Would the Lankans have to rue their batting indiscretions
As stumps were drawn at Kettarama on day two of the one-off Test against Zimbabwe, Sri Lankan batsmen may rue their failure to convert starts into big scores to provide a solid platform for an imposing total in their first innings. After picking Zimbabwe’s remaining two wickets inside five overs to end Zimbabwe’s innings on [...]
Army cueists dominate proceedings
Army cueists dominated proceedings at the Otter AC Open Snooker Tournament which is in progress now at the Otter AC billiards table in Colombo. Army had five winners in B.A.S. Balapitiya, D.M.S.K. Dissanayake, M.K.G.S. Nandasiri, C.M.G. Chandrasekaran and W.D. Madusanka while the others to impress were S.R. Gunasekera (YMBA), T.G. Dulanjana (Air Force), S. Fernando [...]
Aabid overhauls Sasindu and closes up on Lee
It looks like Avishka Lee and his team Wesley College is not going to cross that tryline easily as predicted after all. Lee and Wesley are now targeted by the S. Thomas’ College unit and its player Aabid Cader, as the the Singer-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Ruggerite of the Year and Most Popular [...]
Sriyani Kulawansa is President of Sri Lanka Olympians
Veteran women’s athlete Sriyani Kulawansa was elected uncontested as President of the Sri Lanka Olympians (SLO) Association at its first Annual General Meeting held at the Olympics House yesterday. Their motto is ‘Once an Olympian, always and Olympian’. The newly elected Sri Lanka Olympians are to meet President Maithripala Sirisena later this month. The members [...]
Javelin thrower Dinesh Priyantha Herath bags Silver
Sri Lanka Para Athlete Dinesh Priyantha Herath bagged a Silver Medal at the World Para Athletics Championships which is currently being held in London, England. The championships will end on July 23. Dinesh Priyantha is employed by the Sri Lanka Army. Dinesh Priyantha Herath is a Bronze Medal winner at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The [...]
Sri Lanka lose to Singapore and Malaysia convincingly at WYNC
Sri Lanka has lost six out of seven games at the World Youth Netball Championships (WYNC) currently being held in Botswana. Sri Lanka took part in the competition as champions of the Asian Youth Netball Championships held in Hong Kong 2015. In that championship Malaysia were the runners-up) while Singapore bagged the third place. This [...]
Kithushan, Sudarmathy emerge champs
Vavuniya Tamil MMV’s S. Kithushan and S. Sudarmathy of Uiyarkaddu MV Mullaitivu emerged champions in the boy’s and girl’s categories of the Nestomalt Mini Marathon which was held in Jaffna yesterday evening. The 21.5km Mini Marathon which was flagged off from the Duraiappah Stadium in Jaffna which covering the route of Kokuvil Kondavil, Inuvil, Maruthanarmadam [...]
Gladiators wallop Eagles in Super Sevens on first day
Defending champions Mobitel Eagles had a disastrous start while the Schools title holders Isipathana College were completely off-form when at the second leg of the second Sri Lanka Super 7s Rugby Championship which kicked off at the Racecourse ground in Colombo yesterday. Mobitel Eagles, who won the first leg in style, stamped their authority at [...]
Himasha Liyanage’s 75 not out stands out
Eastern Province fought back after being bundled out for a meager 84 runs in the first innings to make a score of 171 for 4 in the second session of play after being made to follow on day two by Western Province South in their Under 23 Inter-Provincial cricket encounter played at the Police Park. [...]
Skipper Sammani powers Sri Sumangala to title
Center half and skipper Sammani Wasundara powered Sri Sumangala Girls school Panadura to wrap up the girls title in the all island under 18 hockey tournament with a 1-0 win over fancied Vishaka Vidyalaya Bambalapitiya in the girls final which was played prior to the boys final. The girl’s semi-finals saw Vishakians beating Seetha Devi [...]
Ibbagamuwa Model School in second round
Ibbagamuwa Model School scored four good wins over St Anne’s College Kurunegala ‘B’, Parakramabahu National School Polgahawela Royal M.M V Dodangaslanda and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike M.V Kurunegala in their all island inter school under 15 division III Cricket tournament matches played recently. Unbeaten Ibbagamuwa Model team topped the group with an unbeaten record and thus entered [...]
STC Matale and Nalanda joint champs
St. Thomas’ College Matale and Nalanda College Colombo were declared boys joint champions, when Nalanda held St. Thomas’ to a one-all draw in the boys final of the all island schools hockey championship 2017 for boys and girls U/18 concluded at Rajarata University ground in Mihintale. Nalandians scored their goal through center forward S. Sapumal [...]
Now Sanga takes on Arjuna Ranatunga
The national cricket team wrote to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) before the 2009 Pakistan tour seeking an independent security assessment, a reduction in the number of games to be played in the terror-ridden country, insurance for players and a week’s respite to spend time with their families. The Board replied that it had already carried [...]
Four Lankans stands a chance for World Athletic Championships
Four Lankan athletes stand the chance to be a part of the World Athletics Championships to be held in England from August 4 to 13, states AASL sources. According to the qualifying standards set by the International Athletics Association of Federation (IAAF) two Sri Lankan athletes have already qualified. They are Anuradha Indrajit Cooray and [...]
Madura Amarasinghe-Chanaka Perera (Revognah Leisure) overall Winners
Madura Amarasinghe and Chanaka Perera of Revognah Leisure, won the Shakespeare Shield Golf Tournament 2017 played at the Royal Colombo Golf Course (RCGC) Colombo, last Sunday. Amarasinghe and Perera overcame Brandix pair Harsha Abeywickrama and Suhayb Sangani, who had to be content as overall Runners-up for yet another year. The overall completed their feat with [...]
Evaluation process was manipulated by Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) and CAPC says Sierra Construction
Sierra Construction Ltd, a joint venture with Polythan Asia, has challenged the Cabinet Appointed Procurement Committee’s (CAPC) decision to award a tender to re-lay the synthetic tracks at the Sugathadasa Stadium to a joint venture between Access International (Pvt) Ltd and Conica-Veritas. The tender was given despite substantial pressure from other bidders to review the [...]
Davis Cup Zone III Tennis from Monday
The Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Asia/Oceania Zone Group III will get underway from tomorrow at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) Courts in Greenpath, Colombo. The tournament, featuring nine countries, will end next Saturday, July 22. After their unexpected defeat in the Zone Group II last year at the hands of Indonesia in Jakarta, [...]
Drug misuse keeps haunting Lankan sports
Upon the withdrawal of 400metres athlete Pradeep Kumara who was brought back home from the 22nd Asian Athletic meet in India last week due to failing a drug test, the Lankan athletic sources are abuzz with the discovery of the iceberg. According to a very senior Sri Lankan athletic official they have stumbled upon evidence [...]
ACCOUNTS PROBE
Accountants are busy these days trying to find out how much money had been spent on security for recent tours of a very popular sport. The game at Dambulla had 1200 security personnel while the game at another venue had only 600 security personnel. The Dambulla game had few spectators yet the amount of security [...]
Sri Lanka to host International Junior Golf Championships
The Royal Colombo Golf Club will be the centre stage when the Sri Lanka Golf Union, the national body for Golf in Sri Lanka together with HSBC, launches Sri Lanka’s first ever International Junior Golf Championship. The tussle for supremacy will be teed off between Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. The event which has [...]
Commercial Credit in close win over Fair First
Clinton Stallone (26) and Thimothy Nithushan (15) spearheaded Commercial Credit & Finance (Commercial Credit) to a thrilling 56-53 victory over Fair First Insurance (Fair First) in the Men’s ‘A’ Division of the ongoing 27th Mercantile Services Basketball Association (MSBA) Championship 2017 at the Sir Edward Pedris Stadium last week. The ‘C’ Division clash between Standard [...]
Rain mars MCA Division ‘G’ Cricket last weekend
The final batch of the league round matches of the 7th Stafford Motor Co. sponsored, ‘Honda’ Trophy MCA ‘G’ division 25 Over League Tournament 2017 was marred by rain, thus five games ended sans a result. The top performers for the week-end were: Trevin Fernando from HNB ‘B’ (104 in 51 balls, inclusive of six [...]
Malinga at the Head Table
Dear Mr. Thilanga Sumathipala The sporting jubilee would like to know how the above being accommodated in the Head Jubilee for the Press conference immediately after the Champion Trophy. It is all because of your autocratic way of doing things in the affairs of Sri Lanka Cricket. You have forgotten that there is a Vice [...]
SL Table Tennis Association plays ping pong with AGM
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Sri Lanka Table Tennis Association (SLTTA) scheduled for Monday (10), was postponed for the second time, due to objections filed against a prospective Presidential candidate, by a rival candidate. An objection filed against Kanaka Herath by Daya Samaraweera was the main cause for this postponement. Three days before [...]
Penalty, Consultation, Scrum – and the series is drawn
Owen Farrell’s late penalty brought the scores level at 15-15 with around 3 minutes left, till the call of French Referee Romain Poite to change the decision on what was thought as an All Blacks (AB) penalty, when Lions’ Ken Owens was initially spotted offside. The controversy or contradiction arose on the collection of the [...]
Rukshika bags SSC Tennis treble
Rukshika Wijesooriya, former student of Asian School Colombo excelled to clinch triple crown at the S.S.C open tennis championship 2017 concluded recently in Colombo. Rukshika was the winner in the girls U/18 singles, women’s open singles as well as open doubles events. She beat Neyara Weerawansa 6-2, 6-1 in the girls U/18 singles final and [...]
Travel Trade Futsal today
The latest addition to the Travel Trade Sports Club multi Sports events calendar, the Futsal 5-a-side Soccer Championships 2017, sponsored by Viluxur Holidays will take place today at the Futsal World Indoor Courts, T.B. Jayah Mawatha Colombo 10, commencing 9.00 am. Thirteen teams have entered the inaugural tournament namely, Amja Travels, Avani Bentota, Cinnamon Grand [...]
Wimbledon- Hypes and performances
Entering the Wimbledon draw itself, for a player, is crossing the frontiers into Tennis stardom. Entering the quarterfinals (QF) in the second week of the event confirms the players’ iconic ‘survivor’ instincts and abilities. This certainly does not happen because of a lucky draw or, for that matter, by chance. A player will have to [...]
Was Mathews the ultimate loser? NO! We don’t think so
Please, could someone within the Lankan hierarchy — I mean in the government — draw up a strategy to prevent the Afghanistan cricket team from obtaining entry visas to Sri Lanka, in the foreseeable future? I am quite confident that I need not explain this plea of mine. We do admit that all’s not well [...]
SSC stick another feather in their cap
As for the Sinhalese Sports Club a wait of three years is definitely a lifetime. Yet, the championship that eluded them for three years have been retained. What is unique about this year’s championship that it was won by the budding youngsters that represented club, whilst most of the senior players were on national duty [...]