‘Occy’ hit by Arugam Bay waves
All eyes were on the water for Heat 16 of Round 3 of the So Sri Lanka Pro World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) 3000 event, as the 1999 World Surfing Championship winner and sporting icon Mark ‘Occy’ Occhilupo paddled out at Arugam Bay for his first heat of the event, yesterday. It was [...]
Second Pakistan-Sri Lanka ODI rescheduled for Monday due to rain
The second ODI of the three-match series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which was originally scheduled for Sunday, will now be played on September 30 at the National Stadium in Karachi. The decision was taken mutually by both the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) in order to ensure the ground [...]
Savaged by the Doha heat, Wijayaratne aims at a triple in Nepal
Sri Lanka’s only representation at the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) Championships, Hiruni Wijayaratne, could not finish the Women’s Marathon worked off at mid-night on Friday in Doha, Qatar. She was one of the 28 runners who fell by the wayside, among a total of 68 runners, as the scorching conditions took their toll, [...]
SL Army rewards Asian bronze medalist Vidusha Lakshani
Asian Athletics Championships Bronze medalist Vidusha Lakshani was honored by the Sri Lanka Army at a ceremony held coinciding with the Inter-Regiment annual championships for Netball and Volleyball held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium last Wednesday. Lakshani, who won a stunning Bronze medal at the 23rd edition of the Asian Championships held at the Khalifa [...]
Tuskers enhance prospects of top four spots in Asia
Brilliant tackling and good support play enabled the Sri Lankan Tuskers to repeat their 2nd leg win over Korea when the final leg of the Asian Rugby Sevens Series was continued at the Race Course grounds yesterday. Kevin Dixon stole the show with two fantastic tries that put the Tuskers in the lead. After that [...]
Royal tame S. Thomas’ in Water Polo first leg
In a thrilling game, Royal College squeezed to a three goal lead to win 14-11 over arch rivals S. Thomas’ College in the first leg of the 8th Dr. R.L. Hayman Trophy Water Polo encounter at the Sugathadasa Swimming Complex yesterday. S. Thomas’s opened the game with a bang in the third and fifth seconds [...]
The Friends become first local cycling club to be sponsored
The Friends Cycling Club became the first, and only, one of a kind in local cycling to receive a sponsorship from a reputed corporate giant, when they received the backing from Ceylon Agro Industries Limited or Prima Group. The brand Prima Stella Yoghurt will be incorporated with The Friends Cycling Club in their future endeavours, [...]
Veteran Sinhala Cricket journalist Sarath Jayasinghe invites contributions to his latest book
Veteran cricket journalist (Sinhala) Sarath Jayasinghe invites cricket loving readers to contribute to his forthcoming issue of ‘Sri Lankaave Jagath Ekdina Cricket Puraanaya’ [One Day International (ODI) Cricket History of Sri Lanka]. The contributions should be factual accounts of rare incidents, special achievements of players, interesting stories, on and off the field, valuable pictures of [...]
Enter Major Chandimal
It is inconceivable that a batsman who has a First Class average of 45.80 and a Test average of 41.46 continues on the scrap-heap when some players whose averages don’t resemble his have been given the nod. The batsman in question is Dinesh Chandimal, a vital cog in the NCC wheel. Chandimal will long be [...]
Optimistic 10-Member School Team to represent Sri Lanka
A team of 10 young Sri Lankan sailors left this weekend to Mussanah, Oman for the International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA) Asia and Oceania Championship, to be held from September 30 to October 7. The team comprises seven boys- four from S. Thomas’s College (STC), Mt. Lavinia, and three from Royal College (RC), Colombo 7, [...]
Cricket and climate change should not be left to the mercy of Duckworth/Lewis
The much touted World Cup 2019 did not live up to the expectations of many followers of the game. Although the final was exciting (despite the confusion over the application of rules at its climax) several matches, especially in the League stage, had disappointing endings, mainly due to rain interruptions. Many games were not only [...]
Lankan women qualify for 2020 World Table Tennis Championship
Sri Lanka women qualified for the 2020 World Table Tennis (TT) Championship to be held in March in Busan, Korea. The women paddlers were ranked 15 out of 24 countries at recent the Asian TT Championship in Yogyakartha, Indonesia. Sri Lanka men’s team was ranked 23 from 33 countries, at the same tournament. Playing for [...]
It is a privilege to play for Sri Lanka but you have to earn it: Sangakkara
At the recently concluded function for the Schoolboy Cricketer 2019 by Dialog4G and the Sunday Times, Kumar Sangakkara, delivering the keynote address, as the chief guest, gave some very inspiring advice for budding cricketers. The eloquent Sangakkara’s advice should be taken to heart by youngsters, as he too, started as a not too brilliant schoolboy [...]
Dream cricket season for Thomians
S. Thomas College, Mt. Lavinia is known to have a proud cricketing history and they share one of the oldest rivalries in the history of school cricket in the world. Recently they won the best school cricket team in the country for the second consecutive time at the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer Awards [...]
RCHC hosts 17th Prestigious Blue and Gold Hockey 7s on Oct 5-6
The 17th edition of the Blue and Gold Hockey Sevens organised by Royal College, Colombo in collaboration with the Royal College Hockey Club (RCHC) will take place on October 5 and 6 from 8.00am onwards at the Royal College main grounds at Reid Avenue. This fascinating All-Island Hockey Tournament is a much-anticipated hockey extravaganza featuring [...]
Scintillating Sanga scores sixes
The news that soon Kumar Sangakkara will occupy the hot seat as the President of the Marylebone Cricket Club for the year 2019 to 2020 is indeed gladdening news for the cricket loving public of our Paradise Isle. That a two hundred and thirty two year-old club thought it fit to nominate a non-Britisher for [...]
Military athletes steal the show
Sri Lanka armed forces — Army, Navy and Air Force dominated while a sole schoolgirl from the hosts Piliyandala Central made a historic mark at Sri Lanka’s first-ever Biathle Triathle National Tour (BTNT) held at the country’s inaugural national school, Piliyandala Central College. The event was inaugurated by the Modern Penthathlon Federation of Sri Lanka [...]
Ushan and Rumesha are top guns at Sevanagala
Driver Ushan Perera and rider Rumesha Bultjens stood above the rest among over 150 participants at the 9th Walawe Supercross 2019 held at the Craftsman Autodrome in Sevanagala last Sunday. Perera snatched the award for the Best Driver, after an electric turn of events, while Bultjens was crowned the Best Rider in the annual motorsport [...]
Lankan shuttlers gear up for BWF World Junior Championships
The members of the Sri Lankan team which will compete at the 21st BWF World Junior Championships in Kazan, Russia, pose for a photograph with National coach Tony Wahyudi and coach on tour, former national champion Thilini Jayasinghe. An eight-member team of top Sri Lankan shuttlers are gearing up for the 21st BWF World Junior [...]
Royal College clinches gold
The Royal College team, led by Ashan Athapathu and deputised by Methmal Wood, emerged victorious at the finals after an arduous battle against the D.S. Senanayake College team at the Inter-School Squash Championship 2019. Royal secured a record victory in the team championship with a complete whitewash of their competition, winning the team ‘A’ event [...]
Al-Awwal School annual Sports Day 2019
The annual Sports Day of Al-Awwal School was held, with Mrs. Chandhani Jayawardhana, the national swimming instructress of Swimming Coaches Association of Sri Lanka, gracing the occasion as the chief guest. Parents and well-wishers together with the school staff were present at the event, where the students of Al-Awwal School displayed their capabilities in extra-curricular [...]
Young paddlers impress while top guns win titles
Supuna Warusawithana of University of Moratuwa and Ishara Madurangi of Sri Lanka Ports Authority won the Open Men’s and Women’s Table Tennis Championships respectively at the GSM All Island Open Ranking Men/Women and Intermediate Novices Table Tennis Championship 2019 played at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium tables. The tournament was worked off for three [...]
CCC School of Cricket hosts two teams at Sooriyawewa
CCC School of Cricket, Colombo entertained Great Cricket Academy, Monaragala and Lanka Cricket Academy, Ampara, for two matches each, at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium in Sooriyawewa. CCC’s Under-13 ‘Maroons’ and ‘Silver’ teams played two matches each against the teams from Monaragala and Ampara, providing the youngsters an opportunity and exposure to participate in the [...]
Marisha, Achintha, Senuk, Malith and Aaquib adjudged Players of the Tournament
Marisha Ekanayake (9), Achintha Danitha (11), Senuk Bindusara (13), Malith Lakshan (15) and Aaquib Jaleel (17) were adjudged as the player of the tournament in their respective age groups at the 13th annual mini cricket carnival of Windies Cricket Academy in Matale which was worked off at St. Thomas’ College ground Matale on September 13, [...]
Royal comprehensively beat Gateway to emerge victorious
The ‘Alles-Gunasekera’ Challenge Trophy found a new shelter at Reid Avenue when Royal College defeated Gateway College at the 3rd annual Under-19 Basketball encounter for the Alles-Gunasekera Trophy at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium last Sunday. The final score stood at 59-47 at the long whistle. Royal dominated the game right from the start as they [...]
St. Sylvester’s win
St. Sylvester’s and Trinity College were in front of the All-Island Youth Boxing Championship 2019 as they fought out for Gen. Jagath Jayasuriya Shield in Nawalapitiya. Trinity College ended as runners-up in this event. St. Sylvester’s accounted for three gold medals and a bronze medal. Thenabadu, Kapukotuwa and Deneth while Kapukotuwa won the Bronze. Trinity [...]