Clinical Kandy thump Airmen
Returning to action after a lapse of two years, title holders Kandy Sports Club displayed their usual potential despite going through a scrappy first half, to defeat Air Force Sports Club by 34-12 in a Division ‘A’ Club Rugby League match played at Ratmalana yesterday. Leading the halftime by a slender margin of 15-12, Kandy [...]
Shanaka heaps praise on ‘world class’ Chameera
Batter Charith Asalanka was named the Man-of-the-Match for his near run-a-ball 52 off 56, but it was seamer Dushmantha Chameera who set the tone for Sri Lanka’s crushing win over Zimbabwe on Friday, taking two wickets off successive balls in the third over in a run-chase of 255. Takudzwanashe Kaitano and Regis Chakabva gave Zimbabwe [...]
Capt. Jayalath and Niloo stamp their class in China Bay
Evergreen golfers, Capt. Jayalath Perera (Rtd) and Niloo Jayathilake stamped their class in the Men’s and Women’s segment respectively, wining the Commander’s Cup at the ninth edition of the Sri Lanka Air Force conducted annual event which took place at the picturesque China Bay, Eagles Golf Link course in Trincomalee yesterday. Jayathilake showed her class [...]
Favourites reach knock-out stage
The Dialog Netball Championships which got underway at the Digana Sports Complex saw exciting first days play with top right teams earning their quarter-final berths. There were 30 teams competing in the group stage with leaders in each group qualifying for the knock-out stage of the tournament. Hattion National Bank and Sri Lanka Ports Authority [...]
Havies dominate Sailors
Havelocks beat Navy SC by 21-5 in their Club Rugby League match played at Havelock Park under lights yesterday. At halftime Havies led by 21-0, and scored from three converted tries while the Sailors scored off a solitary unconverted try. The entire first half was at the control of Havelocks despite losing flyhalf Sandesh Jayawickrama [...]
Madavi, Nilakshi star in Lanka’s win over Malaysia
An unbeaten 87-run fourth wicket stand between Harshitha Madavi (65*) and Nilakshi de Silva (49*) helped Sri Lanka Women’s record their third consecutive win in the Commonwealth Games Women’s Cricket qualifier beating Malaysia by 93 runs. They earlier beat Scotland and Kenya. Sri Lanka scored a mammoth 175 for three with Sri Lanka batters making [...]
NSL committee on a fence
The tournament committee chairman Samantha Dodanwela of the National Super League (NSL) getting underway tomorrow defended their stance and selection basis of players saying the 78 nationally contracted players were equally allotted to each of the five team. This is due to the part the Sinhalese Sports Club representing the Colombo team, is stacked with [...]
Djokovic episode Down Under
Australia took the responsibility and accommodated the opening of 2022 tennis season for both professional bodies WTA and ATP. They have done so taking risks and criticism. Players and spectators will face good deal of hardship in Australia. Reduction in the number of events was most visible. The few staged to a finish had checks [...]
Sri Lanka U-19s reach knock-out stage for first time since 2016
Unbeaten Sri Lanka entered the Super League stage of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, currently underway in the West Indies, after topping Group ‘D’ in three games. Sri Lanka juniors beat Scotland by 7 wickets in their opening group game Friday last week, before beating Australia by 4 wickets three days later. On Friday [...]
Indians steal the show at half marathon
Indian duo Karthik Kumar and Sanjeevani Jadhav stole the limelight, as they claimed the Men’s and Women’s championships of the 21kilometre half marathon held yesterday conducted to coincide the 100th anniversary of Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA). The two Indian long distance runners stood out from the rest of among over 250 runners, which included 15 [...]
Viktoria, Christian clinches singles titles
The curtains of the J5 ITF Junior Circuit Week 1 Tennis Tournament conducted by the ITF, came down yesterday with Girls and Boys Singles being worked off at the SLTA courts in Greenpath, Colombo. Viktoria Veleva of Bulgaria and Christian Care of Australia emerged champions in the two categories with top seeded Veleva coasting to [...]
2nd CBL-Munchee Trophy, MCA ‘D’ Division 40-over League 2022
The MCA Division ‘D’ League stage was completed on January 15 and the quarter-finals will be held this weekend. The official sponsorship presentation was held on Thursday at the MCA Legends New Wing. Picture shows, Marketing Manager of CBL Romesh Jayathillake (2nd left) handing over the sponsorship to MCA President, Nalin Wickramasinghe (3rd right). Others [...]
Master Blasters claim SJPL 2021
Master Blasters, led by Akith Jarudika, beat Lion Warriors by 42 runs to annex the Sanath Jayasuriya Premier League (SJPL) 2021 title in perfect style at the Bloomfield ground in Colombo last Sunday. Played among five teams of young school cricketers, also belonging to various cricket academies from Sri Lanka, the tournament was played from [...]
Susal and Niklesha crowned new Chess King and Queen
Susal de Silva and Niklesha Tharushi were crowned the King and the Queen respectively of the Open and Women’s categories at the National Chess Championship 2021. Susal de Silva, 16, of Nalanda College won Open title of the Sri Lanka National Chess Championship after a heavy battle of four hours with his rival Ranindu Dilshan [...]