Rain, Duckworth and a bitter pill for Lankans
Skipper Angelo Mathews and his men will have to blame themselves after Zimbabwe escaped with a four-wicket win on Duckworth and Lewis system in their rain-affected fourth ODI here at the Sooriyawewa Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Chasing 301 to win, the tourists were 139 for the loss of three wickets when rain halted play in [...]
Lasith is the Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer 2017
A journey that overcame many an obstacle comes to a dream end where the deserving outsmarted the rest to become the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017. He is none other than the energetic batsman from Maris Stella College Negombo, Lasith Croosepulle. Lasith becomes the first to win the [...]
Sri Lanka to tour India later this year
Sri Lanka will travel to India to play three Tests, three one-day internationals and two T20 in their first series involving all three formats of the game since 2009, Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed yesterday. “We are yet to confirm the scheduled but the tour is confirmed,” board Secretary Mohan de Silva said. Though the tour [...]
Sri Lankan Athletes continue to struggle
Sri Lankan athletes continued with their struggle for a medal without any success on the third day of the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship which continued at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India yesterday. Sri Lanka took part in four finals including in the Men’s 4X100 metres relay but none of them were able to produce [...]
Coaches are ruining Athletics in the country – Palitha Fernando
President of the Athletics Association of Sri Lanka (AASL) Retired Major General Palitha Fernando yesterday blamed the coaches as the main cause for ruining athletics in the country. Fernando along with the Secretary of the AASL Prema Pinnawela arrived in Bhubaneswar, India yesterday to participate in the Asian Athletics Congress which is held in line [...]
Trinity surge to the top with three wins
Trinity surged to the top in the Schools Segment of the Sri Lanka Super Sevens beating their opponents on the first day of the tournament at Nittawela. Contrast that with the fortunes of Isipathana who lost all four games they were involved in. Science came off second best in their joust against Trinity. However, they [...]
Nadeesha dazzles, bags first medal
It was at the backdrop of some uncertainty that she took the field to participate in her pet event against some of the top contenders in the Asian region. But instead, it turned out to be a memorable day for Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge who put up a tremendous performance to win Sri Lanka’s first medal [...]
Walala Central Boys, Girls reign supreme as undisputed champs
Reigning champions Walala A. Rathnayake Central College (Walala Central) from the Wattegama Educational Zone (EZ), won both the Boys and Girls championships at the Central Province (CP) Inter EZ Track & Field Meet 2017, concluded at Bogambara stadium Kandy last week. Walala Central clinched the Boys championship with 253 points, for the 19th occasion, while [...]
Aabid Cader moves into third slot
Avishka Lee and his energetic unit, Wesley College are still in the fore as the Singer-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Ruggerite of the Year and Most Popular Rugby Team of Year 2017 competitions reach the 11th week. With just four more weeks to go, Lee takes his total to 3129 votes with the addition [...]
Akila and Avanthi best athletes at Matara District DS meet
Akila Imantha Nilaweera and W G Avanthi Imeshika both of Matara Divisional Secretaries area were adjudged the best male and female athletes at the Matara District Inter Divisional Secretariat athletics meet held at the Uyanwatta stadium last Sunday. R D Manisha Lakshitha (Dikwella DS) who won the 100 metre event for boys under 16 with [...]
TTSC’s Pool and Futsal 5-a-side Football in July
The Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) will hold 2 tournaments from their multi-event calendar in July 2017. The 1st will be the 4th Pool Tournament sponsored by Yaneesha Travels, Seeduwa, on Friday, July14at the ‘Shotz’ Pool Lounge Excel World, Darley Road, from 3 pm onwards. Entries will close on July 10 with Shan Perera, C/o [...]
Thilanga and Kumar agree that player managers should be regulated
In the wake of recent allegations that player managers were influencing team selection, both Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Thilanga Sumathipala and former national cricketer Kumar Sangakkara called for a regulatory framework and code of conduct for managers to avert further finger-pointing. Sumathipala said he has taken this up at the highest level, the International [...]
NSSF gets four years to fulfil target
After laying down the foundation for a comprehensive structural administration Shirantha Peiris, the President of the National Shooting Sports Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF) and his team has managed to transform shooting sports in the country from stillborn status to beyond. The NSSF held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) recently where Peiris and his former [...]
Sepaktakraw achieves set targets for 2017
The Amateur Sepaktakraw Association of Sri Lanka under the leadership of its’ President Nizam Hajireen and his loyal and dedicated group of Office-Bearers and Coaching Staff at the expiry of nearly six months of the year, has performed an enviable task of achieving set targets of completing Orientation and Technical Programmes for new entrants preparing [...]
Errol Tambinayagam: Unselfish team player and a gentleman
Royal Rugby welcomed Errol in 1975. There was lot of talk at that time that Royal was “importing” good rugby players from other schools. Even though Errol was a star wing three quarter for St Peter’s, he often mentioned to all of us at Royal that there were no such attempts and he came to [...]
MCA Open ‘Sixes’ on August 5 and 6
The popularMCA Open Cricket ‘Sixes’ 2017 is scheduled to held on August 5 and 6 at the MCA Grounds and three other selected venues (venues depending on the number of entries received) Entries have been called from the 200 strong MCA Member Firms and will close on July 26, 2017. As done in the previous [...]
Mahela says he bats for player-manager concept
Former national cricket captain Mahela Jayawardena is clearly perturbed by the current Player-Manager poser that has taken Sri Lanka’s cricket by storm. The champion cricketer feels that targeting one such player-manager leaves a bad taste. Jayawardena does not buy the idea of player-managers are influencing team selections. He is one of the senior players who [...]
Lesson for Lankan cricketers in Aussie cricketers’ pay dispute
The head of Sri Lanka Cricketer’s Association, Ken de Alwis, has thrown his weight behind Australian cricketers’ stance in their dispute with Cricket Australia, describing their stance as commendable. He said he felt that down the line Sri Lanka’s cricketers had missed the cue almost five years ago. The Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (to [...]
Rohan de Silva wins Highlanders Cup while Fran tops Ladies list
Rohan De Silva won the Highlanders Cup with an outstanding round of 32 Stable-ford points, clear from the next best on 29 points. Fran de Mel was the ladies winner with 20 points from Suni Nirmalalingam. The Defence Service players are gradually making an impact with Group Captain Udula Wijesinghe of the Sri Lanka Air [...]
Thomians prove their class 2nd year running
The Mount Brigade swelled the Race Course as news spread that S.Thomas’ were in the finals of the Schools Rugby 7s. The increase was noticed from the semifinal stage, whereas on Day 1, and up to the Quarters, it was a come-and-go scenario. The Green Machine too had its supporters in their numbers. Naveen Henakankanamge [...]
Wimbledon’s troubled timing
Wimbledon, currently being played in London, is the first Tennis championships and is in its 131st year, since it began in 1877. It is the most prestigious of the 4 Grand Slam events and in addition, now winning the French Open and Wimbledon is referred to as the Channel-Slam. Both being played on either side [...]
Mercantile Rugby ’7s’ at the Race Course stadium from July 21-23
Two new sponsors- South Asia Gateway Terminal (SAGT) and Jaguar-Land Rover by SMLFrontier Automotive( Pvt) Ltd have come aboard to power the 47th edition of the Mercantile Rugby ’7s’ and the 2nd Women’s Tag Rugby Tournament 2017, to be held at the Race Course International Rugby Stadium from July 21-23. This is the first time [...]
Suneetha’s 25th chess celebrations
Lanka Chess Foundation together with Anatolia Karpov Chess Club of the Russian Centre organised a special Simultaneous Chess Exhibition Tournament at the Russian Centre Auditorium, to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of winning the Chess Olympiad Gold Medal by our ten times Women’s’ National Chess Champion, Woman Fide Master Suneetha Wijesuriya. At this Simultaneous Chess Tournament [...]
CMCA to take on SSC veterans
Colombo Masters Cricket Association 50+ (CMCA) will meet SSC Veterans in a 30 over cricket encounter on July 15, 2017 at the SSC Grounds commencing at 12 noon. The match was organised by Mahinda Halangoda a former SSC cricketer now member of CMCA. Mahinda will turn out For SSC Veterans. This Annual Cricket Match will [...]
Voice for cricketers: The untold story
The latest episode in the Lankan Cricket crisis is the Cricket Manager-Player conundrum. It is bothersome and the other day, even National Captain Angelo Mathews openly discussed the subject. The Lankan social media is overloaded with it. At this end, we were fortunate to have a chat with the man in charge of the Sri [...]
Bastianpillai (Deutsche Bank) 105 in 73 balls, Nawaratne’s (Kelani Cables) 5-0-34-5 share honours
The 7th Stafford Motor Co. sponsored ‘Honda’ Trophy – MCA ‘G’ Division 25-Over League Cricket Tournament continued last weekend without any rain interference after almost 2 months. Deutsche Bank opening batsman, Deshan Bastianpillai’s 105 in 73 balls, with 6 sixes and 12 fours vs Kelani Cables, and Kelani Cables’ right arm off-spinner, Kasun Nawaratne’s 5-0-34-5 [...]
HNB dunk reigning champs Commercial Credit 59-56
Hatton National Bank (HNB) scored a thrilling 59-56 win over defending Mercantile ‘A’ Division champs & Finance (CCF) at the recommenced 27th Mercantile League Basketball Tournament 2017 at the Henry Pedris Basketball Courts last week. In a fast game where fortunes swung from side to side, the first half ended 27-19 in favour of HNB. [...]
Rukmalgama CC no match for Old Thomians SC
Aruna Henrysen- 101 in 78 balls with 7 sixes and 7 fours- ensures 129-runs win Despite, Salinda Costa’s brave and entertaining late rally, the Old Thomians SC (OTSC), largely aided by Aruna Henrysen’s century, coasted to a comfortable 129-runs win over Rukmalgama CC (RCC), in their Colombo District Cricket Association (CDCA) Division III 50 Over [...]