More angles to ascertain: Roshan Mahanama
Though there was speculation about former Sri Lanka cricket captain and ICC match referee Roshan Mahanama taking over the Lankan cricket reins as its Interim Committee chief, it is not quite so. On Saturday morning banner headlines filled the morning newspapers about the new cricket appointment, Mahanama says that he needs more time to make [...]
NCC record easy first innings win over Army SC
NCC recorded an easy first innings win over Army SC in a high scoring match of the Premier League cricket encounter concluded at the NCC grounds yesterday. The final day’s play saw Army SC resuming from their overnight score of 199 for 5 being bowled out for 385. This was in reply to NCC’s mammoth [...]
Paranavithana makes quick progress
St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa’s Sukhitha Manoj, remains in the lead of the All-Island Schools segment as the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 contest completes the tenth week. While Manoj continues to lead the lot, Navod Paranavithana of Mahinda College Galle, appears to become a threat with his rapid [...]
Matt Henry unlikely to feature in Boxing Day Test against Sri Lanka
New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry’s wait to make a mark in red-ball cricket has been prolonged as he is expected to miss the Boxing Day Test against Sri Lanka. Henry will, in all likelihood, have to wait till the Bangladesh series in February and March next year to play his tenth Test. The Kiwis [...]
New Minister, old strategy
Despite dates being fixed for the long-overdue cricket election, the new sports minister wants to go for an interim arrangement instead of a poll. However, he will be hard pressed to convince the International Cricket Council (ICC) to agree. The ICC in August extended a December 31 deadline to hold fresh elections, agreeing to have [...]
Bens thrash Isipathana with ease
St. Benedict’s recorded an easy first innings win over Isipathana in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Kotahena yesterday. St. Benedict’s in reply to Isipathana’s score of 172 helped by a knock of 65 by Kaveesha Jayatileke enabled the home side to make a score of 270. In another match St. Thomas Matara [...]
Anthonians in sight of victory
The Anthonians, a powerful team at the best of times, are poised to score their second win in four days. Yesterday, at Katugastota, they bowled over the S de S Jayasinghe side for a below par score of 92. They then rubbed it in by rushing to 109 for 3 in a mere 22 overs. [...]
Ahamed and Moahowshayan clinch U-15 and U-11 titles
R.R. Ahamed and R. Moahowshayan became the first winners in the Boys’ category to emerge champions in Under-15 Novices Boys and Under-11 Novices events respectively at the ongoing 29th National Junior Squash Championship at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium courts yesterday. Over 260 boys and girls competed in the Ritzbury sponsored championship which will be continued [...]
Cricket Australia opens door to Pakistan return
Cricket Australia has opened the door slightly to returning to play in Pakistan for the first time in 20 years, having softened its stance after an approach from the Pakistan Cricket Board. New PCB managing director Wasim Khan has made it clear in several interviews that he is keen for international cricket to return to [...]
From riches to rags
Double trouble for Sri Lanka; relegated to lower division While the defending champions Hong Kong qualified for the World Under-20 Rugby Championship to be held in Brazil, one of its partakers, Sri Lanka, earned more questions than answers at the Asian Division I Under-19 Rugby Championship held in Chinese Taipei. With three straight defeats, the [...]
Programme on Baseball for Tomorrow
Under the theme ‘Baseball for Tomorrow’ a five-day baseball camp organised jointly by the Japan Women’s Baseball Federation, Japan Embassy of Sri Lanka and Amateur Baseball/Softball Federation was held in Sri Lanka recently. Officials who arrived in Sri Lanka to conduct the camp were: International co-ordinating Director of Japan Baseball Federation, Hiroko Yamada, Coach of [...]
According to Mathews
The ability to rebound from adversity is a skill all successful sportsmen and women possess. Angelo Mathews was devastated after he was stripped of captaincy and dropped from the ODI side after the Asia Cup debacle. He did not not deserve such treatment for what was a failure of the whole team. Sri Lanka were [...]
National outcast Hulk Pushparaj takes out WBPF body building championship
Sri Lankan Hulk Lucion Pushparaj has won his first major global body building championship, just months after his career was left hanging by a thread. The freakishly ripped beast made a triumphant return to his home country less than 12 months after he was reportedly locked in an ugly feud with government officials, who dramatically [...]
Martin Adomeit holds TT coaching clinic
Former national coach of Germany, Luxumberg, Belgium and Nigeria, Martin Adomeit held coaching clinics in Table Tennis in Sri Lanka from October 28 to November 20. Adomeit conducted clinics in most of the cities of the island for coaches and players. Sri Lanka was lucky to get the services of this highly recognised coach due [...]
Call on for 51st National Carrom Open
Applications have already called for 51st National Carrom Championship organised by the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka. Whilst contests are conducted under six events of Men’s Single, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Single, Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles, and Veteran events. Novice Carrom players of any part of the island who are interested in carrom sport may participate [...]
38th Squash Nationals at Panagoda
The 38th National Squash Championship 2018 will be worked off at the Panagoda Army Cantonment Indoor Stadium from December 27 to 30 with the patronage of the Sri Lanka Army. At the request of the National squash Association, Sri Lanka Army have finalised to hold the championship in the stadium for squash, a well equipped [...]
Marauding Kandy expected to drown Sailors even at home
Can the rugged Navy SC playing in their backyard stall Kandy SC’s triumphant march when they meet today? Welisara does not quite have the daunting reputation of Nittawela. Yet, Kandy has struggled at this venue and even lost a game. Richard Dharmapala’s team has now hit their straps good and proper after starting off with [...]
Havelocks may be a handful to bottom of the table Air Force
The current whipping-boys, the Air Force, entertain the number two team, the Havelocks, at their home base today. Air Force’s form this season has been poor and this could be a tough proposition to break their duck. The Airmen have several tall, well-built players who play with some passion. Fly half Gayantha Iddamalgoda is their [...]
Police will have to be mindful of the Maduwantha factor
It is no surprise that the CH&FC is currently occupying a position as low as number six in the table. Their opponents at the Racecourse today, the Police are in fifth position. Both have won twice, and have the same number of points. The Police have scored 25 tries and converted 12, whereas the CH [...]
Clearing up the mess: Minister Harin, let’s begin with the new SLC constitution
It is no secret that politics plays a huge role in Sri Lanka’s sports and what occurred towards the end of the Sidath Wettimuny Interim Committee must be in scrutiny even at this time of age. What they looked at that time was to effect a change in the constitution of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) [...]
S. Thomas’ win Festival of Cricket of the Prince Alfred College in Adelaide
S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia crowned the Best Schools Cricket Team at the Sunday Times-Dialog 4G cricket contest lived up to their reputation on their tour to Australia as they emerged champions in the 1st XI Tournament Festival of Cricket of the Prince Alfred College in Adelaide, Australia. They won the ‘Chappell Brothers Challenge Trophy’, [...]
Angelo retorts, signals his fitness with ten quick pushups and flexes his biceps
Upon reaching his fighting rearguard ninth Test hundred on the fourth day of the first Test in Basin Reserve, Wellington, Angelo Mathews, who was still resentful at the decision to exclude him from the shorter formats, performed 10 quick pushups and flexed his biceps in the direction of the dressing room. This act was undoubtedly [...]
A closer look at the Havies-Kandy encounter
Kandy Sports Club excelled by breaking the resistance of Havelocks Sports Club, who travelled to fight but it turned out that they were subdued. Havelocks were bent on disturbing the winning trend of the Hill Capital club that has dominated local rugby. Kandy remains unbeaten at the end not six weeks. It was not that [...]
Nalanda-Trinity First XI game renamed as Mahela-Sanga Challenge Trophy from this year
The 41st cricket encounter between Trinity College, Kandy and Nalanda College, Colombo is to be played at the Nalanda Grounds on December 28 and 29. This year’s clash is of special significance as the match will be played for the inaugural ‘Mahela & Sanga Challenge Trophy’. With a theme ‘Spirit of Cricket Legacy for Future [...]
A bad cricket memory recounted yet again
In 1996, Sri Lanka humbled Australia in the Cricket World Cup finals by 7 wickets and annexed the plum. Lanka was now recognised as a proud cricketing nation on her own right. Eleven years later, the two teams met again in the finals. Will Sri Lanka repeat their feat? After all, Sri Lanka had batsmen [...]
Ball-Park to centre-court
Even before end of first month of the new year, the first of the four Grand-Slam event in Melbourne, Australia will be staged and finished. This year end in a few days, but the next year’s Tennis competition season will begin before the New Year. With only ten months in the competition Calendar, demand for [...]
Intruductory course for Rugby commissioners successfully launched
Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) together with its main sponsor Dialog Axiata PLC, conducted a two-day training programme targeting potential rugby match commissioners. The programme, ‘Introductory Course for Rugby Football Match Commissioners’ was held on December 15 and 16 at the Auditorium of Dialog Axiata with the participation of 26 aspirants, who had been part of [...]