Sanga says Mathews’ injury ahead of 2011 hurt Sri Lanka’s chances
Former skipper Kumar Sangakkara believes missing Angelo Mathews due to an injury hurt Sri Lanka badly in the summit clash of the 2011 World Cup, which hosts India won after a gap of 28 years. Having played a key role in their thrilling semi-final win against New Zealand, Mathews was forced out of the final [...]
Sri Lanka Cricket hand out millions on ‘charity’
Despite uncertainty surrounding future cricket tours owing to the pandemic, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has generously doled out over Rs. 100million to “charity” during the last two months. The act is significant as the Board itself faces a bleak future with a number of inbound tours hanging in the balance. It has had to reschedule [...]
Health Ministry mulls reopening gyms
The Ministry of Health is currently conducting discussions on the possibility of reopening gymnasiums, following a plea made by the Sri Lanka Fitness Federation. Last week stakeholders of bodybuilding and fitness sports in Sri Lanka held a press conference requesting the government to allow gymnasiums to operate, with recommended safety guidelines. Public gatherings, social events [...]
CA wants T20 World Cup pushed to 2021 as politics takes spooky turn
Cricket Australia has asked the International Cricket Council to postpone this year’s men’s Twenty20 World Cup for 12 months as the sport’s global politics turned into a chapter out of a spy novel. In a bizarre chain of events, a letter from CA chairman Earl Eddings for an ICC financial committee was leaked to Indian [...]
SLC rewards Atapattu with Category A contract
Star woman batsman Chamari Atapattu has been rewarded with a Category A contract with an increased salary cap taking into account her impressive performances over the last several months. Atapattu, the national women’s skipper has been the country’s prolific scorer across all formats in women’s cricket over the last several months. Her unbeaten 78 against [...]
Competitions to resume in July?
Athletes may have to live with the new norm of adhering to strict health guidelines during training because of the COVID-19 pandemic for at least for the next three years but the good news is that sports ministry physicians are looking at the possibility of competitions resuming as early as July. “We are thinking if [...]
Madushanka’s addiction a wake-up call for SLC
Two weeks before 25-year-old Shehan Madushanka’s arrest, police warned his parents that he was addicted to drugs. They bent the rules for him because of his prospects as a national cricketer. But his mother’s pleas fell on deaf ears. The fast bowler was arrested after a tip-off. With heroin in his possession, he was hanging [...]
Sri Lanka girls team emerge Asian zonal chess champions
Sri Lanka emerged champions in the Girls category at the inaugural Asian Boys and Girls Online Chess Championship in their Zone 3.2 on Thursday while the Boys occupied the third position. Leading from the front, skipper Sayuni Jayaweera won the Girls individual championship while Devnethmi Dahampriya finished third. Sri Lanka boys failed to match the [...]
BASL to hold Layton Cup boxing meet in October
The Boxing Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) is expecting to conduct the annual Layton Cup Championship before the end of October this year, with intentions of holding it as a qualifying competition for the upcoming Asian Men’s and Women’s Championship. According to Hemantha Weerasinghe, the Vice President of BASL, Sri Lanka expects to field at [...]
Champion boxer Percy Fernando passes away
Veteran boxer, national athlete and former Senior Deputy Commissioner of Prisons Services Department, Percy E.P. Fernando passed away at his residence in Kohuwela on Wednesday. He was 88 years old at the time of his demise. A former student of St. Peter’s College and Zahira College, Fernando was a versatile athlete who was equally competent [...]
Spirit of Bradby is just amazing – Sriyan Cooray
“Bradby is the ultimate pinnacle. The culmination of everything is Bradby. It is much bigger than just two games. It’s not one moment in time. It is something you experience right through from your younger days. Even at the youngest under 10 age group you often find players and parents saying with pride ‘Mage putha [...]
Winning Bradby is icing on the cake – Ashan Ratwatte
“The Bradby Shield is a part of Trinity. Rugby is a part of Trinity. The Bradby becomes a bigger part of Trinity. Before you even start playing rugby you are familiar with rugby. You are joining Trinity because of rugby. Before you can even start thinking of being a player, you are already familiar with [...]
Tale of two scrum halves and Bradby fever
It is the time of the year when school rugby would have been consumed by Bradby fever as Royal and Trinity lock horns in Colombo and Kandy for the ultimate prize. However, just as the best laid plans of men and mice can go awry, the coronavirus pandemic has affected the blue ribbon event in [...]