Argentina fight back to earn draw against Australia
NEWCASTLE REUTERS Nov 21: Argentina continued their remarkable Tri-Nations campaign on Saturday, backing up their maiden victory over New Zealand last week with a hard-fought 15-15 draw against Australia on Saturday. Argentina flyhalf Nicolas Sanchez and his Australian counterpart Reece Hodge both kicked five penalties apiece to leave the three teams tied on points at [...]
‘Phoenix-like rise from the Ashes’
Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) president Rizly Illyas is gung-ho about the sport rising “Phoenix-like from the Ashes” during the COVID-19 pandemic after what he described as a “productive” meeting with Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa and leading Sports Ministry officials. A former national rugby captain, Rajapaksa has impressed on SLR officials the need to restructure the [...]
‘Guilty’ Zoysa claims ICC on a ‘witch-hunt’ against Sri Lanka
Faced with a possible sanction over allegations of match-fixing, former Sri Lanka fast bowler turned coach Nuwan Zoysa slammed his former employer Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and Ministry of Sports for not backing up his attempt to prove the charges as false. The 42-year-old has been accused of agreeing to introduce players to an Indian [...]
Elite National Sportspersons eventually get the attention they truly deserve!
A session for all National Sports Associations (NSA) summoned by the Ministry of Sports (MOS) recently, portends to raise the bar as never before and once again mirrors the fresh thinking of the Minister of Sports, no mean sportsman himself. More importantly, he understands only too well the abject lot of our sportsmen and sportswomen [...]
SLC look for ‘positives’
The Lanka Premier League (LPL), which will kick-off in four days, turned out to be a newsmaker machine during the weeks preceding the opening ceremony on November 26 than it could be for the 21-day tournament. As many in Sri Lanka expected, the LPL had more negatives running up to where it is now, but [...]
Yevan David – the Sri Lankan future hope for Formula 1
It’s a cold February winter morning in Valencia, Spain. Amongst 55 European drivers stands a young Asian driver representing his motherland at the finals of the IAME Winter Cup 2020. Reaching the finals in Europe was an achievement as only the top 36 drivers make it through. Against all odds Yevan David would start seventh [...]
BSC Futsal Football Tourney concludes successfully
The British School in Colombo (BSC) held its annual Senior Inter-House Futsal Football Tournament at the CR and FC Indoor Grounds in Longden Place recently. The spirit in which these matches were played characterised all that is good about the British School community. As the elite footballers stood shoulder to shoulder with the novice players, [...]
OVEP reaches Super Eight stage, final set for November 23
Six girls schools and two boys schools qualified for the Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP) conducted by the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka via the zoom technology over the weekend. In a high quality programme where ideas and views of 60 top debaters from 20 top schools around the island were exchanged and showcased. [...]