Could Alcazaba win the magic millions
Alcazaba, owned by Deepthika Jayakody, will be the main attraction of the RTC Magic Million Cup race-day event which will take place at the Racecourse in Nuwara Eliya today. Alcazaba has had an impressive run over the recent times and is marked by other runners as the horse to beat in the local horse racing [...]
No dummy passes — it kicks off on Sunday
The Singer-Sunday Times Schoolboy Ruggerite of the Year 2017 will officially kick off from next Sunday, April 23. The competition, which will enable readers to vote for their most preferred school Rugby player of the ongoing Singer Schools Division I Rugby League Championship 2017, runs for 15 weeks before ending on the final week beginning [...]
No schoolboy cricketer results this week
 The result of the 14th week of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 of all categories will be published next week due to early printing of newspapers owing the holiday season. Next week the combined results of the this week’s Coupon No.14 and the coming week’s Coupon No.15 [...]
Isipathana, Trinity end Round One on top
Round 1 of the Singer Under-20 Inter-Schools Rugby League tournament came to an end last weekend with the last of its matches being completed, which saw defending champions Isipathana and Trinity coming out on top in their respective Groups. The much looked forward to League tournament which has a large following, began in the last [...]
2016/17 Schools Cricket season comes to a close
The Singer Schools Under-19 Limited Overs Tournament came to a close last week with all segments — the Division I, II and III. Richmond College Galle triumphed over Thurstan College Colombo by 8 wickets to capture the Division I championship as the school from down south became the best team from the rest where a [...]
Bertie Wijesinghe – Cricketer for all Seasons!
Many are the occasions in first class cricket when the game reaches a crisis – there is the batsman who, without compunction, is ripping the side and there’s no bowler to get him out; conversely, there is the bowler who is striking terror by wrecking the batting side and there’s no batsman who would be [...]
Young ones must master the art of playing spin — David Graveney
David Graveney, nephew of Tom, who was one of the most graceful batsmen to play for England, is a well-known personality in cricket circles in England. He played in the County Cricket for 23 years, primarily for Gloucestershire. Most important of all, he served as Chairman of the Selection Panel for twelve years. Geoff Miller [...]
TICKETS MADE HIM TICKING
A drama, not a mega serial, was premiered at the much talked about citadel and this, interestingly, is a single-episode series. The man in charge of tickets, after knowing that the pressmen has taken him to task for hiding underhand deals, has pretended that he is experiencing a cardio arrest while on duty at office. [...]
Incredible Lasantha
Access Group’s left arm medium fast bowler, Lasantha Bandaranayake probably created a new MCA bowling record with his incredible spell of five overs, one maiden, 26 runs for nine wickets, including a hat-trick, against MJF Exports in the ongoing second Commercial Credit & Finance PLC sponsored, MCA ‘F’ division 25 over League Tournament 2017, which [...]
Triples for Banura and Nipuna at Mahaweli Reach Open
Big-made Banura Jayawardena and diminutive Nipuna Nuwan won triples at the 7th Mahaweli Reach Open Tennis Tournament. Jayawardena was given a run for his money in the Under-17 event by Akmal Farikdeen. However, his win in the Under-19 event was more comprehensive. Dinuja Palihawadana, his opponent, played the final despite a shoulder injury. Jayawardena and [...]
How Sidath sees Lanka cricket’s next stage
During our lengthy chat, I picked up an anecdote I thought would be ironical. I was talking to Sidath Wettimuny – former head of the Sri Lanka Cricket interim committee and well-known cricket administrator. He was explaining about an incident which took place when he was at the helm of cricket in Sri Lanka. “At [...]
Local Rugby played by a few to thrill many
What have the stars foretold for Rugby is the question, as the whiff of the New Year scent surround us in Sri Lanka. Round 1 of the Schools games in Division 1 were played to large crowds, which a clear indication that interest is much high. The other School games in the lower Division have [...]
Professional’s 1000 matches Club
If there is club that is very difficult to join or better said permitted to join, in Tennis, it is the ‘1000 matches club’. Membership is strictly by performance only and nothing else is considered. Just to say how difficult it is, two of the greatest exponents of the game, American Pete Sampras and Scandinavian [...]
Athulugama’s rare feat
Charles Indika Atulugama achieved a rare feat by becoming the first ever Sri Lankan to represent the Emirates Touch Rugby team at the upcoming World Masters’ Games 2017 to be held in Auckland, New Zealand. Though Atulugama, who would be playing in the centre position, was picked to represent his adopted country in Touch Rugby, [...]