Amidst chaos, SLR to conduct trials for Commonwealth Games
It is now becoming evident that the former Minister of Sport’s decision to suspend the duly elected administration of Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) and appoint the Director General of Sports Development of the Ministry of Sports, Amal Edirosooriya as its Competent Authority is sort of a plot. With the final trials to pick the Sri [...]
Sumedha and Nilani claim top awards at SLA Centenary Nationals
Javelin thrower Sumedha Ranasinghe and triple jumper Chamal Kumarasiri established new meet records on the concluding day of the Sri Lanka Athletics Centenary National Athletics Championship where Ranasinghe and Nilani Ratnayake were adjudged best male and female athlete of the event. Olympian Ranasinghe hurled a distance of 82.18m, surpassing his own record of 80.76m to [...]
Johnians send Central packing to claim 38th big match win
St. John’s College Jaffna produced a sound show, especially by their bowlers in the second innings to thump and thrash their traditional rivals, Jaffna Central College by 99 runs at the end of the 115 Battle of the North at the Central ground in Jaffna. Yesterday being the third and the final day, Centralites playing [...]
Tamil Union in box seat after Sudeera’s 7-fer
Left-arm spinner Dilum Sudeera spun a web around the Sebastianites batters, claiming career best figures of 7 for 65 to give Tamil Union a strong chance to win the Major Club Emerging 3-day final being played at the SSC grounds. After Tamil Union were restricted for 254, Sudeera ran through the innings with a brilliant [...]
Sanga and Mahela snub new Minister’s NSC meeting
Mahela Jayawardena and Kumar Sangakkara are among the eight former members of the National Sports Council (NSC) who snubbed a meeting chaired by the new Minister of Sports Thenuka Vidanagamage to discuss the future of Sri Lanka sports and NSC. Jayawardena was the former chairman of the NSC while Sangakkara served as a member but [...]
Emerging coach Kalpage critical of fitness test
The new appointee for the emerging squad Ruwan Kalpage came hard on the strictly adhered – fitness test – claiming and criticising that he dislikes the modus operandi of this fitness test affair. “I don’t like the way, they handle the fitness test. When having a trainer appointed for me, my trainer should be running [...]
Rugby Refs and Trinity hold talks
The decision taken by Sri Lanka Society of Rugby Football Referees’ (SLSRFR) to abstain from officiating school rugby matches, has been reversed following a meeting between SLSRFR and Trinity College. The meeting had taken place on April 11, and SLSRFR President, Dinka Peiris told the Sunday Times that his team is convinced with the outcome [...]
A tame draw at the Oval
The 16th Battle of the Golds big match between Mahanama and D.S. Senanayake colleges played at the P. Sara Oval ended in a tame draw. The second day’s play saw DSS in reply to Mahanama’s score of 282 for 6 declared being bowled out 173 runs. DSS made to follow on ended the day on [...]
Dilan shines in drawn game at Reid Avenue
A fighting and unbeaten knock of 61 inclusive of six boundaries and a six by Dilan Thabrew helped St. Benedict’s from jaws of defeat and denied Royal a victory in their Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday. Royal made a formidable score of 286 for 7 on day one while in response [...]
Summer Season Open from today
The Summer Season Open Badminton Tournament organised by the Central Province Badminton Association under the auspices of the Sri Lanka Badminton Association, will begin today in Nuwara Eliya. The tournament, which will be held in conjunction with the Nuwara Eliya Spring Season, will take place at the Nuwara Eliya Municipal Indoor Stadium and conclude on [...]
Kanchana, Lasindu put Devans on top
Kanchana de Livera and Lasindu Lakshan cracked half tons for Sri Devananda MV Ambalangoda to come out on top against traditional rivals Dharmasoka MV Ambalangoda on day one in their 53rd Battle of the Blues big natch played at the UC ground in Ambalangoda. Kanchana made a quick fire 98 runs in 59 balls that [...]
Katich and Ford considered for England head coach jobs
Simon Katich and Graham Ford are on the list of potential England head coaches being targeted by Rob Key, the ECB’s new managing director of men’s cricket. Key, who took up his post this week, is understood to want to split the head coach roles between the Test and white-ball teams and has begun making [...]