Chelsea freed from doping ban
Teenage sprinter Chelsea Melani Bendarage who tested positive for a banned stimulant in February this year has been exonerated from all charges on a technicality but a reprimand has been recommended. Chelsea, who tested positive for the stimulants Oxandrolone and Epioxandrolone (metabolite of Xandrolone) at the National Sports Festival last year, was cleared after a [...]
More troubles for Sri Lanka cricket
Sri Lankan cricket is in a full blown crisis. Just weeks after Sri Lanka acquired a false sense of satisfaction after beating and equally vulnerable Pakistan outfit in a three-match T20 series, there was belief back at home that our cricket is finally back on track. Experts were quick to credit the ‘bold’ decisions taken [...]
Akalanka sets new SL record, targets five SAG golds
Akalanka Peiris, who set a new Sri Lanka record in 50-metre backstroke in the current National Championships, targets five gold medals at the forthcoming South Asian Games to be held in December 1 to 10 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Peiris, who also won the 100m gold medal yesterday at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium Pool, finished the [...]
Tharushi dazzles to another record
Tharushi Karunaratne of Walala A Ratnayake Central continued her excellent form for the third day running, establishing a new meet record in the girls’ U-16 800m dash to light up the All Island School Games Athletics Championships being conducted at the Sugathadasa Stadium on Saturday. Karunaratne who established a new record in the girls’ 400 [...]
The curious case of Mellony Wijesinghe
A few days after returning from the Asian Youth Netball Championship in Japan, Mellony Wijesinghe complained of a shoulder pain. Her family thought it may have been from the heavy workload she carried at the meet. The pain was in the right shoulder, her throwing hand. So they decided to consult Dr. Eliyantha White, a [...]
Hayleys thrash Under-19s by 8 wickets
Hayleys did short work against the SLC Under-19 team to emerge winners by 8 wickets in the 27th Singer-MCA Premier League 50-over Cricket Tournament match played at the Colts grounds yesterday. Heyleys left-arm spin combination of Chaturanga de Silva and Prabath Jayasuriya rattled the Under-19 batting line to end up with figures of 4 for [...]
Ananda prevail over St. Joseph Vaz
Ananda Colllege despite dominating proceedings against St. Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa had to be satisfied with a first innings win in the Under-19 Inter-School Cricket encounter concluded at Ananda Mawatha yesterday. The second day’s play saw St. Joseph Vaz, in reply to the home team’s score of 281, being bowled out for 167.They resumed the [...]
Lahiru, Anjana, Malith guide CP to massive win
Half tons by Lahiru Abeysinghe, Anjana Bandara and Malith Kulatunga helped Central Province to record a massive 239 runs win over Uva Province in the Under 15 Prima Champions Cup inter-provincial cricket encounter played at Gampola yesterday. Western Province North coasted to their fourth win of the tournament with a comfortable eight-wicket win against Northern [...]
Sri Lanka wushuites get Iranian coach for SAG
Wushu Federation of Sri Lanka has hired Iranian coach Abbas Sheibak to train Sri Lankan athletes who will represent the country at the forthcoming 13th South Asian Games (SAG) to be held from December 1 to 10 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Coach Sheibak, will arrive in the island on November 9 and he will conduct a [...]
Ananda, HFC, Maliyadeva boys’ and girls’ emerge champs
Ananda College, Holy Family Convent Bambalapitiya and Maliyadeva Boys’ and Girls’ School Kurunegala teams emerged champions at the Ritzbury All Island inter-schools kids play tennis tournament played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo yesterday. Ananda overcame St. Peter’s Negombo 3/2 in Orange B division while Holy Family Convent got the better of Maliyadeva [...]
Trinity host S. Thomas’ in annual hockey today
Trinity College, Kandy will host S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia in their annual hockey encounter which will take place at the Asgiriya Stadium today. The matches will commence at 1.30pm. The Under-19 encounter will be battled out by both teams for Warden Neville de Alwis Trophy, which was inaugurated in 2003. The Thomians are leading [...]
Navy SC down BRC by five wickets
Navy SC overcame BRC by five wickets in a low scoring match of the Emerging Trophy inter-club cricket tournament encounter at the Navy ground in Welisara yesterday. Navy SC chasing 55 runs underwent some anxious moments before reaching the target for the loss of five wickets. BRC 102 (Kalana Madusanka 42, Nimantha Gunasiri 23: Kavika [...]
Under-23s in top 8 of Shenzhen WTA final
The oldest player in Shenzhen, China, to play the WTA final last week was Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic. At 29, she is just a year older than Simona Halep, the Romanian. Of the 8 who qualified to play the WTA final, Under-23’s dominated. After good many years, 38-year-old Serena Williams was not in [...]
Sylvester’s stamp their class in Boxing
St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy better known for their work in the Boxing ring, continued their good form by winning the annual 102nd Stubb Shield Championship 2019, worked off at the Jayathilaka Stadium in Nawalapitiya. Sylvester’s won all 4 finals and their good work was a continuity in tandem for the last 15 years. Royal took [...]
KORNERKICK makes one last lament for Football!
On the 17 September, Rukmal Perera, one of the cornerstones of Sri Lanka Football was laid to rest. He had gallantly fought till the bitter end to recover from a debilitating illness but the battle had taken its toll and the once lovable and domineering figure had played his last game. In more ways than [...]
Defending Champs Sri Lanka out to reign supreme in Asia
It’s been an incredible season for the Sri Lanka Emerging Cricket team. There journey started with a challenging tour of South Africa. They won 5 out of 7 matches and won the overall Championship. After that they were able to beat Bangladesh on their home soil. Now they will battle for the ultimate prize in [...]
Unsung hero behind the Springboks
Among those participating at a third World Cup in Japan is a woman who never dared dream that she might one day have a chance of lifting the Webb Ellis Cup. But the Springboks leaned heavily on diminutive Rene Naylor last weekend to ensure they were in the best possible shape to take on Wales [...]
Lankan paddlers’ talent impresses Belarusian coach Yefremov
The Sri Lanka (SL) Table Tennis (TT) team has come under the wings of renowned Belarus coach Aleksey Yefremov, to prepare for the forthcoming South Asian Games to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal, in December. As an important step by the SLTT Interim Committee, this highly respected coach’s enrollment was facilitated by the Asian TT [...]
Achini Ratnasiri wins a Double Crown
Achini Ratnasiri won a Double Crown at the Sri Lanka Open Badminton Championship 2019, organised by the Nationalised Badminton Association, which concluded at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium courts recently. Over 1,200 Men, Women and Schoolchildren participated in the championship, which had over Rs. 500,000 disbursed among the winners. Achini won the Open Women’s Singles event [...]
McLarens Holdings dominate
Youth Olympic medalist Sachin Dias and former national champion Achini Rathnasiri won the Men’s and Women’s ‘A’ Division Best Player awards respectively as their team, McLarens Holdings, bagged major honours at the 36th Mercantile Badminton Association (MBA) Inter-Firm Team Badminton Championships 2019. Teams representing McLarens Holdings won the overall championships in a whopping 8 categories [...]
Mercantile Esports next weekend
The 4th annual Mercantile Esports Championship organised by Gamer.LK, will be held on November 9 and 10, with over 100 Mercantile firms competing to qualify for the grand finals on December 1. This year’s championship will feature 12 gaming titles that companies can compete in – Call of Duty 4, DOTA 2, Counter-Strike: GO, League [...]
India’s ace rider Harith Noah to make Dakar Rally debut with TVS
Indian rider Harith Noah, a familiar name among the local motorsports fraternity, is set to make his debut at the Dakar Rally 2020, as his name was announced in a squad of four riders. Noah will be the only Indian rider representing Sherco TVS Rally Factory Team, while the remaining riders are from France and [...]
End of an Era
High jumper Manjula Kumara Wijesekera has done for athletics what Kumar Sangakkara has done for cricket. He has performed consistently for 18 long years, conquering many frontiers Sri Lanka struggled with in the past. But there have been no guards of honour, no fireworks, no fanfare or no VIP. Only a handful of athletes and [...]
When the game of cricket could be what it should
In 1977, when the Centenary Test match was played between Australia and England in Melbourne, to commemorate the first-ever Test match at the same venue, the result was a win for the former by 45 runs. Nothing bizarre or abnormal for a game to end in this manner. One may say. The point, however, which [...]
A tribute on the eve of his retirement from international competition
Manjula competed internationally until he was 34 years old, a great achievement and an example to our athletes. I stopped competing in Sri Lanka in 1962 when I was 28 because the Sri Lanka athletics hierarchy and the general population assumed that I was over the hill. It was general thinking in those days that [...]
Davisamara MV and Rathnapala MV emerge winners
Davisamara Maha Vidyalaya, Seeduwa and Rathnapala Maha Vidyalaya, Mahauswewa emerged winners of the annual DSI Supersport Schools Volleyball Championships 2019, which ended in Youth Centre, Maharagama last week with DSI sponsoring event for the consecutive 19th year. Davisamara MV, Seeduwa clinched the boys championships routing the Dhammissara National School, Nattandiya by straight sets 25-18, 25-18, [...]
Janith, Naduni and Nilshi the best paddlers
Janith Batugedara of Royal College along with P.A. Naduni Anupriya of Viharamaha Devi Balika, Kiribathgoda and Nilshi Sanjana de Silva of Sri Devananda College, Ambalangoda were adjudged the Best Players in the Boys and Girls categories at the All-Island Novices Boys and Girls Age Group Table Tennis Championship 2019 concluded recently at the S. Thomas’ [...]
Dewni stars with bat and ball for Dharmapala
Dewni Nihara scored 38 runs and captured five wickets including a hat trick to help Dharmapala College Pannipitiya crush Princess of Wales College Moratuwa by 99 runs in the Schools Under-19 Girls Cricket Tournament match played at Pannipitiya. Electing to bat first Dharmapala scored 149/9 in a match reduced to 23 overs per team due [...]
Gateway paddlers pocket Under-14 silver medal
The Gateway College, Rajagiriya Under-14 Boy’s team won the silver medal at the All-Island Inter-International Schools Table Tennis Tournament held at the Indoor Stadium of Gateway Rajagiriya. The team was captained by Rahul Perera and included Viven Usgodaarachchi, Raneth Mendis and Binuka Wijesuriya. The team was guided by Head Coach Chandana Perera and his assistant [...]
Great show by Lyceum Gampah
Lyceum International School, Gampaha came out with flying colours at the International Schools Team Table Tennis Championship held recently. The youngsters of the Gampaha School won the Under-12, Under-14 and Under-16 championships. This is the first time that an international school clinched three Table Tennis championships. The Under-12 and Under-14 matches were played at Gateway [...]
Mahamaya slicers rule Junior Nationals
Mahamaya Balika Vidyalaya, Nugegoda flew high at the Junior Carrom National Championship when they grabbed all the championship awards in the Girls category. They emerged champions in the Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 both singles and doubles events. Participated by over 650 players island-wide the championship commenced on September 28 and concluded on October 20 with [...]
ZOBRA Tag Rugby Carnival today
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Zahira Old Boys’ Rugby Association (ZOBRA) will stage a gala Tag Rugby Carnival today at Zahira College grounds in Maradana from 8.30am. The event featuring 25 teams from four different categories from junior and above, will be held throughout the day. The objective is to bring all rugby lovers together [...]
Sussex Kandy emerge big match winners
The inaugural Cricket Big Match of the Sussex College Network was played at Police Park in Kandy between Sussex Kandy and Sussex Galle. Winning the toss, Sussex Kandy elected to bat. Sussex Kandy beat Sussex Galle by 77 runs and won the K.A Sunil Jayatissa Challenge Trophy. Pulasthi Dissanayake of Sussex Kandy was adjudged the [...]
SLC donates bowling machines to 16 schools
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) provided ‘Bowling Machines’ to 16 Schools, which performed well in the Under-19 Schools Cricket Division 1 Tournament during the year 2018/19 season. Accordingly, St. Joseph’s College – Colombo, S. Thomas’ College – Mount Lavinia, St. Sebastian’s College – Moratuwa, Nalanda College – Colombo, Prince of Wales – Moratuwa, Trinity College – [...]
Sri Lankan team win inaugural South Asian Under-16 Netball Championship
Adding a new chapter to Sri Lanka’s netball history Sri Lankan Girls’ Under-16 team won the inaugural South Asian Under-16 Netball Championship defeating India 42-28 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Sri Lanka emerged champions on an unbeaten note to prove that the island nation is the power house of South Asian region netball. Participated by five South Asian [...]