Thilanga stumped by ICC’s latest move
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has made it mandatory for anybody wishing to join its Board of Directors to not have any links with the betting or gaming industry. This requirement was earlier only in the body’s Code of Ethics. But in a recent move, the ICC has made it a part of its mandatory [...]
Army play with spirit and CH crash land
Fifteen Army ruggerites played the game of their life to upset the highly fancied CH&FC team by 24 points (3 goals, 1 penalty) to 18 (1 goal, 1 try, 1 penalty, 1 drop goal) in a Dialog Rugby League 2018 match at the Police grounds. At halftime, the losers were in the lead at 13-10. [...]
Competition gathering momentum with Navod revving up
As the sixth week of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 contest comes to an end Sukhitha Manoj of St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa is gaining ground in the All-Island Schools segment. Navod Paranavithana of Mahinda College, who a couple of weeks ago at No.4, has moved to No.3 [...]
Asalanka to lead Lanka’s Emerging Squad
Former U-19 skipper Charith Asalanka will lead Sri Lanka’s strong Emerging Squad at the ACC Emerging Team Cup 2018 cricket tournament to be played in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Kamindu Mendis is the vice captain of the side. The team includes former national players in Asela Gunaratne, Jeffrey Vandersay, Asitha Fernando, Shehan Madushanka and Avishka [...]
Angelo Perera ‘ton’ props NCC
After an inauspicious start on day one of the Premier League cricket tournament encounters, where all the matches were called off early due to bad weather; the second day’s proceedings producing saw some fine batting performances. Taking use of the sunlight, there were five centuries scored yesterday. The ‘tons’ came off the bats of Angelo [...]
Army beat Saunders; retain FA Cup for third successive year
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club completed a hat-trick of titles when they defeated Saunders Sports Club 4-2 in the Vantage FA Cup Football Tournament final encounter played under lights at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday. Army SC who had emerged back-to-back champions in 2016 and 2017 once again made it a memorable final as they went [...]
Dulaj helps Dharmaraja make 255 vs Zahira
Dulaj Bandara was unfortunate to miss out on a ton by two runs but his knock of 98 helped his side end with a challenging score of 255 against Zahira at Maradana, yesterday. Dulaj’s knock comprised 14 boundaries and he was associated in a 97 runs for the third wicket with Isuru Dayananda which was [...]
Referee assaulted; SLRRS to boycott Ratmalana venue
Touch Judge Anil Mangala, who officiated alongside colleague Pradeep Fernando and Field Referee Priya Suranga in the Dialog Rugby League Championship match between hosts Air Force SC and Navy SC at Ratmalana, has been assaulted by unidentified individuals after the game. According to a senior official of the Sri Lanka Rugby Referees’ Society (SLRRS), Mangala [...]
Hathurusingha’s wings clipped?
Former opening batsman Chaminda Mendis who is now drafted into the National Cricket Selection panel under Asantha de Mel will join the New Zealand’s tour squad in an apparent move the neutralise power yielded by head coach Chandika Hathurusingha. Besides acting as head coach on tour, Hathurusingha is also a tour selector on the strength [...]
Sri Lanka bags Deaf Cricket World Cup
Sri Lanka Deaf cricketers scored a resounding win over India in the final of the World T20 cricket championship for Deaf cricketers at Gurgone yesterday. Taking first lease of the wicket Sri Lankans scored a respectable 145 for the loss of nine wickets in their allotted twenty overs. Skipper Gimadu Lakroo led from the front [...]
The Hathurusingha conundrum
A few days after Sri Lanka returned from their first-round Asia Cup exit, Coach Chandika Hathurusingha at a packed media conference in Colombo launched a scathing attack on Angelo Mathews, who had led the players, justifying his axing from the captaincy and team. Mathews was involved in run-outs, he maintained, and had particularly run his [...]
Dealing with indiscipline in cricket: The Pramodaya factor
Indiscipline in international sports is not a rare phenomenon. Just to recollect some talked about instances, especially in cricket, we could picture well-known figures like Andrew Symonds – the Australian legend who bat, bowl or field a side to victory almost singlehandedly. However his off the field escapades started getting bigger than the game and [...]
Murali’s world record of 166 wickets marked by the SSC
Among the plethora of bowling feats accomplished by Lankan spinning ace Muttiah Muralitharan, the haul of 166 wickets at the Sinhalese Sports Club also stands out. On Sunday SSC unveiled a plaque to celebrate the event. The event was during the Third and final Test between England and Sri Lanka was in progress. Sports Minister [...]
Thilan Rangana in Laureus World Sports Awards panel
Sports promoter, Thilan Rangana, Chairman of SPORTSINFO, has been invited to be part of the renowned Laureus World Sports Award’s prestigious Panel of Nominees for the third year in succession. He has now been bestowed this rare honour to select the world’s Best Sport Personalities for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. The Laureus World [...]
‘Always breakdown’ – the high penalty count
The breakdown is an important part of rugby but should not be confused with the breakdown of expectations. The anticipation of upping the competition by including a foreigner in the last four teams of last year’s league is now at a standstill. With a stay order one may not see the foreigners balancing the competition [...]
Memon Futsal Tournament on Dec 2
Twenty two teams of the Memon Community comprising of Junior and Senior teams, will compete at the third consecutive WMO Global Youth Wing Far East Chapter Memon Futsal Tournament. The carnival type dual competition will be played at the Futsal World Indoor Courts in Darley Road today (December 2) from 8.00am onward. The draw took [...]
Rower Amidu Silva bags the coveted Filippi Spirit award
Sri Lanka national flag flew high at the 2018 World Rowing Awards presentation held in Germany on November 28, when Amidu Silva, skipper of the Moratuwa Rowing team walked to the stage to receive the prestigious Filippi Sprit Award, Presented by the World Rowing Federation (FISA), the Filippi Spirit award is awarded honouring university student [...]
NOCSL calls for IOC Women and Sports Awards
The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) Women’s Committee has called for nominations from Sri Lankans for the IOC Women and Sports Awards 2019 which is awarded to promote the advancement of gender equality in sport. The world has recognised the importance of bridging the gender gap by encouraging and strengthening the participation of [...]
This should be a humdinger at Nittawela today
There will be a stunner of a rugby match to titillate the palate of rugby fans when unbeaten Kandy SC (no surprises, there!) meet unbowed CR&FC in a Dialog Rugby League game at Nittawela today. In the recent past, the CR have given Kandy hell in Colombo, but have not performed so well in Kandy. [...]
Croatia wins last old format Davis Cup
Fate of the flagship Strangely, nearly a tune of a tragedy is being played with the change of Davis Cup playing format from 2019. The first of it will be in Madrid, Spain. The sad sentiment is coming from the best known past payers and from some very good present players. Will the players support [...]
Kumarine and Anjalee propel HNB to victory
The vast experience of Kumarine Silva and the extraordinary energy of skipper Anjalee Ekanayake propelled HNB to a sparkling , 59/43 win over Commercial Credit & Finance in the 28th MSBA League Women’s ‘A’ division Level One Basketball Final, at Sir Edward Henry Pedris Stadium, under lights. Commercial Credit & Finance got off to a [...]
Masterclass at Ceylon Masters Badminton
In what was a classic display of high quality Badminton, the Ceylon Badminton Masters Association unfurled what is billed as the first ever Masters International competition in the country, the Ceylon Masters 2018 held at the Sugathadasa Stadium from last Monday to Wednesday last week. wStarting on Monday (November 26), 278 participants from nine countries [...]
The schoolboy cricketer selection module unveiled
A new points system was formulated by the members of the Selection Committee of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Schoolboy/Schoolgirl Cricketer of the Year 2019, headed by the versatile Jayantha Seneviratne, at a special meeting held on November 8, at the NCC Boardroom in Colombo. The intended points system, which allows players and teams a [...]
Rules, Regulations and Guidelines for selection
a) Procedure for Selection Selections will be based on the Under 19 – 2 day matches, of Schools that organize Traditional and Non-Traditional matches played during 3rd term from the 1st of September 2018 to 1st term up to 30th of March 2019 b) SLSCA Tournaments All school teams participating in Sri Lanka Schools Cricket [...]
Angelo reacts, attests fitness lets his “bat do the talking”
When Angelo Mathews scored his third half ton in the second Test, showed his bat with a woofing signal with his fingers gesturing towards the dressing room obviously indicating that he let “his bat do the talking”. Angelo who was obviously hurt over his sudden eviction as the skipper of shorter formats after the Asia [...]