Revitalised Sri Lanka seek encore after Test triumph
Sri Lanka were blanked in their last ODI series in South Africa, but this time, the force is with them ahead of the first ODI in Johannesburg this afternoon. There’s little doubt that this tour will be remembered for ages, irrespective of how the limited-overs leg pans out. But in a World Cup year, the [...]
Battle for top position begins
Indications of a battle for the top position of the All-Island Schools segment is brewing up with the deficit between the top two contestants coming down to 1053 votes as the 20th week results of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 contest come out. The hint has been [...]
13 Member team for Youth Athletics Championships in Hong Kong
The Athletics Association of Sri Lanka (AASL) will send a 13-member Youth Athletics team for the Third Asian Youth (Under-18) Athletic Championships to be held in Hong Kong from March 15-17. The Championships conducted by the Asian Athletics Association will have Athletes from over 35 countries participating. The Sri Lanka contingent will comprise 7 Boys [...]
Hambantota regional junior open golf C’ship tees off today
The Inaugural Hambantota Regional Junior Open Golf Championship 2019, will be played at the Shangri La Golf Course in Hambantota on Sunday 3rd March and Monday 4th March 2019, organized and conducted by the Sri Lanka Golf Union Junior Sub Committee. An excellent turn-out of over 60 entries from Royal Colombo Golf Club, Nuwara Eliya [...]
RTC to kick off horseracing season from March
The Royal Turf Club (RTC) will begin its horseracing season for 2019 with a raceday on March 31, a Sunday, prior to holding two mega events. The RTC racedays come alive after nearly 10 months, as races were forced to be delayed by weather conditions, which resulted a damped race track. However after observing continuously [...]
29th Royal-Thomian Past Cricketers Annual Dinner
The Highly anticipated gathering of Former Battle Of The Blues Cricketing Rivals takes place on the 6th Of March 2019 at The Atrium Lobby, Cinnamon Grand,from 7.30 p.m onwards. All past Cricket Coloursmen of both schools are invited to this event of fun and comaraderie.Tickets will be available at the gate. Pl contact any of [...]
Patana, power, pace too much for Antonians
Kept to a score of 12-6 at half time, the Patana players came back strongly to run in another 18, for an ultimately emphatic 30 points (4 tries, a goal and a penalty to 6 (2 penalties) win over the Antonians on their home turf. The final scoreline is a little harsh on the losing [...]
Opener Avishka hits ton, as Nalanda gain control
A masterful century by opener and Nalanda deputy skipper Avishka Perera (120) and a menacing spell of left arm seam bowling by Dineth Samaraweera (3 for 22) placed Nalanda in the box seat at the end of the first day’s play in the 90th Battle of the Maroons cricket encounter between Ananda and Nalanda which [...]
CR edge-out CH 38-33 in a thriller
CR&FC edged-out their traditional-rivals CH&FC 38-33 in their Dialog Inter-Club League Rugby Tournament Super Round encounter worked off under lights at the Racecourse Grounds in Reid Avenue yesterday. CR&FC who led 23-12 at half time survived a late onslaught from their opponents and went on to seal the game while collecting their points from two [...]
Soldiers rule Diyawanna waters
Armed forces earned major honours as Sri Lanka Army made their presence felt at the 34th National Rowing Championship ended at the Diyawanna Rowing Centre yesterday. However Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force were declared joint winners of the Men’s Open category while Sri Lanka Army went on to make a clean sweep [...]
Ranaweera tour leader in AF Cycle Race
Suranga Ranaweera of Dehiwala Mount Lavinia Municipal Council Cycling Club finished as the tour leader at the end of the second day of the 20th Tour De Sri Lanka Air Force Cycle Race which continued from Kandy to Anuradhapura yesterday. Ranaweera finished on top of the list with a time of six hours, 23 minutes [...]
Unimpressive yet Royal record 10 tries over Devans
Defending Singer Schools Rugby League champions, Royal College enjoyed a comfortable 62-6 win against newcomers Malivadeva College, in their opening game of the season played at Royal Sports Complex yesterday. Despite the final score and the winning margin, the game could be termed as a learning curve for both teams. In particular, for Royal on [...]
Trinity in hard-fought win over Zahira
Trinity College began the new Inter-Schools rugby season with a hard-fought 22-11 victory over Zahira College in their Singer Under-19 Division One League Tournament Segment II ‘A’ fixture worked off at Maradana yesterday. The Trinitians stuck to their basics and played some sensible rugby to outplay the home side while collecting their points from two [...]
Siri Piyaratana MMV dominate drawn game
Siri Piyaratana MMV Padukka dominated proceedings in the drawn 2nd Randam Satana big match against traditional rivals Royal Horana concluded at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa yesterday. Exchanges were even at the end of the first day’s play in the 10th Fraternal Battle between traditional rivals St Mary’s Chilaw and St Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa played [...]
Santhush, Kanishka feature in record partnership
Peterite batting machine Santhush Gunathilake produced a stella performance at the 85th Battle of the Saints which ended in a draw at the P Sara Oval yesterday. Gunathiklake continued his wonderful form, following up his first innings 72 with an unfinished 161 (190 balls) that took his side ti safety. The Peterites were struggling at [...]
St Sebastian’s advance to quarter finals
St Sebastian’s Moratuwa advance to the quarter final of the Under 19 Division One inter-school cricket tournament when they coasted to a comfortable six wicket win over Maris Stella in the pre-quarter final encounter concluded at Moratuwa yesterday. Half tons by A, Jeyatharsan and skipper S. Mathushan helped Jaffna Central to end day one in [...]
Sasith steers Rahula Matara to victory
An allround performance by Sasith Maduranga who ended with a match bag of seven wickets and made a top score of 90 paved the way for Rahula College Matara to record a comfortable six wicket win over Sri Sumangala Panadura in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Panadura yesterday Scors At Panadura: Rahula [...]
South Asian Games to be held in Nepal in December
The 13th South Asian Games will be held in Nepal from December 1-10, 2019. The decision were reached at the South Asian Olympic Council Executive Board meeting in Bangkok on Friday. The Games were supposed to be in March this year but was postponed due to issues with venues. According to source Nepal is now [...]
How Karunaratne changed the DNA of Sri Lanka team
Another series loss and the prospects of a thrashing by the mighty South Africans in their own backyard loomed ominously on the horizon. Dimuth Karunaratne knew it was futile to talk of winning a match, leave alone the two-game series. Teams with more acclaimed players have historically struggled in South Africa, a territory no Asian [...]
Suspended Nuwan Zoysa to counter ICC Anti Corruption charges
Former Sri Lanka cricketer Nuwan Zoysa, who was suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC), has decided to challenge the ICC Anti Corruption Unit. Holding a media briefing Zoysa stated that he is planning to file a court case against the ICC. According to Zoysa, on October 2, 2018 while he was working for the [...]
High riding S. Thomas’ brimming with confidence
It is celebration time again for the young and old boys of two prestigious schools in the island, Royal and S. Thomas’, when their cricketers battle it out in the 140th Battle of Blues over three days beginning March 7 at the SSC grounds. The encounter deemed to be the second oldest inter-schools match in [...]
Lakshitha Perera’s 213 runs and match bag of 10 wickets is sheer class
Overshadowing the bests of Seethawaka Central’s Kalana Madusanka (1,000 runs in 10 innings) and Yugeesha Dishan of Dharmaloka College, Kelaniya (108 and match bag of 11/57) is Lakshitha Dilshan Perera of Christ King College, Pannipitiya. He becomes the latest player to come out with a classic all-round performance of a double ton (213 runs) and [...]
Sasi Ganeshan (S. Thomas’), Sam Lawton (Royal) Guests of Honour
Two former cricketing stalwarts of S. Thomas’ and Royal Colleges who will grace the 140th Royal-Thomian Cricket match 2019 as Guests of Honour are Sasi Ganeshan and Sam Lawton. Ganeshan captained the Thomian cricket team in 1976, which was adjudged the Best All Island Team and he was the first captain to win the Mustang [...]
St. John’s has edge over Jaffna Central
Traditional rivals St John’s Jaffna and Jaffna Central will usher the big match fever in the Jaffna peninsula when they battle it for the 113th time in their three-day annual big match starting on March 7 at the Jaffna Central ground. The Battle of the North is the oldest big match in the Northern Province. [...]
Vidyartha favourites, but Sylvestrians are spoilers
Six of one, half a dozen of the other, the match-up is quite intriguing. Vidyartha has six wins, the Sylvestrians have none. St. Sylvester’s lost to the Josephians, but Vidyartha have not lost any. It all boils down to the divisions in which they play. St. Sylvester’s have clung on to Division I status, at [...]
No win, unless the unthinkable happens
Pubudu Bandara, the Trinity captain will meet a foreman worthy of his steel in Theeksha Gunasinghe, the Antonian skipper, when the 102nd Big Match is played at Katugastota next Friday and Saturday. Both left-handers, they orchestrate the run-chase for their teams. Bandara has nine half centuries but has not reached the three figure mark. The [...]
Can admirable Havies hold off revitalised Kandy?
Even their fiercest critics would, in their saner moments, pause to acknowledge the Havelocks side that has triumphed over many odds to battle the champions, Kandy SC, today for the Dialog Rugby League title. There was a shocker at the start of the season, when 5 or 6 Sri Lanka players decided to up and [...]
The Historic Series victory that gave joy to the Sri Lankan fans after years of frustration and pain
When the Sri Lankans landed in South Africa they had nothing to lose. The Lankans were comprehensively beaten by Australia in the two match Test series and leading up to the Australian tour they had a dismal tour against New Zealand. The Lankan Lions were without their captain Dinesh Chandimal for the Test series against [...]
Football Centres: Ideal locations to launch a Football renaissance!
In our last commentary, the focus was on the grandiose Vision 2030 Plan that is so futuristic, it seems to merge into a virtual reality syndrome of gross proportions. But, what is nearer home, easily accessed and possibly acquired more gainfully, are the several defunct Football Centres dotted around the island. This quite expansive and [...]
Mega display at the Festival of Minis on March 10
The Mighty Mini Club of Sri Lanka has organized a Festival of Minis to be held on March 10 on F.R. Senanayake Mawatha, Colombo 7, opposite the Town Hall, when around 100 Minis are expected be on public display from 2 pm to 6 pm. The Minis on display will range from the earliest (1958) [...]
Pakistan Blind Cricket Team visits its local HC
Pakistan’s Blind Cricket Team, currently in Sri Lanka for a Series of 3 ODIs and 3 T20 matches with their Sri Lankan counterparts, visited the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo on February 26. Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan, Janbaz Khan congratulated the team for winning all their ODI matches against Sri Lanka. He expressed the [...]