Malan, Shamsi script easy Proteas win to level series
Adominant South African batting performance allowed them to level the series 1-1 with Sri Lanka with a crushing 67-run win on DL method, in a rain curtailed second ODI played at the R Premadasa Stadium last night. After Thursday’s 14-run win over South Africa in the series opener, the hosts were hoping to wrap up [...]
Sharma hits century as India take control of Oval test
REUTERS, Sept 4: A dominant India took control of the fourth test against England at The Oval on Saturday, extending their lead to 171 at stumps on day three, as Rohit Sharma struck his first test hundred away from home and eighth overall. The visitors were on 270-3 when bad light brought a premature end [...]
Four South Asian countries jointly write to FIFA
Four South Asian nations, namely Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, have joined hands in support of proposals to review the international match calendar, while the global governing body of football, FIFA, too has acknowledged its support to the notion. The proposal, as it explains in an official press release issued by the four nations, [...]
Tharindu wants a professional league to help create ‘players’
Tharindu Fernando, a multi-talented individual, and Head Coach of basketball at Gateway International School, Colombo was been appointed by Sri Lanka Basketball Federation (SLBF) as Coach of Sri Lanka Under-23 team for the upcoming FIBA U-23 World Cup, to be held in Mongolia. An achiever in the making, Fernando has been engaged with basketball ever [...]
Lanka Youths battling time ahead of WC
The newly appointed Sri Lanka Under-19 coach, Avishka Gunawardene admits that ‘there’s work to be done’ as Sri Lanka race against time to prepare their youth team for next year’s ICC U-19 World Cup. With around 100 days to go for the World Cup, the team is expected to resume training mid-this week, having lost [...]
Sri Lanka’s golden moment
Since making its debut at the Olympic Games in 1948, Sri Lanka has had a few genuine warriors who truly made it to the ranks. Beginning from the first appearance with a silver medal from Duncan White, to Susanthika Jayasinghe, who won the silver medal in Women’s 200m at Sydney Olympics in 2000, the tiny [...]
Olympians and top personalities hail Herath
Earlier this week on Monday (30), Sri Lankans started the week on a groundbreaking news, on their fellow Sri Lankan – Dinesh Priyantha Herath – skyrocketing to stardom. He rose to heights faster than that of a javelin at the Olympic Stadium in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, concluding today. Sri Lanka’s latest successful son [...]
Major Division begins
The Major Division competitions of the inaugural Online Rapid National Chess Championship Cycle 2021 began with under four segments of Open and Women’s competitions. Accordingly Open events will be held for Western 1 and Wayamba sectors in addition to Women’s events for Western 2 and Southern regions. The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) organised [...]
Nisal and Sandali grab regional chess titles
Nisal Dilushana Thilakarathne of St. Thomas’ College, Bandarawela and Sandali Somarathne of Royal International School, Kurunegala won the Sri Lanka National Online Novices Division Chess Championship of the Sabaragamuwa Province (Open) and North Western Province (Women) convincingly. Nisal was unbeaten throughout the whole tournament making it an impressive score of 7 out of 7 possible [...]
Ryde gold medal for Abhishek
Abhishek Anandakumar, the captain of the 2020/2021 Under-19 cricket team and a senior prefect of Trinity College, Kandy, won the Ryde Gold Medal awarded to the ‘Best All Round Student for the Year 2020 of the school. Abhishek started his cricket career at Under-13 level in 2012 and went on to lead the First XI [...]
Nail biting moments at Second Leg of Sri Lanka’s inaugural SIM Formula 1 Championships
The second leg of Sri Lanka’s first ever Formula One e-championships organised by SRL in conjunction with Mandarin Reid eSports has resulted in an interesting twist opening the entire tournament for great rivalry and surprises. The previous week saw Fawzul Aleem lead the pack at Nürburgring, Germany with a commanding drive that left everyone a [...]