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Stokes and Morgan knock Australia out of Champions Trophy

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom, June 10, 2017 (AFP) - Ben Stokes hit a career-best 102 not out and captain Eoin Morgan 87 as England knocked Australia out of the Champions Trophy with a 40-run win over their arch-rivals at Edgbaston on Saturday. England collapsed to 35 for three chasing 278 for victory before left-handers Morgan and [...]

Mathews adamant on placing his bets on Malinga

Since coming back to the side after a two-year injury layoff from the 50-over game, Lasith Malinga has made little impact, but skipper Angelo Mathews believes the old warhorse must be a part of the playing XI when they meet Pakistan in a must-win game on Monday. The winner of Monday’s clash will qualify for [...]

Sri Lanka may have upset the apple cart in the Champions Trophy with their victory against India, but rejuvenation of the Island nation’s team has taken too long, says Kumar Sangakkara. Sangakkara said the upheaval in the side had adversely impacted on the career of rising star Dinesh Chandimal. On commentary during Sri Lanka’s Champions [...]

Lasith presses gas pedal

The player is back in form. Maris Stella College batsman Lasith Croosepulle, has accelerated to his pace with another weekly record in combined votes as the 22nd week’s results of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 is released. Lasith is now keeping up an almost unassailable lead against [...]

Can Sasindu close the gap

Avishka Lee, the Wesley College three-quarter and star player, continues to lead the Singer-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Ruggerite of the Year 2017 as the competition reaches its seventh week. His school, Wesley College, takes the lead in the Singer-the Sunday Times Most Popular School Team of the Year 2017 as a result of [...]

St. Peter’s down Trinity to enter semi finals

It was almost a carbon copy of the first quarter-final of the Milo U20 inter-schools knockout tournament when St Peter’s trailing 21-24 came back with vengeance to pull off a stunner against Trinity – beating them by 38 points to 24 in the second-quarter final played at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday. The Peterites were successful [...]

Accused keep absconding while Mathi says it’s due to logistical reasons

The match-fixing inquiry into a premier first class match between Panadura Sports Club and Kalutara Physical and Culture Club (KPCC) have been further delayed, exposing Sri Lanka Cricket’s seriousness in eradicating corruption. The report into the alleged incident was to be handed over to Sri Lanka Cricket by the three-member committee last week but have [...]

Colombo ‘Reds’, Kandy ‘Blues’ and Matale ‘Golds’, qualified for the boys’ quarter-finals at the Sri Lanka Combined Schools Hockey Tournament at the Astro Turf, Reid Avenue yesterday. In the girls’ tournament Kandy ‘Blues’ qualified for the semi-finals on the first day of the event at the at the Royal College grounds. Twelve boys’ schools teams [...]

28-member team picked for Commonwealth Youth Games

A 28 member team has been picked for the Sixth Commonwealth Youth Games to be held in the Bahamas from July 16 to 23. The team has been approved by the Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera. The National Olympic Committee has released the team. The disciplines are Athletics, Rugby Sevens, Boxing, Judo, Swimming and Tennis. The [...]

Nishangan is men’s singles champion

Fourth seeded Nishangan Nadarajah emerged the men’s singles champion of the 102nd Colombo Championships when he defeated fancied and second seeded Sankha Athukorala in the final played in the morning at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo yesterday. Nishanjan had to pull out all resources available before pulling off a 2-1 victory as after [...]

Netball final selections postponed indefinitely

On the request of the youth netball coaches the Sri Lanka Netball Federation decided yesterday that the selection of the Sri Lanka Youth Netball team be postponed. The World Youth Netball Championships is scheduled to be held from July 8 to 16 in Botswana. The team was due to be announced yesterday. Coaches, senior players [...]

Huge stakes at the proposed Nuwara Eliya Training centre

The Government is to sign a financial contract with a French company to construct a multibillion rupee high altitude training center at the Nuwara Eliya Racecourse. But the project still awaits clearance from environmental authorities after concerns in the past over possible impacts on one of the country’s prime tourist destinations. The project includes indoor [...]

Pakistan-Sri Lanka game could be an absolute cracker

The ICC Champions Trophy 2017 is alive and kicking after two stunning upsets. Pakistan’s win over South Africa and Sri Lanka’s resounding victory, chasing a 322-run target against India, have instilled a lot of interest, with Group B now wide open. This reflects both the competitive format of the tournament as well as the fact [...]

Havies, CR and Navy – exhibit championship potential

The usual threesome – the Havies, CR and Navy – exhibited championship potential on the first day of the Inter-Club Rugby Sevens at the Race Course. With all the participating clubs choosing to split their players up by putting forward two teams, there were some one-sided matches. Navy and the CR were responsible for the [...]

Championing a cause and Mathews’ challenge

As mundane sports loving people, how happy and proud we felt when Sri Lanka beat India in their first round Champions Trophy tie in London. Truly it was one of the most remarkable achievements in the cricketing annals for more reasons than one. First, the Lankans beat India which is considered the most professional cricketing [...]

An article posted in LinkedIn by Asela de Silva, former rugby player and referee, was brought to my attention. Proceeding from what I wrote in this column last week on funding I thought the thinking was relevant. More so it was relevant as I was told there were instances in the recent past when at [...]

The orchestration to make the 2nd Grand-Slam of the year attractive was good and effective. Every piece of the news, prior to the French-Open, that is, the size of the prize money, keen contest for qualification, eligibility of good players, the big names in the draw, the unknowns in the draw, Sara Errani having to [...]

Mihular gives cricket company a clean bill

A new company being set up to manage Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) properties will be empowered to generate revenue from existing stadiums by, among other things, building and marketing specialty cricket hotels and other fee-earning facilities. The proposal has not gone down well with sections of the cricketing fraternity who suspect the SLC is conspiring [...]

One of the hottest soccer elections in the offing

The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) closed nominations for its election of office bearers on June 6 and objections and appeals will be taken up on June 9. The election will be held on July 1 at the Sports Ministry Auditorium. With closing of the nominations, mudslinging has commenced in earnest privately and in [...]

The long, gruelling Schools Rugby League is over, leaving the champions with an unwelcome heap of injuries so much so that winners, Royal College, were forced to pull out of the Knockout tournament. Considerations other than rugby led to a slightly lop sided draw, with one group having six teams and the other, seven. Further, [...]

Practice turf wickets at Uyanwatta being re-commissioned

The new administration of the Matara District Cricket Association together with Matara Municipal Council’s ground staff were seen preparing the practice turf wickets which had been kept under lock and key and not been maintained or made use for a considerable time. There are two concrete practice wickets and three eight foot turf practice strips [...]

Tussle between local coaches and athletes

A tussle has emerged between personal coaches and some of their athletes regarding the attendance of the special training camp in India. The athletes are those who have been selected for the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships to be held in India from July 6 to 9. A training schedule is to be held at the [...]

Binara, Bagya and Uvin propel Rahula to 88 run win

Half tons by Binara Sanketh and skipper Bagya Himath and a three wicket haul by Uvin Peshitha Galappaththi helped Rahula College Matara register an 88 run win over Revatha Vidyalaya (Balapitiya) in their first round under 17 division one cricket tournament tie at the Uyanwatte Stadium. With recent floods in the Galle and Matara districts [...]

Young athlete Hasini Probodha Balasuriya of Holy Family Convent Wennappuwa and senior athlete H.D. Vidusha Lakshani of Sri Lanka Army and an old girl of Newstead Balika, Negombo have emerged as Sri Lanka’s top ranking athletes according IAAF World Rankings 2017 released up to June. Both are women Triple Jumpers. Hasini Probodha Balasuriya’s Best Performance [...]

The Sri Lanka Table Tennis team returned to the island empty handed from the World TT Championship 2017 in Dusseldorf, Germany, held from May 29 to June 5. All the Lankan paddlers failed to go beyond the qualifying stage, as almost every single competitor was defeated in the Singles, Doubles and Mixed events of both [...]

Devapathiraja Capt. Sudeera slams first double ton

Devapathiraja MMV skipper Sudeera Weeraratne had the honour of slamming the first double ton of the ongoing Under 15 Division One cricket tournament when he slammed a calypso style unbeaten 214 against Sri Devananda MV Ambalangoda in the match played at Karandeniya. Sudeera’s unbeaten double ton coming off just 139 balls comprised 23 boundaries and [...]

An incredible bowling performance of 10 for 3 by left arm pacie Kalana Perera which is record in the history of Under 17 inter-schools cricket paved the way for S. Thomas’ to outclass the hapless S de S. Jayasinghe MMV Dehiwala by nine wickets in a first round match of the match of the Under [...]

The Sri Lanka Navy yachtsmen took major honours at the 8th Trinco Blu Sailing Regatta held in Trincomalee. This year’s event featured the largest recorded fleet of 43 sail boats, and over 60 sailors competing to win the Royal Colombo Yacht Club (RCYC) Trinco Blu Challenge Trophy. Zai Pestonjee won the Optimist Class, with Jehan [...]

Bandaranayake College, Gampaha scored an easy eight wicket victory over Carey College, Colombo in a Sri Lanka Schools Under 17 cricket tournament match played at the Railway Grounds, Mount Mary recently. Put into bat by Bandaranayake College captain Sasitha Madanayake, the Colombo school batsmen found the left arm and right arm leg spin combination of [...]

An excellent bowling spell by spinners Avishka Lakshan (4/13), Deelaka Fernando (3/18) and Kavindu Jayawickrema (2/5) helped Kalutara Vidyalaya restrict Rahula College to 102 runs and register a seven wicket win in their under 17 division one first round match played at the public grounds Kaluthara. Kalutara Vidyalaya skipper Danuka Nimmana called the toss correctly [...]

Leads Annual Ranking Pin Fernando Grand Prix 2017 Going into the second quarter, after completing the May edition of the 12 month Annual Amateur Golf ranking conducted by the Sri Lanka Golf Union, B.A. Sanjeewa is getting ahead of the field. N. Amarapadma, having won the January round, couldn’t maintain his lead as B A [...]

Create a level playing field for all schools

Dear Mr President, I write to you in the hope that you would heed my specific request, so that, the future of School Rugby is safe, the way it is truly meant to be. The system in Sri Lanka all these years was to find National sportsmen via the schools. Once a talented sportsman is [...]

Good knock by Chinthaka Wijeratne

After a layoff of two consecutive week-end’s due to extreme weather conditions, the Seventh Stafford Motor Co. (Pvt) Ltd., sponsored, ‘Honda’ Trophy – MCA ‘G’ Division 25 over League Tournament 2017 was back on rails last week-end but not without the weather being a nuisance. Out of twenty-one matches, Five ended in no-results and nine [...]

Zahran shines in Hirdaramani’s penultimate-ball, two-wickets win

Mohamed Zahran, the tall lanky former Zahira College, Kuruwita, player hogged the limelight, as he propelled Hirdaramani Group (Hirdaramani) to a heart stopping two-wickets win, with a ball to spare, over favourites, Stafford Motor Co. (Staffords) in the second Commercial Credit & Finance PLC sponsored MCA ‘F’ Division 25-Over League Tournament 2017 Final at the [...]

Kasun Maduranga of Hela BC and Kumari Gamage of MAS Linea were adjudged the best boxers at the ABA Men’s and Women’s Novices Boxing Championships held at the Royal MAS Arena boxing ring at Reid Avenue. Kasun came out victorious with ease against U.R.N.K. Rajapakse of Army while Kumari got the better of D.M.N. Subashini [...]

It is understood that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Sri Lanka Carrom Federation (SLCF) is to be held in the near future, as its Audited Financial Report (AFR) is with the Auditor General (AG) at the moment. According to SLCF Secretary Thumula Naotunne, once the Auditor General gives the green light on the [...]

Six new teams at Merc Basketball

An unprecedented number of entries including six new comers have attracted the 27th edition of the Mercantile Services Basketball Association (MSBA) League Tournament 2017. Forty-six teams Men and women will participate in this prestigious tournament, which is powered by Dialog Axiata PLC. Thirty seven Men’s teams in five divisions and nine Women’s teams in two [...]

Royal College Colombo had a fantastic end to the School Rugby season claiming the Singer Schools Under-20 Rugby League Championship and the 73rd Bradby Shield beating traditional rivals Trinity College. Royal won the first leg played at Pallekele 22-17 and went on to win the second leg 13-8 under muddy and heavy underfoot conditions at [...]

Visakha and St. Joseph’s maintain superiority

43rd National Age Group Swimming Championships 2017 Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo and St. Joseph’s College, Colombo maintained their superiority in swimming when they snatched the Team Championships in the Girls and Boys categories at the 43rd National Age Group Swimming Championships 2017 concluded at the Sugathadasa Swimming Complex last Sunday. Visakhians with 445.50 points led the [...]

True sportsmanship shown by St. Anthony’s Rugby fraternity

The Rugby fraternity of St. Anthony’s College Katugastota and its supporters showed the meaning of true spirit of sportsmanship when they got together to stand by a player of a rival team in need. This fine gesture was done after a 17-year-old potential player of Science College suffered a head injury playing against St. Anthony’s [...]

All-Island Inter-Province U-18 Girls 7s Rugby Tournament The girls of Sabaragamuwa Province clinched the All-Island Inter-Provincial Under-18 Rugby Tournament in grand style beating Western Province by 5-0 in a nail biting final played at the Navy ground in Welisara last week. Eastern Province ‘A’ beat Uva Province by 10-5 to claim the Plate championship while [...]

Grassroots Coach Football Education Programme in Pannipitiya

A Grassroots Coach Education Programme, conducted by the Technical Department of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka successfully concluded in Pannipitiya recently. The programme was conducted from May 23 to 26 at the Institute of Sports Science in Polwatta, Pannipitiya. A total of 35 participants took part in this programme, including Physical Education Teachers and [...]

CCC School of Cricket Academy emerge champions

Hosts CCC School of Cricket Academy emerged champions of the 13th Under-14 International Invitational Cricket Tournament for the Nelson Mendis Trophy. The 12-day tournament organised by the CCC School of Cricket was held during the month of April at selected venues in and around Colombo. In this year’s tournament 31 teams competed for the glittering [...]

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