasika slice through
Chamil Cooray the reigning World Swiss Carrom champion and Yasika Rahubadda were crowned Men’s and Women’s National Carrom champions in the Men’s and Women’s categories at the 49th National Carrom Championship 2017 concluded at the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka Headquarters last weekend. A high standard of slice work was exhibited at the championship where [...]
SLAF and MSB win men and women’s titles
Sri Lanka Air Force Men’s team and Mercantile Services Basketball Association Women’s team emerged as winners at the recently concluded, 51st Senior National Basketball Championships 2016, conducted by the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation, at the Depot Police HQ Courts, Bambalapitiya. Sri Lanka Air Force won the title after 31 years, beating Colombo District Basketball Association [...]
Avishka’s cycling dream
Avishka Medonza, who was the overall winner of the Tour De Air Force says that if he is given the opportunity at the Commonwealth Games or the Asian Games next year he will do his utmost best to bring home a medal in cycling. The Commonwealth Games will be held from April 4 to 15, [...]
Eight paddlers in line for selection
The Table Tennis Association will be conducting trials to select players to represent Sri Lanka (four men and four women paddlers) for the forthcoming Seamaster 23rd ITTF-Asian Table Tennis Championships to be held in China from April 9 to 16 and for the Liebherr 2017 World Table Tennis Championships to be held in Germany from [...]
An Athlete’s ultimate goal is Gold, always
To reach that elusive target, there is no effort spared for the sacrifice required, that he/she will not make. This piece of precious metal, which embodies the anguish, the pain and the unwavering spirit that drives the Athlete to the limits of human endeavour for the ultimate prize. In that context, to be left out, [...]
Aravinda Rajapaksa 110 in 79 balls
The 15th David Pieris Group of Companies sponsored, ‘DPGC’ Challenge Trophy – MCA ‘E’ Division 30 over League Tournament 2017, reached its pre-quarter-final stage with the completion of the last batch of matches, last week-end. The 16 top teams from the six groups advanced to the elimination round. Highlights of the last set of league [...]
THE MISFIRED BOYCOTT
Officials of a schools body involved in a sport has decided to boycott the official photograph that is to be taken when the team leaves to an Asian country to take part in a schools net and volleying tournament. The reason for this is that the schools association has decided not to give a helping [...]
Accolades for Matale International
Matale International School, Matale performed exceptionally well to clinch two netball titles at the AISL- Inter -International school netball tournament 2017 concluded at Royal International school ground in Kegalle recently. Matale international school won the under 13 and 15 titles in this tournament conducted by Association of International Schools Lanka (AISL). In the U/13 final [...]
Sabaragamuwa, Rajarata take titles
Rajarata University and Sabaragamuwa University clinched the men’s and women’s titles respectively at the (Rajarata University of Sri Lanka) RUSL Hockey Sixes 2017 which was concluded at Rajarata university ground in Anuradhapura. This one day inter university hockey sixes tournament conducted by Rajarata university saw 28 men and women’s teams representing Moratuwa, Sabaragamuwa, Rajarata, Kelaniya, [...]