Mahela says ‘no’ to Sri Lanka coaching
With just one win away from annexing their third IPL title in four finals under his watch, Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene can easily land a lucrative coaching stint with the Sri Lanka national team. But Jayawardene isn’t interested – not because he doesn’t enjoy coaching or doesn’t wish to give something to the [...]
Sri Lanka ‘under-prepared’ for South Africa tour
Sri Lanka will head to South Africa without playing any red-ball cricket for at least four months. With most of the Test players set to feature in the Lanka Premier League (LPL), their preparations will be further hampered. The two-match Test series starts on December 26 at Super Sport Park in Centurion. It is Sri [...]
SLC extends EoI deadline for England tour TV rights
Sky Sports and Sony are among the four television companies to show interest in buying the broadcasting rights of the rescheduled England’s Test tour of Sri Lanka when the deadline to show Expression of Interest (EoI) ended last Monday. However, the board has decided to extend it by a week to attract more bidders. Sri [...]
Innovation is key in rugby – Coach ‘Nira’
Former Trinity and Kandy SC lock forward Niranjan Ranasinghe is perhaps the only Sri Lankan rugby star who has been both player and coach of a Premier rugby club in the land of the All Blacks. In fact, his hidden talents came to fore when he landed in New Zealand as he switched from second [...]
Tribute to Dr Ajith C.S. Perera (1952-2020) – Class of 63, Royal College
Ajith Chrysantha Stephen Perera, aka ACS and more popularly known as ‘Husme’ (as in ‘exhale’ or ‘deep sighs’) amongst us, is no more. I remember ACS as a peaceful student who avoided conflicts. He gave into demands of the more domineering students (mostly for the suitcase in which he brought tonnes of books to school [...]
A cricketing feat probably without a parallel
Lionel Fernando was an outstanding right-hand batsman who excelled in this role, first while playing for St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala, and later for St. Benedict’s College, Kotahena when he went on to captain the cricket first XI side in 1959. After having received his early education at St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala, where his father was [...]
Young shooting star Nifla Azoor aims to become a teacher
Shooting has been an Olympic sport since the first modern games in 1896. It has a history of providing intrigue and drama. Shooting is a tense sport that requires immense reserves of skill, concentration and nerve. The oldest Olympic champion was Sweden’s Oscar Swahn, who won gold in Stockholm, 1912, aged 64! Sri Lanka has [...]
Tokyo Cement renews Foundation of Goodness partnership
Tokyo Cement Group pledged its support to the Foundation of Goodness for another year, to extend their multi-pronged activities aimed at rural cricket development. 2020 marks the fifth year of partnership between the two organisations, who have united to unearth talented young cricketers from rural Sri Lanka. The company’s long-standing partnership with the Foundation of [...]
SJU’s Nelunika Methmani shines in World University Online Chess tourney
Sri Lanka University Sports Association fielded five teams at the FISU (International University Sports Federation) World University Mind Sports Online Chess championship 2020 but none of them failed to enter the final round. Team China 1 became the 2020 FISU World University Mind Sports Online champions of the event that brought together 551 student-players from [...]