Criminalising corruption in sports is a big step forward – SSG Sumathi Dharmawardena
A new law that criminalises offences related to sports has introduced measures to prevent persons in the betting and gaming industry from obtaining or using insider information. The Prevention of Offences relating to Sports Act was passed on Monday. It also blocks the betting and gaming industry from manipulating the outcome of a sport or [...]
Sri Lanka EXI collapse to heavy defeat
Sri Lanka Emerging XI suffered their second defeat in the ACC Asia Emerging Cup when Pakistan Emerging XI beat Sri Lanka handsomely by 90 runs yesterday. The architect of their win was right arm pacie Mohammad Hasnan who ended with impressive figures of 6 for 19 and was supported by Umer Khan and Khushdil Shah [...]
Mickey Arthur joins SLC after Ramprakash, Farbrace snub
Sri Lanka Cricket’s ‘hire and fire’ policy of coaching staff seems to have taught them a bitter lesson. After two frontline candidates for head coach–to replace Chandika Hathurusingha–asked for more time to decide, the Board had no option but to hire Mickey Arthur for the national team. SLC confirmed that they have sealed the deal [...]
Five Sri Lankan surfers for Asia Surfing Championship
A team of five surfers will represent Sri Lanka at the Asia Surfing Championships 2019, which will begin today in Shantou, China. The competition will continue until next Sunday with 10 different events scheduled to take place, out of which the Sri Lanka surfers will pin their hopes of securing a berth at the Asian [...]
Women’s Super Provincial from November 24
Four teams will be in action in the Women’s Super Provincial cricket tournament scheduled to be played from November 24 at the SSC grounds. The four teams in the fray are Team Galle– the defending champions, Team Colombo, Team Dambulla and Team Kandy. The captains who will spearhead the teams are Nilakshi de Silva (Galle), [...]
Homagama Central prevail
Homagama Central prevailed with a first innings win over CWW Kannangara MMV Colombo in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Mattegoda yesterday. The second day’s play saw CWW Kannangara MMV in reply to Homagama Central’s score of 131 resuming from their overnight score of 49 for 5 being bundled out for 59. Homagama [...]
SAG will be acid test for a new country order in Sports!
Even as this first feature of this new Sports column, Anything but Sports goes to Press, we would be on the verge of a new Presidency, with or without the ambiguity that beset the previous government. It will thus be an opportunity for the affable Minister of Sports (MOS) to demonstrate that he brooks no-nonsense [...]
Team of 16 shuttlers for 2019 South Asian Games
A team of 16 shuttlers — eight men and eight women, will represent Sri Lanka at the forthcoming 2019 South Asian Games (SAG), to be held in Nepal from December 1-10. They will be led by National champion Dinuka Karunaratne (Men) and Thilini Hendahewa (Women). The team will miss the services of Niluka Karunaratne, elder [...]
Sri Lanka golf has strong hand at SAG
Sri Lanka Golf team is targeting a rich haul of Medals in both Men and Women Golf at next month’s South Asian Games in Nepal. The XIII South Asian Games (SAG) postponed from March to December 1 to 10, will be held in Nepal, in the host city of Kathmandu, Pokhara. Individual and Team Medals [...]
Athletic coach par excellence who attained Olympic heights
The funeral of renowned athletic coach and a former Director of Sports Science Institute of the Ministry of Sports Yogananda Wijesundara will take place this evening Arambegama Cemetery in Pilimathalawa at 5 p.m. today. Wijesundara passed away on Thursday after a brief illness. He was 75 at the time of his death. An outstanding athletic [...]
Lyceum swimmers rule the pool
Lyceum International School, Panadura claimed a heap of medals at the International Schools Swimming Championship 2019, which was held at the Sugathadasa Swimming Complex last weekend. While their counterparts from Panadura won most number of medals claiming 16, Lyceum International School, Wattala won the overall championship. Panadura Lyceum won 16 medals in nine categories. A [...]
Semi-finals this week
John Keells and MAS Unichela will be looking for sweet revenge over LB Finance and Sampath Bank respectively, when they meet each other in the Semifinals of the 27th Singer-MCA Premier League Limited Overs Knockout Tournament. In their League clash, LB Finance demolished John Keells by 10 wickets on October 17, at the BRC Grounds, [...]
Air Force ‘Whites’ lift title
Sri Lanka Air Force SC (Whites) walked away with the coveted ‘Vijayans Trophy ‘ and a cash prize of Rs. 50,000.00 as they outplayed defending champions Police Sports Club by 1-0 in the closely contested Men’s Cup final at the 20th Vijayans Trophy All-Island Open Inter-Club Hockey Sevens Tournament 2019 for men and women which [...]
Dearest Yoga Sir, Till We Meet Again …
The 80′s to 90′s was our golden era. You dominated the athletic field having around 12 national record holders training under you at Torrington grounds almost every single day, morning and evening. You were travelling from Kandy every day and I still remember, how we were waiting to start our warm up at 7am till [...]
CIS retains School Team Event title for second year
Sri Lanka’s most popular junior golf tournament, the NDB Private Wealth Junior Masters Golf Championship, concluded its 2019 edition with a fantastic display of junior golfing skill and talent. Successfully concluding its fifth year, the tournament hosted by expert financial planner NDB Wealth Management, in partnership with Sri Lanka Golf, witnessed thrilling competition and fine [...]
Jethon, Manuth steer Wesley to innings win
An impressive match bag haul of 11 for 50 by Jethon Wiman and a allround performance by Manuth Samarakoon who cracked a ton and bagged six scalps paved the way for Wesley to record an innings and 35-run win over Nalanda Boys School, Minuwangoda in the Under-13 Inter-School Cricket encounter played at Campbell Park. Allround [...]
Determined Sri Lanka aim to retain title
The selection committee of Sri Lanka Carrom Federation picked a squad of ten players including two reserves – five each in both Men’s and Women’s categories to represent Sri Lanka at the 8th International Carrom Federation Cup Championship to be held in Pune, Mumbai, India from December 2 to 6, 2019. World champion Nishantha Fernando [...]
Ananda and Musaeus earn top segments
Ananda College Colombo and Musaeus College Colombo impressed at the Ritzbury All-Island School Play Day Tennis Carnival worked off at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) courts. Ananda College qualified to the finals in all three segments – Green Ball, Orange Ball and Red Ball — while Musaeus College girls appeared in two finals. While [...]
Kandy Sports Club to defend League title for fifth year in tandem
Undisputed local Inter-Club Rugby champions, Kandy Sports Club, will defend their title for the fifth year in tandem when they host Sri Lanka Air Force at Nittawela Rugby Stadium up in the Central Hills on December 1. In fact Kandy will have three back to back home encounters against Sri Lanka Air Force, Sri Lanka [...]
Shehan and Asela honoured with top awards
Shehan Kariyawasam and Asela Madushan won the Sportsman of the Year awards for 2017 and 2018 at the ‘Colours Awards Ceremony’ of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo, which was themed ‘Josephian Conquerors’. The event was held on November 1 at the Rev. Fr. Dr. Stanley Abeysekera Auditorium amidst a large and distinguished gathering. The Sportsman of [...]
Bishopian paddlers win Under-10 ‘D’ title
Bishop’s College, Colombo emerged champions of the Under-10 Girls ‘D’ Division at the All-Island Inter-Schools Table Tennis Championship held at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium tables. Pramukshi Fernando led the champion Bishop’s team which included Sandilma Suheli and Buthmi Bandara. Bishop’s College Table Tennis team is coached by Chandana Perera while Gayan Dilupa is [...]
Nestle Central Province Schools Kids Athletics Championship ends in grand style
Monty Gopallawa Primary School, Wilgamuwa, Ankumbura Model Primary School, Katugastota and Ananda Dassanayake Primary School, Kothmale topped the three respective categories at the Central Province Nestle Kids Athletics Championship for Grade 4, organised by the Primary Education Section of Central Province Education Department. Monty Gopallawa Primary School, Wilgamuwa topped the Boy’s category of the two-day [...]