Airmen down CR
In a stunning turn of events, Air Force made a brilliant second half comeback to squeeze in with a 16-11 win against fancied CR&FC in a Club Rugby League Championship played at Longdon Place yesterday. Travelling to Torrington from Ratmalana, the Airmen had ambitious intentions from the word go, as they counterattacked each move made [...]
Head coach hunt continues after Ford, Farbrace snub
The hunt for Mickey Arthur’s replacement as national Head Coach has met a roadblock with two earmarked candidates, Graham Ford and Paul Farbrace, turning their backs on Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). This means the process will take much longer than expected with SLC confirming that Rumesh Ratnayake–the interim Head Coach–will oversee the team during the [...]
Country or County: Suranga yet to decide
Country’s former Test captain, Suranga Lakmal, denying rumours that he is retiring from the game citing an offer from English County cricket, confirmed to the Sunday Times exclusively that he has made no decision to call it quits and only contemplating as to which direction to progress. The Sunday Times learns the all-format senior seamer [...]
Club rugby returns to Kandy
Rugby will return to Central Hills for the first time in 23 months when Kandy SC host CH&FC at Nittawela today with the kickoff set for 4.00pm. The defending champions will be fielding the best available side despite losing as many as seven forwards this season. Kandy beat Sri Lanka Air Force in the opening [...]
National Age Group Relay Meet behind closed doors today
The National Age Group Relay Championships, the first SLASU swimming event since the pandemic, will be worked off today at the Sugathadasa Swimming Complex behind closed doors with a participation of an estimated 600 athletes representing 36 clubs and schools. The meet will be conducted in age groups of Under-11, 13, 15, and 17 and [...]
Petes thrash Pathana by innings
St. Peter’s thrashed Isipathana by an innings and 35 runs while two other encounters ended in draws of the four Under-19 traditional 2-day cricket games yesterday. Isipathana were totally outplayed by the Peterites, as they restricted Isipathana for 114 in their first innings and declared at 326-5 in response. The Peterites bowled out Isipathana for [...]
Women’s cricket — Pressing problems and panacea
The status of Sri Lanka’s men’s team has flighted and flourished, leave aside their performance. But how about the status of the nation’s women’s team? Is it only hardly noticed and grabs the attention only whenever an out-of-the-ordinary occurrence is recorded? Even for these to happen, that is, the status of women’s cricket becoming half [...]
Dambulla down the drain; others fire in their own ways
The opening week of the National Super League, concluding with today, saw a mix of low and moderately-scored games being worked off at Tamil Union and the Sinhalese Sports Club grounds. The action mid of next week will move to the central hills and Dambulla, where the tournament will continue and conclude at Pallekele, mid [...]
Teams and ‘officials’ thriving through to complete league
In spite of placing specified guidelines and protocols to follow during the ongoing Club Rugby League Championship of 2022, Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) has lost its status and respect among stakeholders, most notably the main sponsor Dialog Axiata, who pulled out from its long-standing commitment days prior to the commencement. With a monetary commitment of [...]
Madushan making waves in surfing
Lakshitha Madushan, now 22, may not be a household name locally. But he is a known figure among local sportspersons, and above all globally, particularly among those in the surfing fraternity, he has earned quite a good reputation as a surfer. Years back, Lakshitha or Lucky as he is well known as, was an average [...]
There’s more to his resignation than meets the eye
A “clash of eras” is in the offing. Rumours are circulating of an unforeseen “dictatorship” within the Cricket Technical Advisory Committee appointed by the Sports Minister with the unexpected stepping down of Roshan Mahanama. Mahanama, regarded as one of Sri Lanka’s most respected cricketers of the evolutionary era, later rose to Match Referee of the [...]
Nimesh Vimukthi’s journey of courage
When Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the launch of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) tournament, it was always considered as an ideal opportunity for the youngsters to get the much needed exposure before they encounter challenges ahead, mainly at international level. The exposure undoubtedly paves the way for them to show their capabilities to the [...]
A decisive, tactical, enduring first week
Worldwide in clubs, local events and even at national level tactical engagement in tennis is far lower than that of a professional event. The Australian Open of 2022, a professional event, showed highest level of tactical tennis display. Even with global health precautions, the number of top ranked players appearing in Australia was an encouraging [...]
SriLankaSports.com’s Merc -Stop ‘Predict and Win’ cricket contest winners awarded
Sri Lanka’s first sports website, www.srilankasports.com, together with Sri Lanka’s number one automotive solutions provider Merc-Stop conducted a ‘Predict and Win’ cricket contest for the recently concluded ICC T20 World Cup in Dubai with a 32-inch television on offer for the overall winner with many other cash awards in various categories. In parallel with the [...]
Jo-Leen, Loriant bag Singles titles
Top seeds Malaysian players Jo-Leen Saw and Lorant Gyori of Hungary clinched the Girls and Boys Singles titles as the curtains of the ITF J5 Junior Circuit Week 2 championship came down at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo yesterday. Both victors raced to win the Singles titles with minimum fuss as they kept [...]
Yeti powers National Wheelchair tennis team
The Sri Lanka Wheelchair tennis team teamed up with the island’s renowned isotonic energy drink manufacturer, Yeti as their official isotonic hydration partner. The Sri Lanka wheelchair tennis team led by Tokyo Paralympian Suresh Dharmasena concluded the World Cup campaign with a creditable sixth place finish after former World Champions Japan beat them in the [...]
Crysbro-NOCSL Next Champ’s athletes confident for upcoming international ‘Games’ in 2022
Budding athletes enlisted under the Next Champ Scholarship Programme jointly initiated by Crysbro and the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) to enable and empower aspiring young athletes, look forward to returning to the 2022 editions of the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, and bringing home coveted medals. A noteworthy recipient, aspiring young athlete [...]
Pesandu Liyanage wins 9th Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2022
Pesandu Rashmitha Liyanage of D.S. Senanayake College won the 9th Sri Lanka Grand Prix 2022 convincingly, after beating S. Sivathanujan in a close game. In the finals Pesandu beat Sivathanujan of Kokavil Hindu College by 1½-½ to secure the championship. In the double round finals, Pesandu won his first game with white pieces and earned [...]
Perera and Sons committed in raising the bar for Sri Lankan Esports with Gamer.LK
Esports has been growing rapidly over the last few years in Sri Lanka with an exponential number of players entering what is widely regarded as the “fastest growing sport” in Sri Lanka. Perera and Sons partnered with Gamer.LK in 2019 and stepped into the fray to amplify the local Esports culture with two massive online [...]
14th Dharmapala Peramaga 6-a-side Cricket Tournament concludes successfully
The Peramaga 6-a-Side Softball Cricket Tournament, organised by the Peramaga Decade Group of the Past Pupils Association of Dharmapala Vidyalaya, Pannipitiya, was held at the school ground with Sri Lanka cricketer and fast bowler Kasun Rajitha, Acting Principal Mrs. D.N.P. Illeperuma, staff members, past pupils and several dignitaries gracing the opening ceremony of the event. [...]