Start of a Journey
Sri Lanka One Day International cricket players’ list beginning from Somachandra de Silva and ending at Ramesh Mendis has a total of 197 players. And out of that almost 80 have played dominant roles in the middle-order, an area the present Sri Lanka white-ball team is exploring possibilities of laying a strong and permanent foundation. [...]
LPL player registration to start on Monday
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will begin player registration for its marque domestic T20 league–Lanka Premier League (LPL) on Monday (June 21) with the player draft expected to be held shortly after closing the player registration on June 28. SLC recently announced that it would go ahead with the second edition of the tournament as planned [...]
New Zealand blunt India’s promising start in World Test final
SOUTHAMPTON AFP June 19, 2021: India were left looking to captain Virat Kohli after New Zealand struck twice in quick succession to end their promising start in the inaugural World Test Championship final at Southampton on Saturday. After rain meant Friday’s first day was washed out without a ball bowled, Rohit Sharma and Shumban Gill [...]
India mourns as ‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh dies of Covid aged 91
NEW DELHI AFP June 19, 2021: India on Saturday mourned the loss of track legend Milkha Singh, who overcame childhood tragedy to seek Olympic glory, after he died aged 91 following a long battle with Covid-19. Singh, a four-time Asian Games gold medallist who was dubbed the ‘Flying Sikh’, passed away at a hospital in [...]
England’s Stone out for the season with back injury
SOUTHAMPTON AFP June 19, 2021: England fast bowler Olly Stone will miss the rest of the season after suffering a stress fracture of the back, team management announced on Saturday. Stone’s latest setback of an injury-blighted career has led to the uncapped George Garton being called into England’s one-day international squad for the upcoming series [...]
Confusion on Sports Law remain unsolved
Given the non-intervention approach of international sports bodies in governance, legal experts warn any attempt to introduce a brand new sports law to replace what’s in existence since 1973 will lead to complications. One of the key priorities of Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa has been to introduce a new sports law to give more independence [...]
Ranjit Wijeyesekere: An ode to a gazelle
We go back in time over 50 years to remember the feats of an outstanding athlete who dominated track events in national and school athletics. Ranjit Wijeyesekere of St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya, by outclassing formidable rivals in the most glamorous events in the sport, 400 metres, 200 metres and 100 metres, developed an aura of [...]
Shooters can freely aim now
An unyielding effort which consumed years of hard work and commitment finally have provided the administration of the National Shooting Sport Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF) a sense of achievement, when the Ministry of Sports assured its willingness to build a much needed shooting range. The intended ‘national shooting range’, which will become the nerve [...]