India beat Sri Lanka effortlessly; Sharma hits fifth WC ton
Picture being at the receiving end of such a dominant performance! Virat Kholi’s men hardly broke a sweat as they pounded the hapless Sri Lankans to a comprehensive seven-wicket win in their final group game at Headingley grounds in Leeds yesterday. With 264 on the board, on the back of a defiant century by Angelo [...]
Karunaratne wants more Sri Lanka players to get overseas experience
LEEDS AFP July 5, 2019: Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne has urged his country’s cricket chiefs to help more players enter overseas Twenty20 leagues to make up for the limitations of their domestic structure. Sri Lanka have failed to replicate their 1996 World Cup triumph in the current tournament, with the retirements of Mahela Jayawardene [...]
Plane with messages fly over Headingley
A plane streaming the banner “Justice for Kashmir” and “India stop Genocide and free Kashmir” flew over Headingley Cricket Stadium where Sri Lanka was facing India in their final World Cup group game. The plane circled overhead flew over the venue twice early into Sri Lanka’s innings and made another two appearances in and around [...]
Banned Josephian rugby player to make ‘public apology’; suspended from college
Tharindu Maduranga, the St. Joseph’s College centre, was slapped with a ban of two years by the Disciplinary Committee of the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) last Thursday, for assaulting referee Priyantha Gunaratne after the Singer Schools League match against Royal College at the Royal Complex. But by yesterday Nalaka Weerakkodi, the head [...]
Isipathana earn deserving 2-point win over Joes
Isipathana and St. Joseph’s have made it a habit to provide close finishes. In the first round of the League it was the Joes that triumphed by a single digit. Yesterday’s game was similar in that respect, the only difference being that the Pathana lads up-staged their opponents by 2 points in the quarter-final of [...]
Thomians regain Ranil Dias Memorial Trophy
S. Thomas’ College outplayed their traditional rivals Royal College 8-2 to emerge overall champions at the sixth annual sailing regatta worked off at the Ceylon Motor Yacht Club in Moratuwa yesterday. The Thomians led by Kethaka Weerasooriya also regained the Ranil Dias Memorial Trophy and went on to extend their lead to 5-1 in the [...]
All seeded players reach quarter-finals
All seeded players in the Women’s Singles won their respective first-round matches convincingly on the opening day of the 104th Colombo Tennis Championships which commenced at the SLTA Courts in Green Path yesterday. Even then, the bottom seed Janali Manamperi had a tough opening set against the unfancied Alana Seneviratne before cruising to a 6-3, [...]
SA Emerging beat SL Emerging by 3 wickets
South Africa Emerging Team edged-out the touring Sri Lanka Emerging Team by three wickets in their Tri Series Limited Over Cricket Tournament match played in Pretoria yesterday. After restricting Sri Lanka Emerging to 247 for seven in 50 overs, the home side reached their target with eight overs to spare. Opener Matthew Breetzke provided South [...]
Sri Lanka — near yet too far from the CWC semis
So, Sri Lanka’s World Cup journey has ended without qualification. Few predicted they would reach the semi-finals and their final mid-table position represents a decent performance in the circumstances. Nevertheless, it was ultimately a disappointing campaign. In hindsight, it feels like we could and should have done better and could have competed harder for the [...]
DIMO successfully concludes MercedesTrophy National Final Sri Lanka 2019
Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC (DIMO), Sri Lanka’s automotive pioneer and the Authorised General Distributor for Mercedes-Benz in the island, successfully concluded the MercedesTrophy National Final Sri Lanka 2019, the most luxurious golfing event in the country’s calendar. The annual golfing extravaganza, open for all Mercedes-Benz owners, was held yesterday at the Royal Colombo Golf [...]
Wewal Wewa MV, Dambulla retains title
Wewal Wewa Maha Vidyalaya, Dambulla clinched the All-Island Inter-Schools Under-16 Baseball Championship for the second consecutive year, defeating D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo, in the finals played on Wednesday. Organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Baseball Association, this annual tournament is catching up at a rapid speed in the outstations and the organisers are expecting the [...]
Provincial Sports Meets from July 8
Over 8,000 schoolboys and schoolgirls will be vying for honours when the Provincial Sports Meets, conducted by the Provincial Educational Officers, get underway next week. The sports meets will be worked off in the Uva, North Central, Eastern and North Western Provinces with the participation of over 500 schools. The championship will showcase a total [...]
Avishka Fernando — living his father’s dream
When his wife was pregnant with their first child, Colin Fernando prayed hard for a boy. Because he had only one dream: and that was to see his son play cricket. Colin’s wish was fulfilled with the birth of who is now the new boy wonder of Sri Lankan cricket: Avishka Fernando. The sporting world [...]
Sri Lanka to face Zimbabwe on July 12
The 15th INF World Cup Netball Championships will take place from July 12 to 21 in Liverpool, England. Sixteen countries, including Sri Lanka will take part in the championships. The first six in the World Netball Rankings are defending champions Australia (No1), England (No 2), New Zealand (No 3), Jamaica (No 4), South Africa (No [...]
Sri Lanka slips into next round of Football World Cup qualifiers
Macau’s refusal to play the return match of the first-round qualification games in Sri Lanka having earlier got the better of the local lads in Macau, has given the Sri Lanka National Team ranked # 200, a rare opportunity of advancing to the next round. With participation fully funded by FIFA, this is a fabulous [...]
Man with the Golden Arm – Angelo Mathews
An American drama film “Man with the Golden Arm” based on the novel under the same title by Nelson Algren was screened way back in 1955. The book won the National Book Award, while the film, starring Frank Sinatra and the leggy Kim Novak, was nominated for three Oscars. More importantly, in recent times, Australian [...]
Royal footballers rewarded for sensational season with 5-day tour to Malaysia
Fresh off a successful season, the high-riding Royal College senior football team is to test its skills in Malaysia, by announcing a short 5-day tour which commenced on July 4, during which the team will play two games against Pre-University SMK Gombak Setia and Royal Selangor Club on July 5 and 7 respectively. The tour [...]
Sleek Peterites versus battle-hardened Kingswoodians
The Royal Complex will host another Milo Presidents Trophy quarter-final game – this time St. Peter’s vs. Kingswood – today. Despite the relative merits and demerits of the teams, it can be safely assumed that this one will be a heart-stopper. The Peterites were in a bit of disarray to begin with. In that light, [...]