Sri Lanka targets No. 4 ranking in all formats this year
Ahead of the three-match ODI series against West Indies, skipper Dimuth Karunaratne says Sri Lanka are targeting to become the No. 4 team in the world across formats by the end of the year. Sri Lanka have a slightly better ranking in Tests occupying the sixth slot but they are ranked eighth in the two [...]
Gateway’s Jansen sprints her way to glory
Sri Lanka’s sprint sensation Shelinda Jansen, who missed the last South Asian Games 2019, recorded a stunning run in the Girls’ 100m final to become the fastest female runner while Kavindu Bandara became the fastest male runner on the second day of the 20th Lanka’s International School Athletic Championships (ISAC) worked off at the Sugathadasa [...]
England cricket fans face radio blackout during Sri Lanka series
Cricket fans face radio blackout with no ball-by-ball coverage of England vs Sri Lanka Tests for first time in 17 years Cricket fans are facing the prospect of a radio blackout when England tour Sri Lanka next month, with talkSport rejecting live commentary rights and the BBC lacking the funds to step in at the [...]
Negombo CC in box seat
A first innings lead of 329 runs put Negombo CC in the box seat against Army SC on the second day’s play at Braybrooke Place. Saad Nasim was the top scorer, hitting 139. Apart from Nasim, Angelo Jayasinghe, Ashen Silva and Upul Indrasiri made half centuries as Negombo scored 484 runs in response to Army’s [...]
Pathum cracks ton, Nugegoda S&WC amass 413 runs
Pathum Madusanka made a century while Pramud Hettiwatte, Pasindu Madushan and Irosh Samarasooriya hit half centuries as Nugegoda S&WC amassed a score of 413 runs against Kurunegala YCC in the Premier Tier B Inter-Club Cricket encounter played at Panagoda. Resuming from their overnight score of 201 for 2, Nugegoda S&WC went on to add 212 [...]
Royal -Thomian past cricketers’ dinner on March 11
The 30th Royal Thomian Past Cricketers Annual Dinner will be held at the main ballroom, Galadari Hotel on March 11, 2020 from 7.30pm onwards. This prestigious event for coloursmen of both colleges has always been a much look forward to event. Tickets will be available at the gates, priced at Rs. 4500.00 per head and [...]
SLC to push ICC over DRS rights claims
Sri Lanka Cricket will request the International Cricket Council (ICC) to study the claims made by Senaka Weeraratne over the authorship of the widely used Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS/DRS). “Now that SLC has come up with it at the Executive Committee meeting, we will forward all submissions made by him to the ICC to [...]
Two ‘Commercials’ in easy wins
A fine and unbeaten 70 runs by Anura Dias and a notable bowling spell of 4 for 27 by Suranga Salinda propelled Commercial Credit to register a 4-wicket victory over Morison PLC in the MCA ‘C’ Division 50-Over Cricket Tournament 2020 match at De Soysa Stadium, Moratuwa yesterday. Despite an unbeaten 65 by Heshan Madushanka, [...]
Sebs take honours
St. Sebastian’s prevailed with a first innings win over Richmond in a high scoring Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Moratuwa yesterday. The second day’s play saw half tons by Nishitha Abilash, Induwara de Alwis and Sukitha Prasanna helping the Sebastinites put on 373 runs in reply to Richmond’s 343 for 9 declared. In the [...]
Nugawela Central win by 8 wickets
Nugawela Central registered an 8-wicket win over Azhar College, Akurana in their Under-19 Inter School cricket encounter which concluded in Akurana yesterday. The highlight of the encounter was two fine half-centuries from Nadishka Udalagama (63) and Chamuditha Polkotuwa (59) for the Nugawela outfit. Meanwhile Karandeniya MV also recorded a comprehensive 170 run win over hosts [...]
Manchester City banned from Champions League for two years
Manchester City are ‘highly likely’ to face a Premier League points deduction this season after they were punished by UEFA. City have been banned from participating in the Champions League for two years and also received a £25million fine for breaching Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations. As reported by The Independent, the Premier League will [...]
Sizzling Kandy sink Sailors
Kandy Sports Club produced another sizzling performance after weathering an early storm to defeat Navy Sports Club comprehensively 39-28 in a fiercely contested Dialog Club Rugby League Championship second round clash at Welisara yesterday. Navy who were edged out 16-14 in Kandy stunned the visiting team by taking a 10-0 lead but the defending champions [...]
Five schools record outright wins
Five outright wins were recorded in the Under-19 Division III Inter-School Cricket Tournament encounters which ended yesterday by Sir John Kothalawala Central Kurunegala, Sri Sumangala Kandy, Jaffna Central, Bandaranayake Central Veyangoda and Maris Stella Thimbirigaskatuwa. Results: At Polonnaruwa: Sir John Kothalawala Central beat Royal Polonnaruwa by innings and 11 runs Royal Polonnaruwa 65 and 113 [...]
Anuradhapura Central records easy win
Anuradhapura Central recorded an easy outright win in the Under-19 Division II Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament encounter which ended yesterday. Anuradhapura Central outclassed St. Peter’s Negombo by an innings and 39 runs at Anuradhapura. St. John’s College, Panadura walked out with a first innings win against St. Sebastian’s College at Katuneriya. At Padukka Siri Piyaratana scored [...]
‘What can a coach do when the players are not performing?’ – Marvan Atapattu
Former Sri Lanka cricket captain and head coach Marvan Atapattu says one of the main reasons for the decline in Sri Lanka cricket is the lack of quality in school and domestic cricket being played in the country. “It will take at least ten years to get the system back on track,” the former opener [...]
Old guard makes way for young blood
A new-look Sri Lanka basketball infused with young blood will begin their campaign to qualify for the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 by travelling to Jordan to play the first ‘window’ of matches this week. Drawn in group F with Jordan, Palestine and Kazakhstan in the 32-team event, Sri Lanka have done away with the old [...]
FA Cup success spurs Police to reach new heights in sports
Police Sports Club are looking forward to attract talented young players following their success at the Vantage FA Cup where they defeated Saunders after a penalty shootout in the final. Although recruitment to the permanent cadre of Police has been difficult in recent years because of the educational requirements, the club has managed to hire [...]
Hopeful of positive outcome at 86th Battle of the Saints
The joint organising committee of the 86th Battle of the Saints cricket encounter between traditional rivals St. Joseph’s and St. Peter’s, powered by Dialog which takes place on March 6 and 7 at the P. Sara Oval were confident of a positive outcome befitting the momentous occasion. Former Peterite batsman Michael Elias said the procession [...]
SLTA chief bids to stage two more International Wheelchair Tennis events
The Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) is in the midst of a series of three back-to-back International Wheelchair Tennis Futures Tournaments, where the custodians of the sport mainly aim on giving the local players the much needed exposure. The Futures Series, which also serves as a World Cup Qualifier from the Asian Region, includes the [...]
Olympic medal only a dream – boxing icon Anusha
Nearly two years after carving a niche in Sri Lanka’s boxing history as the first woman to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games, Anusha Kodituwakku still looks fighting fit. Although officially retired after bagging more than a dozen national boxing titles, at least 17 international medals, many Best Boxer titles and a few national [...]
Something is rotten in the state of cricket in Sri Lanka
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark wrote Shakespeare in the play ‘Hamlet’ when an officer of the palace guard says after the ghost of the dead king appears, walking over the palace walls. Parodying those lines there are more than many who seem to think that our cricket seems to be going the [...]
Nadeeka aims to continue Anusha’s boxing legacy
Nadeeka Ranasinghe underlined her credentials as the leading woman pugilist in the country when she was adjudged the most scientific boxer at the 94th National Boxing Championships. The 28-year-old Light Fly (48kg) weight boxer impressed with her style, technique and ringcraft to outpoint her rival from Unichela Anuthara Ranasinghe to bag her second consecutive National [...]
WPBA extends entries closing date
The Western Province Badminton Association (WPBA) has decided to extend the closing date to receive entries for the 1st Classic Level 1 Ranking (Platinum) Championships 2020 till February 18 at 4.30 pm. The competition is scheduled to be held from February 24 to March 1 at S. Thomas’ College Courts in Mt. Lavinia and at [...]
NSSF line up 10 local and 11 international meets
The National Shooting Sport Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF) released its official events calendar for the year 2020 in which 10 local meets and 11 international meets are lined up. The local meets will be mainly held at two venues – the SLNS, Gemunu Range in Welisara and the Shooting Range in Payagala as the [...]
Entries for Carrom Nationals close on February 20
The 52nd National Carrom Championship, organised and conducted by the Sri Lanka Carrom Federation (SLCF) is scheduled to be worked off at the federation headquarters in Delkanda from February 29 during weekends. The championship will be conducted in six events – Men’s Singles and Doubles, Women’s Singles and Doubles, Mixed Doubles and Veterans. Novice players [...]
Nawaloka and Maliban face-off in decisive MCA ‘D’ division clash
The Mercantile ‘D’ division 40-over cricket final for the ‘CBL-Munchee’ trophy will take place today at the MCA grounds will be of special interest as Nawaloka Hospitals and Maliban Biscuits meet each other for the third time this season to seek supremacy in Mercantile cricket. When they clashed for the first time in the MCA [...]
Commander’s Cup golf on Feb. 22
The Sri Lanka Air Force and the Eagle’s Golf Links will host the Commander’s Cup 2020 annual golf tournament for seventh consecutive year on February 22, in the picturesque settings of China Bay, close to the harbour city of Trincomalee. The championship is organised by the Sri Lanka Air Force under the guidance of the [...]
35th Rowing Nationals to feature exhibition Para races
For the first time in history, the Amateur Rowing Association of Sri Lanka (ARASL) is planning to hold an Exhibition Para Race event at the 35th Nationals, which will be held from February 19 to 22 at the Diyawanna Rowing Centre in Koswatte. The waters on the 2,000-metre course next to the Diyawanna Rowing Centre [...]
Face-lift for R. Premadasa Stadium
Sri Lanka’s premier ODI venue in Colombo – R. Premadasa Stadium is getting a complete face-lift following recommendations by the University of Moratuwa. An integrity assessment of the venue by the university found that the pavilion blocks A and B force a serious threat to the safety of the spectators and has advised Sri Lanka [...]
Wayne Wood returns to plan out RTC racedays in Nuwara Eliya
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Royal Turf Club (RTC), Wayne Wood will return to Sri Lanka after nearly 10 months with intentions to kick-start the horseracing season for 2020. The last RTC raceday event was supposed to be held on April 21, 2019, the fateful day of the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, but was [...]
Trinity to play Maliyadeva in final today
Trinity College will take on Maliyadeva College in the grand final Singer Under-13 Division I Cricket final at the Sri Sumangala ground in Hikkaduwa today (February 16). Both semi-finals took place at the same venue two weeks prior. The junior cricketers of Trinity created history when they qualified for the final of the Under-13 Singer [...]
State minister Herath elected to head Table Tennis Association
State Minister Kanaka Herath was elected uncontested as president of the Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka (TTASL) at the annual general meeting held at the Duncan White Auditorium, Sports Ministry on Friday. The AGM was held to fill the vacant positions of the association and all office-bearers were elected uncontested. There were two candidates [...]
Arcasia Sports Fiesta 2020 in progress
The Sports Committee of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects (SLIA) has finalised arrangements to organise the inaugural ARCASIA (Architects Regional Council Asia) Sports Fiesta in Sri Lanka this month. The sports fiesta will include cricket, badminton and golf events with the participation of architects of the Asia region and will be held from February [...]
Saints Schools Hockey on February 22 in Central Hills
St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy who are celebrating their 80th anniversary, will hold a 9-a-side Hockey Tournament on February 22 at their College ground in Kandy. This event will be organised by the Old Boys Association of Sylvester’s College along with Old Sylvesterians’ Sports Club. Alongside hosts St Sylvester’s Kandy, St Anthony’s Katugastota, St John’s Jaffna, [...]
Namith Best Boxer as Thurstan stage house meet after two decades
Thurstan College, Colombo celebrated their revival of boxing a year ago by conducting their first ever inter-house boxing meet after more than two decades in their school premises on Wednesday. Although many bouts did not last the full distance, there was no shortage of excitement as boxers cheered on enthusiastically by school children who thronged [...]
School players shine at Major Division Chess
Sri Lanka National Major Division Chess Championship came to an end at the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) headquarters on February 4. The event conducted on Provincial basis was organized and conducted by the Sri Lanka Chess Federation. The CFSL upgraded Ratnapura and Anuradhapura provinces this year and the inauguration of National Women’s Chess [...]
Gateway Kandy win major honors
Gateway College Kandy beat Trinity College in their inaugural football encounter by 2-1 at the Trinity College Rugby Stadium in Pallekelle. The winners scored their goals through Saif Salman and Venura Gunaratne while Trinitians scored their only goal through Visal Jayawickrema. This encounter was played for RIT Alles-Ireland Jones Challenge Trophy. Meanwhile Hillwoood College, Kandy [...]
Pluto shine at CSIC Sports Meet
Pluto House emerged champions of the Colombo South International College (CSIC), Kalubowila annual Inter-House Sports Meet, which was held at the S. de. S. Jayasinghe grounds on February 7. Jupiter House secured the overall second place while Venus House had to be contended with the third position at this elegant and well attended sports meet, [...]
Lyceum Panadura win International Schools Under-18 Football 2020
Skipper Sajad Zarook took the limelight as Panadura Lyceum clinched the G.T. Bandara Challenge Trophy, as the champions in the International School’s Under-18 Football tournament, when they beat Lyceum Nugegoda in the final that was held at the Janaka Ranawaka grounds in Moragasmulla on January 31. It was a closely contested match as the pendulum [...]
CCC School of Cricket ends UAE tour with success
The young lads of CCC School of Cricket in their first ever tour to the UAE played eight matches, and won four and lost four. Out of the eight matches played,two were day/night matches, and the highlight at these two matches was the use of White and Pink Balls. The matches were played in the [...]