Strong India pile on Sri Lanka’s agony
NEW DELHI, Dec 2, 2017 (AFP) - Indian captain Virat Kohli blasted an unbeaten 156 to pass 5,000 runs in Test cricket as his side made 371-4 on a painful opening day of the third Test for Sri Lanka’s bowlers. Opener Murali Vijay also plundered 155 to increase the agony for the tourists who are [...]
Dellon consolidates his position
S. Thomas’ College leg-spinner Dellon Peiris continues his dominance in the All-Island Schools as the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy/Schoolgirl Cricketer of the Year 2018 competition reaches its ninth week. Dellon added 1377 combined votes — from online voting and coupons — as he took his total to 6246 by the end of [...]
Cricket dons outline Lankan cricket future
A cricket advisory committee set up by the Ministry of Sports has proposed radical restructuring of the country’s domestic cricket structure by strengthening the provincial cricket tournament over the clubs tournament. This was cited at a presentation made by the committee members to the Minister of Sports Dayasiri Jayasekera and all stakeholders including members of [...]
Chandimal out of the ODIs once again
Test skipper Dinesh Chandimal has been left out of Sri Lanka’s squad for the three-match ODI series against India. Chandimal’s exclusion from the ODI squad is no surprise, given his recent form in the shorter format but he is currently Sri Lanka’s top scorer in the Test series in India, having scored two half centuries [...]
CR fought; but Kandy’s insatiable appetite won the day
CR & FC belied their recent run of poor form by playing their part in a stirring game of rugby against champions Kandy SC at Longdon Place. This was in all probability, Kandy’ closest match. The lead at half time was 12-5, Kandy’s lowest. As for the scoring, the winners had two goals and two [...]
Havies drown the soldiers in a show of guile
Havelocks weathered the Army and the rain and ran home winners by 29 points (3 goals, 1 try and 1 penalty) to 19 (2 goals and a try) in their Round one match of the Dialog Rugby League at Police Park yesterday. The much needed win for both teams ended on a high note for [...]
IOC urges NOCSL to respect guidelines
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) this week asked its local representative –the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) –to reconstitute the ‘unconstitutionally’ formed Athletes Commission. The NOCSL had set up the Athletes Commission, a mandatory requirement under the Olympic Charter, as a closed-door business by handpicking certain individuals. But the membership has urged NOCSL’s [...]
Lankan selectors springs a surprise with the choice of Thisara Perera
With seven wickets down and 75 runs to win, Sri Lanka only needed all to pick Pakistani skipper Sarfraz Ahmed’s wicket to send their last recognised batsman back to the pavilion and push for a semi-final spot in the Champion’s Trophy in June. By this point, Sri Lanka were firmly in control. Then, atrocious fielding [...]
Walkers-Whittals Champs again with Women dominating
Walkers-Whittals with140 points retained the 33rd Travel Trade Sports Club Swimming Championship sponsored by Luxe Asia, which concluded at the Thurstan College Swimming complex last Sunday (26). Diethlem Travels-Serendib and Cinnamon Grand with 88 and 68 points finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. TheWomen of Walkers-Whittals had a big hand in their victory, contributing 90 points [...]
CFIN Society backing for Raheem and Buddhika
Buddhika Liyanage and N. R. Raheem, two promising disabled athletes received a sponsorship package from the Colombo Friend-in-Need (CFIN) Society to compete in the Third Asian Youth Para Games which will be held from December 10 to 14 in Dubai, UAE. The official ceremony for the presentation of the sponsorship took place during a media [...]
Gold Coast Games: Lanka’s medal hopes hinge on 11 weightlifters
Weightlifting would be one of the main medal hopes at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and a contingent of eleven lifters who have qualified would be there the Gold Coast, Down Under. The Games are scheduled to be held from April 5 to 21. According to National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) Secretary General Maxwell [...]
Labrooy defends Thisara as national ODI skipper
Sri Lanka cricket’s chief selector Graeme Labrooy stoutly defended the decision to name allrounder Thisara Perera as the captain for the ODI series against India, replacing southpaw Upul Tharanga, during the coming series. He told the Sunday Times, “We are certainly looking at someone who can take us to the 2019 World Cup. Though we [...]
MAS — TT champs
MAS Holdings exhibited their supremacy in Table Tennis when their Men and Women paddlers clinched the Mercantile League Table Tennis ‘A’ Division titles at the recently concluded championships at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium. MAS Holdings men’s emerged champions in the ‘C’ Division defeating Commercial Bank. Nimala Jayasinghe, Sukitha Wickremanayake, Gimhan Walisundera, Rajiva Wijethunga [...]
Old Boys from Sydney and Melbourne make cricket tour
A contingent of 14 past cricketers from Royal College, S. Thomas’ College and Jaffna Central, representing Old Boys of Royal College in Sydney and Melbourne, is set to make their third over-50 Cricket Tour to Sri Lanka this month. The team, led by Sam Lawton, a former Royalist, will play five games during their stay [...]
Football Marketing – trying to flog a bad product!
We all have heard of the adage, you cannot sell a bad product! And so it would seem when one considers the mishaps Sri Lanka Football has long endured! Only last week all DIALOG CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (DCL) matches were called off because referees failed to turn up. Poor guys, they had not been paid, we [...]
10th Davis-Cup win by France
France beat Belgium in Lille, France last weekend to win the 2017 Davis Cup final. There was only one top ten ranked player in the in the tie between these two countries, David Goffin of Belgium is ranked 7 in the world. He won both his matches without dropping a set. On the whole, the [...]
Oxford to sponsor Hameed Al-Husseinie President’s Cup Football Tournament
The Oxford Group has come aboard as the main sponsor of the President’s Cup 2018, an Inter-School Football tournament organised by the Group of 80’s of Hameed Al-Husseinie College. The 11th edition of the Inter-Schools Invitation Football Tournament will be held at the Colombo Racecourse ground in Colombo, with dates yet to be confirmed by [...]
Hilton TAFA Fun Run today
The Hilton TAFA Fun Run 2017 organised by the Hilton Colombo Residences in collaboration with the Thaabit Ahmed Football Academy (TFA) will be worked off today (3) commencing at 6.30 a.m. This event has been approved by the Athletic Association of Sri Lanka (AASL) and is beingconducted for the 10th year. This charity run will [...]
Chicken or the egg – which came first; Kandy’s dilemma
While Kandy appears to be stalking the scene there was news which conveyed the possibility of the club being suspended for not releasing their players for national duty. This is not a new problem but something that has surfaced over the years. Sri Lanka is not alone in the issue as many countries playing rugby [...]
Lankan rally duo create history with Asia Pac podium finish
Local rally duo Shafraz Junaid and Akhry Ameer made rally history for Sri Lanka last weekend emerging second Runners-up in the championship deciding leg of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championships (APRC) – Rally of Chikmagalur, India. The podium finish by a Sri Lankan competitor is a first in the 30-year history of the APRC [...]
SMSC celebrate 20th anniversary feting all who assisted the club in the past
The Southern Motor Sports Club (SMSC) celebrated its 20th Anniversary by presenting plaques of appreciation to founder members, past committee members, government institutions, journalists and other motor sports clubs including Sri Lanka Automobile Sports which have supported the club. “The SMSC, with a membership of over 500 is the strongest and fourth oldest functioning motor [...]
Suresh appointed Vice President of ATF
Veteran Tennis administrator, Suresh Subramaniam who was Secretary General of the Asian Tennis Federation(ATF) since 2005 was appointed Vice President of the ATF in Jakarta, Indonesia last week. He is the first Sri Lankan to hold this prestigious position. He served the ATF board from 2002. He was the uncontested past president of the Sri [...]
Enter Hathuru, yet SLC is playing with a crooked bat
The debacle in Nagpur is more than a loss. I would like to describe it as ‘poloss’— very immature. It was not ‘herali’ the young and certainly not ‘kos’, which is the mature. It was just ‘poloss’ the tender version of the Jak fruit. But, whom are we fooling? As a mundane man I could [...]
Lyceum International schoolboy Thaha wins championship
Young Mohamed Thaha of MICH emerged champion at the Colombo District Snooker tournament when he defeated Samil Ameen of Sea Endless by four frames to two in the seven frame final played at the Moors SC billiards table at Braybrooke Place. In the process, the 17-year-old youngster, a grade eleven student of Lyceum International School [...]
Soccer veterans at work today
The quarter-finals of the Thilak Peiris Challenge Trophy Over-40 Football Tournament, organised by the Sri Lanka Soccer Masters’ Association (SLSMA) is scheduled to be played in Colombo, Kegalle and Badulla. The first matches were worked off yesterday, while the last quarters will be played today. To encourage and promote the veterans in the outstations, this [...]