It was right Royal domination
Royal produced a scintillating display, in appalling conditions underfoot, to demolish Isipathana and prevent a hat-trick of wins by the Green Shirts. They had earlier won the Major Milroy Fernando Trophy in 2015 and 2016 under Kushan Indunil and Sumudu Rankothge. The final score of 41-7 tells a tale of complete dominance by the Royal [...]
St. Peter’s slip the ball at the pearly gate
St. Joseph’s College slid and slipped through to claim a 10-5 win over St. Peter’s College in a rain-peppered encounter at Longdon Place yesterday. As for the Petes — their chances of winning the league were ruined all because of one slipped try under the posts. St. Joseph’s managed to score two tries while holding [...]
Defending champions Navy SC makes it to the quarters
Defending champions Navy SC ‘A made their presence felt when they made it to the quarter finals of the Dialog Inter-Club Rugby 7’s Cup segment on day one with an unbeaten record as they came out on top in Group ‘A’ after the completion of the round robin matches played at the Racecourse ground in [...]
La Brooy retained as cricket chief selector
Graeme La Brooy has been retained as chief cricket selector for another term along with Jeryl Wouterz, Gamini Wickremasinghe, Chandika Hathurusinghe (on tour selector) and Ranjith Madurusingha. They have been appointed for a period of one year. Madurusingha who was a member of the previous selection committee headed by Sanath Jayasuriya replaces former Sri Lanka [...]
Trinity wiz past Wesley
Trinity continued their late resurgence by getting the better of a tough Wesley side by 21 points (3 goals) to 11 (a try and 2 penalties) at Palekelle last evening. Strangely it was Wesley who led 8-7 at the break. But Trinity came back strongly to add 14 points while conceding just three. Flyhalf Akitha [...]
Dhananjaya will fly to the Caribbean today
Top-order bat Dhananjaya de Silva will fly out today to West Indies to join his teammates for the three-match Test series which begins on June 6 at Port of Spain. Dhananjaya, 26, was in the initial 17-man squad named for the series but withdrew just hours before boarding a flight to the West Indies due [...]
I was forced to take legal action says Ranatunga
Former Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Nishantha Ranatunga, who is at present embroiled in a court case against the SLC, is of the view that one should not be afraid of Interim Committees as they are not made up demons. He says that he is of the opinion that if the cause is acceptable to cricket’s [...]
Twenty eight Under-20 teams taking part
The 4th Matale Thomians’ All Island Schools Hockey 7s 2018, conducted by the Matale Old Thomians’ Hockey Association will get underway today at the Edward Park, Matale. Twenty eight Under-20 teams representing leading hockey playing schools island-wide will seen in action at this mega event. Singer Sri Lanka and Peoples Bank are the main sponsors [...]
Kabaddi finalists found
The 44th National Sports Festival ‘beach Kabaddi’ took place at the Kalladdi Beach in Batticaloa. In the first two games, the Northern Province beat the boys’ team of the North Central Province by 18 points. In the second game, Eastern Province girls’ team beat Central Province girls’ team by 26 points. The final game in [...]
Theli–Sidu battle ends in a draw as predicted
The 4th big match between Thelijjawila Central College and Siddartha College Weligama ended in a draw at the Uyanwatta stadium as predicted. The Theli-Sidu Battle of the Thrones is a four innings game which is played in a day and in addition this year the start was delayed by over an hour due to a [...]
NSSF Trap Open Meet from June 21 to 24
The National Shooting Sports Federation (NSSF) Trap Open Meet 2018 will be held from June 21 to 24 at the Clay Target Shooting Club of Colombo, Payagala and the meet will be considered as a trial for future international meets. Applications will be received up to June 7 and should be addressed to the Secretary [...]
Christ Church beat STC in Matale Hockey battle
A goal each by Ashen Bandara and Sampath Dissanayake gave Christ Church College Matale a 2-0 win over fancied St. Thomas’ Matale in the final to emerge champions at the Central Province schools hockey championships 2018 for boys Under-20 concluded at Edward Park hockey ground in Matale. A total of 12 boys teams 7 from [...]
Competent Authority; but will this augur well for the game?
This has been a strange election. First it was called. Then it was ruled out. Then it was called again and put off once more after the Court of Appeal granted interim relief on a writ application filed by Nishantha Ranatunga who was to challenge Thilanga Sumathipala for cricket’s foremost position: the presidency of Sri [...]
Shirantha Peries explains why NSSF decided to opt out
Days after deciding to pull out from the upcoming 18th Asian Games 2018 to be held in Indonesia, Shirantha Peries, the President of National Shooting Sports Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF) explained further on matters pertaining to that subject. While the prime cause of their pullout was mainly based on the decision made by the [...]
Fixing what? For whom? Who is responsible?
You can retain the best architect and use the best mortar and brick; also have the choicest, gilded doors and windows but, at the end of all that effort, you end-up building a house. However, if you are desirous of making a ‘home’ out of that ‘house’, it requires various ingredients and such ingredients are [...]
Reminiscing the 2008 Caribbean tale
Choosing the Man-of-the-Series on Sri Lanka’s visit to the Caribbean in March 2008 must have been a close run thing. Ramnaresh Sarvan showed amazing consistency with scores of 80, 72, 57 and 102n.o. Chaminda Vaas had 12 wickets in the series (including a five for) and scores of 54 not out, 13 and 45. While [...]
A champion in the making
The name Weerakeppitipola National School, Akuramboda will be etched in the memory of sport fans for quite sometime because of the feat of 19-year-old lad Aruna Dharshana, who stunned athletics fans in Sri Lanka by bagging three gold medals at last months South Asian Junior Athletics Championships (SAJAC) held in Colombo. The 200metres, the 400metres [...]
Panama Hats, Elegant play and Tactics
The venue of the 2nd Grand Slam of the year is the Roland Garros Stadium in Paris. Only 4 countries won the Davis-Cup in early 1900s. They are known as the ‘original winners’ and have the privilege to hold a Grand-Slam event. France is one of them. French-Open’s ever-improving approach to have the perfect venue [...]
Violence, class, power and politics
Violence, class, power and politics, the School Rugby (SR) wrangle has it all, except the involvement of sex and drugs, to complete a scandal. Is the answer to spectator brawling in SR is to ban spectators. An option that is difficult to enforce. Plato stated that, “The moral value of exercises and sports far outweigh [...]
Savindu Peiris – Moratuwa’s Schoolboy Cricketing Pinup
Runner-up: All-Island Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2018, Winner: Best All-Rounder, and Runner-up: Best Bowler, Savindu Peiris, Skipper of Prince of Wales College, was the toast of Moratuwa, not to mention his alma mater. A 4th-year Coloursman, Savindu led the school with great success to reach the semifinals of the Schools Knockout tournament, including 5 [...]
DSS Rookie wicketkeeper Teron Baskaran stands tall behind the stumps
Runner-up: Best Wicketkeeper Teron Baskaran, as a fresher in the senior side and to win an award in an All-Island Contest, is an outstanding achievement in any sport, in one’s schoolboy career. As D.S. Senanayake College Ist XI Cricket team’s wicketkeeper, Teron Baskaran was the pride and toast of his school, when he was adjudged [...]
Emergence of a rising star in Raveen Yasas of Devapathiraja
Emerging Schools- Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year and Best Batsman, Raveen Yasas of Devapathiraja College, Rathgama, is a highly experienced 5th-year Coloursman who has also played in the Provincial tournament and the Premier League. A keen student of the game whose contributions were instrumental in no small measure, for the school being promoted to Division [...]
DirectFN emerge champions
DirectFN emerged champions at the ‘Hit the Grounds’ cricket tournament, the official cricket encounter of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa and sponsored by 99X Technology. The tournament concluded at the University of Moratuwa grounds was participated by teams representing both corporate organisations and UOM. Shashi Kumar of DirectFN won the [...]