Dhananjaya and Chandimal lift Sri Lanka to 340-6
PRETORIA, REUTERS, Dec 26: Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva scored fluent half-centuries as Sri Lanka took advantage of some lacklustre South Africa bowling to post 340 for six at the close of day one of the first test at Centurion Park on Saturday. Dasun Shanaka (25 not out) and Kasun Rajitha (seven not out) [...]
Kumarage returns from ban to win 200m national title
Former Sri Lanka sprinter Kalinga Kumarage made a spectacular return to the sport after two years of battling a doping ban when he won the 200 metre title on the opening day of the 98th National Athletic Championship at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday. A promising 400m runner, who won a silver medal at the 2016 [...]
England Tests in Sri Lanka to ‘go ahead’ despite new pandemic fears
England’s Test tour to Sri Lanka next month is ‘on schedule’ despite flights from United Kingdom being suspended because of a new coronavirus strain. England is expected to arrive in the island on January 3, 2021 to complete their rescheduled two-match Test series in Galle starting on January 14. “The tour is on as scheduled,” [...]
Sri Lanka Rugby to hire High Performance Manager
Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) is on a hiring spree as they gear up for a return to international rugby next year and conducting domestic competitions after a hiatus of nearly nine months because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the positions advertised on the ‘Sri Lanka Tuskers’ page of Facebook is that of a High Performance [...]
The Stable Master of Jaffna Stallions
A couple of weeks before the scheduled player draft of the Lanka Premier League (LPL), Thilina Kandamby receives a call from his cricketing friend Mario Vellavarayan. Unlike their frequent usual chats, this call from Vellavarayan has a different objective — to offer Kandamby a role in the coaching staff of Jaffna Stallions — the franchise [...]
Asian tennis chapter
The popularity of tennis varies in the five continents. Europe had a head start inventing and grooming the game in the 1800, from there tennis went USA first. Even today, these two continents exhibit better depth in the understanding of the game. They also lead in competition outcome, popularity to fill the grand stands and [...]
Dialog extends Sri Lanka cricket team sponsorship
Dialog Axiata renewed its commitment with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), as they sealed the rights as the official national team sponsor of Sri Lanka cricket team for next three years. The mobile telecommunication operator had earlier been the main sponsor of the national cricket team in both inbound and outbound tours, for seven years. In [...]
A National Sports Authority; a New Year Resolution!
No less a sports personage than the NOC chief has advocated the establishment of a National Sports Authority (NSA) that he believes will negate the vagaries of political reversals and give Sri Lanka sports, the semblance of a long term imagination, rather than the quick fixes one has seen over the years! The Sports Minister, [...]