‘SLC term over’ – AG
The Attorney General’s (AG’s) Department has recommended that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) be placed under a new management committee until its election of office bearers in on May 20 this year as the current committee’s term expired on February 20, 2021. The advice comes three weeks after the Sports Ministry sought legal advice from the [...]
Rajeev, Anel and Fran off to Germany
Rajeev Rajapakse, Anel de Silva and Fran de Mel booked their tickets to this year’s Mercedes Trophy World Finals in Germany following their impressive performances at yesterday’s Mercedes-Benz Golf Tournament 2021 at Shangri-La’s Hambantota Golf Resort and Spa. There were over 90 golfers who took part. This year’s tournament was divided into four main handicap [...]
New batsmen hailed as Windies show batting resilience
NORTH SOUND REUTERS March 27: Displays of batting resistance and resilience in their recent series have come as a boost to the West Indies team, said captain Kraigg Brathwaite as he hailed the contribution from two new test caps. Kyle Mayers scored an unbeaten 210 on debut when the West Indies chased down the fifth [...]
Mubeen, Fahim, Wickrama, Thaha enter quarters
Four cueists — M.M. Mubeen of Army, M.F.M Fahim of Moors SC, Susantha Wickrama of Army and S.M. Thaha of MICH — came out on top in the pre-quarter-final matches of the 68th National Snooker Championship played at the AAC Billiards Tables in Colombo yesterday. The 68th National Snooker Championship, conducted by the Billiards and [...]
Bhanuka, Kavindu, Janith shine for Richmond
Bhanuka Manohara along with Kavindu Nirmana and Janith Kaushalya starred for Richmond against Wesley in their drawn Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Galle yesterday. An unbeaten ton by Isiwara Dissanayake for Royal against St. Joseph’s was the highlight of the drawn match at Darley Road. A top knock of 52 by skipper Nipunaka Fonseka [...]
St. Anthony’s Wattala crush St. Servatius Matara by massive 169 runs
St. Anthony’s College, Wattala s recorded a comprehensive 169-win over St. Servatius College, Matara on the back of Avishka Tharindu (125), Kaveesha Dulanjana (69 and 3/28) and Romesh Suranga (6/36) in an Under-19 Limited Overs School Cricket encounter played at Wattala yesterday. In other matches Henegama Central, Taxila Central Horana, Sri Pagnananda MV Raddoluwa and [...]
Soldiers and Sailors maintain unbeaten record
Army SC ‘A’ and Navy SC recorded wins, their fourth successive over Air Force ‘B’ and Navy SC in the Women’s Limited Over Cricket Tournament matches played at Katunayake and Hikkaduwa respectively yesterday. Army SC recorded a convincing 78-run win while Navy SC chalked up a big 104-run win. Chilaw Marians CC overcame Army ‘B’ [...]
Pethum Nissanka: A father’s dream
Sunil Silva, now 52, was an ordinary youth with a huge dream of becoming a cricketer during his younger days. But his dream was never given a positive thought by his parents, which eventually made him a disappointed individual. Yet, the craving cricketer within Silva dreamt big, to at least make his dream count through [...]
Restructuring domestic cricket Moody’s priority
When Sri Lanka roped in Graham Ford for his second tenure as head coach in 2016, it was expected he would turn things around with the wave of a wand. Even bigger hopes were placed on Chandika Hathurusingha who became head coach for a hefty package in return for the pledge of spurring the national [...]
Army’s Dunukara and Madirika win race walking titles
Sri Lanka Army athletes Sandaruwan Dunukara and Kalhari Madirika won the men’s and women’s race walking titles respectively at the 46th National Sports Festival at Kataragama yesterday. Dunukara representing North Central Province won the race walking gold medal at the National Sports Festival for the fifth consecutive time. The 29-year-old who won the event in [...]
‘I am back’
Sampath Perera, the former first class cricketer, was unlucky to break into the national side as a player and joins many others in Sri Lanka’s forgotten cricketers’ list. But it did not deter Perera from changing his fate because of his undying love to cricket. The former D.S. Senanayake College, BRC, Moors SC and Bloomfield [...]
Local boy Sachin and Protea Nikita rule ‘Hikka’ waves
Local boy Sachin Tharaka and Nikita Robb of South Africa emerged winners of Red Bull Ride My Wave surfing competition, which was held at the Hikkaduwa Main Surf Point, last weekend. Sachin Tharaka became the star among 69 participants to claim the win of the Men’s segment while fellow compatriots Praneeth Sandaruwan and Suranga Pradeep [...]
Lanka Cavaliers honour Aponso alias ‘Appu’
Lanka Cavaliers fondly remembered their team mate, the late Jayalath Aponso, popularly known as “Appu” at a Memorial Cricket T20 match against Vintage CC, which was played at the Kothalawela Defense University (KDU) grounds Ratmalana yesterday. The two teams contested for the Jayalath Aponso Memorial Challenge Trophy donated by former Antonian and Colts CC cricketer, [...]
2021 events and survival
Like all sports, tennis too is in survival mode. We live in a pandemic strangled planet; thinking twice to leave our homestead and even more to attend sporting events is the reality of our times. In a sense of the game, WTA and ATP are the responsible institutions to exhibit tennis at its best. So [...]
Hong and Twenbold stamp their class
Myungock Jane Hong and Kathey Twenbold stamped their class at the overall Gross and Overall Nett events respectively at the 2021 Rotary Metro Par 3 Golf Classic which took place at the Royal Colombo Golf Course recently. The winners were picked from the golfers who obtain the highest stableford points. Besides, the entire course was [...]
Questions galore as Sri Lanka replicate old mistakes
After a dreadful Test series against England on home soil, the national team had only a little time to ponder as they embarked on a tour to the Caribbean to play all three formats. It was an ideal opportunity for both teams to begin their preparations for two T20 World Cups in the next two [...]
Local jockeys star as Alcazaba regain momentum and Jayaratnes record hat-trick
Local jockeys were able to showpiece their might as Alcazaba, the Queen of Nuwara Eliya, stole the limelight regaining her winning momentum after Jayaratne Stables recorded a hat-trick at the inaugural Raceday of Royal Turf Club (RTC), the RTC Spring and Summer Raceday Cup. RTC’s inaugural meet for 2021 was held last weekend at the [...]
Mahagastota hill climb on April 3-4
Sri Lanka’s longest running motorsport event, the Mahagastota Hill Climb, will come alive for the 87th occasion on April 3 and 4 at the Mahagastota Estate in Nuwara Eliya, welcoming the April Season sports activities in the hill country. The event, organised and conducted by the Ceylon Motor Sports Club (CMSC), will flag off at [...]
St. Thomas’ Matale record two wins
St. Thomas’ college Matale recorded their second successive win in the on going SLSCA Under-19 Division II Schools Limited Overs Cricket Tournament when they beat Taxila Central, Horana by 6 wickets at the college ground in Matale. Invited to bat first Matale Thomians restricted Taxila Central to 98 runs in 25.4 overs with right-arm fast [...]
Basketball community mourns death of Ranil
Sri Lanka’s basketball community is in shock following the sudden death of international basketball referee Ranil Suranga Fernando. He was only 37. A product of St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala, Ranil took to refereeing at a young age and made tremendous progress becoming one of the leading referees in the country. He handled high pressure games [...]
Senura and Bimandee claim double crowns
Senura Silva and Bimandee Bandara bagged double titles at the All-Island Open Ranking Table Tennis Championship 2020 held at the Municipal Council Indoor Stadium in Kegalle on March 20 and 21. Senura, of Ananda College, won the Singles titles in the Boy’s Under-18 and Under-15 categories while Bimandee, of Hillwood College, Kandy, also claimed the [...]
Anchor joins hands with Sports Ministry to support national high-performance athletes
Recognising that wholesome nutrition is instrumental to develop internationally-competitive sportsmen and women, Anchor joined hands with the Ministry of Sports to nourish high-performance athletes who aspire to represent Sri Lanka on a global stage. The partnership enriches a long term, progressive approach to developing high performance athletes, initiated by the Ministry of Sports in conjunction [...]
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya crowned OVEP champions
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya Colombo 7 crowned themselves as the champions of the Olympic Values Educational Programme, also known as OVEP. The awards presentation of this programme was held at NOCSL’s Hemasiri Fernando Auditorium on Monday. The first runner-up of the programme was Hillwood College, Kandy while the third place was taken by Chundikuli Girl’s School [...]
Seneviratne wins title by Armageddon tie break
S.D.B.K. Senevirathne of Maliyadeva College beat Sanudula Dahamdi of Musaeus College in an exciting match which went till the third tie breaker, the Armageddon game, to complete the 2nd Sri Lanka Youth Under-14 Chess Grand Prix 2021 in style. Sanidula Dahamdi met S.D.B.K. Seneviratne in the finals while Brijeash Saravanabhavan of Gateway College, met Dinul [...]
Goldmoon SC Ukuwela clinch Matale FL Presidents Trophy
Led by M.A.M. Asaan Ali, Goldmoon SC, Ukuwela walked away with the Matale FL Presidents Trophy when they beat Matale Youth SC 5-4 on penalties in the final of Matale District Inter-Club Knockout Football Championship 2021 played at the Bernard Aluvihare Stadium in Matale last weekend. Amidst plenty of excitement, the closely contested final between [...]