Cricket selection conundrum continues
One of the problems bugging Sri Lanka’s limited over team is the absence of a pair of solid openers. Not all that long ago, hopes were high that Niroshan Dickwella will fill the bill. But his subsequent failures have put a big question mark against his name. Two failures in the first two games of [...]
Top contenders step on gas, at last few bends
All-Island Schools segment leader Navod Paranavithana of Mahinda College, Galle, doubled up his pace to gain a mammoth lead of 25768 from the rest, as the results of the end of 25th week come out of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 contest. Navod, a star in the [...]
Controversial tennis selection lands in Appeal Court
The Ministry of Sports has been forced to reverse an earlier directive to exclude 15-year-old Nehara Weerawansa from the Junior Fed Cup Asia Oceania final qualifying 2019 after her parents took legal action to overturn Nehara’s exclusion from the tournament. The Court accordingly terminated the case when Sumathi Dharmawardene, the Senior Deputy Solicitor General appearing [...]
SLSRFA President makes shocking exit
Ranjith Chandrasekara, the President of Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) has tendered his resignation according to reliable sources. Chandrasekara, who was elected to head the governing body of the most followed schools sport in the island, had earlier made indications that he will step down at this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), but [...]
Record sixth-wicket stand helps Rahula force a draw
A 212-run stand for the sixth wicket between skipper Sasith Manuranga and Tharindu Rajapaksha lifted Rahula College from a disastrous 67/5 to 279/6 and averted of being asked to follow on, thus forcing a draw against Dharmapala College in the 8th Battle of the Golden Lions at the P. Sara Oval yesterday. Manuranga scored 141 [...]
Pawantha, Pavan, Sonal match winners
Half tons by Pawantha Weerasinghe, Pavan Ratnayake and Sonal Gamage paved the way for Mahanama to record a convincing seven wicket win against traditional rivals D.S. Senanayake College in the 13th Battle of the Gold’s limited over encounter played at R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday. DSS taking first lease of the wicket was bowled out for [...]
Sri Devananda MV prevail
Sri Devananda MV Ambalangoda having lost the big match against traditional rivals Dharmasoka MV Ambalangoda last week, made amends with a 27-run win in the Battle of the Blues Limited Over encounter played at the Galle Stadium yesterday. Sri Devananda, helped by an unbeaten knock of 88 by skipper Sohan de Livera, made a modest [...]
Semi-finalists found
Brandix Essentials, Sri Lanka Telecom, Maliban Biscuits and Nawaloka Hospitals qualified to play in the semi-finals of the MCA ‘E’ Division 25 over cricket tournament 2019 registering victories over Stafford Motors, Eagle Logistics, Emerchemie NB (Ceylon) and Akbar Brothers respectively in the quarter-final matches played yesterday at the MCA Grounds and Mattegoda. Asanga Singappuli (81) [...]
Kishan, Shalin, Kalana steer S. Thomas’ to second final
Half tons by Kishan Munasinghe and Shalin de Mel and a four-wicket haul by Kalana Perera helped S. Thomas’ record a comfortable 57-run win over Thurstan in the semi-final encounter of the Singer Under-19 Division I Inter-Schools Limited Over Tournament played at Reid Avenue yesterday. Kishan and Shalin’s knocks enabled S. Thomas’, taking first lease [...]
Sooriyabandara guides Royal to final
Royal College Colombo advanced to the final of the Singer Schools Under-19 Division II two day tournament with a convincing first innings win against Kalutara Vidyalaya in the semi-final encounter concluded at the Army grounds in Dombagoda yesterday. Pasindu Sooriyabandara was the star of the Royal’s win as he made a knock of 150 after [...]
Sri Rahula advance to semis
Sri Rahula MV Katugastota booked their berth to the semi-final of the Singer Schools Under-19 Division III Inter-Schools cricket tournament with a comfortable first innings win over St. Mary’s Matugama in the quarter-final match concluded at Hanwella yesterday. Sri Rahula MV after making a score of 166 runs succeeded to restrict their opponents for a [...]
Sri Palee MV come out victorious
Sri Palee MV Horana came out victorious by 34 runs against traditional rivals C.W.W. Kannangara Central, Matugama in the 3rd Battle of Raigam Pasdun big match concluded at Matugama yesterday. C.W.W. Kannangara chasing a target of 150 runs for victory was bundled out for 115 runs. The inaugural Battle of Haritha Neela big match between [...]
SLBL League champs to receive Rs. 1m
A cash award of Rs. 1 million will be on offer for the winner of the inaugural Men’s Franchise SLBL Sri Lanka Basketball League which will commence on May 2. The Mobitel sponsored event will be conducted by the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation and the first-round matches will be worked off at the Sugathadasa Stadium [...]
Week in Sports
This segment gives our readers brief updates on all the sporting action that happened during the course of the week. Cricket Sri Lanka Cricket imposes heavy fine on Dimuth Karunaratne Home cricket fans woke up to an early Sunday morning shock when Sri Lanka Test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne was arrested causing an accident under the [...]
Royal to defend Bradby Golf title against Trinity
The old boys of Royal will go out to defend the G C Wickremesinghe Challenge trophy at the picturesque Victoria Golf and Country Resort, the official host club for this event. The annual encounter is expected to feature over 50 renowned golfers and will tee off on May 10, 2019 with two shotgun starts (7.00am [...]
Fixing the fixer
As the International Cricket Council (ICC) edges closer to completing their corruption investigations here, Sri Lanka is just a step away from bringing tough laws to make all sports-related corruption a criminal offence. The proposed bill is a major breakthrough in terms of tackling sports-related corruption. It comes in the wake of a full-blown inquiry [...]
What Management learning can Cricket give?
The game of Cricket was introduced and popularised by the colonial masters, and it certainly made a strong cultural bond within society. In the process, it became the most venerated sport in the South Asian part of the globe. Cricket is played everywhere, in the cities and in the villages, where sufficient space can be [...]
Diyathalawa ready to witness Sri Lanka’s premier motor racing event
The Fox Hill Super Cross –an ever popular and prestigious motor racing event in the country will rev off in Diyathalawa on April 21. Famous for its challenging nature of the track–winning the Fox Hill Super Cross is any competitor’s dream. It was first held on October 3, 1993. This will be the 27th edition [...]
Never-say-die Kandy stamp their class
The much cherished and adored Kandy Sports Club (KSC), as we know it now, was founded in 1874, and the unlikely name given to it was Kandy ABCDC (Athletic, Boating, Cricket & Dancing Club). The pioneers of the project were a group of Coffee Planters. The Kandy matches were played at Bogambara. 1949 is significant [...]
Colombo, Outstation Origins scrum down for Chandrishan Perera Fundraiser
Crouch, Touch, Pause and Engage, as the combined teams from Colombo Origins and Outstation Origins will play an evening of scintillating Rugby in aid of the Chandrishan Perera Medical Fund on Tuesday, April 9, from 6.30 pm onwards at the Havelock Sports Ground in Colombo. The event will also be a trial to select the [...]
When India’s “Sightseers” wrested the 1983 World Cup
When India managed to come into the final of the 1983 Cricket World Cup, the bookies offered odds at 1 to 66 of India winning the title. This gives an idea of the slim chance of India beating the high-riding West Indies, who were now poised to make a hat-trick of World Cup victories – [...]
Keen tussle expected for the Rukmini Kodagoda Trophy
The Sri Lanka Junior Match-Play Golf Championship will tee off on Monday at the Royal Colombo Golf Club. This year too and for the 6th consecutive year this prestigious junior event is being sponsored by P&S Bakers Limited the family company of the late Ms. Rukmini Kodagoda. The junior match play championship is held [...]
Some good, some bad, but overall unsatisfactory
Coach Nilfer Ibrahim hit the nail on the head. In a pre-season statement he bemoaned the exit of Gemunu Chetiya and Sameesha Viranjana, but said that he will be forced to rely on team-work. Science College posed a problem early on, but then St. Anthony’s, Zahira and Trinity were swatted aside easily enough. The Isipathana [...]
MBA’s dash in favour of school shuttlers
With an idea of uplifting and sharpen school level badminton, the Mercantile Badminton Association (MBA) had finalised plans to conduct a MBA All Island Age Group Badminton Tournament from May 4 to 12 at the Mercantile Badminton Association Headquarters courts and G.T. Jayasuriya stadium. The MBA with a large membership conducts their badminton championships participated [...]
Former rugby stalwart, Ranjan Kanagasabai now heads horseracing
Newly elected President of the Royal Turf Club (RTC), the local entity in-charge of horseracing in Sri Lanka, Ranjan Kanagasabai, ensures a flowing calendar of ‘extremely valued’ events in the coming months, after the season was kicked off last week in Nuwara Eliya. Kanagasabai, a rugby stalwart, who represented the mighty CH&FC as a No.8 [...]
Inaugural Cyber Games for Sri Lankan women
Gamer.LK has announced the first ever Women’s Cyber Games Esports tournament dedicated to female Esports athletes in Sri Lanka. The event is sponsored by Sri Lanka Telecom who joins as the title partner of the event to empower female athletes in what is the fastest growing sport in Sri Lanka. An increasing number of [...]
Santos wins a thriller
Racing returned to the Royal Turf Club in Nuwara Eliya with a bang. A race card punctuated with five races and 42 runners was what was on offer, with the RTC Spring and Summer Race Day Cup the feature of the day last Sunday. And what an incredible race it turned out to be. There [...]
62nd AGM of Old Thomians’ Swimming Club on April 27
The members of the old Thomians’ swimming club will gather for the 62nd Annual General Meeting (AGM), to be held at the club house at 38, De Saram Road, Mount Lavinia on April 27 at 07.00 pm. In order to put the agenda of the AGM in order, the annual report and audited accounts can [...]
Miami Open 2019 – Ashleigh Barty and Roger Federer again
The Miami Open, like the Indian Wells, is another premier event for both genders in the professional circuit. This is their first event in their new location – Hard Rock Stadium. For the past 30 years, it was at Key Biscayne. Loss of Key Biscayne has emotionally stirred the players. Being the first event at [...]
Rebirth of a Rugby legend
Overlooking the lush green of the golden valley of tea — Dickoya Maskeliya Cricket Club hosted the Inter-Plantations Rugby Sevens for the 19th year. A carnival atmosphere prevailed with lots of entertainment for the planting fraternity and to their friends who had travelled from Colombo. The heat was bearable and a change from being in [...]