Malinga-Mercurial Maker of records
Malinga’s brilliance as a bowler (at his peak, especially) is undoubted. No Sri Lankan pacie has induced such awe, commanded so much respect and set so many tongues wagging as this curly haired Yorker specialist. He is not the common or garden speedster who delivers from the classic 120′ clock position. His arm is much [...]
Fails to COPE
The incompetence and ineptitude of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officials was laid bare before the Parliamentary watchdog Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) this week when they contradicted each other on questions over various financial irregularities and procedural flaws in governance of the million-dollar sports body. Led by Parliamentarian Sunil Handunnetti, COPE cross-examined the officials for [...]
SLC-Hathurusingha standoff continues
A month after Chandika Hathurusingha was asked to relinquish his duties with the national team, his employer Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is trapped between a rock and a hard place, continuing to look for an exit from its standoff with the Head Coach. An ironclad contract that SLC signed with him in 2018 stands firmly [...]
Keep Cricket clean
Sri Lanka cricket legend Kumar Sangakkara was critical in underlining the responsibility of domestic cricket clubs’ to keep the sport clean from corruption, as the country’s reputation hangs in the balance with the blend of occurrences in the recent past. Former Sri Lanka skipper Sangakkara, was felicitated by his domestic side, the Nondescript Cricket Club [...]
Ramudi’s double records boost Visakha on course to major upset
Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo created a major upset in the ongoing Schools Swimming Championships, leading the table with 348 points and toppling the reigning champions Mahamaya College Kandy on the third day at the Sugathadasa Stadium Swimming Complex yesterday. Mahamaya College, who have won the championships continuously for 20 years accumulated only 294 points to finish [...]
Sri Lanka’s junior stickers eye top position in Singapore tournament
Sri Lanka’s junior stickers are geared to aim for a top three position at the inaugural Air Asia Women’s Junior AHF (Asian Hockey Federation) Tournament which begins tomorrow (September 9) at the Sengkang Hockey Stadium, Singapore. Six countries will be participating in this tournament which will continue until September 15. Conducted on a league basis, [...]
Upul Gamage to lead Nalanda Past Cricketers
Upul Gamage, former captain and a leading administrator in the Hotel trade was re-elected as President of the Nalanda College Past Cricketers Association. Office bearers for the year 2019-20 were elected uncontested at the 16th Annual General Meeting held last Thursday at the Mercantile Cricket Association’s “The Pitch Restaurant’, Colombo 7. Following Office Bearers were [...]
Northern Star checkmates for Silver
The sole competitor from the Jaffna peninsula, a lad with an engaging smile and a pleasant disposition was found to be the easiest to make friends with, at the Junior Chess Nationals conducted last weekend at the Sanhida Reception Hall, Delkanda, Nugegoda. Sivananthan Sivathanujan of Kokuvil Hindu College, with 1,669 rating points, won Silver and [...]
Pick of the wicket takers
The responsibility of a bowler towards the success of a cricket team is not second to any other member of the team. The good work of the batsmen go with the wind, if the bowlers fail to defend the total they put up. It’s the bowlers who put the side into winning strides by keeping [...]
Over 17,000 athletes to showcase talent
All arrangements have been made to conduct the 89th edition of the John Tarbat Senior Athletic Meet, the country’s history-making platform for the budding athletes. The Sri Lanka’s premier championship in the athletic calendar, will be powered by Ritzbury, Sri Lanka’s market leader in chocolate brand of Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL) for the ninth consecutive [...]
We need to become a strong outfit: Packeer Ali
Sri Lanka football national coach Nizam Packeer Ali told the reporters that the physique of his players and the fitness level is below par compared to the players of Turkmenistan, who inflicted Sri Lanka a 2-0 defeat at the 2022 FIFA and 2023 AFC Asia Cup Qualifier match played at the Racecourse ground in Colombo [...]
Tuskers to go with four changes
It could be said that despite finishing fifth in the First Leg of the Asian Rugby Sevens Rugby Series, the Sri Lankan team was unable to perform up to expectations. Winning the Plate Championships after beating the Philippines 21-14 was merely a sop. The first leg at Incheon in South Korea is behind as now [...]
A close encounter of Different Strokes
A keen tussle is on among three Junior National cricketers for the Best Batsman’s award, in the Premier Schools segment, with two of them passing the 1,000 runs mark. Sri Lanka Under-19 skipper Nipun Dananjaya Perera of St. Joseph’s Vaz College, Wennappuwa, who was on National duty, missed a major part of the schools season. [...]
Great fetes and fatigue
Preliminary rounds provided many hours of good Tennis in the 139th US-Open of 2019. The events reached the quarter finals stages on the Wednesday of its second week. The Hard courts are favourite surface of many professionals. For the US-Open as an event, presenting good Tennis and keep it appealing to the US citizens and [...]
Maurice Anghie – Brilliant and Adventurous, on and off the Field!
The sad news of our very dear dear friend and team-mate Maurice Anghie’ s recent demise came as a shock to all of us who knew him. No sooner than the news reached us, some of us, who enjoyed his excellent company on and off the field, foregathered at Ken Balendra’s residence to reminisce over [...]
Chrisslogix grants Singles Scull boat as St. Peter’s re-launch rowing
With the intention of reviving rowing in its institution St. Peter’s College Colombo launched their rowing squad at the Diyawanna Rowing Centre in Rajagiriya, initiating with four boats into the fleet. St. Peter’s, believed to be the first school to take up rowing, did not focus on the water sport for many years, or perhaps [...]
Unbeaten Trinity Cubs emerge champions
Trinity College overcame Isipathana College 10-5 to clinch the Milo Inter-School Under-14 10-a-side Rugby Tournament held at the Royal College Sports Complex. Trinity scored from two unconverted tries against a solitary unconverted try scored by Isipathana. Trinity thrashed Zahira College 31-0 in the Cup semi-final after scoring five tries and three conversions, while Isipathana defeated [...]
ICBT Campus win two important titles
ICBT Campus became the champions of the most important Inter-Campus sporting tournaments held in Sri Lanka. ICBT Campus emerged champions at the Inter-Campus Rugby 7s Tournament, recently, after clinching the Red Bull Campus Cricket Tournament. The ICBT Campus Cricket team won the Red Bull Campus Cricket Tournament 2019, thus qualifying for the Red Bull Campus Cricket [...]
Kandy secure overall title
Sussex College Kandy easily secured the Inter-Sussex Badminton Championship 2019, concluded successfully at the S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia, Indoor Badminton Stadium last weekend. Sussex Kandy romped home to claim the Overall Championship by claiming 316 points after 11 events out of a whole of 20, while emerging runners-up in 10. Out of the entire [...]
Holy Cross Gampaha shuttlers show their prowess
Having won six championships out of nine events and 1st runner-up in five events out of nine, Holy Cross College, Gampaha shuttlers showed their prowess at the Junior National Badminton Championship 2019 (Gampaha Zone). Organised by the Sri Lanka Badminton Association, the Gampaha Zonal Tournament came to a close at the Sumedha College Indoor Stadium, [...]
Dasuni and Minul dominate
As expected junior national players Woman Fide Master Dasuni Hansika Mendis of Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo and Fide Master Minul Sanjula Doluwewa of Royal College, Colombo won the championship awards in the Women’s and Men’s categories at the National Junior Chess Championship worked off at the Ransinda Recreation Hall, Delkanda Junction, Nugegoda. In a well participated [...]