A must win game
Last Wednesday’s Lankan centurion Angelo Mathews has been declared fit for the decisive third and final ODI to be played at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam today — which would be a day-night affair. Mathews suffered cramps during his unbeaten 111 in the second ODI in Mohali. On the back of Rohit Sharma’s third [...]
Kandy rampage regardless, drown Havelocks under lights
Champions are down, but seldom out. Kandy SC proved the truth of that by subduing the Havelocks by 20 points (1 goal, 2 tries, 1 penalty) to 9 (3 penalties), under lights at the Park. It wasn’t plain sailing by any means. The Havies were a rugged, determined outfit that was not prepared to play [...]
Harshitha of Anula Vid. is still the most popular
Thomian Dellon Peiris, continues to lead the pack in the All-Island Schools category as the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy / Schoolgirl Cricketer of the Year 2018 competition reaches the end of 11th week. Dellon added 1864 combined votes for the ended week, moving ahead to surpass the milestone of 10000 votes. His [...]
Schools rugby awards in mid-January 2018
After being forced to delay the proceedings, the official Awards Ceremony of the Singer-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Ruggerite of the Year 2017 will finally take place. Partners of the event, Singer Sri Lanka, confirmed that the event would take place during the second week of January, 2018 at the BMICH in Colombo. “We [...]
National off loads among the runs
Dhammika Prasad back in action with 3 for 58 SSC’s offloaded batsmen – Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Milinda Siriwardena along with talented Sammu Ashan scored good runs helping them pile a hefty total 444 for 4 in their Premier ‘A’ tie against the Saracens at Maitland Place, yesterday. Milinda Siriwardena who was unbeaten on 103 [...]
Army’s Mubeen looking to make amends
The second day’s proceedings of the 65th National Snooker Championship conducted by the Billiards and Snooker Association of Sri Lanka and sponsored by U.W. Sumathipala Group of Companies for the 14th successive year played at the Moors SC billiards table in Braybrooke Place saw last year’s losing finalist M.M. Mubeen of Army beginning his campaign [...]
Solid and Pelicans win easily
Solid SC, Pelicans SC, Saunders SC and Up Country Lions SC won their matches played under stage 16 of Dialog Champions League Football Tournament yesterday. The event is conducted by Football Federation of Sri Lanka. Solid SC beat Matara City FC by 1-0 and the match played at City Football ground Matara. The winning goal [...]
Kusal, Ishan help Navy SC
Kusal Edussuriya cracked a 104 while Ishan Abeysekera made an unbeaten 62 which helped Navy SC resuming from their overnight score of 6 for 1 to amass a massive score of 402 for 9 declared on day two against Kurunegala YCC who made 253 on day one in their Premier Tier B cricket encounter played [...]
Isipathana win inaugural Schools Golf tourney
The ever popular Inter School Golf Championship got underway at the Royal Colombo Golf Club Saturday with a Shot-gun Tee-off, in the Stable-ford Format, with each School Team represented by 4 members per team of which the best 3 Scores count. Over 220 players representing 54 Schools Teams with some prominent schools having up to [...]
First innings win for St. Benedict’s
A four wicket haul by Mahesh Theekshana who was supported by Kaveesha Jayatilleke and Jason Clarke helped St. Benedict’s to record a well deserved first inning win over fancied Thurstan in their Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Kotahena yesterday. The second day’s play was delayed due to the wet outfield. No play was possible [...]
Wins for CEB and SLAF
Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and Sri Lanka Air Force won the Super League category (men and women) of the 31st NYSC-Rupavahini volleyball tournament held at National Youth Services Council Maharagama (NYSC) yesterday. At the men’s final, CEB beat SL Army 3-2 (15-25, 22-25, 25-23, 26-24 and 19-17). The third place was won by SL Air [...]
Taniya Minel off for the Indonesian Junior C’ships
Vinod Weerasinghe claimed the Title of Sri Lanka Junior Boys Champion 2017, whilst nippy Taniya Minel Balasuriya edged out Kayla Perera to become the Sri Lanka Junior Girls Champion 2017 at the Ridgeways on Friday. Vinod savouring his victory confessed that he was thinking of bettering the best score in the Junior Championship held in [...]
Royal Rugby Rally, today
The Rugby Advisory and Management Committee of Royal College will host the Royal Rugby Rally which is aimed to raise funds for the Development of the school. The event will begin at the Main Gate at 9.00am today. Royal are the defending Schools League champions and are also holders of the coveted Bradby Shield the [...]
Thrilling win for Matara Traders
The Matara Traders Association team led by Ruwin Kodituwakku regained the Matara Trade Association Challenge Cup defeating last year’s champions Dikwella Traders Association team by five runs at the Devinuwara public ground. In the preliminary rounds the Matara Traders overcame Devinuwara TA by nine wickets, Weligama TA by 7 runs and Deniyaya TA by 8 [...]
Power-lifter Jayatilleke laments his omission at awards ceremony
Despite winning three gold medals and reaching seventh in world ranking for the 120kg weight class in power-lifting, the Sri Lanka Power-lifting Association (SLPA) shunned the doors at its annual Awards Ceremony Night on Ransilu Jayathilake, according to the dejected athlete. The awards presentation was held at the High Octane Gymnasium premises in Kohuwala, where [...]
Minister’s cricket plan to take the game to the next plane
Domestic cricketers in Sri Lanka set to receive a hefty pay hike, if game’s keepers adopts a domestic cricket restructuring proposal prepared by the Sports Ministry appointed Cricket Advisory Committee. The committee headed by businessman Hemaka Amarasuriya includes former Sri Lanka skippers in Aravinda de Silva, Mahela Jayawardena and Kumar Sangakkara who have often highlighted [...]
Malagamuwa makes history — podium finish at Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final
Sri Lanka’s racing ace Dilantha Malagamuwa made history in global motor racing when he became the first from the tiny Indian Ocean island, to claim a podium finish at the Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final at the Imola Circuit in Italy. Malagamuwa, who was slotted to start the final race from the rear bunch, after [...]
Abeymanne wins but the younger brood impresses
Young and aspiring shooters from schools impressed at the NSSF National Shooting Championship 2017 held at the Naval Shooting Range in Welisara. While renowned shooters Suranga Fernando and Ruwini Abeymanne pocketed three top categories, the young school-goers proved their might by claiming 15 positions in the top three including wins under four categories. Olympian shooter [...]
Fernando vows to bring back order into Olympic governance
The breakdown of the organisational structure of the National Olympic Committee (NOCSL) and its administrative functions has led to the chaos at this all important organisation, according Amateur Rowing Association chief Rohan Fernando who is carrying out a campaign to highlight what he calls “irregularities”. “I am open to take up the challenge if the [...]
A lease of life for young golfers
Young Lankans golfers are in lucks way. DFCC Bank has recently agreed to take up the Joint Title Sponsorship of the 2017 Inter School Golf Tournament, conducted by the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC). The MoU for sponsorship was recently signed between the DFCC Bank and the Royal Colombo Golf Club. The 2017 Inter School [...]
Milinda Ratnayake – champion golfer
Thurstanite Milinda Ratnayake was adjudged the champion golfer and takeaway the Macson Mesh Trophy at the inaugural Isipathana-Thurstan Golf tie at the Ridgeways. Weighed Ratnayake’s deeds, Thurstan also bagged the Naomal Fernando Challenge Trophy which goes to the Overall Champions. The Inaugural Isipathana Vs Thurstan golf tourney teed off on the 10th of December 2017 [...]
Indian fixers reveal bookies’ ‘multi-million pound plot to rig Third Ashes Test’
Cricket chiefs are investigating after two men claimed to be able to fix the Ashes. One man said he knew which overs to bet on and how many runs will be scored. He revealed how corrupt players make signs to signal that the fix is going ahead. Cricket bosses have launched an [...]
Was the Hong Kong loss a gauge point
Raelene Castle will be an historic CEO for Rugby Australia, the first appointed after a process that involved the states as well as the national board. Castle will become the first woman to run any type of football in Australia. Castle, who ran New Zealand Netball before taking the NRL Bulldogs job, and now Australian [...]
Peter Jasinghe VWBO president
The Volkswagen Beetle Owners Club (VWBO) held its 21st Annual General Meeting (AGM) on November 25 at the Marco Polo Convention Hall at Darley Road in Colombo. The meeting was called to order by the President which was followed by a few moments of silence with the passing away of two eminent members — S.I. [...]
Women hockey masters off to Penang
The Sri Lanka Masters Women National Hockey team will participate in the PISTA Penang International Tournament 2017, which is scheduled to be held in mid December in Malaysia. The PISTA Penang International is one of the world’s biggest hockey carnivals and this is the first time that Sri Lanka makes their appearance at this competition. [...]
Football Media – making headlines for the wrong reasons!
It is indeed a sad story that whenever Sri Lanka Football (SLF) makes news it is for dubious reasons. Cricket and other sports routinely take precedence over Football in the mass media and when it does finally creep into the headlines, more often than not, it is to describe woefully that SLF has been beaten [...]
Eleven to go — Lanka can hit the soccer bottom
While Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma raked in his third double century in the second One Day International against Sri Lanka at Mohali, a world record and his second against the islanders, another sport in the country, rated as the most popular in the world, reached a similar milestone. Hitting the lowest ebb in history Sri [...]
Is SLC planning strategies or promoting self-interest?
Just watching the match at Dharamsala, I just kept on thinking why? The location was very un-Indian where conventional Indian cricket is concerned. The heavy atmosphere was more akin to a match played in cool climes where the ball does things that the batsman does not expect. It was a seamer’s paradise and a batsman’s [...]
Veteran paddlers shine along
Former top paddlers showed that they still haven’t gone off colour at the 17th Veterans Open Table Tennis Championship 2017, held at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Complex in Mt. Lavinia. Among the top performers were former national stars, who made their country proud during their heydays. Former national stars Udayangani Aluvihare, Indika Silva, Namal [...]
Kamil Hussain unanimously elected the President SLARDAR
Kamil Hussain was unanimously elected the President of Sri Lanka Association of Racing Drivers and Riders (SLARDAR) at its 34th Annual General Meeting held at the Diesel and Motor Company Auditorium in Colombo 14. Hussain was nominated by former President Nishan Wasalathanthri and with former Secretary Pubudu Wickrama seconding it, he was elected the President [...]
Soldiers look for another win, take on Airmen today
The Army, who have a fifty percent success-rate, encounter the Air Force at the Racecourse ground this evening. Over the last couple of seasons, the Army played a bustling, bruising type of rugby. They haven’t discarded that, but added on some probing, penetrative play by the back division. Beating the CH (20-15) and the CR [...]
Sports and its administration
Until in the sixties Sri Lanka did not have a ministry for sport. Late Minister V.A. Sugathadasa created the department of sport. In fact, at that time not many countries had a ministry for sport. For Sri Lanka, then Ceylon, being a young nation of having with its own history of less than two decades, [...]
Seventy nine young Thomians honoured
Seventy nine young Thomians were honoured in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the field of sports during the year 2017 at the ‘Colours Nite’ of St. Thomas’ college Matale held at the college auditorium. A distinguished old boy of St. Thomas’ Matale, Brigadier Chandana Wijayasundara RSP USP (SL Army) graced the occasion as the [...]