End of an Era
His presence has always been a moment of pride for all cricket lovers and when Lasith Malinga walked in to bat as the No.9 batsman on July 26, 2019, the spectator stands of the R. Premadasa Stadium looked as they were invaded by fireflies. When Malinga walked in Sri Lanka innings had only nine deliveries [...]
Sri Lanka eye series win in post-Malinga era
Going 1-0 up in a three-match ODI series following Sri Lanka’s emphatic 91-run win against Bangladesh on Friday in the first game, which happened to be the farewell game for the legendary bowler Lasith Malinga, the home team would highly anticipate to record an early cleanup when the two teams meet again today, at the [...]
Bangladesh fined for slow over-rate
Bangladesh have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate against Sri Lanka in the first ODI in Colombo on Friday. Chris Broad of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the fine after Tamim Iqbal’s side was ruled to be two overs short of its target after time allowances were taken into consideration. [...]
Will Hathurusingha resign?
Regardless of how they dump Chandika Hathurusingha from his head coach position at the end of the current series, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will hire a new head coach within the next fortnight targeting the home series against New Zealand in August. Will this change Sri Lanka’s cricketing landscape? That’s anybody’s guess. A cursory look [...]
Squad of 29 named for Asian 7s Series
Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) named a squad of 29 players targeting the upcoming Asian 7s Series, which will consist of three legs. According to Rohan Chinthaka, the Manager of Sri Lanka 7s Rugby, SLR will rotate players from the squad of 29 for the three legs of the Asian 7s Series, as well as the [...]
ICC finally defends Dharmasena over 6-run incident
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has finally come out in defence of Umpire Kumar Dhramasena for his controversial awarding of six runs off the fourth ball in England’s last-over run chase. In their first public statement since the game on July 14, cricket’s global governing body insisted the “right process” was followed by the officials. [...]
Hasal, Saajida emerge champions
The two Under-14 boys and girls singles finals of the 104th Colombo Championship tennis tournament played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo yesterday saw Hasal Ahangama and Saajida Razick come out victorious to emerge champions. The pair came out winners with the identical winning margin of two sets to nil in the three [...]
Ravi Shastri’s future as India head coach almost sealed, other positions open – Reports
A day after being inducted into the three-member ad-hoc committee to pick the next Indian cricket team coach and support staff, Anshuman Gaekwad more or less confirmed Ravi Shastri’s re-appointment for the same. Gaekwad, who himself was India head coach from 1997 to 1999, said Shastri’s position is under no threat purely based on his [...]
Sanjeewa clinches easy win
Sri Lanka Golf Union LECTRA Grand-Prix 2019, July edition hotly contested in the first three rounds entered the final round with expectation of a nail-biting finish but it turned out to be a canter for overnight leader ‘by one’ Sanjeewa whose steady 74 gave him a comfortable five stroke victory from Navinda Ranga, who snatched [...]
FoG, ICBT cruise through to final
Foundation of Goodness and Institute of Business and Technology cruised through to the final of the Red Bull Campus Cricket T20 cricket tournament by recording convincing wins in their semi-final encounters played at the Colts ground yesterday. FOG spearheaded by a match winning opening stand of 85 runs between Chathura Milan (59 off 30 balls [...]
Mixed opinions on Schools Rugby by experts
Persistent issues in the set-up of the Schools Rugby League continue to raise questions on the competence of the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association to handle the sport by themselves. The structure and hierarchy of the Schools Association has come under fire from certain sections, so has the lack of professionalism. The continuing strains [...]
Curtains for Nuwan Kulasekara
Birds of a feather flock together” is the most appropriate phrase one can use to describe the friendship between Lasith Malinga and Nuwan Kulasekara. The duo started their cricketing journey together and now they have decided to hang their boots up from international cricket almost at the same time. This is another story of two [...]
NSSF starts aiming for medals at SAF with advanced programme
The National Shooting Sports Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF) conducted an orientation programme to educate its shooters on upcoming international events and to explain its expectations from the global events. Retired Major General Kenneth Edema, a prominent former national shooter now in-charge of NSSF’s activities as Programme Coordinator, explaining the objective of the orientation programme [...]
Graceful Simona Halep and fearless Novak Djokovic take Wimbledon
Wimbledon Championships, is the All England Tennis title and the most prestigious in Tennis. Winning the Wimbledon title, immortalises the name of the winners. Name, fame, prestige, status and money, Wimbledon has it like no other. It also includes Life Membership at the exclusive All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. It is for life [...]
An epitaph on the tombstone of Dinka Peries
In a country that expresses opinions on almost everything, for visibility rather than sense, one has to learn and live with the words and actions. Lasith Malinga and Nuwan Kulasekera announced they are to retire from Cricket. Coincidentally, there were also reports of Rugby Referee Dinka Peries blowing his last whistle. Some reports connected his [...]
Stay order has national team stuck at home
Sri Lanka’s participation at the World Junior Swimming Championships in Hungary next month now hangs in the balance, in terms of a court order that hindered participation at the ongoing FINA World Championship. The World Junior Swimming Championship will be held in Budapest, Hungary, from August 20 to 25. The High Court of Civil Appeal [...]
England the best; but tie-regulation needs change – Michael Tissera
A former National Captain, one of the most graceful players at the crease, a good tactician, a Manager, Selector and a member of two Interim Committees. Michael Tissera had done it all. A victory over India by a Ceylon Team in an unofficial test in India was one of the high points of his captaincy. [...]
Matale International earn a golden double
The defending champions Matale International School (MIS) performed well to retain the Under-16 and Under-18 Netball titles for the second consecutive year at the Matale Education Zone Inter-School Netball Championships 2019 concluded at Aluvihare MV ground in Matale. In the Under-16 final Dinethi Rajapaksha led the MIS team to outplay Bandarapola MV Matale 12-4 while [...]
St. Peter’s stun fancied St. Joseph Vaz
St. Peter’s College, Negombo stunned fancied St. Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa when they coasted to an easy 8-wicket win in the Under-17 Inter-School Cricket Tournament encounter played at Godigamuwa. St. Peter’s after bowling out the Vazians for a low score of 121 raced to the target in the 31st over. St. Benedict’s recorded a massive [...]
Nadal to represent Sri Lanka in Barcelona
The All-Island Under-12 Football Tournament was worked out recently covering all Provinces in Sri Lanka. Gateway College Colombo faced with one of the toughest draws that included schools such as Zahira, Hammeed Al Husseinie. St. Joseph’s and won the Colombo District Championship in style. Out of almost 13,000 students that took part in the islandwide [...]
St. Peter’s and Newstead emerge overall champions
St. Peter’s College, Colombo and Newstead College, Negombo emerged the overall champions in the Boys and Girls categories respectively at the Western Province Schools Athletic Championship held at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. St. Peter’s deservingly won the Boys Championship with 228 points while their traditional rivals, St. Joseph’s College secured the runners-up position with [...]
Central Province Men’s and Women’s hockey teams emerge champions
Central Province exhibited their prowess with the stick when their Men’s and Women’s hockey teams emerged champions at the 45th National Sports Festival 2019 at the Astro Turf, Colombo 7 last week. Organised by the Ministry of Sports, nine Men’s and seven Women’s teams representing different provinces with over 300 players taking part in the [...]
US Golf Schools now in Sri Lanka
First of its kind under US Golf Schools of USA, is now here in Sri Lanka with an academy located at Shangri-La’s Hambantota Golf Resort and Spa with over 25 locations across North America, Arizona, California, Canada, Carolina, Charleston, Florida, Hilton Head, Indiana, Las Vegas, Maryland, Mississippi, Myrtle Beach, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, [...]