Hard-to-fathom Lankans’ perplexing CWC campaign
The Sri Lanka cricket team is like the British weather. If you like them one day—like on June 21, when they brought down one of the pre-tournament favourites, England—there’s a good chance you might dislike them the next. So contrasting have been Sri Lanka’s conduct in this year’s World Cup. On Friday, they produced one [...]
Regal Royal take it all
Set twin objectives, the Royal College players responded superbly not only to beat a fighting St. Joseph’s College team, but also to garner that precious bonus point that enabled them to win the Singer Schools’ Rugby League title for the third time in-a-row. Pre-match, one would have thought that scoring four tries against a team [...]
Wesley down Trinity to end League on a high note
Wesley College ended their League campaign on a high note when they defeated Trinity College 16-7 in their Singer Inter-Schools Under-19 Rugby Tournament encounter worked off at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. After last week’s setback against Science College, Mount Lavinia, the Wesleyites came back into recognition with a strong performance as they collected [...]
Shuttler stars of yesteryear show their class
The annual CMB Masters Badminton tournament got off to a promising start at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium courts yesterday with 125 matches being played by evening. Almost every former Sri Lankan shuttler was seen in action both men and women along with past stalwarts of the game in matches played in a friendly and cordial [...]
Havies stun champs CH on Day One
Havelock Sports Club delivered a stunning blow when they defeated the defending overall champions CH and FC on the opening day of the Dialog Inter-Club Sevens Rugby Tournament which commenced at the Racecourse Grounds in Reid Avenue yesterday. The Park Club with a star-studded line-up built up a commanding 19-5 lead in this key game [...]
Vidyartha edge-out DSS in a thriller
Vidyartha College survived a fierce second half rally before recording an exciting 29-21 victory over D.S. Senanayake (DSS) College in their Inter-Schools Under-19 League Rugby Tournament Plate Segment fixture worked off at Havelock Park yesterday. Vidyartha were cruising along towards a comfortable victory after having built up a commanding 26-7 lead at half time. However, [...]
Kingswood win Plate title with easy win over Antonians
Kingswood College powered their way to a resounding 42-27 victory over their home town rivals St. Anthony’s College in their Singer Inter-Schools Under-19 League Rugby Tournament and secured the Plate Championship at the Nittawela Stadium in Kandy yesterday. The winners after leading 25-8 at half time went on to collect their points from two goals, [...]
Shammu, Ashen steer SL Emerging to victory
Two fighting half centuries from Shammu Ashan and Ashen Bandara helped the Sri Lanka Emerging Team pull off a hard fought four-wicket victory over South Africa Emerging Team in their opening tour match played at Pretoria yesterday. The visitors were reeling at 43 for five in the 10th over after they were set a modest [...]
SAG is now ready, SL must go for an Express Schedule – NOC
Suresh Subramanium, the President of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOC) stated that local sports associations must swiftly gear up for the South Asian Games (SAG), which is just five months away. “The 13th SAG has now been confirmed, Nepal is ready and we have received the official invitation by now. The dates [...]
Sri Lanka must win remainders and wait for others to ‘self-destruct’
Sri Lanka’s resurgent performance against England, a brilliant upset that created a huge dogfight for the fourth qualification spot, was unfortunately followed by very mediocre performance against South Africa. Hosts England will have been scratching their heads as they watched South Africa stroll home with nine wickets and 11.4 overs to spare – was this [...]
From facts to axe?
After Sri Lanka registered a 1-wicket win over South Africa to savour their first series victory (2-0) in the land of Big Fives, a dressing room video was leaked. It showed players lavishing praise on the head coach, even dedicating the win to Chandika Hathurusingha. Hathurusingha had long been under scrutiny over the team’s slide [...]
“The pressure is all on the bowler”
This year’s IPL boiled down to the last over of the final match. It was an important moment for both Mumbai Indians, the eventual winner, and the Chennai Super Kings, who lost. Nine runs required off the final over. This means it’s anyone’s game. And it was Lasith Malinga that the Mumbai Indians turned to, [...]
Kimiko Rahim bags 100m Backstroke Gold to earn 740 FINA points
Sri Lanka’s ace Woman Swimmer Kimiko Rahim became the first Sri Lankan female Swimmer to score over 740 FINA points, when she won Gold in the Women’s 100m Backstroke, with a time of 1:04.62 min, at the recently concluded Neo Golden Singapore National Swimming Championship 2019. This was a major boost to her efforts at [...]
‘Ride with Pride 2019′ Cycle rally successfully concluded
The 3rd annual ‘Ride with Pride 2019′ Cycle rally was flagged off from Malay Street to Ganemulla last Sunday. Unlike in previous years, this year’s event was open to all categories of top Cyclists and over 150 participated. The Army Commander flagged off the race opposite Sri Lanka Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (SLEME) headquarters, Malay [...]
How long is 30 seconds?
What would you do if you had 30 sec. to live? Most answer saying they will say sorry for this and that, and mostly to parents. Despite that there is only 30 sec., the answers never look logical in relation to time. Many things would have been on the minds of St. Joseph’s, as they [...]
Ashleigh Barty is Women’s World No.1
The last decade saw a string of Women Tennis players from USA, Canada, Eastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic States getting into the Top 10 and aspiring for the No.1 position. Without a good candidate, we discounted Australia altogether. Here comes the surprise, Ashleigh Barty, an Australian who was just another in [...]
This, that and the other thing
2019 was going to be the year that England, thrice the losing finalist, would finally lay their hands on the World Cup – the pinnacle of cricketing excellence. The road ahead would be rocky, but hadn’t Eoin Morgan’s team been carefully nurtured and prepared for the arduous journey. One would think they had a surfeit [...]
Rangana Herath confident Sri Lanka can bounce back
Despite the abundance of cricketing talent available in Sri Lanka, the country is facing a daunting task in finding suitable replacements for the two well-known, now retired, spinners – Muttiah Muralitharan and Rangana Herath. The setback is presently, dearly felt, at a time when Sri Lanka is trying to break the shackles at the ongoing [...]
Badminton receives lifeline with Rohan de Silva as new SLBA President
After years of squabbling and interim measures imposed by the Minister of Sports, the Sri Lanka Badminton Association finally conducted its Annual General Meeting and Elections of Office Bearers for the next four year term. Having served the Interim Committees on the fringes but spending more time with Masters Badminton, the former motor racing ace [...]
Ishan Nilaksha, Sajan Fernando shine above the rain
The 9th Honda Trophy, MCA ‘G’ Division 25-Over League Tournament 2019, sponsored by Stafford Motors got off to a slippery start last weekend. Of the 18 half-day matches down for play, 4 were completely washed off, while a majority of the others were played with curtailed overs. The weekend’s batting honours went to MAS Silueta’s [...]
Maiden 8-Hour Endurance Karting Challenge on July 13
Sri Lanka Karting Circuit (SLKC) Bandaragama will host the country’s first ever 8-Hour Endurance Karting Challenge on July 13. The Endurance Karting Challenge, a test of man and machine against the clock, is organised by the Ceylon Motor Sports Club, the local representative for FIA-CIK, the world governing body of Karting. The event is a [...]
Babul Hassan Vidyalaya and Pallekanugala MV emerge champions
After both finals ended scoreless. Babul Hassan Vidyalaya, Warakapola and Pallekanugala Maha Vidyalaya, Kegalle, went on to bag Boys’ and Girls’ titles respectively on penalties at the Milo All-Island Under-12 Football Tournament finale, held at the Jayathilake Stadium in Nawalapitiya last weekend. Babul Hassan Vidyalaya overcame Al-Ameen Vidyalaya, Kinniya 3-2 on penalties to lift the [...]
Gymnastic Anna Marie supports karatekas of Presidents Model School
Anna Marie Ondaatje, the Canadian born Sri Lankan, who represented both countries at international gymnastics events, notably Sri Lanka at the Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast, made a worthy contribution to the island nation besides her sporting accolades. Anna Marie, 18, donated 16 karate mats to Presidents Model Primary School in Kandy with the [...]
Devapathiraja and St. Sylvester’s record wins by innings
Devapathiraja College, Rathgama and St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy recorded innings wins over Meepawala Amarasuriya College, Galle and Wattegama MV respectively while Lalith Athulathmudali Vidyalaya, Mt. Lavinia scored a first innings victory over Wijewardene MV, Kiribaththuduwa in the ongoing Singer Under-15 Inter-School Cricket Championship matches played over the past week. Scores: At Ananda Mawatha: Match drawn [...]
Lyceum Panadura opens Keion Sports ground
The Opening Ceremony of the Keion Sports Complex of Lyceum International School Panadura, was held on June 15 in the presence of the Founder, Dr. Mohan Lal Grero, the Coordinating Principal, Dr. Kumari Grero, Chief Visionary Officer, Nikitha Grero, the Principal Kumari Wijeratne, members of the management, special invitees, staff and a large number of [...]
Rahul dazzles as BSC clinch U-17 title
The British School in Colombo (BSC) clinched the Inter-International Schools Under-17 Cricket Tournament when they edged-out Lyceum, Nugegoda by 11 runs in the final worked off at the Shalika Grounds in Narahenpita. BSC put into bat piled up a formidable 198 for nine from their allotted 40 overs with Rahul Chigullapalli scoring a splendid 114 [...]
Sri Lanka Girls Schools Netball team takes wing to Melbourne
The touring squad: Sethmi Danoshi (Captain, Holy Family GS, Kurunegala), Lavanga Kaluarachchi (Vice Capt, Visakha Vidyalaya), Vidusha Janani Perera (Gothami Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo), Sharisha Wickremaratne (Ladies College, Colombo), Liyara Malmi (Sirimavo Bandaranaike BV, Colombo), Nimasha Vimalananda (Holy Cross GS, Gampaha), Bimanya Ratnayake (Ladies College), Tiyana Bollegala (Musaeus College, Colombo), Tharushi Perera (Presbetarian GS, Dehiwala), Samadhi [...]