‘Rockstar’ Jadeja hurts Sri Lanka
The man who christened him ‘Rockstar Jadeja’ wasn’t alive to congratulate him on his first 150 plus Test score. But Indian spinner Ravindra Jadeja paid a glorious tribute to his former Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne–who died on Friday–with a magnificent century that propelled India to an imposing 574 for 8 declared on day two [...]
Sudeera guides Tamil Union with 13 wicket match bag
Left-arm spinner Dilum Sudeera ended with an impressive match bag of 13 for 73 as Tamil Union record a convincing nine-wicket win over Panadura SC with a day to spare in the Major Club Emerging Tournament match played at the Panadura Esplanade yesterday. This was Tamil Union’s second successive victory, having demolished Police SC last [...]
CH retaliate and stun Airmen for third win
In a thrilling encounter of the SLR Club Rugby League Championship 2022 at the Racecourse ground in Colombo, CH&FC turned tables to beat dark horses Air Force by 22-15. The script was never meant to have CH with a winning end, as the Airmen led the game 12-5 at halftime, but it was changed by [...]
Havies thrash hapless Reds
Table leaders Havelocks Sports Club extended their unbeaten run by thrashing a hapless CR&FC side by 53-3 to claim their sixth win of the SLR Club Rugby League Championship 2022 at Longdon Place yesterday. The Red Shirts were the first to open scoring when they put over a penalty in the fifth minute of the [...]
Kandy looking cool after Sahan Arachchige’s 162
Sahan Arachchige’s 162 and Avindu Theekshana’s five-for placed Kandy in the boxing seat leading by 210-runs at third day stumps, in the second four dayer at Pallekele yesterday. Jaffna in reply to their hosts 503, had starts, but the three batters having crossed the half-century mark, failed to convert into big scores. Janith Liyanage, after [...]
Colombo crushes Dambulla by an innings and132
A toothless batting and six wickets shared between Lakshitha Manasinghe and Prabath Jayasuriya demolished Dambulla by an innings-and-132-runs with a day to spare yesterday at the R. Premadasa Stadium. Dambulla, batting in their follow-on, only exposed a deteriorated a batting, much worse than their respectable looking first-innings total in their National Super League four-day tournament. [...]
Colourful and Fearless
The news of Shane Warne’s sudden demise sent shock waves throughout the cricketing world and I am still trying to contemplate if this is really happening or if I am in the middle of a bad dream. Warnie was larger than life, he was an absolute legend of the game and a Hall of Famer [...]
Inside the luxury Thai villa where Warne found dead
Images have been released of the luxurious Thai villa where cricket legend Shane Warne was found dead after a suspected heart attack. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has offered a state funeral for Shane Warne to the cricketer’s family. Morrison said described Warne as “one of our nation’s greatest characters.” “His humour, his passion, his irreverence, [...]
Ali ton spurs Pakistan to huge total
Scores of 150+ from Imam-ul-Haq and Azhar Ali helped Pakistan post a huge first-innings total on day two against Australia in Rawalpindi. There was no respite for Australia on day two of the first Test as the toil continued. Continuing from an overnight score of 245/1, Imam-ul-Haq and Azhar Ali continued to pile on the [...]
Dinura, Kaveesha set up Mahinda win
Dinura Kalupahana and Kaveen Rukshan combined to lead Mahinda College to a comfortable innings and 41 runs win over St Servatius Matara in the Under 19 school cricket match concluded at Galle yesterday. Kalupahana hit 148 before Rushan return figures of 6 for 33 as they thrashed the hapless opposition by an innings. Shehan Hasaranga, [...]
Junior and Intermediate Rowing Nationals this week
The Amateur Rowing Association of Sri Lanka (ARASL) has made all arrangements to conduct the Sri Lanka Junior and Intermediate National Championship 2022 on March 10, 11 and 12 at the Diyawanna Rowing Centre in Koswatte. Events will be held for both boys and girls of three age categories — Under-14, Under-16 and Under-18 with [...]
A busy calendar ahead for Sri Lanka Golf
The 132nd Sri Lanka Amateur Open Golf, Ladies Amateur Golf Open and this September’s Asian Games will keep the country’s golfers busy with 132nd Amateur Open, the first event slated to start later this month. Sri Lanka Golf Union, now renamed to, ‘Sri Lanka Golf’ (SLG), based on trends and requirements of the Ministry of [...]
Goalkeeper coach sent without ‘proper explanation’
After a stint of two-years as the Goalkeeping Coach of the Sri Lanka football team, German Amir Doksanaltic left the country, but with a heavy heart. Doksanaltic, who joined the national football coaching setup on February 18, 2020, has not been granted a service extension by his employee, Football Sri Lanka (FSL), and the Bosnian [...]
Schools season to resume
Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) released a tentative calendar for the year, with 18 events lined-up for five different age categories. The most significant that are looked forward to from the competition lineup, the Under-19 League and Under-19 Knockout, comes in as the seventh and ninth of the list slotted to be played [...]
Zevrev, World’s No.3 kicked out in Mexico
Expecting a tennis event without disturbing incidents is not a practical mindset for organisers. In the early days of tennis, violations in events did reach unpleasant and uncontrollable levels. These forced an ‘official’ system to evolve with education, training and certification for officiating events. Today, their services are a prerequisite to conduct a tennis event [...]
Youngsters shine at SSC Open Tennis
Youngsters came on top at the recently concluded SSC Open Tennis Championship with school players Thehan Wijemanne and Anjalika Kurera continuing their supremacy as Men’s Open and Women’s Open champions at the three-week long tournament that took place at the SSC courts. Thehan, still 17 and a student of Royal College, Colombo, won the Men’s [...]
Garrett House emerge worthy champions
The annual Senior Inter-House Rugby Tournament 2022 of Trinity College took place at their Pallekelle Rugby Stadium, where Garrett House beat Simiththraaratchy House by 26-12 to claim the championship. Shaveen Premaratne led the victorious Garrett House while Lithmal Moragoda led the Simiththraaractchy House. Among five Houses, Ooloff was placed overall third next to Garrett and [...]
Lyceum Wattala clinch International Schools U-19 T20 championship
The finalist schools of the Lyceum family, Lyceum International School, Wattala and Lyceum International School, Nugegoda played in the grand finals of the Inter-International Schools Under-19 Cricket T20 Tournament 2022 concluded at the Lyceum ground in Wattala last week. Lyceum Wattala won the toss, elected to bowl first and went on to beat their Nugegoda [...]
Milo conducts Beach Volleyball Camp for kids
Nourishing children to go further in life, Nestlé Milo, in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation, organised a Beach Volleyball Coaching Camp at the Asian Central Beach Volleyball Tournament held recently. In line with Nestlé Milo’s belief that ‘sports is a great teacher’, this Beach Volleyball Camp provided coaching on essential skills to children [...]
Sysco LABS gamers triumphant at Mercantile E-sports Championship 2021
Demonstrating stellar gaming prowess, teams from Sysco LABS Sri Lanka, the captive innovation centre for Sysco Corporation, the global leader in foodservice, triumphed at the Mercantile E-sports Championship 2021. Sysco LABS won several accolades for the team games including a gold medal in the Women’s Dota 2 tournament and a Bronze medal in the Call [...]
Trinity win Junior Novices Weightlifting Championship 2022
Trinity College juniors became the champions at the Junior Novices Weightlifting Championship 2022 which took place at Poddiwala National College. The championship was organised by Sri Lanka Weightlifting Federation and saw many leading schools taking part in this annual event. The Trinitians dominated by placing first, second and third comprehensively at the event. Abidh Jameel, [...]
Cricket 6s by Royal Horana on March 12
An Inter-Batch Softball Cricket Tournament, organised by the Old Boys Association of Royal College, Horana, will be held on March 12 at the school’s main ground, starting from 1.00pm. The competition will be held as a day and night event, which will also include other entertainment segments such as a fun fair, magic show, firework [...]