What more do you need for a heart stopper
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 2nd Test By S.R. Pathiravithana  from the P. Sara Oval To be or not to be. Its Bangladesh’s 100th Test. Sri Lanka now stands at 268 for 8 at the end of the 4th day of the second Test match at the P. Sara Oval. But, in reality the Lankan score [...]
Saunders down Moragasmulla
Saunders SC beat Moragasmulla SC 1-0 in the City Football League President’s Cup Football Championships at the City Football league grounds yesterday. In the first half Saunders led 1-0. There was no scoring in the second half. The winning goal for Saunders was netted in by Kirishatha Abeysekera in the 33rd minute. In the second [...]
Damith saves the day for Maliyadeva
The 34th ‘Battle of the Rocks’ encounter between St. Anne’s College and Maliyadeva College ended in a tame draw at the Welagedara Stadium in Kurunegala yesterday. Resuming from their overnight score of 48 for 2 Maliyadeva advanced to 224 all out in their first innings, thanks mainly to their skipper Damitha Silva who scored a [...]
Spinner Anuka captures a match bag of 14 for 73
A fine exhibition of left-arm orthodox bowling by Anuka Jayasinghe (match bag of 14 wickets for 73 runs) and a fighting half century by Harith Lakshan highlighted the drawn 65th Battle of the Golds cricket encounter between Sri Sumangala College, Panadura and Moratu Vidyalaya at the De Soysa Stadium, Moratuwa yesterday. Batting first Moratu Vidyalaya [...]
Kingswood edge out Dharmaraja for first innings honours
Kingswood edged out Dharmaraja for first innings honours in their drawn 111th encounter at the Pallekelle Stadium. Vimukthi Wijesiriwardena who made 87 not out to rescue his side from a disastrous 64 for 8, took the Man of the Match award. He had two wickets to go with his fantastic rear-guard action. Chasing a modest [...]
Trinity fight back to retain Sir Richard Aluvihare Trophy
Trinity scored an ultimately comfortable 47 run win over St. Anthony’s at Asgiriya to retain the Sir Richard Aluvihare Trophy. For Trinity there, there were many slips ‘twist the cup and the lip, but their opponents could not capitalise on them. 17 for 2 at one stage, Trinity rallied to post 200. Hasitha Boyagoda and [...]
Low and odour of beating the gavel
There were a few factors which stabilised and enriched the game of cricket in this island paradise. First, it goes without saying, that the British took their game of cricket very seriously because, unlike in his faraway homeland, in Ceylon as they called it, cricket was played all year round. Then, the game gradually filtered [...]
Late show helps Richmond force a draw
The weather was perfect but luck favoured Mahinda College who did well to hold the star studded Richmond team to a draw at their 112th big match which ended at the Galle International Cricket Stadium last evening. Richmond proved their superiority in the second innings posting 205/1 at the end of the day. The only [...]
WTA’s 2017 top tier Player profile
It is easy to notice that the top twenty women are not playing at the same venue. This could mean they are still working into their game to peak at the right time. When the european season proper begins, the top players will not have the luxury of game adjustments. Although not noticeable to untrained [...]
Puttalam, Jaffna, Colombo record massive wins
The second round matches of the Inter-District limited over tournament saw Puttalam, Jaffna and Colombo District record massive wins over Kurunegala, Vavuniya and Gampaha District in the matches played at the FTZ Katunayake, Colts and CCC grounds. Puttalam District helped by half tons from Sachithra Serasinghe, Shehan Jayasuriya and Thikshila de Silva made a formidable [...]
Results of Novices Swim meet not released
The Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union has decided not to release the results of the Novices Swimming Championships held at the Sugathadasa Swimming Pool on Friday and yesterday. The main reason for this is that they had received several complaints that school swimmers were not suited for the Novices Meet had taken part in the [...]
Rahula Matara advance to semi-finals
Rahula College Matara advanced to the semi-finals of the Under 19 Division Two cricket tournament when they recorded a first inning win over Karandeniya Central in the quarter-final encounter concluded at Galle yesterday. Karandeniya Central resuming from their overnight score of 106 for 5 was restricted to a score of 190. This was in reply [...]
Seven wicket win for Revatha
The 54th Pasdun Korale encounter between Ananda Sastralaya Matugama and home town rivals St. Mary’s Matugama played at Matugama too ended in a tame draw yesterday. St. Thomas’ Kotte and Sri Jayawardenapura MV Kotte too figured in a draw in their 40th Battle of Kotte big match concluded at Braybrooke Place yesterday. Revatha MMV Balapitiya [...]
Navindu getting stronger after ten counts
Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 A healthy lead of 14214 puts the chart-topper, Navindu Nirmal of St. Aloysius’ College Galle, in a strong position as he continues to lead the All-Island Schools segment of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 at [...]
I should have stayed a little longer – Karunaratne
At the end of the day centurion Dimuth Karunaratne told the press “Mustafizur took the game away from us. He reverse swung the ball well. He was bowling around the wicket for right-handers and the angle he was creating was difficult for the batsmen. We knew what he was doing and we had a plan [...]
Singer-the Sunday Times Schools Rugby competition on the cards
Singer-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Ruggerite of the Year 2017 Singer Sri Lanka will join hands with the Sunday Times in coming out with a brand new venture — the Singer-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Ruggerite of the Year 2017 contest. The programme which will enable the readers and Rugby lovers in whole to show solidarity to [...]
Ravindu, Romesh steer S. Thomas’ to fourth successive win
Opener Ravindu Kodituwakku and skipper Romesh Nallaperuma laid the foundation for S. Thomas’ to record a close nine runs win over traditional rivals in their 42nd Mustang Trophy limited over encounter played at the SSC ground yesterday. The Thomian victory saw them clinching the Mustang Trophy for the fourth successive year. Ravindu cracked a 113 [...]
Be a sport and play to win
Delivering the ceremonial welcome on assuming the highest judicial Office of the land, was former Rugby player and President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), Geoffrey Alagaratnam P.C. His Lordship, Chief Justice (CJ) Priyasath Dep P.C. also played Rugby among other sports. The BASL President said, “On a personal note, I have been [...]
OVERAGE PLAYERS A BANE
It was a friendly tournament and it was supposed to be for Under-16 players. But there were six players in the local team who were under 19 and some of them even sported beards. No one complained as it was a friendly competition but at least the organisers of the local team should have kept [...]
Higgoda helps Matale SC clinch title
A solitary goal by Gemunu Higgoda gave Matale Sports Club a thrilling 1-0 win over Army SC in the final to emerge winners and take away a prize of Rs. 40,000/= at the Matale SC invitation inter club Hockey tournament exclusively for veterans Over- 40 worked off at Edward Park Hockey ground Matale on Saturday [...]
Div.II Thomians could upset Div.I Servatians
It is most likely there would be a decision at the 117th big match between St. Servatius College and St. Thomas’ College, Matara, to be played at the Uyanwatta stadium from March 24-26. Most probably, at the early stages of the game, the wicket should favour the batsmen, while the spinners should have their say [...]
Dinesh and Sachira are the fastest
Dinesh Jayawardena in a Mitsubishi Evolution, clocked 32.65 secs to register the fastest time on 4 wheels, as well as the fastest time of the meet, while Sachira Rajakaruna on a Honda CRF 450 clocked 34.58 secs to be the fastest on 2 wheels, at the 21st Southern Eliyakanda Hill Climb (SEHC). There were over [...]
Inter Club Golf championship teed off
Sri Lanka Golf Union will conduct the second Inter Club Golf Championship for the Sri Lanka Inter Club Challenge Shield, which was inaugurated in 2016 and Victoria Golf and Country Resort were the inaugural Winners. The two oldest Golf Clubs in Sri Lanka the Royal Colombo Golf Club and the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club, together [...]
CASA 6-A-Side Softball Cricket Tourney on March 25 at NCC
The Ceylon Association of Shipping Agents (CASA) will conduct its 19th Annual 6-A-Side Softball Cricket Tournament on Saturday, March 25, at the NCC grounds. CASA has been the leading voice in the Shipping industry in Sri Lanka for the past 5 decades, with a membership of 134 licensed Shipping Agents representing all international Shipping lines [...]
Change for competent administration, the dire need of the hour
Today, we are witnessing unprecedented infighting, corruption and abuse for positions in Football administration, hitherto unheard in the long and chequered history of local Football. Speaker after speaker, in the run up to the election for the top positions within the Footbal Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) got embroiled in this sport’s malaise, both from [...]
FFSL in the red, looks for relief from Sports Ministry
It has come to light that the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) is embroiled in cash crisis due to lack of funds. For the year 2017 the estimated amount for international tournaments, local tournaments and the planning of football development is estimated at Rs. 300 million. They are in line for FIFA and AFC [...]
2 Youth teams (U-21) qualify for the first time ever
For the first time in the history of Beach Volleyball (BVB) in Sri Lanka (SL), 2 youth teams [Under (U)-21] have qualified for the World Youth Beach Volleyball Championships from July 11-16 in Nanjing, China. BVB was introduced to SL in 1992 at the first National BVB Championships held at Bentota Beach. Hence, SL has [...]
Big plans for Sri Lanka Squash
Sri Lanka Squash (SLS) tournament calendar will commence from the month of April with the Premadasa Open Squash Championship 2017 and will be followed by open tournaments in May, July, September, November and the National Championship in December 2017. Apart from the tournaments Sri Lanka Squash had drawn development plans to uplift the game of [...]
Schools’ Hockey Champs Royal to tour Australia
It’s sure going to be momentous occasion when National Schools’ Hockey Champions Royal College take wing Down Under from March 23 to April 1, on an invitation from the Australian Hockey ACT, via the Sri Lanka High Commission in Canberra. This team had its beginnings in 2008 playing together from level of under nine. They [...]
HNB, DFCC, Virtusa, JKH, MIL, HSBC, Asia Asset, ComBank in Q/F
Unbeaten HNB Grameen, DFCC Bank (DFCC) and Virtusa, along with John Keells (JKH) ‘C’, Mercantile Investments Ltd (MIL), HSBC ‘A’, Asia Asset Finance (AAF) and Commercial Bank (ComBank) ‘B’ advanced to the quarterfinals in the 15th David Pieris Group of Companies sponsored, ‘DPGC’ Challenge Trophy – MCA ‘E’ Division 30-Over League Tournament 2017. In the [...]
Long-distance star Hiruni raring to run for Lanka
A Sri Lankan family with a little girl of 9 years left for the United States of America in search of greener pastures. That little girl was Hiruni Wijayaratne, still a Sri Lankan national. Now 25 years old, she has made a name in Athletics in the USA, and her dream is to represent Sri [...]
Mountain Biking is riding high
Biking arguably has become the most popular recreational activity in Sri Lanka. In the recent times it has gallop from zero to one of the most engaged outdoor events where clubs, groups, families, friends flock together and use this for expeditions, adventure, sightseeing and picnicking. Numbers using bike for recreation has over taken the sport [...]
St. Peter’s ruin Isipathana’s unbeaten record
St. Peter’s ruined the high-riding Isipathana’s unbeaten record when they recorded a smashing 32 points to 15 win in a crucial Under-20 inter-schools rugby encounter played at Bambalapitiya yesterday. The score stood at 15 a piece at the breather and St. Peter’s made up their points through three goals, a try and two penalties to [...]