Ransika’s day of glory — an evening to remember
What an evening it was. Indeed the gala ceremony held at Nelum Pokuna, on Wednesday, crowning Nipun Ransika of P. de S. Kularatne Maha Vidyalaya, the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017, was an truly awesome. Ransika, a genuine right-arm fast bowler from the southern hamlet of Ambalangoda, walked off stage [...]
India takes a light day in pre-Test warm-up
The warm-up match between Sri Lanka Board President’s XI vs India ended in a draw after India declared their innings on 312 for 9 facing 68 overs. The match was called off just 38 into day two after visitors got a decent match practice both with the bat and the ball. Indian batsmen all but [...]
Aabid dethrones Lee and guides his school S. Thomas’ too
It looked like Avishka Lee and his team, Wesley College, were going to have an easy cross over. But with two more weeks to go, there’s an interception and it’s a big and costly one for Lee and Wesley. As predicted last week, Aabid Cader dethroned Lee in a big way and so does his [...]
Four teams remain unbeaten
Hela Clothing, Clovetel, Fairfirst Insurance and Access ended the second day of the annual Mercantile Rugby 7s with an unbeaten track record at the Racecourse ground in Colombo yesterday. Heal Clothing beat HDPL, Sri Lanka Insurance and Commercial Bank in Group ‘D’ while competing from Group ‘C’ Clovetel recorded easy wins against Classic Travels, Janashakthi [...]
Harshana celebrates 50th appearance with Sri Lanka’s promotion
Harshana Godamanna celebrated his 50th Davis Cup appearance by guiding Sri Lanka to get back to the Asia/Pacific Oceania Zone Group II with a convincing 2-0 win over Mubarak Shannan Zayed of Qatar in the Asia/Pacific Oceania Zone Group III promotion tie play off against Qatar played at the SLTA clay court in Greenpath, Colombo [...]
Geshan, Hashan guide BMS to victory
A quick fire 46 in only 25 balls inclusive of four boundaries and four sixes by Geshan Wimaladharma who put on a match winning opening wicket partnership of 66 runs with Hashan Dumindu laid the foundation for Business Management School record a convincing nine wicket win over Saegis Campus in the final of Red Bull [...]
Revival of “Battle of the Lagoons”
‘Hands across two rivers’, way back in 1979, the first ever friendly encounter between Holy Cross College (HCC), Kalutara and Maris Stella College (MSC), Negombo, took place. At that time both schools were administered by the ‘Marist Brothers’. They took over the administration of the College facing the Kalutara lagoon in 1978. Rev. Bro. Francis [...]
Commercial Bank unbeaten Champions
Commercial Bank (ComBank) Hockey team emerged unbeaten champions at the Mercantile ‘A’ Division League Hockey Tournament 2017 concluded at the Astro Turf Colombo recently. In the final League encounter against the formidable Hatton National Bank (HNB) team, the ComBank stickers proved their superiority in no uncertain terms by downing them 3-0, to be worthy champions. [...]
Groundsmen get their pants back
“Sri Lanka Cricket regrets the unfortunate incident that you had to face and we will ensure that it will never happen again” said Ashley de Silva CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket addressing the groundsmen contracted for the three ODI’s between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The one hundred groundsmen were compelled to hand over their pants [...]
SLC busted Rs 2.7million for Champions Trophy joyride
Sri Lanka Cricket is notorious for spending lavishly for matters not directly connected to the development or promotion of the sport. Last month, they doled out Rs. 2.7 million to send nine Executive Committee members on a “joyride” to watch the Champions Trophy in the cool climes of England. The Champions Trophy cricket tournament was [...]
Tough series await the Lankans -Jayasuriya
After narrowly escaping defeat against minnows Zimbabwe in the one-off Test last week, Sri Lanka will face a real Test when they take on India in a three-match Test series followed by a limited-over series—five ODIs and a one-off T20. The victory against Zimbabwe last week may have pumped up the Sri Lankan side’s morale [...]
SLT Speed-up Cycle Tour will start on July 25 from Colombo
The SLT Speed-up 2017 Cycle Tour will commence on July 25 from Colombo. This is a five day event and will conclude at Embilipitiya on July 29. This is the cycle tour with the highest paid cash awards in the island. The men’s overall winner will receive a cash award of Rs One Million. The [...]
Constructors’ Cricket 6s
Nawaloka Construction and Nuwani Construction won the Men’s and Women’s championships respectively at the INSEE YCF Premiership Cricket Sixes 2017 conducted by the Young Constructors Forum (YCF) on July 15 at the NCC ground. Sponsors of this year’s tournament were INSEE (Siam Cement), Lanwa – Ceylon Steel Corporation, LOLC Group, LOLC Finance, Browns, United Tractor [...]
Mohamed Shaheen double hat-trick helps Amja Travels
Mohamed Shaheen banged in 6 stinging goals, as Amja Travels trounced Cinnamon Grand Colombo ‘B’ 8-2, in the inaugural Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) 5-a-side Futsal Football Championship ‘Cup’ Finalheld at the Futsal World Indoor Court, TB Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 10, last Sunday. The tournament was sponsored by Viluxur Holidays. The ‘Cup’ and ‘Plate’ championships [...]
Kyle wins Lanka’s first swimming silver
Kyle Abeysinghe created history by becoming the first ever Sri Lankan to win a Commonwealth swimming medal when he clinched Silver at the Commonwealth Youth Games being held in Bahamas. Abeysinghe finished second in the Boys 100m Freestyle finals event with a time of 50.93 to win the silver medal. Akalanka Peiris going great guns [...]
Colombo Masters overcome SSC Vets by 5 wickets
A superb all-round performance by Nalliah Devarajan (127 and 2 for 58) highlighted Colombo Masters Cricket Association’s (CMCA) five-wickets victory over SSC Veterans (Vets), in their annual ‘Aloy Perera’ Trophy 30-Over Cricket encounter played at the SSC Grounds recently. Put into bat, SSC Vets scored 261 runs for the loss of only two wickets, aided [...]
Volleyball Federation to conduct National Convention in August
The Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVF) is to conduct a Volleyball National Convention (VNC) on August 26 and 27 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. The objective of this conference is to elaborate and plan for the future of the sport. All National and current players, coaches, referees, organisers, sponsors, media and district associations are [...]
They shone brighter than stars in the sky
They may have travelled all the way from Jaffna or along the southern coast highway from Hambantota, yet, even as the day grew older the bevy of school cricketers were elated. They knew the day belonged to them and in no certain terms they took charge of the proceedings. They danced along the Nelum Pokuna [...]
Winning at all cost does not pay: Marvan Atapattu
Without a miss it happens every year – the day that is dedicated for the next generation of schoolboy cricketers to gather and savour a special moment of success. On Wednesday it was the day that young fast bowler Nipun Ransika stood tall and followed the path that so many other greats had done in [...]
HSBC Premier Golf Tournament to Tee-off in Hambantota
Golfers will get their opportunity to tee off at one of Sri Lanka’s premier 18-hole championship golf courses, when the annual HSBC Premier Golf Tournament heads to the Shangri La Resort and Spa in Hambantota on the 15th and 16th of September. The tournament is known to attract the top golfers in the country and [...]
Wimbledon- The expected and the unexpected
Roger Federer, Seeded 3, won the Wimbledon title in a unique way as expected and Spain’s Garbine Mugurusa, Seeded 16, did the unexpected and won the Women’s title. There was another winner last week. Even after losing in the 2nd Round in the Women’s event at Wimbledon, Karolina Pliskova became the world’s No.1 for the [...]
Quarterfinals from today
Maliban Biscuits (Maliban), Deutsche Bank (DB) AG, Aitken Spence Group (Aitken Spence), Avery Dennison (Avery), Pyramid Wilmer (Pyramid), Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), A. Baur & Co. (ABC) and HNB ‘B’ reached the quarterfinals in the ongoing 7th Stafford Motor Co. sponsored ‘Honda’ Trophy – MCA ‘G’ Division 25-Over League Tournament 2017. In the pre-quarterfinals worked [...]
Zimbabwe series raise more unanswered questions
Yes, finally the Lankans trudged towards a four-wicket win. Yet, there was an empty, lost feeling. Fighting tooth and nail to beat Zimbabwe in our own backyard is rather unacceptable under any circumstances. Around eight months ago, Sri Lanka did not have any hiccups beating Zimbabwe 2-0 in as many Tests in Harare. But today, [...]
Public display of ignorance via unprofessional advice
“With the joy of live sport comes the irritation of spectators letting professionals know where they’re supposedly going wrong. One boisterous fan got his comeuppance in one of Wimbledon’s most endearing and hilarious moments yet.” The incident has been reported widely and gone viral. It is not only the advice given to players; the annoyance [...]