Sri Lankan Legends take on Indian Legends in final
Sri Lankan cricket fans will relive the glorious past when Sri Lanka Legends led by TM Dilshan takes on Sachin Tendulkar led Indian legends in the final of the Road Safety World Series T20 at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Sri Lankan Legends booked their ticket to the final after [...]
Buoyant West Indies out to deepen Sri lanka’s woes in two-Test series
AFP March20, 2021- Sri Lankan cricket’s woes of the past 12 months could be extended for at least another fortnight unless the visitors can rise to the challenge of a buoyant West Indies team in the two-Test series starting on Sunday at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. Swept 3-0 in the One-Day International [...]
SLC doled out Rs. 338.9 million to members
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has doled out a whopping Rs 338.5 mn to voting members by way of grants and loans for various projects–from infrastructure development to payment of salaries of employees of district cricket associations–in just the last two years, documents obtained by the Sunday Times through the Right to Information Act show. The [...]
Krishan guides SSC to title victory
An unbeaten 71 off 68 by Krishan Sanjula paved the way for SSC to record a comfortable 29-run win over Army SC in the final of the Major Club T20 cricket tournament played at the SSC ground yesterday. Electing to bat first, SSC suffered an early set back losing opener Avishka Fernando cheaply in the [...]
Vinuda, Nipunaka guide St Peter’s to massive win
Half tons by Vinuda Liyanage and skipper Nipunaka Fonseka helped St Peter’s record a massive 125-run win over Dharmaraja Kandy in the Under 19 inter-school limited over cricket encounter played at Bambalapitiya yesterday. The foundation for the win was laid by skipper Nipunaka who made 77 off 63 (3×4, 1×6) and Vinuda who made an [...]
Shevon shines in drawn match at Campbell Park
Shevon Daniel of St Joseph’s College shone with a career best knock of 164 in their drawn Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter against Wesley College at Campbell Park yesterday. Shevon who was unbeaten on 73 on day one went on to make 164 runs. He hit 18 boundaries and fives sixes in his 204 ball [...]
Wins for Maliyadeva, Ibbagamuwa Central and PDS Kularatne
Maliyadeva College, Ibbagamuwa Central and P D S Kularatne scored wins in their Under 19 Inter school cricket encounters against Prince of Wales, Azhar Akurana and Kingswood College respectively. At Kurunegala: Maliyadeva 289 for 8 in 50 overs (Rishi Adishtan 100, Thimira Chandrasena 58, Kalindu Ranmal 38, Chaluka Athapaththu 31 n.o.) Prince of [...]
Another legal battle looms after EC rejects objections
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) elections are due on May 20 and there is a great chance of it ending up in court as it did in 2018. After all, trading allegations, filing objections and seeking legal intervention to stop the poll or get rid of individuals the stakeholders feel aren’t qualified for office are all [...]
Domestic rugby drought continues
It looks as if Sri Lanka Rugby’s (SLR) wait to end its long affected competition drought will continue for more weeks to follow, or perhaps months, after the well-planned Commander’s Cup 7s was put off in the eleventh hour by the organisers. SLR, as it is learnt, are presently having a series of meetings to [...]
CEB, Army SC win Munchee National Super League Volleyball titles
Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and Sri Lanka Army emerged men’s and women’s champions at the Munchee National Super League Volleyball championships played at the National Youth Services Council Indoor courts last weekend. CEB beat Bitu Link Sports Club 3-1 (25/22, 25/21, 22/25, 25/14) while Army women also powered their way to a 3-1 (25/19, 21/25, [...]
COPE summons SLC again on April 6
The Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has summoned Sri Lanka Cricket officials again on April 6 to clarify various financial irregularities and procedural flaws in the governance of the million-dollar sports body. Led by Parliamentarian Charitha Herath, COPE cross-examined SLC for nearly one-and-a-half hours on February 11 on various matters highlighted in a special [...]
CMC to conduct Mayor’s Challenge Trophy with wider perspective
The Mayor’s Challenge Trophy Hockey Tournament organised by the Sports and Recreation Department of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) will set off on April 1 at the Astro Turf in Colombo. The tournament is played with the participation of 12 teams divided into four groups. This includes the top 11 hockey teams in the country [...]
Otters AC’s Somaratna clinch title in thriller
The All-Island Lanka Plate Snooker Tournament final encounter between Ryan Somaratna of Otters AC and Chamaka Clement of Kandy played at the MICH billiards table turned out to be a thriller with the nine-frame encounter going to the wire. Somaratna pulled off a thrilling 5-4 win over Clement to clinch the title. Somaratna, who is [...]
Imperial College clinch thrilling grand finale
Imperial College of Business Studies recorded a thrilling 1-wicket win against Central Campus Colombo (CCC) in the final of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 National Finals played at the BRC ground in Colombo last weekend. Batting first CCC scored 135-8 and Imperial College clinched a last-ball victory by reaching 139-9 to book the berth [...]
Rainbow Sea Swim Challenge 2021
The Rainbow Sea Swim Challenge 2021, organised by Rainbow Swimming, in partnership with Sri Lanka Life Saving, was held on March 13 at the Sri Lanka Life Saving Head Office in Mt. Lavinia. With the objective of getting swimmers back into the ocean, the sea swim challenge was designed to task each individual to challenge [...]
Dewmini of Musaeus claims title in tie-breaker
Dewmini Kodikara of Musaeus College won the CFSL Online Youth Girls Under-14 Chess Championship 2021 with a better tie-breaker after a three-way tie with Chanindi Mewna Attanayake of Devi Balika Vidyalaya and Desandi Dihansa Gamage of Sirimavo Bandaranayake Vidyalaya, scoring 7 points each out of possible 8 games. Dewmini beat Hasara Madugalle, Sasmi Sithumsa, Chanindi [...]
Harsha de Silva’s initiative benefits many in Sri Lanka
The initiative of Harsha de Silva, the former local first class cricketer and Sri Lanka women’s team and St. Joseph’s College team cricket coach, a donation drive to collect cricket gear for the underprivileged young cricketers in Sri Lanka from his adopted country Australia, successfully completed last week. The donation drive, which Harsha initiated during [...]
2nd Sri Lanka Youth Chess GP comes to an end
The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka has decided to hold the 2nd Sri Lanka National Under-14 years Chess Grand Prix will end today, March 21, at CFSL HQ in Nugegoda. This is one of the leading Chess Events in Sri Lanka for the Youth Chess players in the country where only 12 top youth Chess [...]
Aqsarian Super Kings emerge ASL Super League champions
Aqsarian Super Kings emerged champions of the Aqsarian Super League (ASL) Football Tournament 2021 when they defeated Aqsarian Super Stars by 1-0 in a closely contested final played at the Kinniya ground in Trincomalee last weekend. The winning goal for the champions was booted by T.M. Roshan in the 29th minute of proceedings which came [...]