LPL transparency at stake over questionable deals
Serious concerns have been raised over the transparency of the process that selects franchise owners and the broadcaster for Lanka Premier League (LPL) following recent developments. The Innovative Production Group (IGP), the tournament rights holder for franchises and broadcasters, this week announced the signing of a multimillion dollar TV rights deal with the little-known local [...]
Sri Lanka to make finishing touches in Oman ahead of T20 WC
Sri Lanka’s white-ball plans suffered a setback when three of their top players got suspended over discipline but head coach Mickey Arthur says that, although it’s a “massive blow”, it has opened doors for others to come in. Speaking ahead of the team’s departure to Oman today to play two T20 games before heading to [...]
Controversial penalty mars SAFF opener; FSL say wrong call
Sri Lanka will lodge a complaint with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) after a controversial penalty allowed Bangladesh to win the SAFF Football Championship curtain-raiser match 1-0 at the National Stadium in Maldives on Friday. Referee Feras Taweel of Syria awarded a penalty to Bangladesh in the 56th minute after Sri Lankan defender Duckson Puslas [...]
All members of Appeal Advisory Committee tender resignations
All seven members of the Appeal Advisory Committee in the Ministry of Sports have tendered their resignations, giving three months notice. The committee chaired by Justice K.T. Chitrasiri includes eminent lawyers in Dinal Philips PC, Chandaka Jayasundara PC, Attorney-at-Law Dr. Arittha Wickremanayake, Attorney-at-Law Ms. Roshani Kobbekaduwa, former Sri Lanka cricketer Sidath Wettimuny and former champion [...]
Fixing the lacking links is key priority
The Under-19 cricketers of past or present lacking first class exposure and only having played school cricket and some of them only with the Under-23 tournament, which is not a first class game either, is the root cause of juniors still without the world title, their coach, Avishka Gunawardene said. He has observed the Bangladeshis [...]
Davis Cup, Nations Cup, Laver Cup and our tennis
All of these names are global annual tennis team competitions for men. Women’s tennis has another set of competition. Rather complicating even to a player/enthusiast who has been following global completion tennis for 50 years. The inevitable question, what are they? Is it about which body controls global tennis, or who should make the money [...]
I felt what fear was for real – Susanthika Jayasinghe
Fear was a mere word for Sri Lanka’s most successful and decorated sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghe, until she and her entire family was tested positive for COVID-19 on September 13. During her career which spanned from 1994 to 2009, the ‘Asian Black Mare’ came no close of encountering fear or panic. For Sri Lanka’s most successful [...]
Paralympic Committee bolsters future plans
The world had witnessed one of the greatest achievements in the history of the Paralympics when javelin thrower Dinesh Priyantha Herath clinched the gold medal in the F46 category with a world record throw of 67.79metres. A few hours later his colleague Samitha Dulan Kodithuwakku won the bronze medal in the F64 category. Dulan achieved [...]
CEAT brings motor racing into the homes of fans with ‘eShiftX’
Motor racing fans, starved of the adrenaline rush of live competition, will be able to enjoy the next best thing in the comfort and safety of their homes, thanks to one of the sport’s biggest benefactors – CEAT Kelani Holdings. The country’s top tyre maker — and for many years the title sponsor of Sri [...]
Kurunegala YCC recruits six straight from school
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club (KYCC), one of the semi-finalists of last year’s Sri Lanka Cricket Premier League Twenty20 Tournament, has already signed in seven new school cricketers for the forthcoming Inter-Club season, which will begin from next month. KYCC already includes wicketkeeper/batsman Gayan Maneeshan, and are brimming with confidence after their new intake of school [...]
Nalin Wickramesinghe at the helm of MCA
Nalin Wickramesinghe, a retired banker, now General Manager at Mode Group of Companies, was unanimously elected as the 42nd president of the Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA), formed by the British expatriates in 1911, at the 104th Annual General Meeting, held via Zoom platform from the MCA Legends Wing, on September 29. Wickramesinghe, the 28th Sri [...]
Youth players rewarded by Sri Lanka Cricket
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) rewarded and recognised 26 players of the national Under-19 squad, currently undergoing training focusing on the upcoming inbound tours, the Under-19 Asia Cup and the ICC Under-19 World Cup. The players were given financial assistance of Rs. 100,000 each for the commitment shown for the game by the youngsters since identifying [...]
Sri Lanka win two golds, a silver and a bronze
Sri Lanka’s top ranked, International Master Harshana Thilakarathne, won the gold medal in the most important Under-18 Open category of the Western Asian Online Youth Chess Championship, which concluded last week. Harshana, from Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala, played excellent chess and was the leader from the first round, as he maintained his consistency to win the [...]
Gateway College launches first ever Inter-House Virtual Sports Festival
In the Primary and Secondary Educational Sectors, sports and physical education for children have suffered one of the biggest setbacks during the extended closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdowns. However, Gateway College with its usual spirit of enterprise, has met this challenge undeterred, to provide its students with alternatives [...]
Sri Lanka to host Bangladesh for five Youth ODIs
Sri Lanka will host the Bangladesh side in a Youth One Day International series, which includes five matches, during October, according to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). SLC conducted a Talent Hunt Programme covering all districts and provinces to select a national squad of 75 players, as school cricket has been totally inactive since the outbreak [...]