SLC look for 5-star exit strategy
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) needs an exit strategy to get the national team back into physical training hampered for nearly six weeks by curfews imposed to flatten the COVID-19 curve. And it is now preparing for a residential camp – to take place during or after the country’s restrictions are lifted – as a contingency [...]
Motorsport calendar may have less events than planned – SLAS
A considerable amount of motorcar and motorbike events lined up for 2020, including some high-profile competitions, would face the axe due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to Rizvi Farook, Secretary of the Sri Lanka Automobile Sports (SLAS). Among the 21 motorsports events lined for 2020 were eight Supercross, five Road Races, four Motorcross, three [...]
Deadline to hold AGMs or Elections extended
The Ministry of Sports has decided to extend the deadline of holding Annual General Meetings (AGM) and Elections of sports governing bodies by two months, according to sources. The ministry made this decision due to the lockdown situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused a major setback in the world of sports locally [...]
Four Pakistan cricketers stranded for over a month
Four Pakistan cricketers, who represented three clubs in the First Class Tournament organised by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), are being stranded for over a month after the country came to a virtual standstill since March 20. The four stranded cricketers, who turned out for Panadura SC, Nugegoda S&WC and Galle CC had already made arrangements [...]
Sports Ministry forms three national committees
The Ministry of Sports is on the verge of introducing three national committees, targeting the future development of Sri Lanka sports. The three earmarked entities are the National Coaches’ Committee, National Technical Officials’ Committee and National Referees’ Committee. This initiative comes as a result of requests made by different fraternities of the local sports arena, [...]
Amit wows to unite factions in Referees Society
The President of Sri Lanka Society of Rugby Football Referees (SLSRFR), Tony Amit is determined to clean up the stables by uniting the membership riddled with factionalism with the aim of improving the standard of refereeing in the country. “When I spoke at the AGM after I took over, I said forget the past. Now [...]
Slicers await green light to complete tournament schedule
Having a proud record of winning five international events – World Championship (2008, 2012 and 2016), World Cup (2018) and producing a World Singles Champion (2012), the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) is eagerly awaiting the green light from authorities to go ahead with its schedule of conducting domestic tournaments. The federation, which conducts [...]
Sri Lanka Society snubs Wekadapola’s offer
The Sri Lanka Society of Rugby Football Referees (SLSRFR) has spurned former Police SC and Kingswood College player Bandara Wekadapola’s offer to coach local referees and has even warned some members not seek his advice. A Level 7 referee of the London Society of Rugby Football Union Referees (LSRFUR), Wekadapola had the rare honour of [...]
I-CERT produces sanitizing machine
The Ironman 4×4 Community Emergency Response Team (I-CERT) has produced a sanitizing machine, using the expertise of motor mechanism. Well respected as a frontline disaster management and humanitarian unit in Sri Lanka, I-CERT has made this invention with the intention helping to assist the security forces and the health sector, who are equally playing a [...]