Havelocks dump CR&FC and stay unconquered
CR-Havies games are usually fiery ones. Yesterday’s game at Longdon Place which was won by the visiting Havelocks team 31-22 was not exactly red-hot right through. It could have been, but there were too many missed passes, stray passes and even a very poor throw in a line out, that robbed it of more excitement [...]
Showdown for the crown is inevitable
As it was evident in the past few weeks, a duel is building gradually up as the seventh 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 still in the lead in the All-Island Schools segment, [...]
HNB regain National Netball title
Unbeaten Hatton National Bank (HNB) regained the National Netball Championship when they defeated Sri Lanka Air Force SC 47-27 in the final encounter worked off at the Albert F. Peiris Stadium in Wennappuwa yesterday. The League Tournament was conducted by the Sri Lanka Netball Federation and was sponsored by Dialog Axiata PLC. HNB had an [...]
Dushan makes career best 178, Army SC amass 462
Dushan Vimukthi made a career best 178 to help Army SC end with a massive score of 462 for 9 declared on day two against SLPA CC in the Premier League Tier ‘A’ cricket encounter played at Panagoda. Dushan whose marathon knock came in 339 balls comprised 11 boundaries and half a dozen sixes. He [...]
Nervy Lankans huff and puff to beat Afghanistan
Kamindu Mendis’s allround efforts propelled star-studded Sri Lanka Emerging Team to a nervy one-wicket win over Afghanistan Emerging Team in their Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup Group A match played at the CCC grounds yesterday. The ambidextrous Mendis picked up three for 3 for 46 as he combined with Lasith Amabuldeniya to restrict visitors [...]
Janindu helps Ananda draw against DSS
Janindu Jayawardena and Kanishka Ranthilakage led Ananda’s recovery against DSS on day two in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Ananda Mawatha yesterday. The pair helped Ananda score 204 in reply DSS’s total of 196. DSS batting the second time ended the day making 301 with Muditha Lakshan making a top score of [...]
India home with easy despite Ilyaz ‘ton
India Emerging Team registered a comfortable six wicket win over Oman Emerging Team in a Group A match of the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup played at the R Premadasa Stadium yesterday. Despite a brilliant century from top-order bat Aqib Ilyas, the inexperienced Oman cricketers could muster just 203 runs batting first. Ilyas hit [...]
Army take national baseball league title
Sri Lanka Army scored an exciting 7/5 victory over Sri Lanka Navy in the finals of the Sri Lanka National Baseball League Championship 2018 played at the Diyagama Baseball Complex yesterday. Eight top teams of the island took part in this year’s edition of the championship where the competition proved that the future of baseball [...]
Mathews’ fighting ‘ton’ saves Lankans some blushes
Angelo Mathews defied New Zealand XI’s bowling attack and overcame unaccustomed tough conditions at the McLean Park in Napier with a masterful century on the opening day of the tour match on Saturday. Sri Lanka were in danger of being bowled out cheaply after host bowlers ran through Sri Lanka’s fragile batting order reducing them [...]
Mendis special potent even in Oman
Six years after former Sri Lanka skipper Duleep Mendis undertook to lift the standard of cricket in Oman, a team predominantly consisting of working expatriates, are now on the verge of gaining ODI status. This will be a huge milestone for a country whose cricketers are not even semi-professional. Mendis believes, come April, his charges [...]
Senior Basketball from December 17-28
The 52nd Senior Nationals Basketball Tournament organised by the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation will kick off on Dec. 17 with its ‘level one’ matches going on until Dec. 28. These matches will be played at the Army Indoor court and the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium. The tournament will be played across three levels and will feature [...]
SLC’s Anti-Corruption Unit is on its way
At a time when chaos is the name of the game, we would even feel a snowflake is like a gift from heaven. Yet, in tropical Sri Lanka, snowflakes are only confined to the television and in the minds of kids who follow Yuletide. Yet, in the midst of all these unpleasant experiences, the news [...]
Wickremesinghe wins three gold medals at Pan Pacific diving
Chanaka Wickremesinghe, former Sri Lanka national diving team caption, won three individual gold medals at Pan Pacific Masters Games 2018 held in Gold Coast last month in masters category. The achievement of Wickremesinghe, the Asian bronze medalist, is the first time where a single Sri Lankan has won highest number of gold medal in such [...]
The saga of monkey tricks and rugby rules
This season’s rugby has seen a high in scoring tries, while confusion stalls as you hear a call hands on ground. This means that they are supporting their body weight by keeping their hands on the ground? My question is why they are doing this when you should be getting into a position to form [...]
Year of sporting showcases
The year 2018 like the years in the recent past turned out to be another in which Tennis produced some memorable sporting moments. There is an annual calendar in many sports today. If one thinks taking a Tennis or a Golf outfit around the world is complicated, try taking three pedigreed fine-tuned horses per person, [...]
Yogananda Wijesundera feted with life achievement
Veteran national coach Yogananda Wijesundera was feted with the prestigious SLT SILK Lifetime Achievements Award at their 4th Sports awards presentation at the BMICH. The annual Awards Ceremony 2018 which was organised by sportsinfo.lk and sponsored by Sri Lanka Telecom for the fourth year in succession was held with the Minister of Provincial Councils, Local [...]
Parasol to cover SSC
Sri Lanka’s leading manufacturer and marketer of umbrellas and socks, Kandurata Group renewed its partnership with one of most prestigious Cricket Clubs in Sri Lanka, the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC). The continued sponsorship means, Kandurata Umbrella will remain as SSC’s official clothing partner in the ongoing Premier Cricket tournament. The extension of Kandurata Group’s commitment [...]
Fully fledged cricket ground to be opened tomorrow
A fully pledged cricket ground will be unveiled tomorrow at the Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps (SLAOC) HQ at the Dombagoda Cantonment, Horana by Army Commander Lt. Gen. Mahesh Senanayake. The stadium, which is built on a 10-acre land, will be completed in several stages. In the second stage, two dressing rooms to accommodate two [...]
FFSL eyeing some interesting moves as the New Year dawns!
The FFSL brought the curtain down on 2018 with a well-scripted Vanguard FA Cup Final last Saturday at the Sugathadasa Stadium, when the Army deprived the gallant Saunders SC team of a victory to cap an historic and eventful summary of this year’s prestigious blue ribband competition in the annual football calendar. Saunders SC was [...]
Can we write off CH and FC’s chances at Nittawela today?
It would be pardonable to write off CH&FC’s chances when they take on the mighty Kandy Sports Club team at Nittawela today. Facts speak with overwhelming precision, and with one win in four games, the Maitland Crescent club cannot be all that upbeat about their prospects. A closer look at their results would indicate that [...]
Golfers of tomorrow focussed upon
The Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship sponsored by Prima Ceylon for the 11th consecutive year is scheduled to be Teed off between January 2 and 4, 2019 at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC). This was revealed at the press briefing held at the RCGC where the sponsorship cheque was handed over. This event [...]
Some of the aspects of cricket then
Cricket is the only sport where (1) a private club “Marylebone Cricket Club, London”, with currently a membership of over 18,000 Full Members and 5,000 Associate Members is responsible for its Laws and (2) in the Preamble to the Laws it is stated that the game should be played not only within the Laws but [...]
Udayanga, Dharmapala and Samarasinghe win at the pro-am triathlon
In the Elite category for male athletes, K.S. Udayanga, P.H. Raja Dharmapala and S.M.S. Samarasinghe came out on top while in the female category L.K.G.K.K. Dassanayake and P.G.D.A. Gunathilaka emerged winners at the first triathlon of the Pro-Am Tri Series concluded on a high note at the NCC recently. This brought the very first multisport [...]
Head coach says it all started with just one deaf player
The nation stood up to salute the Sri Lanka Deaf cricket team on their arrival at the island as World T20 Deaf cricket champions. They scored a heroic victory over fancied India at the inaugural World T20 Cricket Championship for Deaf cricketers in Gurugram, India last week. Messages of happiness, surprise and relief started to [...]
Southern Province veteran’s athletic meet on Feb 9 and 10
The Veterans’ Athletics Open Championship, organised by the Veterans’ Sports Association of the Southern Province for the first time is scheduled to be held at the District Sports Complex in Kotawila, Matara on February 9 and 10, 2019. It is scheduled to conduct competitions for the male and female in 13 age categories at this [...]
Mahela Jayawardene holes a 20 foot putt to square the 116th Burdett Trophy
Mahela Jayawardene of cricket fame holed a 20 foot putt to square the 116th Burdett Trophy between Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) and Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC). Brilliant sunshine greeted the 124 golfers who came up to Nuwara Eliya for the much awaited Burdett weekend last Saturday. NEGC hosted the 116th Burdett Trophy and [...]
CC&F clinch ‘A’ division title
Commercial Credit & Finance clinched the ‘A’ Division Men’s Basketball title with a thrilling 72/65 victory over FairFirst Insurance while SriLankan Airlines emerged winners of the Men’s ‘B’ Division title at the 28th Mercantile Services Basketball Association League Basketball Tournament 2018 which came to a close at the SLAF Indoor Courts, Bauddhaloka Mawatha. Fifty-two men’s [...]
Even-steven is the name of the game
The fates have conspired to deny the Police Sports Club a victory despite a couple of very impressive performances so far. For starters, they ran the Navy SC desperately close (23-24). They gave the champions a good fight at Nittawela. What happened last week was unbelievable. Leading 19-0, they had the Havies at their mercy, [...]
IOC Executive Board initiates an inquiry into AIBA
The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to initiate an inquiry into the International Boxing Association (AIBA). This is the initiation of a procedure which can lead to the withdrawal of recognition for AIBA. The decision came after AIBA had submitted a Progress Report to the IOC, as required by the [...]
Day of discovery at Royal Colombo Golf Club
The Royal Colombo Golf Club has launched a “Day of Discovery” at the RCGC practice range on Monday 10th December, with the intention of ‘finding’ Champions for the future. The RCGC has invited Schools to send interested students, with passion for sport to a’ talent scouting programme’, a RCGC Junior Clinic Out-reach initiative. An amazing [...]