Minister Musthapha travels to Dubai for do-or-die talks with the ICC
With a little more than four months left before an International Cricket Council (ICC) deadline to hold Sri Lanka cricket elections, Sports Minister Faiszer Musthapha expects to meet the ICC hierarchy at the end of this month in a desperate bid to buy more time to comply with their demand. The ICC issued a stern [...]
MAS Holdings dominate Day 1 of Mercantile Athletics
MAS Holdings took a huge step in their attempt to regain the overall title by dominating the opening day of the 35th Mercantile Athletics Championships which began at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. MAS Holdings finished with an overall aggregate of 156 points while their closest rivals SLT Telecom managed to secure only 46 [...]
Palitha Gunawardene crowned the Best Performer
K.A. Palitha Rasika Gunawardene was crowned the Best Performer at the 29th AIDEX Sports Festival for Jaipur Limb Users at the Stanley Jansz Park, Colombo 2, yesterday. This year’s edition was organised by the Jaipur Foot Programme of The Colombo Friend-in-Need Society to commemorate its 187th anniversary. Over 400 athletes island-wide gathered to Colombo for [...]
St. Joseph’s given a fright by Pathana, but squeeze through to quarters
St. Joseph’s was given a fright in pursuit of a simple run chase of 103 runs in the pre-quarter final encounter against Isipathana as they underwent some anxious moments before squeezing through to a close two wicket at Darley Road to book their berth to the quarter-finals. The Josephians were making steady progress having resumed [...]
AVC Men’s Volleyball Challenge Cup from September 15 to 22
Eight Asian countries will take part in the AVC Men’s Volleyball Challenge Cup Tournament which would take place from September 15 to 22 at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo. This inaugural event would be conducted by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) and organised by the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB) and sponsored by Dialog. [...]
Peiris misses opening ceremony due to A-Level exams
Jakarta, Indonesia, August 18, 2018: While the rest of the Sri Lankan contingent were getting their shoes shined for the opening ceremony at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, swimming ace Akalanka Peiris had his head buried in exams at the residence of the Sri Lanka embassy in Jakarta. In a first for [...]
U-13 Badminton C’ships in Kandy
Rugger and Cricket, in that order, take pride of place among sports in Kandy. Thus, the Sri Lankan Schools Badminton Associations Under-13 Doubles Championships will provide an opening for lights in the shuttle game to come to the fore. The Indoor Stadium at Katukele, the property of the Kandy Municipal Council, will be spruced up [...]
Jeewan and Chandrika best from the rest
The 77th Men’s and Women’s Layton Cup Boxing meet which concluded at the Royal MAS Boxing Arena yesterday saw two pugilists from the forces J.M.N. Jeewankumara of Air Force BC and L.G. Chandrika of Army BC bagging the Best Boxers award in the Men’s and Women’s categories respectively. Jeewankumara outfoxed M.P.G. Sanjeewa Nuwan of Army [...]
Sachin moves to the semis
Defending Champion Sachin De Silva cruised in to the semi-final of the 97th Royal Colombo Golf Club Championship 2018, brushing aside youngster Nirekh Tejwani in the Quarters and RCGC Captain, Avancka Herath in the 1st Round. Sachin meets Rusi Captain the 13 time winner of the RCGC Championship, in the second semi-final. Rusi avenged his [...]
RCGC Open 2018 attracts top professionals in Sri Lanka
The Royal Colombo Golf Club Open, re-vitalized last year will be played at the RCGC from August 28th – 31st, 2018. Top Sri Lankan Professionals Mithun Perera, R A Anura Rohana, N Thangaraja, K Prabagaran, Lalith Kumara, Vijitha Bandara, Tissa Chandaradasa, the RCGC Club Professional Jehan De Saram, will Tee-off among the top Amateur Golfers [...]
England must be more ruthless to challenge for No 1 ranking
A series win over the world’s No 1 Test side would be a feather in Joe Root’s cap. But, if it happens, I just hope it doesn’t persuade people that everything is rosy in the garden of English cricket. England have a good record at home, where they haven’t lost since Sri Lanka nicked a [...]
Hathu begins to look beyond the Lankan shores
During his short stint as national head coach, Chandika Hathurusingha helped transform a team plagued with a defeatist mentality into fierce competitors across all formats of the game. This was part of his strategy to ensure that Sri Lanka win every match played at home, be it Test or limited-over cricket, and then challenge themselves [...]
Savini makes it to the Asian Games finally
Teenage women’s tennis player Savini Jayasuriya this week left to Indonesia to join the rest of the squad competing at the Asian Games but her participation at the game still hangs in the balance. Her father Shermal Jayasuriya told the Sunday Times that Sports Minister Faiszer Musthapha intervened to implement a court order which demanded [...]
Sports Ministry suspends SLASU elections
The Ministry of Sports has suspended the elections of Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union (SLASU) after continuous complaints about a possible manipulation kept flowing in to the top authorities. According to sources, the letters and emails that reached the Ministry of Sports have highlighted the conduct of the elections, which were to be held today, [...]
Early in my international career even I used a light bat – Mahela
In a majority of instances, there is little difference between a trail of a skunk and a politician. The skunk looks innocent and cuddly but, his backfire smells foul and is unbearable. Likewise, the politician pretends to be honest and seems to be serving the interests of the people, but, he too leaves a trail [...]
STC Mt. Lavinia enter Pre Quarters with ten wins in a row
S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia entered the pre quarter finals of the Under-17 Division I Cricket Tournament undefeated after ten outings. Playing in Group ‘B’ of the tournament in the first round the Thomians registered convincing wins over Carey College, Thurstan College, St. John’s College Nugegoda, De La Salle College Mutwal, Holy Cross College Kalutara, [...]
Ajit Wadekar was coach, friend and mentor: Sachin Tendulkar
The news of Ajit Wadekar Sir’s passing away came as a complete shock to me. I had met him some time ago and he had looked normal. We have spent a lot of time together. I remember he was appointed our coach at the end of 1992, and he came as someone who had worn [...]
Ranjani Jayasuriya won a Silver Medal at 1962 Jakarta Asian Games
I read with interest the list of Asian Games Medal Winners in the article by Susil Premalal appearing on Page 24 of the Sunday Times (Sports Section) of August 12, 2018. I wish to point out a mistake in this list. Your columnist says that Ranjani Jayasuriya won a Bronze Medal in Tennis at the [...]
4 for Squash at Asian Games
A young and determined team of 4 players-2 Men and 2 Women- will represent Sri Lanka at Squash, at the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia, this month. Sri Lanka’s National champions Mehiliya Methsarani and Rivindu Laksiri will spearhead the quest for medals to keep the Lion flag high at the Games. The two will [...]
Rogers-Cup sets the trend
Wimbledon and the US-Open are the oldest Tennis events. Third is the Canadian-Open started in 1881, and popularly known as the Rogers-Cup. The 2018 event concluded last weekend. In recent times, it is played at 2 venues, Montreal and Toronto. In even numbered years, the Men play in Toronto and the Women in Montreal. It [...]
Surfing Federation of Sri Lanka makes maiden appearance
The newly formed Surfing Federation of Sri Lanka (SFSL) will make its maiden international tour as an official unit at the forthcoming Covelong Point Surfing Championships in Chennai, India, from August 16-19. This is the first time a National team is participating in an overseas championship, after all local Surfers were brought under one umbrella, [...]
Asel (Fairfirst) 130 n.o., Mangala (MAS) 6/11 weekend heroes
The completion of the 150 Preliminary Round matches in the 8th Stafford Motor Co. (Pvt) Ltd.-’Honda’ Trophy, MCA ‘G’ Division 25-Over League Tournament 2018 was highlighted by newcomers fairfirst Insurance (fairfirst), Asel Sigera’s masterly 130 not out, as they trounced Ceyline Holdings (Ceyline) by a huge margin of 145 runs. The other notable performers with [...]
Game Plan for Player Development in Sri Lanka
The Rugby World Cup (RWC) Trophy made its Indian leg of the journey. The 2-year RWC 2019 Trophy Tour is visiting 18 countries and India was the last stop before setting foot in Japan. The stop in India is aimed to inspire and engage new and existing Rugby players and fans. The RWC takes place [...]
TTSC Pool C’ships 2018 on August 31
The 5th Travel Trade Sports Club Pool Championships 2018, sponsored by Yenesha Travels, Seeduwa, will be held on Friday, August 31, at ‘Q n Brave’ Pool Parlour, Wellawatte, commencing 3 pm. Entries must be forward to Nilina Pathirana, c/o of SriLankan Airlines, Level 21, East Tower, World Trade Centre, Colombo 1, on or before Friday, [...]
Travel Trade Badminton Championships on Sept.2
The 23rd Travel Trade Sports Club Badminton Championships 2018, sponsored by Serendib Leisure Management for the 8th successive year, will be held on Sunday, September 2, at St. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia Indoor Stadium, commencing 8.30 am. The tournament will be conducted in two categories- ‘Open’ and ‘Veterans’- on a team championship basis. The ‘Open’ [...]
Two Lankans win at Badminton
Two Sri Lankans emerged victorious at the 2018 Las Vegas World Chinese Invitational Badminton Tournament under 45 single and double events. Upendra Jayawardena emerged winner in the singles competition while in the doubles event Upendra Jayawardena and Clarence Lakshman Homar were the winners. The event was held in Las Vegas.
Batting for ballots: Imran Khan and other sports stars turned politicians
ISLAMABAD, Aug 18, 2018 (AFP) - Imran Khan’s anointment as Pakistan’s new prime minister caps a more than two decade transformation from a World Cup winning cricket captain to a world leader, placing him in charge of a nuclear armed state. But he is not the only one to have swapped playing fields for the [...]
K.G. Priyantha nurturing future Cricket stars in the UAE
For the past 22 years Kapugama Geeganage Priyantha better known as K.G. Priyantha has been teaching budding youngsters in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) the ABC of Cricket. Priyantha a right-arm fast bowler with a rare bowling action, represented Isipathana College at all age groups of the game, and led the College 1st XI in [...]
Bandarapola MV annexes U 19 and 17 Netball titles
The lasses from Bandarapola MV Matale, Holy Family Convent Kadawata and Buwanekaba MV Maharagama came out on top to annexed the U/19,17 and 15 age group netball titles respectively at the 27th Milo all island schools division ‘B’ (schools having less than 1000 students) netball championship 2018 concluded recently at Bogambara stadium in Kandy. Bandarapola [...]
Horse Show at Army Polo Ground, Diyatalawa, on Aug. 26
For the first time in its history, the Sri Lanka Equestrian Association (SLEA) will hold a Horse Show at the Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA) Polo Ground in Diyatalawa, on August 26. The SLMA Equestrian Festival 2018, organised by the SLMA, will be conducted by the SLEA under 4 disciplines- Show Jumping, Tent Pegging, Barrel [...]