Trinity lion roared on home soil but the Royal roar was louder
Lock forward Sasitha Siyath could one day relate to his offspring on how he scored a hat-trick to lead Royal College beat their traditional rivals Trinity College 27-19 at Pallekele on May 5, 2018, as the Bradby Shield made its way back to the shelves at Reid Avenue for yet another year. Siyath played the [...]
The green machine stamp their class
The green machine was busy at the Havelock Park when Isipathana completed the formalities of retaining the custody of the Abdul Jabbar Trophy for the 46th time out of the 48 rubbers completed. It was once again another year of one way traffic for the traditional match. The gap between a Division 1 side and [...]
Lankans to train in Pallekele ahead of the Caribbean tour
Sri Lanka’s cricketers will head to Kandy on Wednesday (May 9) to begin a week-long training camp ahead of team’s tour to the West Indies. The national team will leave to West Indies on May 25 to play three Test matches–their first tour to the Caribbeans in 10 years. The training camp will be held [...]
Yevgeniy of Kazakhstan wins second stage
Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy of Kazakhstan emerged as the winner of the Lanka T-Cup 2018 International Cycle Tour Second Stage with a time of 2 hrs, 12 minutes, 23 secs. The total distance of the second stage was 90.9km from Mahiyangana to Kandy. This is a three day tour. The final day is today which will be [...]
Lankan trio in stunning clean sweep of men’s 400m sprint
Sri Lanka made a clean sweep in the men’s 400m dash with Aruna Darshana, PMPL Kodikara and Pabasara Niku producing a stunning performance at the opening day of the two-day South Asian Junior Athletics Championship held at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday. The event was held as a straight final with only seven athletes competing. Led [...]
Wins for Team Colombo and Team Galle
A quick-fire knock of 110 in 100 balls inclusive of 11 boundaries and three sixes by Shehan Jayasuriya and 87 off 90 balls with ten boundaries by Chamara Silva laid the foundation for Team Colombo to record an easy 58-run win over Team Kandy in their second round match of the Super Four Provincial limited [...]
SLC’s High Performance Physiotherapist resigns
Nirmalan Thanabalasingam, Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) High Performance Physiotherapist has decided to part ways with his employer just one year and three months into his two year contract, the Sunday Times learns. He had a two-year contract with the SLC. Cricket sources said that Nirmalan–a highly rated Australian physiotherapist with Sri Lankan roots–was unhappy after [...]
12 successful Coaches awarded Certificates
The Level 1 Coaching Course 2018 for 21 Coaches was concluded successfully at the Ministry of Sports in Colombo, from April 20-24, with certificates awarded at a ceremony held on the final day, with Director General Sports, Buwaneka Herath as Chief Guest. The Course was conducted by the Modern Pentathlon Federation of Sri Lanka (MPFSL), [...]
Eleven medals for Finance Company
Athletes from the Finance Company won 11 medals at the India’s Master’s Athletics Championships concluded recently. The company was represented by four athletes–Duminda Thilakaratne, Subashini Senadhira, Padmaseeli Koralage and Priyadarshani Diyawadana who had performed well to bring home rich medal haul including four gold, four silver and three bronze medals. Priyadarshani who competed in five [...]
Dark horse Rimzan takes lead after session one
H.A.M. Rimzan of the YMCA turned giant killer when he outwitted much fancied S.H.M. Aslam of Moors SC at the end of the first session of the final of the 65th National Billiards Championship at the Moors Tables at Braybrooke Place, yesterday. Rimzan was way ahead having chalked to 479 points as against to Aslam’s [...]
Skeet Nationals 2018 from May 18 to 20
The National Shooting Sports Federation conducted Skeet Nationals 2018 is scheduled to be held from May 18 to 20 at the Clay Target Shooting Club of Colombo, Payagala which will be considered as a trial for future international meets. Applications will be received upto May 4 with the Secretary of NSSF. A complete soft copy [...]
Billions bat for SLC despite cricket being bowled
The national cricket team might have had bad luck in 2017 but the sport’s governing body has recorded healthy financial growth with a massive increase in profits and a sizable reduction in liabilities, its audited accounts show. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) began the year on a positive outlook, recording a Rs 63mn surplus in 2016. [...]
Local Horse-racing making great strides to establish itself
After the revival of horse-racing in Sri Lanka in 1981, the equestrian sport has had its ups and downs. Though horse-racing is not listed as a sport in Sri Lanka, it is accepted as an equestrian sport worldwide and a booming industry wherever in the world it is found. Time and again Sri Lanka has [...]
‘National shame’ — SL concedes W/O for want of a player
Selected Paddlers dropout when directed to pay for their participation, at an International Championship sans a Coach Due to nonavailability of a substitute/replacement, the Sri Lanka (SL) Women’s Table Tennis (TT) team had to concede a walkover to host Sweden at the World Table Tennis Championship, as the team comprised of the exact number of [...]
Tancock to share expertise and passion with Lankan swimmers
World 50-metre backstroke record holder (24.04 secs) and Olympian Liam Tancock says that he will use a five-day training workshop in Colombo to “help develop skills of the swimmers by sharing his passion and transferring his vast knowledge and experience”. Tancock–a multiple World and Commonwealth Games medalist with over ten years of experience in high [...]
Defence Ministry felicitates Commonwealth Games Medalists
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) attaching national recognition to tri-service achievers at the recent ‘Commonwealth Games – 2018′, lauded their victories in a special ceremony at the MoD auditorium on March 27. State Minister of Defence, Ruwan Wijewardane was the Chief Guest, along with Defence Secretary Kapila Waidyaratne, P.C., State Secretary of Defence, Chief of [...]
CDB continues partnership with Wesley
CDB extended its sponsorship as the principal sponsor of the Wesley College Rugby Team this year. CDB has been sponsoring the Wesley College Rugby Team for seven years consecutively spotlighting individual talent and contributing towards meeting goals in multiple dimensions. At a ceremony the sponsorship cheque was presented by Senior Assistant General Manager – Marketing [...]
What do they mean by integrity of sport?
Is it a dilemma or, is it a situation we have designed on our own with bad intentions. There was a time when Sri Lanka’s sports were meandering or rather, perambulating at a leisurely pace. Yet, we became wide awake from that slumber in the 1990s, especially, through cricket and, in 1996, we reached the [...]
Ministry approval will be a thing of the past
Political interference and patronage in the selection of sports teams for overseas competition could be a thing of the past with Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe pushing for a new sports law where Ministerial approval will not be necessary. This was the welcome news conveyed to Suresh Subramaniam, president of the National Olympic Committee of Sri [...]
Debutant Moresand dunk IFS 46-28
Making their debut in Mercantile Basketball, Moresand Men, after leading 26-15 at half-time, scored a well deserved 46-28 victory over IFS R&D, in the ongoing Mercantile Services Basketball Association organised 12th Ram Rathnavel Memorial Knockout Basketball Tournament at the Henry Pedris Basketball Complex last week. Playing in the 2nd Round of the ‘E’ Division, Moresand [...]
Super Knights Chess Challenge Trophy 2018
The All Island Individual Chess tournament organised by the Super Knights Chess Club for the Super Knights Chess Challenge Trophy 2018 will be held on May 19 and 20 at Dharmapala Vidyalaya, Kottawa. This event will be staged under the age categories of Under 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 and an Open event for [...]
Siblings win Sumo titles
Chamila Karawita of Matugama Sports Club and A.S. Malsha representing the YMCA were adjudged the Best Sumo players in the Men’s and Women’s categories at the second National Sumo Championship 2018 concluded at the YMCA auditorium recently. Participated by over two hundred players in both men’s and women’s events in this second edition Karawita won [...]
‘Weliweriya Boom 6′ took it first time out
A total of 155 teams comprising 465 participants gathered at Moonemale Estate at Kaluaggala on a bright and sunny April 7 for the 2nd edition of ‘Red Bull Tuk It’. Stage 1 of this year’s ‘Red Bull Tuk It’ put the participants through an initial obstacle course designed to duplicate the conditions of the terrain [...]
Ibnusha Ally elected Malay CC President
Ibnusha Ally was elected President unanimously at the 146th Annual General Meeting of Colombo Malay Club held recently at the Padang Complex. The following are the other office-bearers elected for 2018/19: Patron: B.M.N. Jurangpathy Vice Patrons: Thaj Shariffo’deen, Sagara Amit, T.F. Rawdin, Mashood Ahamat, Tuan Assan, Tony Packeer, Rohan Musafer, Branu Rahim, Mrs. Marina Lye, [...]
Plain sailing for Navy and Army
Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) Oarsmen won the Gerry Silva Trophy as Men’s Overall Champions at the 33rd National Rowing Championship concluded at the Diyawanna Rowing Centre. The Deva Henry Trophy presented to the Women’s Overall Champions was won by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Oarswomen, while made soldiers emerged winners in the Men’s Over (O)-18 [...]
Rules are there to abide and not to bend or break
A break before the commencement of the second round of schools rugby will do a lot for the welfare of players as the use and misuse appears to be marking its presence as more injuries are seen. It is not only the prevalent heat that is affecting players but also the demands for more presence [...]
Nadal’s note book
Barcelona Tennis was the only event that we saw televised globally from April 23-30. Even with a US$ 2.7-million prize money, Barcelona was not a star-studded event. To be prominent in the European spring and summer sporting season, events will have to be exceptional. Low weighted congregation For the top ranked Men, in the last [...]
Is our Football a second class citizen?
Questions are being raised on the above subject by this country’s Football lovers, for which the incumbent FFSL President is obliged to give a proper answer. Having been a national player, much was expected from him when he occupied the top seat of the FFSL. However,it is disappointing to note, while completing one year in [...]