We will have our own anti-corruption laws soon: SLC CEO
When asked if Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) would have its own punitive measures with retrospective effect or would it be a case of going by the ICC recommendations with regard to pending cricket corruption allegations, SLC’s Chief Executive Officer Ashley de Silva said, “right now we will abide by the ICC recommendations”. De Silva said [...]
Sukhitha Manoj consolidates
Sukhitha Manoj of St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa consolidated his position as the leader of the pack of the All-Island Schools category, as he expanded his lead in a big way in the third week of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 contest. Manoj added 295 votes in the [...]
Dinuka and Thilini take top honours
Dinuka Karunaratna annexed the men’s singles title while Thilini Hendahewa won the women’s singles at the 66th National Badminton Championships concluded at the Royal Sport Complex yesterday. After his brother Niluka–the undisputed local star crashed out from the quarter-finals losing to Buwaneka Gunatilleka, Dinuka made sure that the title remains with the Karunaratna’s winning the [...]
Mount Thomians annex Hulangamuwa Shield
S Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia clinched the 4th Annual Eric Hulangamuwa Challenge Shield beating St. Thomas’ College Matale at the Astro Turf in Colombo yesterday. In the main event–the U-20 match, the boys from the school by the sea registered a close 1-0 win after Rahal Rambukpotha scooped the ball to the net in the [...]
Sports Minister to name five-member committee
Two months after the International Cricket Council (ICC) instructed Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to appoint a management committee to assist the Competent Authority in running cricket matters in the interim, the Sports Minister is expected to make the appointment on Monday. Sports Minister Faiszer Musthapha said on Saturday that a five-member committee will be appointed [...]
Minister to checkmate football officials after AFC vote
Following the decision of Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) to vote in favour of the constitutional amendments tabled at the Annual Congress of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Wednesday, the Ministry of Sports has warned the local football administration that it could face ‘repercussions’ for its decision. The Ministry of Sports had made [...]
First innings win for St. Joseph’s
St. Joseph’s recorded a first innings win over Isipathana in the Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at the BRC ground yesterday. The second day’s play saw Isipathana resuming from their overnight score of 66 for 1 being restricted for a score o f 172 runs. This was in reply to St. Joseph’s score of 190 [...]
MAS Unichela home with a wicket to spare
MAS Unichela had to fight all the way to retain the 26th Singer MCA Premier T20 title over a fighting John Keells Group outfit at the MCA Grounds yesterday. John Keells skipper Bhanuka Rajapaksa’s decision to bat first backfired as they were dismissed for 90 runs in 15 overs. From the start John Keells started [...]
Thomian pacie Kalana turns his destructive fury on Rajans
Thomian Pacie Kalana Perera showed that he is not a one-dimensional player. Having taken 16 for18 in his last match, he turned his destructive fury on the Rajans as he smacked 108 not out in 98 balls at Lake View. He had 9 fours and 8 sixes in his sensational innings. By the way, four [...]
SACK twists the tails of the Anandians
The Anthonians continued to make a mockery of their status as a Division two team, when they twisted the tail of the Anandians at Katugastota. A week or two ago they almost beat St. Sebastian’s – a leading division one team. The Anthonians batted long and hard to total 175 for 9, Skipper Theeksha Gunasinghe [...]
Four new records on day-three
Four new records were established on the third day of the National and Junior National Swimming Championship 2018 at the Sugathadasa Swimming Complex yesterday. Akithmi Wasalathanthri lowered the record set by Ganga Seneviratne of Vishaka Vidyalaya, with a time of 1:12.99mts last year in the Girls Under 15 100metre Back Stroke event with a new [...]
Moors SC’s Fahim clinches maiden snooker title in style
The clash in the final of the 66th National Snooker Championship played at the Moors SC billiards table saw M.F.M. Fahim of Moors SC clinch his maiden national snooker title in style with a convincing six frames to one win over experienced Ryan Somaratna of Otters AC yesterday. Fahim was on course to lift the [...]
Navod steers Sri Lanka U19 to victory
Navod Paranavithana continued his batting form when he cracked a 62 following his 83 in the previous match to help Sri Lanka U19 record an eight wicket win on the D/L method against the visiting Bangladesh U19 side in the third Youth ODI encounter played at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium yesterday. Rain marred proceedings in [...]
Inter Club Major Emerging League starts from today
The stalled under-23 tournament will be revived after a laps of one year under a new name – Major Emerging League tournament 2018/19. The tournament will start today and will run till November 15. In reality this tournament became a reality as a result of a campaign launched by the Club Stakeholders Forum led by [...]
‘Senior International Masters Badminton Tournament 2018′, Nov. 26-28
Plans have been finalised to host the 1st International Masters Badminton Tournament, the ‘Senior International Masters Badminton Tournament 2018′ organised by the Ceylon Masters Badminton Association (CMBA) from November 26-28, at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium. The endorsement of the Ministry of Sports and the World Badminton Federation (WBF) has been received to conduct this tournament. [...]
Guru Lennie de Silva But where’s his trophy?
In the early 50′s, the then Principal of Kingswood, P.H. Nonis released teacher Lennie de Silva to Royal to introduce Hockey, and he also awarded a trophy which is unheard of now. Mr. J.C.A. Corea (Ref. ST page 4) who gave the trophy and Mr. Dudley K.G. de Silva were Kingswood’s teachers taken from the [...]
LB Finance, Commercial Credit thro’ to the semis
The third segment of the 26th Singer-MCA Premier League 2019 T20 Tournament got off on Tuesday. Stage I- the ‘League’ was won by LB Finance and Stage II- the ‘Knockout’ was won by MAS Intimates Silueta. Chief Scores of the two qualifying Matches Morning: LB Finance beat Kanrich Finance by 6 wickets Kanrich Finance 120 [...]
Rangana’s swan song and Lanka’s future in spin bowling
When Rangana Herath takes the field for one last time in Galle this week, there will be tributes for the gentleman cricketer who has an unblemished record on and off field. Sri Lanka will host England in a three-match Test series but Herath will only play the first Test starting on November 6, thereby ending [...]
Kalana’s feat take the Thomians to a new high
S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia, a school with a proud history of over a century have produced outstanding academics, professionals and sportsmen. Now they have added another feather to their hat when the school’s cricket team achieving a rare achievement in dismissing St. Mary’s College, Kegalle for six runs which even could be deemed as [...]
MAS Intimates Silueta crush DIMO by 168 runs
Aided by two sterling batting performances from opening batsman Dhananjaya Lakshan and lower order batsman Dushan Hemantha, along with a back-breaking bowling spell by Avindu Theekshana 7/42, guided debutants MAS Intimates Silueta in their maiden appearance in big cricket, to a comprehensive 168 runs win over DIMO, in the 26th Singer-MCA Premier League 2019 Knockout [...]
England’s second Test to remain in Kandy after fans offered sweetener to switch hotels
The Sri Lankan government have stepped in to keep the second Test in Kandy and will provide a number of sweeteners to English supporters who face being turfed out of their hotel to accommodate both teams. The second of three Tests faced being switched to Colombo because of a double booking at the Earl’s Regency [...]
Allrounder Lakmal for Expolanka
Expolanka Group’s promising all rounder, Madura Lakmal stared in the ‘tied’ match against John Keells ‘B’ in the ongoing second ‘Fair & Lovely Men’ trophy MCA ‘B’ division 50 –Over League Tournament 2019. Lakmal bagged 5 for 58 to restrict JK to 165 in 40 overs and went to top score with a dogged 45 [...]
DFCC in come-from-behind 69-67 win over fairfirst
DFCC Bank (DFCC) staged a heroic fightback to snatch victory over fairfirst Insurance (fairfirst) in the Men’s ‘A’ Division of the 28th Mercantile League Basketball Tournament 2018 at the Henry Pedris Basketball Complex last week. fairfirst was leading 55-49 at the 3rd quarter when the bankers led by Charith Perera bounced back to win the [...]
MAS, Sampath, Teejay, JKH in Semifinals
The 26th Singer-MCA Premier League 2019 –T+20 Tournament reached its semifinal stage with defending champions MAS Intimates Unichela (MAS.IU), Sampath Bank (Sampath), Teejay Lanka (Teejay) and John Keells Holdings (JKH) to battle for a berth in the final. In the quarterfinals worked off on Wednesday, Sampath scored a comprehensive 70-runs win over the newly crowned [...]
HNB, Kanrich ‘B’, JKH ‘B’, Expolanka into KO Stage
The League stage of the ‘Fair & Lovely Men’ Trophy – MCA ‘B’ Division 50-Over Tournament came to a close on October 31, with 4 teams, HNB, Kanrich Finance (Kanrich) ‘B’, John Keells Holdings (JKH) ‘B’ and Expolanka Group (Expolanka) advancing to the Knockout (KO) stage. The tournament was conducted with 8 teams in a [...]
Lanka’s cricket revival still possible through professional touch
Ana Punchihewa was never a good cricketer, nor would he ever be. Having said that, he had a good drive. On the golf course, he covered a decent 18 holes. So he knew what sport is all about and besides, he also had good business acumen. So he drove his family business with assiduous finesse, [...]
Kandy SC expect to kick off from where they left
Kandy Sports Club (KSC) which was in the doldrums in the 1980s, achieved the breakthrough in 1992, when Ananda Kasturiarachchi’s team won the Cup. Success has bred success and over the last two-and-a-half decades, they have invariably won most of the titles. In 2016-’17, they lost (inexplicably) to the Air Force and the Navy, but [...]
Svitolina’s Singapore Saga
The last 2 players to be included into this year’s year end WTA Finals in Singapore, to make the 8 were Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina and Belgium’s Kiki Bertens. Both created a stir surviving the round robin stage and reaching the semifinals in Singapore. While Svitolina won the event, it was a sweet sensational outcome for [...]
Club rugby season is round the corner
The coin is spun and the call is “heads” or “tails”, and the winner decides whether he kicks off or chooses a side. The smirk from the referee comes when somebody says “we will kick from this side”. He wants the kick and the side. He does not, however, get both. The Club Rugby League [...]