Lankan Test player interviewed by ICC anti-corruption unit
At least one Sri Lanka national cricketer was interviewed by the ICC’s Anti-Corruption officials in the aftermath of Sri Lanka’s defeat to Bangladesh in the second Test at the P. Sara Oval last Sunday. It all began with an overseas telephone call that the player in question received. However. it has been still termed as [...]
Lankans buckle under Tamim ton
Tamim Iqbal along with Sabbir Rahman and Shakib Al Hasan cracked match winning knocks to script an emphatic 90-run win for Bangladesh against host Sri Lanka in the first of the three ODI series encounter played at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium yesterday. Ironically never in the history of Sri Lanka’s limited overs cricket, have the [...]
Croosepulle moves to slot two at the expense of Najath
Still unchallenged, the leader of the All-Island Schools segment of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 competition, Navindu Nirmal of St. Aloysius College Galle, continues to forge ahead as the contest moves to the 11th week. The addition of 6150 combined votes during the ended week helps Navindu [...]
Singer-the Sunday Times schoolboy Rugby competition
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 their favourite school player and team in the ongoing [...]
Raveen, Rukshan steer Puttalam to victory
Raveen Yasas and Rukshan Fernando cracked half tons to steer Puttalam District to a convincing seven wicket win over Kurunegala District in the Inter-District limited over encounter played at the FTZ ground in Katunayake. Raveen slammed 71 inclusive of eight boundaries while Rukshan made an unbeaten 69 that comprised nine boundaries and a six as [...]
Kamindu stars in Richmond’s huge win
Richmond College powered by an unbeaten 86 off 96 balls by skipper Kamindu Mendis crushed Mahinda College by 8 wickets at the Galle International Cricket Stadium to be the first winners of the RCU Colombo Centenary Challenge Trophy which will be awarded for the limited over edition of the Lovers’ Quarrel. Mahinda, electing to bat [...]
DS-Mahanama clash ends in a draw
The 11th Battle of the Gold’s big match between traditional rivals Mahanama Colombo and D.S Senanayake played at P. Sara Oval ended in a tame draw. The highlight of the second day’s play was an unfortunate miss by DSS batsman Muditha Lakshan who fell short by two runs of his ton. DSS in reply to [...]
Panadura big one fizzles out at the Esplanade
The 25th Battle of the Greens encounter between Panadura Royal and St. John’s Panadura petered into a drab draw at the Panadura Esplanade yesterday. Continuing from their overnight score of four for no loss in reply to Royal’s first innings score of 221, the Johnians never found things going on their way as they were [...]
St. Peter’s record third successive win
St. Peter’s recorded their third successive win against traditional rivals St. Joseph’s with a 54 run win in their 43rd annual limited over encounter played at the SSC ground. The high scoring match saw St. Peter’s taking first lease of the wicket were steered by two batting displays by Sulakshana Fernando who made 90 and [...]
A run crawl by Matara Thomians
The St. Thomas’ College batsmen rattled by losing two of their top order for four runs went on a run crawl against St. Servatius College on the second day of the 117th Battle of the Blues in Matara at the Uyanwatta Stadium yesterday. The Thomians batted out the full 90 overs bowled yesterday to add [...]
Asoka MV, Rajasinghe MMV advance to quarters
Asoka MV Colombo and Rajasinghe MMV Hanwella advanced to the quarter-final of the Under 19 Division Three limited over tournament by recording wins against Wadduwa MMV and Henegama Central played at Wadduwa and Henegama. At Wadduwa: Asoka MV by 130 runs Asoka MV Colombo 236 in 47.3 overs (Lasitha Withanage 74, Sahas Akmina 62, Shehan [...]
Richmond and Thurstan in final showdown today
The curtains of the Under 19 Division One limited over tournament will come down today with Richmond and Thurstan clashing in the final scheduled to be played at Campbell Park. In the run up to the final Richmond led by Sri Lanka youth player Kamindu Mendis overcame Maris Stella in the quarter-finals and then recorded [...]
Sri Rahula lead in Big Match
Sri Rahula obtained a 14 run lead over Wariyapola Sumangala on the first innings in their 19th Big Match at Pallekelle. Off spinner Madushan Paranavithane had an excellent game, returning match figures of 5 for 37 and 4 for 30. Dilshan Kumara batted with patience to top score for Sri Rahula with 43. Skipper Diliesha [...]
Pathana crash Royal party on home turf
As befits a confrontation between two well drilled, talented sides, there was plenty of the thrust and parry, attack and counter attack by Royal and Isipathana when they clashed at the Royal Complex. Isipathana were led 5-14 at the break, but they had much the better of the second half in which they were able [...]
Sports Ministry plans to dissolve SLBA elections?
The Sports Ministry aims to dissolve the Annual General Meeting and elections of the Sri Lanka Badminton Association (SLBA) most probably during the coming week. The reason for this is that the AGM is not in keeping with the Sports Law. According to the Sports Law, the annual audit report should have the approval of [...]
Thomians in fighting win over Science
S. Thomas’ withstood a valiant fightback by Science College Ratmalana to win their Inter-School rugby game by 20 points (3 tries, conversion and one penalty) to 12 (2 tries and one conversion) at Longdon Place yesterday. At the breather the Thomians led 12-0. In the 15th minute of play S. Thomas’ scored first through centre [...]
Looking for more straws to cling to
I am sure you have read and heard about the story of the two friends and the bear. While walking along a footpath, the two friends confronted a bear. To escape from the danger, one friend climbed a tree to save himself, paying no attention to his friend. Abandoned, the hapless friend who did not [...]
Under-19/20? SLSRFA grow up and decide
Schools Rugby drags on despite the hiccups of the non availability of the tournament rules. It is reliably understood that the book is almost finalised, with agreement to be reached with the parent body. A hitch is to iron out the problems in calling the tournament Under (U)-20. So, probably, they will call this U-19, [...]
Federer’s art of survival in the top bracket
In Sports, as in everything else, being consistent is the most rewarding and targeted aspect by players. It is the secret of success to stay in the Top 10 of the world and, earn well. Never was this easy to achieve, with strong challenges popping up from all four corners of the world, all the [...]
Dangling the carrot
DANGLING THE CARROT During the last elected cricket body he played a pivotal role with figures. Besides that he also acted as match maker. When the most powerful secy crossed path with him he joined the hospital President and continued his thing. Then when it came to the election he and his hospital friend sought [...]
Lanka’s Prodigies to the fore
The Sri Lanka (SL) Junior Match Play Golf Championship (JMPGC) for the Rukmini Kodagoda Trophy, will tee off from April 18-21, at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC). The 4-day tournament will be played under 4 categories, namely Gold, Silver, Bronze and Copper Divisions, with the overall championship being counted from the Gold Division as [...]
Annual Pride of Ownership Drive for VWs today
Volkswagen Beetle Owners ’Club has made arrangements to hold the 18th Pride of Ownership Drive today. This annual event of the Club is held on the last Sunday of March or the first Sunday in April each year and the Club ensures a fun filled day of activities to the members and their guests. Colombo [...]
This encounter should be a close tussle
Rahula College Matara will go all out to square the series when Dharmapala College Pannipitiya host them to the 6th Ruhunu-Maya encounter at the Tyronne Fernando Stadium in Moratuwa on March 31 and April 1. Dharmapala College led by Prashan Rathnayaka registered a nine-wicket win to take a 1-0 lead at the 4th encounter in [...]
IAAF Level 1 Course 2017 for 24 Athletic Coaches
The IAAF Level 1 coaching course was held at Gampaha Sri Bodhi Sports Complex from 6 to 17 March, 2017 with Ria Lumintuarso, the Director from Asian Athletics Regional Development Center at Jakarta, conducting the course. Assistant Coaches Prasanna Perera (Athletic coach Ministry of Sports) and Jayalal Rathnasooriya (Physical Education Teacher) assisted the course. This [...]
MCA ‘F’ Div. first round opening week matches
A card of following 14 half day matches will get underway this weekend in the second Commercial Credit & Finance PLC sponsored, MCA ‘F’ division 25 over League Tournament 2017: At De Mazanod /Kandana: Siam City Cement vs. Lion Brewery (morning ); Akbar Bros.Vs.Asia Capital (afternoon) At Veyangoda Central: Palliyaguruge Group vs. Union Bank (morning [...]
Nuwara Eliya will come alive to the thunder of hooves
The Royal Turf Club (RTC) has planned an exciting Holiday Horse Racing Season with 3 races lined up in April. In addition to these 3 races, the RTC will feature 2 new events- a Pony Welfare Raffle Draw and the much anticipated Equine Ambulance, which is already at the Nuwara Eliya Racecourse. The April Horse [...]
MCA ‘E’ semi-finalists found
Unbeaten, HNB Grameen and DFCC Bank, along with Mercantile Investments and Asia Asset Finance advanced to the semi-finals in the 15th David Pieris Group of Companies sponsored, ‘DPGC’ Challenge Trophy – MCA ‘E’ division, 30 Over League Tournament 2017. In the quarter-finals played over last week-end, HNB Grameen scored a comfortable 81 runs win over [...]
Over 80 Riders expected at Vijayabahu Motocross
Vijayabahu MotoCross (VMC), one of the best Motor Racing competitions for the Army Commander’s Challenge Trophy, organised by the Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (VIR), together with the Sri Lanka Racing Riders Association (SLRRA) will be held on April 2 for the 15th consecutive year at the VIR camp, Boyagane, Kurunegala. Over 80 riders, including foreign riders, [...]
Deepal V. Perera re-elected President KTC
Deepal V. Perera was re-elected President of Kalutara Town Club, one of the oldest cricket playing clubs in the country which was founded in 1888 when they held its 129th Annual General Meeting. Kalutara Town Club currently engaged in playing Premier tier B first class cricket. The club went in to history books in the [...]
Ghany re-elected SLCUA President
Well known cricket administrator Ashroff Ghany was re-elected President of the Sri Lanka Cricket Umpires’ Association (SLCUA) at its Annual General Meeting held at the Global Towers in Colombo on March 22. D.N. Pathirana, a former international umpire, was elected the Senior Vice President and E.K.S. Wijewardhana and Austin Fernando were elected as the two [...]
Sri Lanka aiming for top four
Sri Lanka (SL) Youth (Boys) Volleyball (VB) Head Coach, Chaminda Lakshman Kumara said his aim is to propel the team to the Top 4 at the 11th Asian Youth (Boys) VB Championships to be held in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, from March 28-April 5. SL’s opening fixture is against Thailand on March 28, followed by Japan the [...]
The Sri Lanka-Bangladesh test match
The recently concluded Sri Lanka-Bangladesh Test Match ended in a victory, for the visiting side. It was Bangladesh’s centenary Test Match. Well Done Bangladesh. Well played Sri Lanka. Sadly, since there were only tests, the series ended in a tie. Why not the usual third test in Kandy? As for Bangladesh, there could have been [...]
Tennis prodigy Adithya gets world ranking
It has been almost one year since 14- year-old Adithya’s Karunaratne moved to Barcelona, Spain following remarkable success in the Asian tennis circuit. She is growing from strength to strength where she has proven to be in par with the European top level standards under the intensive training and coaching of Spanish tennis legend Joan [...]
Lankans face a huge defeat
Sri Lanka suffered yet another defeat at the hands of India when the island’s blind cricketers team was beaten by a huge margin of 156 runs in the finals of the third Asia Deaf Cricket Tournament at the Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hydrabad, India. This tournament worked-off from March 13 to 19 was participated by [...]
Players should get the credit
The eventual credit for any sporting team’s success is always directed towards the performance of the unit. But the strategic contribution of the support staff led by a coach is always less spoken of. Times have changed that trend lately, with the recent historic Cricket Test win by Bangladesh against Sri Lanka. One of the [...]
12-member Athletic team for Asian Grand Prix in China, Taipei
Sri Lanka has chosen 12 athletes to take part in the Asian Grand Prix 2017 to be held in China and Taipei. The selections have been made by the Asian Athletics Association (AAA). The first and second stages will be in Jiaxing, China on April 24 and 27. The third stage will be on April [...]
Two schoolgirls in Youth Netball team to South Korea
Two schoolgirls have been chosen for the Eleventh Asian Youth Netball Championships from May 7 to 14 in South Korea. They are: L. Rasmi Perera (Presbyterian Balika, Dehiwela) and Tharushi Illangaratne (Visakha Vidyalaya Colombo). The Sports Minister has given the green light for 15 players including three standbys. Nadhee Madushika Fernando of Kalutara District Association [...]
Special laws to control Big Matches next year
Plans are afoot to introduce a set of new laws for school’s cricket Big Matches from next year. Top level officials of the Ministry of Education are planning to introduce these laws. The reason for this is that several complaints have been made to the Ministry of Education especially from girls’ schools and the general [...]
We can forge ahead in Swimming- SLAU Sec.
Sri Lanka Aquatic Union (SLAU) Secretary, Migara Gunatilleke asserted that Sri Lanka (SL) can forge ahead in Swimming. “This has been displayed at the South Asian Games (SAG), past as well as present. We possess talented Swimmers who can take SL ahead at the SAG. Unfortunately, these Swimmers have the habit of leaving the sport [...]