Sri Lanka: to be or not to be
At the end of day four of a fascinating Test, it would be slightly off the mark to say that the second Test at Pallekelle is tantalizingly poised. Niroshan Dickwella is still there but with his combination of risky sweeps and audacious reverse hits, it would be difficult to rely solely on him to get [...]
Sukhitha Manoj — the first to cross four figures
Within a matter of five weeks Sukhitha Manoj of St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa takes the honour of surpassing the milestone of 1000 votes as he stamps the authority of as the leader of the pack of the All-Island Schools category of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 contest. [...]
Ravindu, Dellon steer S. Thomas’ to third win
Outright wins also for St. Peter’s, Nalanda and Royal In the four Under-19 Inter-School matches that concluded yesterday, S. Thomas’, St. Peter’s, Nalanda and Royal Colombo registered outright wins. The wins came respectively against Prince of Wales, President’s, Kotte, De Mazenod and Bandaranayake MV, Gampaha. An unbeaten knock of 122 in 142 balls that included [...]
Gooch, Gough impressed with Burns- Jennings combination
Former captain Graham Gooch, one of the giants of the English game, spoke in glowing terms of his protégé Alastair Cook, “He was the rock of the batting for over 12 years”. When one door closes, another opens. His exit has forced the selectors to look around. They have come up with the Jennings-Burns combination. [...]
Bawantha slams career best knock of 184
A career best knock of 184 inclusive of 21 boundaries and five sixes by Bawantha Udangamuwa was the highlight of the first day’s play between Galle CC and Bloomfield in their quarter final encounter of the Premier Emerging League cricket tournament played at the Navy SC ground in Welisara, yesterday. Bawantha was also involved in [...]
Kapila ‘Sir’ no more
Kapila Jayalath, present Vice President and the former General Secretary of Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association (SLSCA) passed away after a brief illness. A vital cog of the Dialog-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year programme, Kapila was 53 at the time of his demise. A teacher by profession, he began his career in [...]
Navy’s tardy play and Ratwatte’s boot made the difference
Flyhalf Tarinda Ratwatte earned the spotlight for the second week running after his boots did much of the talking in CR&FC’s deserving, yet unimpressive 28-22 win against Navy Sports Club in a Dialog Rugby League match played at Welisara yesterday. The Red Shirts would probably have to reassess their playing pattern and focus more in [...]
Mathew feels the Lankans are still with a chance of pulling off the game
Angelo Mathews believes Sri Lanka still has a chance of pulling off a win to level the series before heading to Colombo for the final Test. But he also credits Keaton Jennings for changing the complexion of the match with an epic catch to dismiss Dimuth Karunaratne. “It is evenly poised,” Mathews said, after hitting [...]
Eshan Pieris joins Absolute Racing for F3 Asia winter series
Eshan Pieris has joined Absolute Racing for this year’s F3 Asian Championship certified by FIA Winter Series. The 20-year-old Colombo-native graduates from Asian Formula Renault Series, in which he completed his maiden single seater season. Pieris is Sri Lanka’s number one motor racing prospect and he is following in the footsteps of many of today’s [...]
Guns are drawn — now it’s time for the cricket war
As Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) took its first step this week towards holding their long overdue elections by appointing the mandatory three-member election committee, and a grand coalition is being formed to challenge Thilanga Sumathipala, the former president. Such an alliance could pose a significant challenge to Sumathipala at a future election. But whether it [...]
Football in the limelight for all the wrong reasons once again?
Just as the situation in Sri Lanka and its constitution, which are currently in the news headlines globally for all the wrong reasons, former President of Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL), Ranjith Rodrigo too seems to be following suite. Rodrigo is back in the news, for the wrong reason perhaps, based on a press [...]
Keell’s looking for sweet revenge
John Keell’s ‘B’ will be looking for sweet revenge when they take on Kanrich Finance ‘B’ in the finals of the second Fair & Lovely Men Trophy-MCA ‘B’ Division 50 Over League Tournament 2019, today at the MCA Grounds. Play commencing at 9.45 a.m. Kanrich Finance scored a narrow one wicket win over John Keells [...]
Unfixing the match fixing
The good, the bad and the ugly’ was a great western movie that kept us spellbound two scores of years ago, and it was a story of inevitable greed of man. It is there, depicted in all the good scriptures and throughout the annals of mankind, it has been a matter of trying to keep [...]
SLPA, CEB, SL Army and SL Air Force qualify for Munchee VB Super League Tourney
Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), SL Army and SL Air Force qualified for the finals (men and women) of the Munchee National Super League Volleyball Tournament at the National Youth Service Council (NYSC) Indoor Courts. In the men’s tournament first semi-final CEB beat MAS Li by 3 sets to 2. (Score: [...]
Blue Waters win Travel Trade cricket
Fine all-round performance and excellent team work enabled The Blue Water Hotel Spa to emerge winners at the Travel Trade Cricket Tournament 2018. Captained by Uditha L. Dayawansha the hotel cricketers exhibited their dedication to the game and combined together in sailing towards glory from the start of the competition. The skipper was adjudged the [...]
Jeet Kune Do in Sri Lanka
Having undergone training under world renown Jeet Kune Do (JKD) coach and instructor Joaquim Marcelo and with the experience gained by participating and coaching gained in foreign lands, a youth hailing from Embilipitiya, Nandana Dinesh Dharmasena has taken steps to popularise Jeet Kune Do, a sport lesser known in Sri Lanka. Dharmasena already conducting training [...]
Passion, Profession, Pride and Pageant
The months of October and November are the time for the annual finales. It is difficult to miss the variety in the content of events for these two months. The vibrancy of the players’ movements and the emotion of winning and losing has taken a strong, passionate hold of all the Tennis aficionados. These two [...]
Int’l Masters Badminton C’ship at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Nov. 26-28
Over 100 overseas players are among the 300 Shuttlers who will compete at the inaugural International Masters Badminton Championship at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium from November 26-28. The matches will be played from 10 am-10 pm. The foreign Shuttlers will be from India, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Macau, Nepal, New Zealand, Malaysia and Australia. This is [...]
Visakha for the 18th time
Visakha Vidyalaya Bambalapitiya continued their dominance in the schools hockey arena to clinch the ‘Golden star ‘ award for the fourth consecutive year at the 18th Sri Lanka schools junior hockey carnival 2018 for boys and girls U/14 concluded at the Vincent Dias stadium in Badulla. Competing in girls ‘A’ group, Vishakians beat Uva College [...]
MAS ‘A’, ‘B’ clinch ‘A’, ‘B’ Divs. titles respectively
MAS ‘A’ dominated the 61st Mercantile Table Tennis Association’s Inter Club League Team Championship 2018, concluded at the S. Thomas’ College Sports Complex, Mt. Lavinia, last week. MAS ‘A’ clinched the championship in the Men’s and Women’s ‘A’ Division. MAS ‘B’ too enjoyed a successful tournament winning the Men’s and Women’s ‘B’ Division titles. This [...]
Can CR&FC stop the marauding Kandy army
Having been defeated by a single point (24-23) in their tournament opener, the Police team may find it a little difficult to believe that they can turn things round when they take on the defending champions, Kandy SC at Nittawela today. All is not gloom and doom for the law-enforcers. In a sense, they were [...]
Coaches and Child Psychology
Taking a peek at Good Sports Guide (GSG) for Coaches the 2018 of New Zealand Sports gives more than an insight into their expectations from coaches in sports. This project is about creating a quality sporting experience for children, to ultimately help children grow a lifelong love for sport. This is to introduce an adult [...]
Nishantha Fernando, Chalani Lakmali Champs
Nishantha Fernando and Chalani Lakmali Liyanage won the Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles and Doubles titles respectivel at the President Cup Carrom Chanpionship conducted by the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka concluded at their headquarters in Kohuwala recently. Nine slams were reported at this 18th edition of the President Cup event. Over 300 competitors were [...]
TT Beach rugby C’ships on Dec. 1
The 5th Travel Trade Sports Club, 5-a-side Beach Tag Rugby Championships 2018, sponsored by Walkers Tours and hosted by Mt. Lavinia Hotels Group will be held on Saturday, December 1 at the Mt. Lavinia Hotel’s Paradise Beach, commencing 9.00 am. Entries are called from the 170 strong TTSC Membership and will close on Friday, November [...]
Sky diving open to the public between Nov 22 to Dec 4
Sri Lankan fans will be getting a chance to witness an exciting display of sky diving at the Koggala Sri Lanka Air Force complex from November 22 to December 4. Sky Diving enthusiasts will receive a rare chance in to dive from 12,000 feet up in the sky after a medical test and a training [...]
Cricket Devoid of Polytricks
The ICC’s match fixing machinery is totally focussed on SLC, of course they are wearing blinkers since, the bigger fry in the neighbouring country are having their last laugh. They have timed it so well;one hopes that our cricketers are not mentally off balance to face the upcoming Test series against a cock a hoop [...]
Cricket Australia-ICC honour Match Referee Roshan Mahanama
The International Cricket Council (ICC) the world governing body for Cricket, announced that Roshan Mahanama will step down from the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees (MR) at the end of 2015, citing personal reasons. The final assignment given by the ICC to Roshan was the closely contested 3-Test series between hosts Australia and New [...]
Police School shuttlers impress to emerge overall Champs
Sri Lanka Police School Shuttlers won the Overall Championship at the Sri Lanka Police Inter-Divisional Badminton Tournament 2018, after a lapse of 6 years, winning the Women’s Championship and being Runners-up in the Men’s segment, at the Royal College Indoor Complex. The three-day tournament had 44 Divisional teams competing, with the victorious Police School team [...]
Tribute to a great servant of Lankan football
I met this soft spoken, quiet, deeply religious, down-to-earth Football personality at his Kirulapona residence, to make this brief write-up about one of Sri Lanka’s best known Football players. He had numerous pictures and paper cuttings to show me without an iota of pride in him, his innumerable achievements in Sri Lanka Football. SUBHANI HASSIMDEEN, [...]