Skipper Kapugedera guides Kandy to easy win
Super Provincial Limited Over Cricket Thisara and Munaweera help Colombo to overcome Galle By M. Shamil Amit Kandy skipper Chamara Kapugedera slammed a quick-fire unbeaten 105 in only 50 balls that included 14 boundaries and two sixes to guide his side to an easy 39 runs win over Dambulla in a second round match of [...]
Croosepulle cruises to top spot
Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 As the combined results for 14th and 15th week of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 comes out, a major change has occurred in the top position of the All-Island Schools segment. For the first time [...]
Who created this bubble?
After reading our last week’s musings column where we wrote about the views of Sidath Wettimuny with regard to Sri Lanka cricket’s present status, someone called and said, “You have stirred up a hornet’s nest.” While parting with those sentiments he also added, “Why didn’t he come up with a solution? As it is, the [...]
Captaincy in Tennis is a confusing concept
Tennis is considered a fierce individual sport. Being so, any dictation from a second person seated on the sideline during a match, changes this status of the player. Especially, the players’ independence. In this light, ‘Captaincy’ is a confusing idea to be woven into Tennis. However, Tennis, as a ‘team sport’, evolved having a Captain [...]
Points to ponder and the law of averages
The Schools Rugby Round II details have been published. Everything will go on well until and, or unless Trinity College loses a match. This will be maddening, as the overall average will be the result of unequal numbers. That is one group will have played 10 games and the other 9 games, when the League [...]
Packed calendar for Tennis players
Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) will shipshape its courts this year as they gear up to host twelve international tournaments from mid June to November in Colombo. Out of the twelve tournaments, eleven will be hosted at the SLTA courts while SSC courts will play host to one of the events during mid September. Among [...]
Presidential Sports Awards on May 19
The Presidential Sports Awards 2016 conducted under the patronage of the Ministry of Sports and the Department of Sports Development will be held at the BMICH on May 19. At this gigantic ceremony, fifty three deserving sports personalities from all fields related to sport will be felicitated. Chairman of the project Saman Amarasinghe said “The [...]
Magnificent ‘Meheran’ sizzles as ‘Alcazaba’ runs out of steam
The thrilling finish at the Royal Turf Club (RTC) Magic Million Cup race day, when Indian jockey Imran Khan led ‘Meheran’ to an exciting finish to end the winning streak of ‘Alcazaba’, promises an electrifying day of Horse racing when the April Holiday Season comes to an end next Saturday. The marathon gallop gave ‘Meheran’ [...]
Swimming relay C’ships on April 30
The National Age Group Relay Championship 2017, conducted by the Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union will be worked-off at the Sugathadasa Swimming Complex on Sunday, April 30. Entries will be received up to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25 at the Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union, Department of Sports Development, 33 Torrington Place, Colombo 7. [...]
Rukmalgama CC win
Rukmalgama Cricket Club beat Professional Cricket Club by five wickets in their season opener of the ongoing Colombo District Cricket Association (CDCA) Division III 50 Over League Tournament match played at the Supremo Sands Grounds, Padukka. PCC, who won the toss and batted was restricted to 171 runs in 41 overs by RCC spin trio [...]
112-Years of Richmond-Mahinda Cricket
G.M. Sumanatileka de Silva (Formerly 1st Citizen of Ambalangoda) has taken it upon himself to produce this 560-page, 1½ ins-thick book at his personal cost. He himself represented Mahinda College in two Big Matches, scoring two 40s and 50 runs in the 1940′s. This book dates from 1894. In 1907, former Principals Rev. W.J.T. Small [...]
The unholy trinity of Sri Lanka Football
This is the story of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly sides of Sri Lanka Football (SLF). This is the easiest comparison to make, relating the whole scenario, taking characters out of the epic Clint Eastwood cowboy movie. The movie had characters fitting to its titles. The good was good, the bad was very [...]
One defeat too many
The College founded by the legendary Rector of St. Joseph’s College (SJC), Maradana , late Rev. Fr. Maurice Le Goc in 1922 as “St. Joseph’s College South” was also called the “Garden School of Wellawatte”. In the last week of March, this School (St. Peter’s College – SPC) became the “Garden of Getsamane”. As per [...]
Football tournaments are held sans objectives and goals
Down the years, National tournaments have changed from one to another, except for the FA Cup knockout tournament which, in essence, remains unchanged. Most other National tournaments hardly lasted more than a few years. Major’s Cup, President’s Cup, Janaraja Cup, Premier Cup, Bandaranaike Memorial Cup, Mihira Cup, Brazil Cup, Cup Winners Cup to name a [...]
Royal Stickers return from Aussie tour
National Schools Hockey champions Royal College returned home after a satisfactory 5-match tour to Canberra, Australia, where they won 3, lost 1 and drew the other. Their performances was very much appreciated by the Australian public. In their opening match, they beat the ACT Under-18 Team 3-2 and lost their 2nd match to Canberra State [...]
‘Shoes for Hope’ from Korea to SL
With an aim towards improving the standard of sports among schoolchildren in less privileged areas in Sri Lanka, Mizy, a youth centre from Seoul, Korea donated 1,500 pairs of shoes to 20 schools in the Batticaloa area. In collaboration with the National Olympic Committee, a delegation from Mizy visited Sri Lanka last week and travelled [...]
Over 485 Shuttlers will be seen in action
Over 485 shuttlers will vie for honours when the annual Summer Season Badminton Championship 2017 begins on April 29 at the Municipal Indoor Stadium in Nuwara Eliya. The event has gained immense popularity and improved its standards throughout the years. The tournament is held on rubber carpets that will be used on courts and this [...]
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena at the helm of Matara DCA
The administration of the Matara District Cricket Association changed as predicted at it’s AGM held at the Sri Lanka Cricket Headquarters on the 8th of April with Minister of State for Finance Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena being elected as President and former SLC’s district coach Prasanna Galappaththi elected as Secretary. Former Municipal Councillor Nalin Ranasinghe was [...]
Agrawal clicks with Cricket, stays focused behind her lens
Outside the boundary rope at the P. Sara Oval Cricket Stadium in Colombo, stood a lass with a camera and a large lens that most renowned sports photojournalists call ‘mortars’. This was during the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifiers held in February, where India, Abhilasha Agrawal’s country, emerged champions. Agrawal is a total stranger to [...]
Filipino Okona Pedal Pusher par excellence
George Louis Okona of the Golden Target Team from the Philippines, clinched the overall championship of the Sri Lanka Tea Cup International Cycle Race held over 3 days from Pasikudah to Negombo, a distance of 348.5 km. Okona was placed 2nd in the 3rd and final stage from Kandy to Negombo, a distance of 124.5 [...]
TTSC Bowling on May 6
The Travel Trade Sports Club’s 2017 multi Sports events calendar gets moving with the 16th Bowling Championships on Saturday, May 6th, at the Strikes Cosmic Bowling Centre, Excel World, Darley Road, commencing 1.00 pm. Entries have been called from the TTSC Membership (currently 156 member firms) and will close on 2nd May, 3.00 pm with [...]
UNIS VERS le SPORT help football in Matara
Members of Unis Vers le Sport France were in the south of Sri Lanka to help boost football in Matara by providing much needed equipment to the football playing youth of the area. UVS members both male and female played a game of football with the youth of Matara City Football Academy before handing over [...]