Did Dharmadasa accept his own resignation?
It all points to a turbulent exit of vice president of Sri Lanka Cricket Jayantha Dharmadasa from his position, thus bringing an end to all speculation. It is reported that he is serious and has taken a firm decision this time and he will not return. A very senior SLC official told the Sunday Times [...]
Demoralised Lankans looking for consolation
On Friday, Sri Lanka suffered one of their most embarrassing defeats in their opening game in a five-match ODI series against Zimbabwe in Galle. However, today’s second game provides an opportunity for Sri Lanka to right the wrongs. The only hitch is, the team is badly equipped and demoralised. Their batting has clicked in recent [...]
Wesley and Lee safely at the helm
As the tenth week of the Singer-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Ruggerite of the Year and Most Popular Rugby Team of Year 2017 competitions are still being led by Wesley College and its very own Avishka Lee. Lee, the dashing three-quarter player from the Campbell Park School, leads all the way for yet another [...]
Only one count to go — Lasith stands tall
The long await to officially identify the winners has reached its destination as the penultimate results of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 competition is unleashed. The main contest, the All-Island Schools segment, is still the domain of Lasith Croosepulle of Maris Stella College Negombo, who takes his [...]
De Silva at the helm of Football
Incumbent President Anura de Silva overcame one of his biggest hurdles when he defeated his former boss Ranjith Rodrigo by a margin of 25 votes at the Annual Congress of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) yesterday. The FFSL Annual Congress was held at the Duncan White Auditorium of the Ministry of Sports at [...]
Sri Lanka targets 2013 repeat against host England
Back in 2013, Sri Lanka sent shockwaves around the cricketing world as it edged out defending ICC Women’s World Cup champion England by one wicket in Mumbai to get its campaign off to a flyer. Four years on and the nations meet once again in the league stage of the tournament – and England skipper [...]
Prospect of some mouth-watering contests on the cards
The prospect of some mouth-watering contests on day two of the Schools Rugby Sevens should make lovers of the game flock to the Race Course this morning. S.Thomas’ Vs St. Peter’s, Trinity Vs Royal, St. Anthony’s Vs Isipathana and Kingswood Vs Science should whet the appetite of any rugby fan. The Anthonians, who lost to [...]
Godamanna qualifies for two semi-finals
Harshana Godamanna kept Sri Lanka’s flag flying high when he qualified to two semi-finals of the ongoing Sri Lanka F2 Futures tennis tournament which is being played at the SLTA clay courts in Greenpath, Colombo. Godamanna who was unable to play in the previous tournament, held two weeks ago became the only Sri Lanka player [...]
Madhumali creates marathon history at 43rd NSF
Madhumali Perera of the Western Province created women’s Lankan marathon history when she finished the 42km course in only 2.55:36 clipping off almost a minute off the previous holder of the event — Manjula Kumarasingha also of the Western Province (2.56:00 in 2010) at the 43d National Sports Festival held at Mahiyangana, yesterday. Taking the [...]
Dickwella fined 30 per cent of his match fee
Niroshan Dickwella of Sri Lanka has been fined 30 per cent of his match fee and received two demerit points for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the first One-Day International against Zimbabwe in Galle on Friday. Dickwella was found to have violated Article 2.1.1 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and [...]
Mahamaya, St Joseph’s maintain remain on top
Defending champions in the girls and boys categories Mahamaya Girl’s School Kandy and St Joseph’s Colombo continued to maintain the lead at the end of the third day’s proceedings of the 44th Milo All Island Schools Aquatic Championship which ended at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium swimming pool yesterday. Mahamaya having ended day two on 241 [...]
Athapaththu eyes WBBL after ‘special’ knock
After starting like Sanga and finishing like Sanath, Athapaththu could be headed Down Under If any of the Rebel Women’s Big Bash League teams are on the hunt for a big-hitting batter, Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu might just be their woman. The 27-year-old struck six maximums in her unbeaten 143-ball, 178-run blitz on Thursday, dispatching [...]
NOT PATRIOTIC?
The normal practice is to stand at attention and sing the National Anthem before an international game. This player, however, had no such intention to do such a thing before the start at a recent international encounter. Those who have observed this player’s behaviour at earlier games too say that he never sings the National [...]
Forty teams advance to second round
After the completion of the first round matches forty teams have qualified to the second round of the Under 15 Division one cricket tournament. The 40 teams will be divided into eight groups comprising of five teams in each group. The first round of matches saw 81 teams divided into 11 groups contesting to book [...]
What does it take to make a successful coach in Sri Lanka!!
Coaches get the sack around the world owing to poor results or when administrators see no prospect of a turnaround–but the case of Graham Ford is different. When Ford was enticed into taking on the Sri Lanka team last year, it was a part of a long-term Board strategy to hire an experienced hand to [...]
Is the Maitland bridge really crumbling?
Longden Bridge is falling down they said. I wondered why? Isn’t it the proverbial London Bridge that stands very much alive in the heart of London. Then it dawned upon me, they must have been referring to Maitland Place – the road that leads to Longden Place in posh Colombo 7. This piece of wisdom [...]
Wimbledon 2017 warmups
For over a hundred years, Wimbledon has always been in the last week of June and the first week of July. This year it begins in the first week of July. Strange it is for the English to change their tradition. The date change enabled a few more grass events to be squeezed in before [...]
Kamburupitiya MV comes out on top
Kamburupitiya MV came out on top when they emerged champions at the recently concluded L.V. Jayaweera Boxing tournament which was held at the Jayatilleke Boxing Stadium in Nawalapitiya. The pugilists from down South came out on top by winning three gold medals and a silver medal and following them was another school from the outstations [...]
NCC Office bearers 2017
President Marlon Ranasinghe, Vice President Gladwyn Anandappa, Vice President Lalith Ganlath, Vice President Suwan Perera, General Secretary Peter Jasinghe, Asst. General Secretary Rukshan Wickramasinghe, Treasurer Senaka Obeyasekera, Asst. Treasurer Nadun Fernando, Cricket Secretary Hashan Tillakaratne, Bar Secretary Dewaka De Silva, Swimming Secretary Laurence Ratnasabapathy, Tennis Secretary K Rajkumar, Billiards Secretary Ranjan Paiva, Badminton/Gym Secretary Rohan [...]
Christ Church Matale bag AJ Wijesingha Trophy for third time in 4 years
Reigning champions Christ Church College Matale retained the AJ Wijesingha Memorial Challenge Trophy when they beat Maris Stella College Negombo, 2-1, in the final at the 3rd Singer-Matale Thomians Invitation Schools Hockey 7s 2017 for Boys Under (U)-19, concluded at Edward Park Hockey Ground in Matale. This 1-Day annual Hockey fiesta organised by the Matale [...]
MAS Holdings ‘A’ make a clean sweep to reign supreme
MAS Holdings ‘A’ won the 7th Mercantile Badminton Association’s (MBA) Inter Firm Doubles Team Championship 2017, in style, concluded at the MBA Headquarters and Stadium last Sunday. There were 55 teams from 37, with 423 men and 164 women Shuttlers in 87 ties and 435 matches. More than 50 National Shuttlers were seen in action [...]
Sinha SC beat Urban Youth by 90 runs
By L.D. Chandrasiri – Matale Sports Sinha Sports Club Matale posted a 90 run win over Urban Youth Sports Club Matale in the final to lift Jayantha Ranhoti Memorial trophy at the Matale district inter club limited over cricket tournament 2017 concluded at Rangiri Dambulla international cricket stadium. Elected to bat first Sinha SC with [...]
Upali Mahanama bids adieu
There marked the end of and distinguished inning of Dr Upali Mahanama, an Old Nalandian and father of sons Devaka and Roshan. He walked back to the pavilion of destiny last Tuesday, after a brief illness, just four days shy of his 77th birthday. Besides being a brilliant sportsman at Nalanda Upali, was a fine [...]
Testing ground for Lankan Athletes to take stock
Athletics President Maj.Gen. Palitha Fernando claims that, next week’s Asian Athletics Championship in India, will give them a clear indication of where Sri Lanka stands in the Asian circuit. The 22nd Asian Athletics Championships will be held from July 6 to 9 in Bhubneswar, Odisha, India. This event is also the final selection trial for [...]
Kandy Sports Club struck by ‘Yahapalanaya’
Kandy Sports Club (KSC) conducted its 143rd Annual General Meeting on Sunday morning at the Club auditorium. The President, elected by the Protem Chairman- Mr Malik Devapriya Samarawickrama (MDS), was Nihal Ratwatte of 102/3, Nittawela Road, Kandy, who will continue as President from last year, who failed to come out with a 7′s team. At [...]
A tale of an outstanding Sportsman and Scholar
It was 1950, when Michael and I joined the boarding of St. Benedict’s College, home sick and not knowing what we have in store in our first experience in boarding life. We shared our joys and sorrows and became close friends until Mike left us for a better place on the 28th of May 2017. [...]
Five unbeaten teams among those who sailed to second round
The first round of the Under 17 Division One cricket tournament concluded last week. This saw five teams S. Thomas’, Sri Sumangala Panadura, St Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa, Maliyadeva Kurunegala and Dharmaraja winning all their matches. Thus, they have qualified to the second round. Three teams S. Thomas’, Dharmaraja and Sri Sumangala won all seven matches [...]
“Art of Wielding the Willow”
Pakistan’s National Cricket XI has proved its supremacy in the “Art of Wielding the Willow”, to the entire sports world, by annexing the coveted ICC Championship Tournament held recently at Lords England. This could certainly prove to be an eye-opener to our National Cricket XI Skipper, Angelo Mathew, who had attributed their dismal performance against [...]
Joes did it in style
The feeling of a win you have had a hand in, is what made the Jig of Joes No.10 after the knockout final. The first ever Rugby title is probably what inspired the performance that is much talked about in the media. It probably took away the spotlight from the Joes winning the knockout. The [...]
Handsome prizes for SLT Speed Up Cycle race
What is regarded as Sri Lanka’s longest cross country cycle race with a huge reward as prize money, the SLT Speed Up Cycle Race, is set to take place from July 25, for the second time in history. Set to flag off from Colombo, the race will come to an end four days later at [...]
Heshan Flexe ‘A’ trounce Sapper CC to clinch title
Heshan Flexe Packaging ‘A’ having mastered the new format of Cricket, scored a comprehensive 130-runs win over Sapper CC, Mattegoda, in the Last Man Stands (LMS) Spring Season T+20 Cricket Championships 2017 final at Thurstan College Grounds last Sunday. Due to the morning’s downpour, the semifinals scheduled for 9 am an 11 am were rescheduled [...]
England Cricket to return to free-to-air TV in 2020
The return of live cricket to the BBC for the first time in 21 years was celebrated with cakes and cookies at their Salford headquarters. No wonder the Beeb were in party mood — with the invitation to eat cake in the kitchen sent to all sports staff — because the ECB’s five-year rights deal [...]
SL Squad of 12 has 7 from the Army
Dinesha Prasadani of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF), will lead the Sri Lanka Women’s National Volleyball (VB) team for the 19th Asian Senior Women’s VB Championships to be held in the Philippines from August 9 to 17. A notable feature is that, there are 7 players from the SL Army (SLA) in the squad [...]
Laser run hits the city, over 45 Athletes compete
The first Laser-Run City Tour was held on June 25, at Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte. The event took place in a city location popular for leisure runners, cyclists and others who take part in physical activities, and the entry list comprised more than 200. Participants took part in all age categories with more than 45 racing [...]
Second consecutive year, Gamer.LK
For the second consecutive year, Gamer.LK is bringing the thrill of competitive video gaming to your workplace with the Mercantile eSports Championship – powered by Dialog Gaming. The Championship will be held on July 15 and 16 at Trace Expert City and is open exclusively to the teams and players from any registered business and [...]
Fair First’s Lakshan Perera second time unlucky
The weather gods were once again the spoilsport of MCA Cricket. The ongoing 7th Stafford Motor Co. (Pvt) Ltd., sponsored ‘Honda’ Trophy – Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) ‘G’ Division 25-Over League Tournament 2017, was severely hampered during the last weekend, as 9 games were washed out without a ball being bowled, and 7 games were [...]