Major changes to school cricket format from this season
Sri Lanka’s school cricket format from Under (U)-13 to First XI age groups will go through some quantum changes from the forthcoming season. This came as a result of the three-year pilot project mooted by the Education Ministry. The U-13 and U-15 cricket will revert to the 4 3/4oz ball from the 5 1/2oz senior [...]
The Lankans go down fighting to Japan, but a bronze is a possibility
Sri Lanka will face group rivals South Korea in the Rugby Sevens Bronze medal playoff at the 18th Asian Games 2018 after Japan edged out the islanders 12-10 in the Gold medal semi-final at the GBK Rugby Field in Indonesia yesterday. The Tuskers went out in full force for the first time with star player [...]
Lankan lasses create Netball history
Sri Lanka took off their campaign at the 11th Asian Netball Championship with a bang, by reaching a record 137-5 win against a hapless Chinese Taipei side in the opening day at the OCBC Arena in Singapore yesterday. The scoreline will go down as a record in the ongoing 11th Asian Netball Championship, as the [...]
Malinga, Dilruwan recalled for Asia Cup
Veteran fast bowler Lasith Malinga and off-spinner Dilruwan Perera have been included in the 16-man squad for the Asia Cup in Dubai this month. The 35-year-old Malinga, who retired from Test cricket in 2010, has not played international cricket since last September 2017 when Sri Lanka suffered a 5-0 drubbing at the hands of India [...]
Anika and Sharmal clinch Senior Singles titles
Anika Seneviratne the fourth seeded who confronted fifth seeded Anjalika Kurera in the final of the women’s singles coasted to a comfortable 2-0 win and in the process bagged her maiden national title and thus became the first hold the tiles in both forms in the games in Sri Lanka played at the SLTA tennis [...]
Mithun Perera clinches RCGC Open in thriller sudden death
Mithun Perera led the RCGC Open field packed with all top Sri Lankan professionals and amateurs for 70 holes of the 72 hole, four round tournament and R A Anura Rohana the ever green professional Ranked # 2 in the PGTI 2017 and the Asian Games Seoul 2002 Silver Medalist drew level with the multiple [...]
India rest King Kohli for Asia Cup cricket
NEW DELHI, Sept 1, 2018 (AFP) – India’s selectors Saturday rested prolific skipper Virat Kohli for the upcoming Asia Cup one-day cricket tournament in the UAE where arch-rivals Pakistan are also competing. Batsman Rohit Sharma will lead the 16-member squad in Kohli’s absence during the regional six-team competition to be held from September 15-28. “Considering [...]
Lankans bring home the Carrom world title
The unsung heroes of Sri Lanka Sports, the National Carrom team made Sri Lanka’s flag fly high at the 5th Carrom World Cup 2018 at Chuncheon, South Kora, last week, when Sri Lanka’s Men Slicers won the World Team championship. The Sri Lanka Men’s team broke a hoodoo in defeating the high riding Indians 2-1, [...]
A cry for proper athletic management — is it impossible or couldn’t care less
After a dismal performance at the 2010 Asian Games, a commission was appointed under the chairmanship of former Sports Ministry Secretary KAS Gunasekera to find reasons and recommend a way forward. As with many other Government-appointed bodies and their reports, its proposals gathered dust without implementation. Australia did it differently in the 70s. Poor results [...]
Confusion — series of rowing competitions postponed
The intended combined rowing competitions — the National Novice and Intermediate Championship and the Inter-School Championship — will not take place as planned according to sources of Amateur Rowing Association of Sri Lanka (ARASL). The twin competition was scheduled to be held from August 29 and September 2 on the 2000m rowing course on the [...]
St Sebastian’s, St Joseph’s, Mahinda enter semi finals
The four quarter final matches of the Under 17 Inter-School Division One cricket tournament which was played last week saw St Sebastian’s, St Joseph’s and Mahinda making it to the semi finals with easy wins against St Anthony’s Wattala, Royal Colombo and last year’s runner St Anthony’s Katugastota . The match between S. Thomas’ and [...]
Greens Rugby 7s on Sep 8
The Greens Rugby 7s, a one-of-a-kind competition hosted by NSBM Green University Town, will be held next Saturday at the Racecourse ground in Colombo. The competition will be the first ever Under-21 Inter-School Rugby Tournament to be held in Sri Lanka and the organisers have made way to accommodate 16 teams as a tryout. The [...]
Pakeer Ali is confident of Lankan fortunes
Sri Lanka Coach Mohamed Nizam Pakeer Ali expressed his confidence that Sri Lanka could clinch the title at the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup Tournament which would be worked off from September 4 to 15 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. “Our main target is to win the SAFF Cup. I cannot say it as a certainty [...]
‘Vijayans Trophy’ Hockey Sevens 2018 on Sept. 8 and 9
Matale Old Vijayans Sports Club together with Past Pupils Association of Vijaya National School Matale comes out to deliver another fascinating edition (19th in the series) of the ‘Vijayans Trophy’ all island open inter club hockey sevens 2018 sponsored by Nestle Sri Lanka and cosponsored by Singer Sri Lanka on September 8th and 9th at [...]
Rugby Rumble Old Boy’s Tag Rugby 7s Carnival on Saturday
The fifth edition of the Rugby Rumble Old Boy’s Tag Rugby 7s Carnival will take place next Saturday at Havelock Park in Colombo. The tournament, which will be played in two segments— an Over-20 and an Over-40, aims to reunite former batch mates and players, creating a sense of nostalgia. Teams from the leading schools [...]
Clean up the stables, there is young blood to take over – Michael Tissera
It’s almost ritualistic. From time immemorial, people have looked up to the wisdom of the senior generation for guidance. The reason: they have already experienced the pros and cons of similar situations and now, while looking at them from a different perspective, the elders see a broader view than we could ever fathom. Looking at [...]
SL Islamic Banking & Finance Industry 6-a-Side Cricket today
The 5th Annual Sri Lanka Islamic Banking & Finance Industry (SLIBFI) 6-a-Side Cricket Tournament, for the ADL Capital Challenge Trophy, organised by UEC International (Pvt.), will be held at the NCC Grounds, Maitland Place today. This year’s tournament will have 16 teams in 4 Groups. Dunlop Sports will be associated with the SLIBFI Cricket Fiesta [...]
MCA Open 6-a-Side Cricket from Sept.7-9
The Mercantile Cricket Association’s (MCA) calendar for 2017-’18 comes to a close with the much awaited MCA Open 6-a-Side to be played from September 7-9, for the ‘CDB’ Trophy. The 2nd Citizens Development Business Finance PLC – ‘CDB’ Trophy –MCA Open 6-a-side Cricket Tournament 2018, has attracted an unprecedented number of 69 entries. The tournament [...]
Foreign players in Club Rugby to spike spectator interest
News reports suggest there is a thought that foreigners can add spice and bring colour to kindle spectator interest to Sri Lanka’s Club Rugby. This thought follows an interest to introduce overseas players during the forthcoming Rugby season. That means, Clubs placed in the last 4 slots for the 2017-’18 season, allowed to have 1 [...]
Noisy show at Big Apple?
Women’s world No.1 Simona Halep, lost again in the very 1st Round for the 2nd consecutive time, in the US-Open of 2018. In her post-match interview, she did not hesitate to state how loud the stadium was. It had disturbed her performance badly. This is the 1st time a punch has been delivered for making [...]
Where Dakshin Dare — it’s a challenge
Lankan rally champs Shafraz Junaid and Akhry Ameer will take on the Maruti Suzuki Dakshin Dare, one of the biggest cross country rally challenges in the Indian sub-continent. The Maxxis brand ambassadors who made history when they emerged second runner-up in the final round of the Asia Pacific Rally Championships in Chikmagalur last December will [...]
International Indoor Cricket tournament from Sep 15 to 24
The Sri Lanka Indoor Cricket Association had taken a huge step by organising a four nation cricket tournament to be played from September 15 to 24 at the Austsia International Stadium, Thalawatugoda. A highly competitive tournament will be on show with the participation of teams from Australia, India, Singapore along with hosts Sri Lanka. The [...]
Vintage Cricketers Circle 2nd time lucky
Vintage Cricketers Circle led by Pramodya Wickremasinghe, the 2017 Runners-up, made amends to their last year’s defeat, to get their hands on the trophy this time, as they convincingly beat MCA Veterans in the final of the 6th Lanka Cavaliers Veterans Inter Club Cricket ’6s’ 2018, concluded at the Bloomfield grounds last Sunday. A team [...]
Scholar, Sportsman and a Gentleman
Sampath Agalawatte popularly known as “Agale”, passed away a week short of his 53rd birthday. He was the youngest of three boys following Dammika and Manjulla, sons of the late Daya Agalawatte, a district court judge and late Mrs. Sumana, a proud home maker. A much loved son, he was very dutiful particularly so during [...]
MAS Linea, fairfirst, Mobitel, SLT into semi-finals
The 8th Stafford Motor Co. Ltd., ‘Honda Trophy’-MCA ‘G’ Division 25-Over League Tournament 2018 reached its semifinal stage with MAS Linea Aqua (MAS.LA), fairfirst Insurance (fairfirst), Mobitel and Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) registering victories over Amana Takaful (Amana), Bimputh Finance (Bimputh), Nor Lanka and Deutsche Bank AG (DB.AG) respectively, in the quarterfinals (QF) last weekend. [...]
Colombo-Moratuwa Universities clash for Rowing supremacy
The 2 giants in University Rowing, University of (UoM) and University of Colombo (UoC) are in for yet another clash at the 35th Inter-University Regatta. The Regatta, dubbed the ‘local Oxford-Cambridge’, and the 2nd oldest Regatta in the country, will be held on September 8 at the Colombo Rowing Club from 12 noon onwards. UoM [...]