‘Carpe Diem’ — the plan Lankans will stick to in UAE
Sri Lanka’s captain Dasun Shanaka, leading his side into his first ICC major tournament as a captain, pinned hopes on Pathum Nissanka, saying he is capable as a contributor, but should also seize the opportunity of the big stage in making the most and cementing his status. “Yeah, obviously, he has been a guy coming [...]
Dilshan scoops out irritating incidents
Just after the illustrious cricketing career which spanned for nearly two decades performing yeoman service as an all-rounder in all formats of the game to the country, TM Dilshan the architect of the ‘Dilscoop’ cricket stroke that embossed his patent on the most talked about new stroke in cricket, but not given much publicity. Even [...]
Player development is key to success — Sri Lanka ‘A’ head coach Rumesh Ratnayake
After a hiatus of two years, the Sri Lanka ‘A’ cricket team is set to return to action when they play host to the Pakistan ‘A’ side. As well as being the return of play for the second string national side, the occasion will be the baptism of former Sri Lanka fast bowler Rumesh Ratnayake [...]
Olympian Matthew Abeysinghe’s FINA World Championship appearance doubtful
Following last week’s cancellation of the trials for this December’s 15th FINA World Swimming Championship, Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union (SLASU) has now resorted to select the four swimmers to represent the nation in Abu Dhabi, based on 2019 performances. SLASU’s president, Nethru Nanayakkara, speaking to the Sunday Times on Friday said given that there [...]
Shooting events back on fire after two years
The National Shooting Sport Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF) will end its competition drought of almost two years with at least four competitions running towards the end of the year. Three of them will be competitions that are held annually at national level while the return of events will be with the Athugala Youth and [...]
Dialog and SLC release T20 World Cup Song
The national cricket team’s sponsor and Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, Dialog Axiata, together with Sri Lanka Cricket, recently released ‘Ape Kollo’ the T20 World Cup song in support of the Team on their T20 World Cup campaign which will commence on October 18 in the United Arab Emirates. The song will be sung by [...]
Untimely retirement of a star in the making
Sri Lanka’s most gifted and decorated female swimmer Kimiko Raheem, an Olympian who had won five gold medals at a single South Asian Games (SAG), has announced her retirement, the Sunday Times learns. This was confirmed by her coach Manoj Abeysinghe and the Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union (SLASU). “She notified me, and I have [...]
Fate of our club players
The present enthusiasm for tennis in the world is alive through the professional global circuits of ATP and WTA. In most countries, tennis enthusiast will know the top five women and men in the world by name. They will not know the best players in their own land. What more, due to inadequacies in many [...]
U.D. Wickramanayake – An outstanding, versatile sportsman
U.D. Wickramanayake, a charming, pleasant and majestic, outstanding senior officer who served the Sri Lanka Navy with distinction, took a transfer to the heavenly abode of Thusitha on October 22, 2013, leaving his beloved family, relatives, friends and well wishers in tears. Although the gentleman par excellence is no more, he lives in hearts forever. [...]
E-sport driver and athlete training programme by Mandarin Reid
Globally, eGaming is considered a whopping $2.4 billion USD industry. In Sri Lanka, eSports are now taking centre stage, with the country being estimated to have approximately 3.2 million gamers; true numbers, however, extend far beyond that. Meanwhile, enriching and uplifting the gaming community has only just begun. Mandarin Reid eSports is the newest subsidiary [...]
Pesandu, Senuja, Chanindi and Minethma bag gold medals
Pesandu Rashmitha Liyanage of D.S. Senanayake College, Senuja Thimeth Alwela of Bandarawela Central College, Chanindi Mewna Attanayake of Devi BalikaVidyalaya and Minethma Lasandi Wickramasinghe of Sujatha Vidyalaya won the main titles of the Western 1 Open, North Western Open, Western 2 Women’s and Southern Women’s events respectively of the Sri Lanka National Chess Championship Cycle [...]
Eight youngsters represent Sri Lanka at World Youth TT
A contingent of 10 will represent Sri Lanka at the WTTC Youth Contender Table Tennis Championship 2021 which began in Oman this week. The contingent include eight young players and two coaches with star paddler Senura Silva of Ananda College, leading the team. He is currently the country’s top ranked player in Men’s Singles. Others [...]
Medal winners rewarded by CFSL
The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) rewarded the champions who won medals at the World Youth Chess Championships and the Western Asian Youth Chess Championship held recently. The medal winners of these two events were rewarded at the opening ceremony of the National Chess Academy of the CFSL last week. The presentation was made [...]