New-look Sri Lanka shock Pakistan
LAHORE AFP Oct 5, 2019: New-look Sri Lanka achieved their biggest T20 win over world number one Pakistan by 64 runs on the back of some brilliant batting and bowling in Lahore on Saturday. Opener Danushka Gunathilaka scored a career best 57 and despite a hat-trick by teenage Pakistan paceman Mohammad Hasnain Sri Lanka posted [...]
Skipper Haque helps Bangladesh ‘A’ make bold reply vs Sri Lanka ‘A’
Bangladesh ‘A’ skipper Monimul Haque led from the front to help his side make a bold reply of 283 for 6 against host Sri Lanka A’s score of 268 on day two of the second unofficial Test match played at the Sooriyawewa Stadium. Haque made a top score of 117 off 190 balls including 15 [...]
Pre-quarter finalists found
Christ Church College Matale and Seethadevi Balika Vidyalaya Kandy advanced to the pre-quarter finals on day one of the Royal Blue and Gold Hockey Sevens tournament worked off yesterday at Royal College grounds after victories with higher margins. Christ Church defeated St. Benedict’s College, Kotahena by 8-0, while Seethadevi outclassed Ananda Balika, Kotte by 6-0 [...]
Royal sink Thora to clinch R.L. Hayman Trophy
A close 7-6 win over their arch-rivals S. Thomas’ in the second leg helped Royal College clinched the 28th R.L. Hayman Challenge Trophy at the Sugathadasa Swimming Complex last evening. Royal won the first leg 14-11 which gave them an overall 21-17 win in the two-leg event. Winning the swim ball Royal started their mission [...]
Malaysia thrash Sri Lanka 6-0
A hat-trick by Syafiq Ahmed spearheaded Malaysia to hand Sri Lanka a 0-6 in a Friendly International Football match played at Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday. Malaysia led the halftime 3-0, as Malaysia opened scoring with a goal from Ahmed in the ninth minute. Shahrul Saad turned in a corner kick [...]
Skipper Haque helps Bangladesh A make bold reply
Bangladesh ‘A’ skipper Monimul Haque led from the front to help his side make a bold reply of 283 for 6 against host Sri Lanka A’s score of 268 on day two of the second unofficial Test match played at the Sooriyawewa Stadium. Haque made a top score of 117 off 190 balls including 15 [...]
S. Thomas’ in crushing innings win over St. John’s
S. Thomas’ recorded a crushing innings and 50-run win over St. John’s Jaffna in the Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Mt. Lavinia yesterday. Thomians who scored 250 for the loss of eight wickets in response to Johnians first innings score of 98, ripped through the Johnians inning once again bowling them out for a [...]
Colombo Central 2, Galle District 2 record wins
Colombo Central 2 and Galle District 2 recorded wins in the Prima Under 15 inter-district cricket tournament matches played at Maggona and Galle yesterday. Colombo Central defeated Colombo North 1 by five wickets while Galle District 2 got the better of Galle District 1 by four wickets. Results At Maggona: Colombo Central 2 beat Colombo [...]
Ashen steers Royal ‘B’ to final
An unbeaten half ton by Ashen Gamage helped Royal B record a comfortable eight wicket win over St. Joseph’s Wattala in the Under 17 Division Two inter-schools cricket tournament semi-final encounter played at Wijerama Mawatha. Ashen’s knock steered his side in pursuit of 139 runs for victory. They reached the target in the 30th over [...]
Jerome to return to coaching?
Jerome Jayaratne, Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) former Head of Coaching may return to full time coaching again. He is being considered by SLC to fill the vacancy left by Asanka Gurusinha as Chief Cricket Operating Officer. Jayaratne was confined to a desk job at the SLC headquarters since 2016 in the capacity of COO, a [...]
Sports has no place for child abuse
On September 20, ten days before International Children’s Day, the Colombo High Court sentenced two former rugby players of a leading school in the capital to ten years rigorous imprisonment for sexually abusing an underaged child of the same school. The victim of the two sportsmen, now serving their terms, was a six-year-old boy then. [...]
Dope accusers question credibility of adverse findings
Sri Lankan athletes facing doping bans question the credibility of adverse findings against them after a New Delhi-based testing laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was suspended. They now want the adverse findings declared null and void. WADA suspended the accreditation of the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) in New Delhi, India, for [...]
Nishan and Arvind become overall winners
Nishan Premathiratne and Arvin Fernando became the overall winners of the much anticipated 20th AmCham-FedEx Express Golf Tournament which took place at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) on September 29. The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Sri Lanka and Mountain Hawk Express (MHE) – Licensee of FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: [...]
Aussies steamroll Lankans
Sri Lanka Women suffered an embarrassing 157-run defeat against hosts Australia in their first One Day International of the ICC Women’s Championship match played at Allan Boarder Field in Brisbane yesterday. The convincing win was Australia’s 16th consecutive victory. Chasing a mammoth 282 to win, Sri Lanka were soon in trouble, losing wickets at regular [...]
NDB Private Wealth Junior Masters Golf
The NDB Private Wealth Junior Masters Golf championships 2019 will tee off on October 25 at the picturesque Royal Colombo Golf Course (RCGC). The event was re-branded as the NDB Private Wealth Junior Masters Golf Championship in 2018 with the successful inclusion of National, Private and International schools with the intention of popularizing golf in [...]
Ladies’ and Visakha meet for 16th time in Water Polo battle
The 16th Water Polo encounter between traditional rivals — Ladies’ College and Visakha Vidyalaya will be held on October 11 at 2.30pm at the Sugathadasa Indoor Swimming Pool Complex in Colombo. The two schools will fight for the honour of taking back to their schools the coveted ‘Edussuriya Challenge Trophy’ and the ‘Gunawardana Challenge Shield’. [...]
I will survive
Colts Cricket Club’s Head Coach Muthumudalige Pushpakumara took a scathing attack on Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), before leaving for Kuwait to take the role of desert country’s Head Coach from October 15. “The SLC wants to recruit their loyalists for the vacancies without considering the experience and qualifications,” a disappointed Pushpakumara said. Pushpakumara, 38, has [...]
Royal Rugby Rally 2019 on November 24
The Rugby Advisory Committee of the Royal College Union (RCU) together with Automobile Association of Ceylon have organised a fun rally to raise funds for the 2020 rugby season of Royal College for the third consecutive year on November 24, a Sunday. “The RCU targets to raise the college’s Rugby Development Fund for upgrading the [...]
Matheesha – the Mini Malinga
An Under-17 round-arm bowler has set tongues wagging by his resemblance to the Sri Lankan maestro Lasith Malinga. He almost set the neighbouring Mahaweli on fire by his exploits in his first-ever Under-19 match for his new school, Trinity College, when he blasted through the St. Servatius batting with a spell of six wickets for [...]
2019 WTA Final in Shenzhen, China
The 4 Grand Slams form the stem of the annual global Tennis. It has been so for the last 100 years, even before the professional era. The last of the 4, the US-Open concluded in early September. The focus now falls on the year ending WTA and ATP finals. This year, WTA has taken their [...]
Sri Lanka Under-19s to compete among top corporate sides
For the first time in its history the Singer-MCA Premier League Cricket Tournament will feature the Sri Lanka Under-19 outfit, who will get to compete alongside top national players enlisted in the regular line up of six top corporate teams. Three years ago, the Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) made a breakthrough when they invited the [...]
Antonians have a challenge on their hands
In terms of the rules governing Under-19 cricket, Royal College Colombo and St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota spent the last couple of years more or less on the scrap heap. At times, it was galling to see ‘A’ Division schools shot out for totals of 8 and 23 while these two schools, who should have been [...]
A mighty oak has fallen
The phantom of death must have loomed like the Sword of Damocles over Michael John de Zoysa (30th September 1945 – 29th September 2019) and struck unerringly three years after his Biblical span of life, casting not only a grief-stricken pall over his vast coterie of friends, confidantes, business associates et al, but also a [...]
Medals galore as spirited lifters flourish on world stage
Power-lifting is a sport where athletes require a lot of mental strength and stamina. In the recent past this wonderful sport has given the Sri Lankan public a reason to be proud of their country. The journey started from Mongolia in December 2018 and after that they were able to carry their momentum in to [...]
Mighty Mini Club celebrate International Mini Moke Day
The Mighty Mini Club of Sri Lanka celebrated International Mini Moke Day on September 29 with a Colombo Drive and display of Mokes and Minis on the day. There were a very colourful array of Mokes and Minis numbering 38 in total which gathered at around 2.00pm at the car park of the Rawathawatta (Moratuwa) [...]
Rohana to lead MCA
Rohana Dissanayake from David Pieris Motor Co. was unanimously elected as the 41st President of the Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) at its 102nd Annual General Meeting held on September 26 at the MCA fine diner ‘The Pitch’. Sirosha Gunatillake from Trendex Lanka is the new General Secretary. The three new faces in the committee are [...]
Sudaraka, reaching greater heights in Rugby
In the 1990s, Sri Rahula had a champion girls hockey team. But hockey has suffered a decline at the school, and now Cricket and Rugger are the sports that the school does fairly well at. Sudaraka Dikkumbura, a 24-year-old product of Sri Rahula, became the first player from the school to win the Sri Lanka [...]
Yasa Karunaratne-Velupillai Balakumar emerge winners
The Nugegoda Bridge Club Open Pairs Biannual Tournament was held at the AC Pavilion of the Singhalese Sports Club, last Sunday, commencing at 9.30 am. There were 32 Pairs participating with players representing the Kandy Public Services, Gampaha and the Colombo Bridge Clubs. The Tournament Director was Rex Perera. The Winners were Yasa Karunaratne and [...]
KTM’s Jacques Gunawardena poised to grab Motocross National Championship title today
Jacques Gunawardena, brand ambassador for KTM- Sri Lanka, is leading the ‘Motocross Championship 2019’ and poised to be crowned national champ following the final race at Gunners Super Cross in Minneriya today. This year, has seen a dominant display from the young Jacques and KTM, having been in the frontline of championship racing with almost [...]
Hilton Grand Prix, a success
Colombo Hilton continues its long and loyal tradition of sponsoring the “Hilton Grand Prix” for the Lady golfers of the Royal Colombo Golf Club. This multi round tournament firmly remains a favourite amongst the golfing ladies. The top three contenders as of the 11th round are Ruvani Desinghe in first place, with Kumari Herath and [...]
Crysbro continues community empowerment through search for Next Champ
The third edition of the Crysbro Next Champ initiative – which seeks to recognise and reward young sporting talent from all corners of the country – is currently in full swing. Leading Sri Lankan poultry producer Crysbro, is ploughing ahead with its strategy to prominently serve as an agent for change and empowerment across the [...]
Musaeus emerge Tennis champs
The Sri Lanka School Kids Play Day 2019 for schoolchildren from the Colombo region was held at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) courts in Greenpath. Events were held in three different categories, namely Red Ball, Orange Ball and Green Ball, in which Musaeus College players shone above the rest. Musaeus tennis players played well [...]
Inter-Sussex Swimming Championships held on grand scale
The 13th annual Inter-Sussex Swimming Championships was held in a grand scale at the Sunil Jayatissa Sports Complex at Sussex College in Negombo yesterday. The five-lane swimming pool was in full of action with nearly 200 swimmers from 20 schools in the island-wide network competing for supremacy. The event started at 7.30am with the registrations [...]
18-year-old scorches Airtel Sri Lanka’s Fastest with a 141 km/h lightning bolt
Sri Lanka’s pool of prime fast bowling talent is set to receive a fresh burst of energy as Airtel Sri Lanka’s Fastest, in partnership with Derana – reached an exhilarating finale with the crowning of its three winners. Emerging as the overall winner of the very first Airtel Sri Lanka’s Fastest contest was Eshan Malinga, [...]
Imperial College of Business Studies win title
An announcement by the CIMA student society of their annual sports event, the CIMA Sports Day for 2019 was greeted by mixed emotions at Imperial College of Business Studies (ICBS). ICBS had not competed in any serious manner at CIMA’s sports events for over five years, definitely not since ICBS had switched its focus to [...]
Bishop’s regain ‘Ladies-Bishops’ Shield
Bishop’s College regained the ‘Ladies-Bishops’ Shield’ defeating Ladies’ College 2-0 in their annual 15th hockey encounter played at the Astro Turf in Torrington Square last week. A determined set of stickers from Bishop’s College stepped on to the astro turf with the intention of regaining the shield which they lost last year. The wet turf [...]