Legal, not cricket, SLC’s new battle
Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) revenue took a sharp dip in 2020 following the cancellation of as many as six inbound tours from the seven listed due to the pandemic. But the Board’s legal expenses during the year skyrocketed with annual accounts reporting fees paid of Rs114mn. This figure is a 114% increase compared to the [...]
SLA calls off Stage II of 99th National C’ships
Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) has decided to indefinitely postpone the planned second phase of the 99th Sri Lanka Athletics National Championships, which was to be held at the Sugathadasa Stadium on Monday and Tuesday behind closed doors. The reason for the sudden change of plans, according to SLA sources, is the rapid rise of COVID-19 [...]
Chopra wins India’s first gold in athletics, Hasan’s double, Felix’s golden end
It was not quite the treble she had in mind, but Sifan Hassan won the Women’s 10000m yesterday to add to her gold in the 5000m and bronze in the 1500m and cap a remarkable week for the Dutch athlete at Tokyo 2020. Hasan ran the heats, semi-finals and the final of the 1500m, and [...]
All Blacks dole out more Eden Park pain; win over Wallabies
The All Blacks produced a second-half blitzkrieg before conceding late tries in a dominant 33-25 win over Australia on a blustery night at Eden Park on Saturday. Unbeaten at the Auckland venue since 1994, Ian Foster’s side ran in three tries in a 13-minute burst after the break to kill off the contest with an [...]
No pain, No gain!
Sprinter Yupun Abeykoon was Sri Lanka’s best chance at Tokyo Olympics. His personal best 10.15secs is nowhere near medal-winning, but had he replicated it, he would have progressed to the first round. And that would have been a cause of pride. But Yupun clocked 10.32secs and crashed out from the preliminaries. It was a disappointment [...]
After Tokyo ‘heartbreak’, Karlsson eyes Asian Games
For Mathilda Karlsson, the word ‘heartbreak’ has a closely-knit relationship off late. On August 3, 2021, her heartbreak was purely for failing herself and failing a nation’s hope, when she competed representing Sri Lanka in the individual jumping event at Tokyo Olympics. Karlsson entered the course as the 13th competitor with her horse Chopin VA [...]
Operation willow
Since making their way into the local cricket arena in 1951, Sri Lanka Army has achieved what any other military entity in the country would not be able to attain by today. In its 70th year in domestic cricket, Sri Lanka Army has become one of the strongest contributors to the nation, besides its undeterred [...]
Germany donates eight state-of-the-art electronic boards to CFSL in goodwill gesture
The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) received a bequest that would worth beyond its monetary value on Wednesday with the initiative from the German Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Holger Seubert. Seubert, a keen chess player himself, presented eight electronic chess sets, that would ideally benefit the Sri Lankan chess fraternity with its state-of-the-art adherence [...]
A shortfall ‘more’ hurtful than a steeplechase fall
A mistimed jump trying to cross the steeplechase hurdle hurts when you fall flat on the face in the track. What makes matters worse is that, tripping and tumbling before the cameras and all watching from all over, taking that embarrassment in your stride and completing the race. But how about the – hurt – [...]
Sri Lanka’s quadrennial woes
Under floodlights and against a stiff evening breeze Mathilda Karlsson and her horse Chopin VA rode out to the Equestrian Park in Tokyo on Tuesday in the Individual Jumping event, the last of Sri Lanka’s nine athletes to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. In the time between Karlsson becoming the first Sri Lankan to [...]
The Olympic arena
In Olympics, an athlete performs representing a nation. At the same time, their own prominence in winning an Olympic medal is undeniable. The arduous preparation and performances are solely athlete’s responsibility. At all times in preparation, reaching the victory podium in the Olympic stadium will weigh heavily upon them. Regardless however well supported, an athlete’s [...]
Senura and Bimandi remain unbeaten after two trials
Senura Silva and Bimandi Bandara remained unbeaten after two trials conducted by the Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka (TTASL) to select the teams that will represent the country at the Asian Championship to be held in Doha, Qatar during September 29 and October 9. Senura, of Ananda College won all his matches in the [...]
Royal-Thomian golfers make worthy donation to KDU
The Golfers’ Guild of Royal and S. Thomas’ colleges made a timely and worthy contribution coinciding the annual Fred de Saram Trophy Royal-Thomian Golf Competition, to the Kothalawela Defence University (KDU). The annual Fred de Saram Trophy golf competition was played recently, prior to the previous lockdown, and attracted over 80 old boys from both [...]
Susal wins Online Blitz Chess Championship as CFSL celebrate International Chess Day
Sri Lanka’s promising youth chess player, Susal de Silva of Nalanda College, won the International Chess Day commemorative Online Blitz Chess Championship convincingly. The CFSL conducted the event for 40 invited players and 36 players played were consist of former national champion, Rajeendra Kalugampitiya, current national champion and World Cup player Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage, President [...]
Galkotuwa and Rajinikanth win titles
Sanija Galkotuwa of Dharmaraja College won the main title of the Sri Lanka Online Rapid National (Novices Division) Chess Championship 2021 with a better tie breaker after tying with four more players with the score of 6 points out of 7 games. Deeptha Ekanayake of Dharmaraja College and Dumindu Edirisinghe of St. Anthony’s College were [...]