Peiris wants to make Havelocks number one ‘family’ rugby club
Former Havelocks captain and coach Thusitha Peiris wants to make Havelocks the number one family rugby club after being elected as the new president at their annual general meeting yesterday. The first old boy of D.S. Senanayake College to rise to the helm of the Park Club, Peiris defeated a two-time former Havelocks president Tyronne [...]
WPRFU becomes bystander even as SLR top guns bury hatchet
The Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) president-elect Rizly Illyas is confident of getting the backing of the five provincial rugby unions who are eligible to vote at the forthcoming AGM (annual general meeting) after the Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU) were barred from voting because they had not paid their subscriptions to the governing body. [...]
MCA tournaments set to resume after successful trial match
MCA cricket got back on track last weekend after obtaining a venue clearance certificate from the health authorities and a green light from the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs. A trial match adhering to all health precautions took place between two handpicked teams, one led by the incumbent MCA President Rohana Dissanayake, and the [...]
Sri Lanka’s ‘Bubka’ aims to imbibe self-belief in athletes
Ruwan Perera could be considered Sri Lanka’s most successful pole vaulter, having won three South Asian Games (SAG) gold medals and winning the national championships for a record 23 times consecutively. To be the undisputed champion for 23 times was no easy task and Perera revealed how he achieved this phenomenal feat. The great revolution [...]
Chamara in cracking form
Chamara Abeyratne was in cracking form winning the Sandy Perkins Cup and ending as runner-up at the Ernest Ringle Trophy Golf which was conducted by Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) last week-end. These two events attracted more than 30 players each on both days where the tournament was conducted under tight health guidelines in the [...]
Enigma of a Sri Lanka Rugby President
He used to hurtle himself using his hulking frame as a battering ram to grind the opposition into submission providing opportunities for his team mates to hog the limelight. He was willing to put his body on the line relishing the challenge of crumpling the toughest defenders. But he was not all brawn as he [...]
Remembering former national boxing champion Percy Fernando
Former national boxing champion Percy Fernando passed away on May 27 at the age of 88 after a brief illness. An old boy of St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya and Zahira College, Maradana, Percy was a versatile sportsmen who excelled in boxing, athletics, tennis and cricket. Boxing was his first love and he made his debut [...]
Short term goal is to win the league – CR President
CR&FC’s immediate goal is to win the league title, declared former Sri Lanka three quarter Ted Hiran Muttiah after being elected as president of the Longden Place club at its annual general meeting held recently. “In regards to the future of CR rugby the aspiration is to win the league as a short term goal. [...]
Kandy SC AGM on July 25
Dialog rugby league champions Kandy Sports Club will hold its annual general meeting (AGM) on July 25 at their Club House at Nittawela commencing at 10.00am. Former Dharmaraja and Kandy SC players Mahesh Weerasinghe is expected to continue as the president for another year. Former Trinitian Sujeewa Liyanage is expected to continue with his good [...]
Sri Lanka in online Chess Olympiad
FIDE, the World Chess Federation, has decided to hold an online Chess Olympiad for the year 2020 on July 24 and 25. They are expecting at least 180 countries to participate in the event. A new format is also introduced for the event as two males, two females, one Junior (Under-20) boy and a girl [...]
Teenager ‘Benjy’ dreams of emulating Lankan great Vaas
He idolises Sri Lanka legend Lasith Malinga because of his love for pace but 19-year-old Aaron William Benjamin dreams of following in the footsteps of left-arm bowling great Chaminda Vaas. Having already represented two national teams at age group level – Botswana Under-15 and UAE Under-19 – the teenager is knocking on the doors of [...]
Antonians break jinx after 64 years under Fazal Majeed in 1981
The St. Anthony’s 1981 outfit will be remembered for a long time by cricket fans in the country as they not only broke the 64-year-old hoodoo by beating Trinity at Asgiriya but also remain as the only Katugastota outfit to do so to-date. The Antonians were led by pocket rocket, Fazal Majeed. The Antonians started [...]