India thrash butter- fingered Sri Lanka
AFP: Shreyas Iyer smashed an unbeaten 74 as India hammered Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the second Twenty20 international to clinch the series on Saturday. Chasing 184 for victory, Iyer led the batting charge, putting on an unbeaten 58-run stand with Ravindra Jadeja, who hit 45 off 18 balls, to take the team home [...]
Indian series swansong for senior seamer Suranga Lakmal
Come Friday, would mark the first of the last two matches for senior seamer Suranga Lakmal in national colours as his side lock horns against an insurmountable India, in a two-match test series getting underway in Mohali. The former test skipper will bid farewell at the conclusion of the series as the best longest format [...]
Tamil Union outclass Police SC by 10 wkts
Tamil Union coasted to a convincing 10-wicket win over Police SC with a day to spare in the Major Club Emerging Tournament cricket encounter concluded at the NCC ground yesterday. Tamil Union in reply to Police SC’s score of 129, scored a modest 221. Police were then bowled out for 133 runs, a lead of [...]
Colombo stares at Jaffna’s jumbo total despite Roshen’s 147*
National Test discard Roshen Silva was seen fighting a lone battle in an unbeaten 147 and stranded from his and his team’s score and still 246 behind of Jaffna’s gigantic 555 at stumps in the other opening match. Colombo, in reply to the northern team’s larger-than-life first innings total, saw it’s batters recklessly abandoning the [...]
Waduge’s ton lifts Galle out of danger
A century from Pabasara Waduge (128) and a late and an unfinished 60 from Suminda Lakshan propelled the home team Galle of cutting down the deficit inside 100, when an early stumps was drawn yesterday due to rain, at the end of day three in one of the two opening games of the National Super [...]
Cops put Reds in shackles at Police Park
Sri Lanka Police put on a superlative performance from kick-off against CR&FC who had a bad day on the field due to repeated handling errors were comprehensively beaten 20-03 in week five of the Club Rugby League 2022 played at Police Park yesterday. In the dawn of sixth minute of play the Reds gifted a [...]
‘Remain or leave’- Chief selector slams at ‘sloppy’ cricketers
Bhanuka Rajapaksa is back in the news, perhaps for wrong reasons. In reality, Rajapaksa is a professional athlete and if he aims to pursue a successful career even at the age of 31, he should be focusing on maintaining the requirements of a pro-cricketer including fitness. It’s no secret that fitness is an important and [...]
This year’s 143rd Battle of the Blues in July!
Sri Lanka’s longest-running and world’s only second-oldest big match between – Royal College and St. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia – will be played only in July this year, in stark contrast to its usual period in the month of March, an authoritative source told the Sunday Times. This year’s encounter, the 143rd Battle of the [...]
SSC honours it’s Immediate Past President William Tissa Ellawala
The Sinhalese Sports Club on Friday honoured it’s immediate past President William Tissa Ellawala by unveiling his portrait in the Pavilion Lobby. Above: Seen in the picture are invitees having a close look at the picture Right:The honouree addressing the occasion. Pix by M.A Pushpakumara
Police unit to dig deep into doping incidents
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in India, Manju Wanniarachchi beat Wales’ Sean McGoldrick in the bantamweight division to secure the gold medal in boxing, a record after 72 years. But the euphoria lasted less than two weeks when the boxer was found guilty of a doping offence. Wanniarachchi admitted to taking medication from a [...]
Chaminda Mendis shines as Petroleum Corporation clinch NSCA T20 title
A solid all-round effort by Chaminda Mendis helped Petroleum Corporation record a comfortable 27-run win over Insurance Corporation in the finals of the Nationalised Services Cricket Association Veteran’s T20 tournament played at Ratmalana on Friday. Chasing136 to win, Insurance Corporation managed 108 runs with Mendis finishing with best figures of 3 for 12 to help [...]
Sylvesters win by 8 wickets
St Sylvesters College, Kandy defeated Kingswood College by eight wickets in their two-day traditional match concluded at the Rangiri Dambulu International Cricket Stadium. Kingswood batting second was skittled out for 99,with the wrecker-in-chief being Kavishka Imesh collecting five-wickets. Results Kingswood College, Kandy 143 (51.4) (Hasintha Polkotuwa 45, Dumindu Bandara 25, Ravindu Tharinda 20, Shashika Basnayake [...]
Ashen steers Bens to victory
St. Benedict’s College registered an easy nine wicket win over St. Anne’s Kurunegala on the back of a fine all-round performance by Ashen de Soyza in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Kotahena yesterday. The match between St. Peter’s and Nalanda played at Bambalapitoya ended in a tame draw. Results At Kotahena: [...]
Young blood Vinuja Ranpul’s date with dream and desire
Sri Lanka’s U-19 speedster Vinuja Ranpul having featured in the recently-concluded World Cup declared and divulged playing in the biggest tournament of his life was living his dream. “My maiden under-19 call-up was a pleasant surprise to me but I knew that I would be able to get selected considering my impressive performances for Nalanda [...]
Sangeeth Suriyage sets sights in producing the next generation of drivers
The present five-time national champion in motor bike racing Sangeeth Suriyage after many awards and accolades is now looking forward in developing his students in his driving school in a bid to propel them in succeeding him. His driving school – Pure Performance Team – consist a student-base of half-a-dozen of them and settled Suriyage [...]
Sri Lanka Squash drive enables qualifying of Players to PSA league
Sri Lanka Squash (SLS) issuing membership of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) to eligible national players and hosting local satellite tournaments in order for the players to earn the required qualifying ranking points has resulted in current’s men’s and women’s national champions – Ravindu Laksiri and Fathoum Issadeen – qualifying for the Bangamatha International PSA [...]
Commonwealth Games launch school-linking partnership
Sixty schools in the West Midlands have been twinned with 60 schools across 10 Commonwealth countries. Pupils will learn about other cultures in the Commonwealth through a programme of sports and arts Programme launched with a live linkup between Thorns Collegiate Academy in Brierley Hill and Kotagaloluwa Sri Jinarathana Junior School in Sri Lanka Pupils [...]
Esandi and Devesh claim main titles
Esandi Newansa of Dharmasoka College proved that she is the best chess player in the Youth Girls category, by winning the Under-18 title of the International Online Youth Chess Championships which was conducted as part of the celebrations of the Golden Jubilee of the Chess federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL). Esandi lost to low rated [...]
Grand Park Arena hosts Inter House Cricket Tournament
Grand Park Arena (GPA) hosted an Inter-House Cricket Tournament, in commemoration of its first year anniversary with the participation of four teams. The teams were GPA Vikings, GPA Gladiators, GPA Kings and GPA Warriors. After the preliminary round matches, held over seven days, GPA Warriors and GPA Gladiators reached the finals at the Piliyandala Central [...]
Yeti powers Thomian cricket and rugby teams
S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia have teamed up with renowned isotonic sports drink manufacturer Yeti, who will provide the College senior cricket and the rugby teams isotonic sports drinks and powders to meet the hydration needs of the players. As part of the partnership, S. Thomas’ cricket and rugby teams will have access to the [...]
Global Systems Solutions defends Mercantile-level Esports title for second year
For the sixth consecutive year, Gamer.LK brought the thrill and excitement of Esports to the corporate community across the country, with its Mercantile Esports Championship powered by Samsung Sri Lanka. Global Systems Solutions (GSS) defended the title for the second consecutive year. Esports, short for Electronic Sports, is the competitive play of video games – [...]
Kularathna Central College Godakawela wins inaugural Dialog Schools Rugby Development 7s
Kularathna Central College, Godakawela powered their way to emerge as the overall winners, beating Swarna Jayanthi Maha Vidyalaya, Kegalle on a higher aggregate score, at the inaugural Dialog Schools Rugby Development 7s Championship played at the Ruwanwella Public grounds. The inaugural development Under-14 tourney was conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) in [...]