A return of the three musketeers?
Sri Lanka Cricket(SLC) could allow the three banned cricketers–Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka–to play domestic cricket when the season starts with the Major Club limited-over tournament in October. The three cricketers admitted to breaching the bio-secure bubble during the Sri Lanka tour of England in June and were banned for six months from [...]
Mahela could join SL team as mentor
Franchise cricket’s most successful coach Mahela Jayawardene could be back in the Sri Lanka team dugout as a mentor for the World Cup. Jayawardene, who oversaw Mumbai Indians’ successful rein in IPL–helping them win three titles in four years as its head coach–was also head coach of the inaugural champions Southern Brave of the Hundred. [...]
Sri Lanka include additional wicketkeeper for T20 WC
With Kusal Janith Perera having sustained a hamstring injury during the recent South African tour, selectors have decided to include an additional wicketkeeper in the side in place of Lahiru Madushanka, who has been ruled out with a broken collarbone. Accordingly, Minod Bhanuka and Pathum Nissanka–two wicket-keeper batsmen–have been drafted into the touring party but [...]
Sports City – Bane or Boost?
In early September, DM Sports, our sister publication exposed a lesser known bit of quiet legislation approved by the Cabinet on a proposal submitted by the Youth and Sports Minister. The DM article goes on to caste some concerns about the ultimate objectives of this grandiose concept but what this discourse attempts to do is [...]
Raducanu, Fernandez, Djokovic and Medvedev
Two weeks ago, Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez were mere teenage entrants into the US Open 21 qualifying rounds. They surprised the tennis world storming their way into women’s final. Their performances stunned, surprised and pleased millions of tennis aficionados. The two have created a wave, being the first to reach the finals from the [...]
New Zealand Cricket silent on security threat ending Pakistan tour
WELLINGTON AFP Sept 18, 2021: New Zealand Cricket officials on Saturday threw a veil of secrecy over the security threat that forced the abrupt cancellation of their Pakistan tour. According to Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Pakistan leader Imran Khan that the team feared an attack outside [...]
Sri Lanka demoted to Division IV in 2022
After losing their Davis Cup Asia Pacific Oceanic Group III ties against Syria and Jordan, Sri Lanka have been demoted to play Division IV in 2022 calendar. Sri Lanka, after losing their first tie to Syria, played cohesively to earn some respect before going down to hosts, Jordan 2/1 in their second game of the [...]
The trendsetting ‘Tarzan’
Pugilist Tharindu Madushanke can be compared to one of those rare characters that can be found only in Hollywood action movies, where the hero would toil hard, make crucial sacrifices and yet keep the action intact, so the story plot ends in a triumphant thrill. At 28, Tharindu works as an Administrative Executive at a [...]
When will the Lions learn?
The cricket adoring public was buoyed by the T20 series win against India and it can be considered as a confidence booster for the young Lankan Lions led by their captain Dasun Shanaka. Despite winning the series against India on home soil it remained to be seen whether they will maintain the consistency against South [...]
SLB targets world stage
The onus place on national sports federations (NSF) to focus on international status and medal prospects resonates very audibly in the corridors of Sri Lanka Badminton (SLB). Apart from Niluka Karunaratne, who has held sway for a long time and made considerable efforts at the highest levels including the Olympics, other national players have not [...]
How ‘new normal’ affecting professional sports
Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic descended, it has hammered and halted the sporting action reducing it to little or no activity. The Sunday Times spoke to a cross-section of captains and coaches at school, club and national levels, ascertaining on how they have been coping with the situation. Rugby Dansha Dayan, former Sri Lanka [...]
Female referee Nelka felicitated in UAE
Sri Lanka’s first female boxing referee, Nelka Shiromala, received a heartiest welcome in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the Middle East Crown Boxing Championship, to which she was invited as a special guest. The organisers of this professional boxing meet, DJMC Events and New Jersey Boys Boxing Club, invited Shiromala, the now celebrated female [...]
Sri Lanka to organise West Asia’s biggest Online Chess Championship
The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) is gearing up to organise one of the biggest online events, the Western Asian Online Youth Chess Championships with the collaboration of Asian Chess Federation (ACF). The event will be held from September 18 to 20 through the Tornelo Platform, with over 1000 players from 15 Western Asian [...]
All hands coalition required to produce world class athletes: NOCSL SG
The path of an athlete heading towards the international centre stage is riddled with strenuous training and capacity building. The commitment, dedication and ‘never-give-up’ attitude are key characteristics that would give way to achieving their dreams. Most budding young athletes from rural regions in Sri Lanka lack the support they need financially, physically and mentally [...]
Fawzul snatches victory from Raptor in final lap; Chalitha sneaks in at two
Silverstone is the home of Motorsport where the stage was set for yet another epic showdown at the concluded fourth leg of Sim Racing Lanka Formula 1 Championship powered by Mandarin Reid ESports. Cheering fans, screeching tyres amidst an intense start that saw a shakeup of many of the favourites including Fawzul who qualified on [...]
Matheesha, a solid ‘rock’ cricketer from Maliyadeva, Kurunegala
Matheesha Weerasinghe, the top-order batsman of Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala has made his school and hometown proud by making it to the Sri Lanka Under-19 cricket squad, the only player from the region. Matheesha, a hero of the annual Maliyadeva-St Anne’s big match encounter, became the only player from the North Western Province to be included [...]