Malinga explodes at Ministry probe into cricket debacle
Cricketer Lasith Malinga launched a scathing attack on Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for preparing wickets against the wishes of the national team during the recent home series defeat to India. Making a presentation at a brainstorming session in Battaramulla to create a new direction for SLC and transform the team’s fortunes, Malinga highlighted several key [...]
Keep a date with your favourite schoolboy cricketer
As anticipated the Most Popular competitions of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2018 will officially commence from October 1. Beginning there, the competition will run for 26 long weekends, alongside the ongoing Under-19 Schools Cricket Competition season and come to an end by March 2018. Coupons will be made available [...]
Premier League match-fixing inquiry — 24 banned for misconduct
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), yesterday, imposed bans on all 22 players and coaches of two teams found guilty of ‘misconduct’ and ‘not playing to the spirit of the game’ in a domestic match-fixing inquiry that ended recently. Investigators looked into allegations that the outcome of the Premier B First Class match between Kalutara Physical and [...]
St. Joseph’s record massive win
St. Joseph’s recorded a massive 312-run win over St. Patrick’s Jaffna in their annual Under-19 Rector’s Trophy Cricket encounter concluded at Darley Road yesterday. In the process they retained the trophy which was inaugurated last year. The second day’s play saw St. Joseph’s opting to bat the second time and making a score of 140 [...]
Prosperous Capital men and Omega Line women win titles
Prosperous Capital SC of Colombo and Omega Line SC Sandalankawa emerged Division I champions at the Mercantile Volleyball Tournament’s men’s and women’s finals at the Maharagama NYSC indoor courts yesterday. In the ‘A’ Division final Prosperous Capital SC overcame Brandix Lingerie Limited, Nittambuwa 3-0. The scores were 25-21, 25-18 and 25-15. The ‘A’ Division women’s [...]
Upcountry Lions and Navy win at Football
Upcountry Lions SC, Nawalapitiya and SL Navy SC Colombo won their respective Dialog Champions League Stage Three football matches yesterday. Up Country Lions beat SL Army 2-1 after leading 2-0 at the breather at the Kelaniya Football Complex. The goals were scored by Amartey Emma in the eighth and 23rd minutes. The goal for Army [...]
Fancied teams down in the dumps
The teams to qualify to the quarter-finals of the Cup, Bowl and Shield categories of the All Island inter-schools U14 rugby tournament were found after the completion of the round robin matches that were played at the Royal Sports Complex ground in Reid Avenue and Zahira ground in Maradana. The surprise of the tournament was [...]
All-Island Schools U-16 Hockey from Sept. 21
The All Island Schools under 16 girls’ and boys’ hockey tournament will be played from September 21 to 24 at the Albert F. Pieris Stadium in Wennappuwa. The four-day competition is being conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Hockey Association. Entries will be closed on September 19 and should be sent to Anurudha Herath Bandara, [...]
Dhananjaya de Silva caps a fine ton
TM Dilshan also scores a century There was bright sunshine yesterday, at the second weekend of matches of the 25th Singer MCA Premier League 2018, with batsmen making hay scoring a century and eight half centuries in the four League Tournament matches concluded yesterday. At the P. Sara Oval Commercial Credit scored a five wickets [...]
Madirika sets new Race Walking record
U.V.K. Madirika of Kalutara Youth Club set up a new meet record at the 29th National Youth Games Women’s Race Walking event in Anuradhapura yesterday. She took part in the women’s 5000 metres Race Walking event finishing in 24 minutes and 26 secs, thus breaking the record she set up in 2015 at the Youth [...]
Malan steers NW University South Africa to title victory
An unbeaten 64 off 46 inclusive of seven boundaries and two sixes by Jannerman Malan paved the way for North West University (NWU) South Africa to record a comfortable seven wicket win over Business Management School (BMS) Sri Lanka in the final of Red Bull Campus Cricket T20 World Cup to emerge champions, played at [...]
All ready for the big splash at Diyawanna
The Amateur Rowing Association of Sri Lanka (ARASL) is ready for the launch of the 32nd National Rowing Championship at the Diyawanna Rowing Course in Rajagiriya on the fourth weekend of September. This will be the first time the ARASL holds a fully fledged National Championship at its new location, the Diyawanna Rowing Centre, which [...]
St. Patrick’s looking down the barrel
St. Patrick’s Jaffna was set a massive target of 388 runs in the second session of play on day two by St. Joseph’s in their annual Under-19 Rectors Trophy cricket encounter played at Darley Road. The Patricians in pursuit of the target was on 35 for 3 having faced seven overs and left with just [...]
243 veteran athletes for Asian Masters C’ships in China
The Masters Athletics Association of Sri Lanka has decided to send 243 veteran athletes for the Asian Masters Athletics Championships to be held from September 23 to 28 in Rugo, China. The meet is conducted by the Asian Masters Athletics Association where over 40 countries will send their athletes. There will be 152 men and [...]
New headquarters for ACUSL
The Association of Cricket Umpires Sri Lanka who will be celebrating its 74th Anniversary this year, will be moving to a new Head Quarters at P. Saravanamuttu Cricket Stadium on Friday, 22nd September 2017 at 8.30 a.m. with the support from Sri Lanka Cricket and the Ministry of Sports. The Chief Guest for this occasion [...]
Chandimal admits that pink ball poses a challenge
In his third series as captain, Dinesh Chandimal will have the complication, not only of leading a battered Sri Lankan team, but also leading them in the country’s first day-night Test during the forthcoming United Arab Emirates tour. The second and final Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan will be played under lights in Dubai [...]
The Inaugural Cross Country Horse Riding Competition at Digana
For the first time in history, the Sri Lanka Equestrian Association (SLEA) has drawn all plans to conduct the country’s inaugural Cross Country Horse Riding Competition at the picturesque Victoria Golf and Country Resort in Digana, Kandy on October 1. “Since 2003, the SLEA has conducted beach endurance competitions of 40km and 20km and in [...]
Kandy Football needs a wake up call
Kandy was once a powerhouse of Sri Lanka club football. But today it is in a forgotten state. When will the game of football that one time held its own and produced footballers of international class regain its former glory in the historic city of Kandy? The last year’s football finals was played only this [...]
Forerunner to the Provincial Tourney is under way
The Under (U)-15 Inter-District Cricket Tournament 2017 organised and conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is under way. It will be followed by the all important Prima Inter-Provincial competition for the Prima Champions Cup 2017. Prima Group Sri Lanka will sponsor the 2 tournaments for the 11th successive year. The District competition had over 600 [...]
Education Ministry launches school Cricket resurrecting act
Amidst all the negative publicity enveloping the game of cricket, the Education Ministry has embarked on a project aimed at rejuvenating the game from the junior level. Outlining the programme, Sunil Jayaweera , the Special Sports Consultant to the Ministry, told the Sunday Times now the preliminary work of the project was already on the [...]
Local Legends take centre-stage on Sept. 23
The inaugural Sri Lanka Masters Hockey League (MHL) 2017 will be worked out on Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Astro Turf Hockey Complex, Colombo 7, with the participation of more than 100 ex-national stickers. Eight teams, each of 9 players and 3 reserves,will play in the 16-match (12 League games and 4 finals) Master League [...]
JMD Indika wins September Grand Prix in tight finish
The Pin Fernando Grand Prix September 2017 edition witnessed an enthralling finish at the RCGC, when J.M.D. Indika, lying in second place after 3 rounds, three strokes behind N. Amarapadma the leader from Round 1, fired a brilliant 3 under par in the final round playing alongside Amarapadma, to snatch Victory, virtually on the post. [...]
Cavaliers 6s on Sept. 30
The Lanka Cavaliers 20th Anniversary Six-a-side Cricket Tournament is rescheduled. The new date for the event is now September 30 and the venue would be the same. The event which was to be held on September 16 was postponed due inclement weather. The organizing committee headed by Basil Perera visited De Soysa Park, Moratuwa (designated [...]
All ready and set to go down South
All arrangements have been made by the Sports Ministry and the Sports Development Dept to stage the 43rd National Sports Festival (NSF) at the Matara, Kotawila Sports Complex, from Sept.22-24. The event was earlier scheduled to be held in Ratnapura, but due to poor ground conditions, it was shifted to Matara. The NSF will feature [...]
TWO EXTRA LAPS
There is this story that a flag waver at a key motorsport event forgot to wave the flag when the top most riders were speeding ahead during the last lap of a race. The reason why he forgot to wave the flag was that he was in conversation with an assistant! The end result was [...]
Rankings, Sloane Stephens and Nadal
The American Tennis Championship of this year, the US Open, had an unexpected but, not an unknown, Women’s winner in Sloane Stephens with Rafael Nadal as the Men’s winner. It was an event in which the best were sidelined nursing their body battered over 8 months of a merciless Pro tour. The best in the [...]
Star-studded National School Games from October 2
The 33rd All-Island Schools Games will be held from October 2 to 15 in Colombo, Panadura, Negombo and Sri Jayawardenapura. The Ministry of Education has made arrangements to conduct the games at the above mentioned venues. The opening ceremony will be held on October 2 at 2 pm at the Royal College Rugby Complex. The [...]
Amitha, Thevindu, Savindu steer Colombo Central Purple to win
Amitha Dabare slammed a quick fire 127 off 115 balls that included 12 hits to the ropes and seven over it as he along with Thevindu Dickwella and Savindu Uthsara who cracked half tons guided Colombo Central Purple to record a convincing 148 runs win over Colombo South Blue in the Under 15 inter-district cricket [...]
Non-existent Hockey Federation’s ‘backdoor activities’ come a cropper
A dissolved Sri Lanka Hockey Federation (SLHF) with its administrative and functional powers vested with the Director General (DG) of Sports, by a court ruling in 2015, had selected a pool of 28 players to participate at the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Challenge Cup in Myanmar from Nov.25- Dec.2. This pool had commenced practices without [...]
Coaches need to be educated and others get educated to lead
A critique is a conversation or discussion in hope of engaging oneself with the experience of looking at things critically. A criticism, however, is an evaluation based on one’s personal taste or political opinion. The former is a two-way street that navigates between the subject and the object; the critic and rugby which we are [...]
Administrators score own goal for National Football
The feature by ‘Korner Kick’ in the Sunday Times of Sept.10, makes interesting reading, a sympathetic account at that! As an old war horse who has served in many FFSL administrations of the past, the analytical discourse brings to the surface the fundamental weakness of those at the helm of the sport in the country. [...]
All eyes on Harshakumar
The spotlight will fall on the Prabath Harshakumar the President of the Travel Trade Sports Club, from Walkers Tours when the 22nd TTSC Badminton Championships 2017, is held on Sunday, September 17 at St. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium, Mt. Lavinia, commencing 9.00 am. The tournament for the seventh successive year is sponsored by Serendib Leisure [...]
NTB Queens of ‘B’ Division Mercantile League Basketball
Nations Trust Bank (NTB) were crowned Women’s ‘B’ Division Champions of the recently concluded 27th Mercantile League Basketball Tournament 2017 at the Henry Pedris Basketball Complex. On their way to the finals NTB locked horns with IFS, Mobitel and David Peiris Motor Co. (DPMC) in the League stage and defeating DPMC 71-22 in the semifinals. [...]
Airtel Sports Day
Airtel Sri Lanka recently held its sports day at the NCC Grounds. A variety of games such as cricket, carrom, treasure hunts, and a Virtual Reality (VR) inspired ‘Kana Mutti Bideema’. The close of the event was filled with multiple winners with leadership and synergy showcased in all participants. Interestingly, activities like acquiring new Airtel [...]
Changing the willow for cricket’s headaches
May be it’s a cliché, but there are times a saying is only understood when it is said in that manner. I guess the saying ‘I see the light at the end of the tunnel’ is quite appropriate. On Tuesday afternoon, Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam held on to a firm bat and decided to [...]
Trinity, Dharmaraja, St. Sylvesters have their work cut out for them sans stalwarts
Trinity College Hasitha Boyagoda (Captain), Trevon Weerasuriya (Vice Captain), Kavinda Jayasuriya (Coach) Trinity, 1 of 3 ‘A’ Division Schools in Kandy, have huge boots to fill, as their inspirational skipper of last year, Sanogeeth Shanmuganathan won’t be around this season. Batting at the top of the order, and bowling his quickish left arm leg-breaks, Sanogeeth [...]