Ananda cruise to comfortable win at Ananda Mawatha
Pasindu, Avisha shine in Maris Stella’s big win Ananda bowlers Asel Sigera (5 for 47), Daminda Reshan (3 for 13) and Kamesh Nirmal (2 for 52) shared nine wickets to help Ananda record a convincing outright win by 131 runs against Dharmapala Pannipitiya at Ananda Mawatha, yesterday. Dharmapala – chasing a target of 310 runs [...]
2018 dawns with Dellon in the lead
As 2017 ends Dellon Peiris leads the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy / Schoolgirl Cricketer of the Year 2018 competition which reaches the end of its 13th week. Dellon, the prominent leg-spinner of S. Thomas’ College, is maintaining a healthy pace and reached 13386 combined votes, to lead the All-Island Schools for yet [...]
Trinity fight back
Bandaranaike Central did well to contain the Trinity batting to 178. But the home team fought back to have the visitors at 132-7 in their reply at the Asgiriya Stadium. Abishek Anandakumar, who struck 110 not out two days back against Nalanda took the honours with a knock of 53. The Bandaranaike spinners Jayawardena and [...]
It was sweet revenge for the bustling Sailors
Both Navy SC and CH&FC wanted a win as they ran on to the field at Welisara yesterday and expected it was a thriller till the last breath. CH may have stunned the Sailors in the first round with a 27-24 win after a thriller, but the return clash was a total turnaround, with Navy [...]
Cops fail to stretch marauding Kandy outfit
Kandy was never seriously challenged as they ran out comfortable winners by 61 points (8 goals, 1try) to 20 (1 goal, 1 penalty try, 2 penalties) over the Police at Nittawela yesterday. The line outs were won almost in to-to by the winners, with Jason Dissanaike and Suhiru Anthony playing their parts well. Thus Kandy [...]
BWF lifts Badminton ban on Sri Lanka
There is hope for the Lankan shuttlers to be a part of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia in April next year. Yesterday evening according to a communiqué issued by the Sports Ministry the ban on Badminton imposed by the Badminton World Federation has been lifted. The Commonwealth Games authorities have made a [...]
Chilaw Marians outclass Army SC to record second win
Chanaka spins SLPA CC to victory Dimuth Karunaratne second successive century Chilaw Marians cruised through to their second outright win when they outclassed Army SC by an innings and 197 runs in the Premier Tier A inter-club cricket encounter concluded at the FTZ ground in Katunayake yesterday. The writing in the wall was on the [...]
Sandali crowned the best sports woman
Sandali Kanishka Udagedara was crowned as the best sports woman of the year for her excellent performances in the game of chess, at the ‘Colours awards ceremony 2017′ of Pushpadana girls school Kandy held at the school auditorium. Sandali, is a brilliant chess player, who has represented the country at the Asian youth chess championship [...]
Dushan slams 193 to steer Navy SC
Dushan Hemantha slammed a career best 193 and was supported by Supun Leelaratne who cracked a 141 as Navy SC prevailed with a first inning win over Panadura SC in a high scoring game of the Premier Tier B inter-club cricket tournament encounter concluded at Panadura Esplanade yesterday. The second day’s play saw Navy SC [...]
Mathews is doing something bio-mechanically wrong says Prof. Siri Kannangara
All rounder Angelo Mathews has had several fitness issues in recent months, having missed a better part of 2017 due to injury–calf and hamstring–and Prof. Siri Kannangara, a renowned Sports Medicine specialist believes that former Sri Lanka skipper is ‘doing something wrong bio-mechanically to pull the hamstring often”. Mathews has once again been ruled out [...]
Sachira and Lahiru star for STC Matara in drawn game
A century by Lahiru Dilshan and a match bag of nine by right arm spin bowler Sachira Dilshan were the highlights of the traditional cricket encounter between St. Thomas’ College Matara and Devapathiraja College Rathgama which was played at the Uyanwatta stadium. The first session of the game was lost due to damp ground conditions. [...]
‘We need to bring stability into the system’ – Hathu
Sri Lanka’s new national coach has given himself three years to turn the team around before heading back to his family in Australia—and his first priority will be to ensure that his charges win every match played at home. “Probably, three years down the line, I will not be doing this job,” the 49-year-old Chandika [...]
Sira epitomized Sri Lanka Football psyche!
On Thursday, 21 December, as the evening shadows turned into darkness, Sri Lanka’s football legend P D Sirisena, fondly known as Sira or Sirisena Master was laid to rest within the confines of the Kanatte cemetery. Subhani Hassimdeen, former national football Captain and team-mate eulogised this rare human being in a poignant discourse of farewell [...]
Lanka blind cricketers leave for World Cup 2018
The Blind National Cricketers will leave for Dubai early January to take part in the Blind Cricket World Cup which will be held there from January 7 to 25, 2018. The 5th such World Cup for the visually impaired is being organized by the Pakistan Blind Cricket Council with matches to be held in Ajman [...]
Navy secures several titles at CMYC Open Race Sailing Regatta
The Sri Lanka Navy Sailing Pool secured a number of titles at the Open Race Sailing Regatta organised by the Ceylon Motor Yacht Club (CMYC) at the Bolgoda Lake. Sixty one competitors along with 47 sailing yachts, representing various well known sailing clubs in the country took part in this year’s competition. Navy sailors gave [...]
Central Province gets rupees 10 million cash awards
Cash awards totaling ten million rupees were presented to 134 sportsman and women of the Central Province for bringing Gold, Silver and Bronze medals to Central Province at the 43rd National Sports festival, at a glittering ceremony held at Kandyan Grand Hotel, Kandy. The Governor of the Central Province Ms. Niluka Ekanayake was the Chief [...]
NOCSL elections would be held on schedule, says secretary general
The National Olympic Council Sri Lanka (NOCSL) Secretary General, Maxwell de Silva, says he cannot understand why a segment of the sports fraternity is making such a hue and a cry and keep writing to the International Olympic Council (IOC) when there is a cut-and-dried methodology to arrive at the next AGM in February. De [...]
2017 — the year that was
January Jan 5: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 282 runs to win the second Test match at Newlands, Cape Town. With the win South Africa claimed the three-match Test series 2-0 Jan 6: The Dialog Champions League Super 8 football tournament, which was suspended for four months due to international commitments, recommenced Jan 8: [...]
Now on to the ploughing – Mr. Hathurusinghe
While admitting that the challenge upon Chandika Hathurusinghe is humongous, Sidath Wettimuny, the much respected former cricket administrator, says the new Sri Lanka national team coach’s job is somewhat cut and dried. He said, “Right now there is no new low for our cricket to plunge to; so now from this point they can travel [...]
In 37 years 25 players were WTA’s No.1
The founder of WTA, the world body for women’s Tennis, is USA’s Billie Jean King. She was a dominant player from 1963 onwards and beat much fancied Australian Margret Smith and others, ending the Australian domination of women’s Tennis. It is then USA started to dominate. In the early years of the professional Tennis, there [...]
Kandy dominated club rugby once again
In Sri Lanka we see Kandy do it year in year out. Is that part of culture or as some say is it because Kandy gets into their fold most of the best and they are able to sign some of the nest to sit on the bench. They have numbers and they buy them [...]