Lankans looking to put things back on track
As Sri Lanka and South Africa are set to lock-horns for the final time in the ODI series today at the R Premadasa Stadium each wanting to prove a point, home captain Angelo Mathews believes he can make a big impact in the remainder of the series and put things back on track. This weeks [...]
Impressive Lankan settles for the third place
Sri Lanka secured the third place after beating Singapore 26-12, after a near flawless playoff second half at the one-off Asian Under-20 Sevens Series at the Kings’ Park in Hong Kong yesterday. After allowing Singapore to breach the defence and take an early lead the Junior Tuskers bounced back but trailed the first half 7-12. [...]
Women’s tennis conundrum hurt Asian Games process
The Court of Appeal (CA) has ordered sports authorities to include a 15-year-old tennis player in a doubles event for the upcoming Asian Games after her parents took legal action to overturn her exclusion from the tournament. Savini Jayasuriya, the country’s number two-ranked tennis player, was directed by the CA to be named for either [...]
Sports Minister to change Sports Law regulations to accommodate proper ‘Elections Committees’
The national sports regulations, which were amended several times during the last five years, are to be further changed with the Sports Minister intending to take over the power of appointing Elections Committees of national sports bodies. This is particularly because the Minister thinks the independence of members selected is in question under the prevailing [...]
Shashthrananda win by four wickets
An unbeaten 65 off 63 balls with ten hits to the ropes by Isuru Chamara and 52 runs off 81 balls with nine boundaries by skipper Haritha Niranjan helped Shashthrananda College Dehiwala overcome Lyceum College Gampaha by four wicket in the second round of the schools under 17 division III cricket tournament. The match was [...]
Royal regain Ranil Dias Trophy and Ray Wijewardene Challenge Trophy
Royal College brought an end to their traditional rivals S. Thomas’ dominance as they regained the Ranil Dias Trophy after a lapse of four years by winning the overall championship at the Annual Sailing Regatta worked off at the Ceylon Motor Yacht Club in the Bolgoda Lake yesterday. Royal also had the satisfaction of winning [...]
Asela Gunaratne back with a bang
A fine allround performance by Asela Gunaratne helped Sri Lanka Emerging record a comfortable 5-wicket victory against South Africa Emerging, and lead the three-match Unofficial ODI series 2-0 at Dambulla yesterday. Electing to bat first, the South Africans moved forward at an average pace while losing wickets occasionally before they were placed at 175-6 at [...]
English selectors will be on board for West Indies and Sri Lanka tours this winter
England will revolutionise their selection process and make it more professional Selector Ed Smith or deputy James Taylor will tour the West Indies and Sri Lanka. One of them will also be present at England Lions matches in India and the UAE Former selector David Graveney had to join a fan group to watch England [...]
Archery in Sri Lanka with English expertise
Archery in Sri Lanka has been gaining popularity in a big way during the past decade, with young Archers showing tremendous interest and potential in producing promising results. The performances of Sri Lankan Archers, locally and internationally, have shown tremendous improvement, mainly due to new Clubs and schools taking up the the sport and the [...]
NOC chief urges athletes to grab the “once-and-for-all” opportunity
Sri Lanka will field its biggest contingent ever at the 18th Asian Games in Palembang and Jakarta, Indonesia, from August 18 to September 2 and, National Olympic Committee (NOC) President Suresh Subramanium said this is an opportunity that all Athletes take very seriously. Altogether there will be 178 athletes and 69 officials including caches, managers, [...]
Asian Games Medal winners
In the history of the Asian Games, Sri Lanka has won 45 medals, from the 1951 Delhi Games to the 2014 Incheon Games. These include 10 Gold, 11 Silver and 24 Bronze. The first medal was won in athletics when M.A. Akbar won Silver in the Pole Vault at the first Asian Games in Delhi [...]
Akalanka will sit the GCE ALs in Indonesia and also swim at the Asian Games
Finally national swimmer Akalanka Peiris will be able to do some multitasking while training in Indonesia for the Asian Games. The nineteen-year-old Peterite who bagged nine ‘A’s at the GCE Ordinary Level Examination is sitting his Advanced Level Examination which started on August 6. Yet, he was also selected to participate at the Asian Games [...]
ARASL rows to 2000m International standards
For the first time in its history, the Amateur Rowing Association of Sri Lanka (ARASL) will merge its annual National Novices & Intermediate Championship with the Inter-School Championship, to afford Oarsmen/women international standards of competition. The twin competitions will be held from August 29 to September 2, on the 2,000m Rowing course at the Diyawannawa [...]
Mercantile Volleyball Tournament in Sept.-Nov.
The 7th Mercantile Volleyball Tournament will be held at the Maharagama National Youth Services Centre (NYSC) courts in September and November. Prize money of Rs. 1.5 million will be on offer at this year’s event, to be conducted under 3 categories – Super League, Championship and Division ‘A’. Apart from the prize money, the Best [...]
World Cup preparation: Lankan cricket running out of time
There was every reason for the slacking Lankan cricketers to rejoice. On Wednesday they ended an eleven match drought by beating South Africa by three runs in a true nail-biter, that was cannibalised by intermittent showers that nearly marred the game. For the Lankans, it was a good match where they scored more than 300 [...]
Sri Lanka cricket demands revamp targeting World Cup 2019
It is time the SLC administrators, together with the Selectors, realised the jeopardy the present ODI team is in, having been beaten comprehensively by the Proteas. They should address this debacle to rectify the drastic state as an utmost priority. All zealous cricket crusaders would be very inquisitive to know whether the squad for this [...]
The unsung achiever in Sri Lankan athletics
Sitting quietly by in the official’s room at the Sugathadasa Stadium during last weekend’s Athletics Nationals was a highly respected Athletics administrator. Occasionally he would lean towards his neighbour and exchange a quiet word. However, the impression of quietness was a misnomer. Once he got going on his pet subject — Athletics, he went on [...]
Own goal in rugby or TMO’s faux pass
In football we often see own goals being scored. In rugby there is no such thing — there are no own goals. When you touch in defense it is either a 5-metre scrum or a 22 drop out as the case may be. Recently there was a case of an unsighted referee being uncertain as [...]
Gajaba Supercross on August 19
Over 200 top drivers and riders will vie for honours at the 17th edition of the renowned Gajaba Supercross which will gets underway at the Saliyapura Gravel Track in Anuradhapura on August 19. A fleet of over 200 outstanding competitors from all over the island will showcase their skills through 24 events. Among the lineup [...]
National Junior Football – Anybody’s baby!
The grand design under the guise of the high flaunting 2030 vision is gathering dust it looks with hardly any national youth football programme in place. The National Youth Football League – NYFL which was supposed to take off at district level to pick the best of the best. But it has only got worse [...]
A DOUBLE GAME
A coach of a popular sport is suspected of taking two salaries from two countries! After this coach left one country he had been receiving the salary of the country he had left and had been taking salaries from the new country. It looks as he has been playing a double game all the way. [...]
AIDEX 2018 Sports Day for Amputees, Jaipur Limb users on August 18
Colombo Friend-in-Need Society (CFINS) organised AIDEX 2018 Sports Day for Amputees and Jaipur Limb users, will be held on Saturday, August 18, at Stanley Jansz Park, (Mati Park) Colombo 2. This year’s 28th edition of the event marks the 187th anniversary of the CFINS. This festival is very much looked forward to by both the [...]
Dominic Wall here to drive Golf’s development in Lanka
Passionate and committed to help Sri Lanka Golf (SLG) spread Golf across the country, Dominic Wall will meet SLG officials to discuss the current Junior Golf Development programme that was launched in 2017. He will be visiting all 4 major Golfing facilities, namely Shangri-La’ Hambantota Golf Resort & Spa, Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC), Victoria [...]
Equestrian Show in Diyatalawa on August 26
For the first time in its history, the Sri Lanka Equestrian Association (SLEA) will have a Horse show at the Sri Lanka Military Academy Polo Ground in Diyatalawa on Sunday, August 26. It will be conducted under 4 disciplines- Show Jumping, Tent Pegging, Barrel Racing and Enter Driving. The SLEA expects to add more events [...]
Hard-Courts and Tennis careers
The European season is over. Believe it or not, many players are happy about it. The European season uses the two original surfaces of Tennis, Grass and Clay. Worldwide, both are somewhat of museum relics and becoming rarer to find. For this reason, for most of the professional players, it is not their home grounds. [...]
Cinnamon Grand worthy Champs
Cinnamon Grand, led by Janudika Sriyapala, emerged Champions at the Fun Holidays sponsored 35th edition of the Travel Trade Sports Club Hardball Cricket ‘Sixes’ 2018, concluded at Thurstan College Grounds last Sunday. Results Quarter-finals: Aitken Spence Travels ‘A’- 102/0 (5 overs) beat Booking.Com- 43/2 (5 overs); Hilton Colombo Residencies- 76/1 (5 overs) beat Cinnamon [...]
8 Slicers (4 Men, 4 Women) will represent Sri Lanka
An experienced and strong contingent of 8 Slicers (4 Men, 4 Women) will represent Sri Lanka at the 5th Carrom World Cup to be held in Chuncheon, South Korea, from August 24 to 29, under the aegis of the International Carrom Federation and hosted by Korea Carrom Federation. Lankan slicers have won the World Carrom [...]
Sithija (HNB), Feroz (DPMC) , Shashika (Asiri Hospitals) Weekend stars
Sithija Fernando (HNB Grameen Finance ‘B’) 113 not out vs Durdans Hospitals (Durdans), and vs The Finance Co. (TFC), along with bowler Shashika Peiris [Asiri Hospitals (Asiri)] 5/12 vs Moodys Analytics (Moodys), were the top performers in the ongoing 8th Stafford Motor Co. Ltd-’Honda Trophy’, MCA ‘G’ Division 25-Over League Tournament 2018, continued last weekend. [...]