“Uncommon” gearing for Commonwealth Games
Over 150 Commonwealth Games-bound Sri Lankan athletes and officials are facing a major stumbling block after the ‘bankrupt’ Sri Lanka Government decided to finance only athletes who have medal prospects at this year’s Games. Sri Lanka usually sends a planeload of athletes and officials to these quadrennial mega sporting events. At the last edition at [...]
Fast bowling depth worries chief selector
The Chairman of Cricket Selectors Pramodya Wickremasinghe admits that the current crop of fast bowlers is far from match-winning and has suggested setting up a Fast Bowling Unit at the High-Performance Centre focusing on teenage talent to lift fast-bowling standards. With Suranga Lakmal retired and Dushmantha Chameera being asked to concentrate on the shorter format [...]
WPRFU to conduct Open 7s Rugby
At a juncture when Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) has suddenly become a non-functioning body, the Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU) has stepped up in making arrangements to revive the game with an Open Club 7s Tournament within the region. The tournament date has been currently fixed as May 16 and the venue will be [...]
Anula to meet Ratnavali in Girls’ final
Anula Balika Vidyalaya Nugegoda and Ratnavali Balika Vidayalaya Gampaha qualified to the final of the Girls Under-19 Inter-School Cricket Tournament when they came out victorious in their respective semi-final encounters played at Maggona and Campbell Place. The champion and runner up of last year’s tournament Devapathiraja MV Rathgana and Wadduwa Central were their victims. Anula [...]
Antonians on first innings
Katugastota Antonians scored a first innings win over St. Benedict’s in their Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter which concluded at Katugastota yesterday. This encounter which started in 1906 between the two leading catholic schools was played for Charlie Joseph and Lovellyn Rayan Trophy. In reply to visitor’s score of 102, the home team made 201 for [...]
Jaffna Central prevail
Jaffna Central prevailed over arch rivals St. John’s Jaffna by 11 runs in their 19th Limited Over encounter played at St. John’s ground in Jaffna yesterday. Batting first Jaffna Central made a modest score of 229 runs and St. John’s in their run chase, despite an unbeaten 75 from Nesakumar Ebenezer, were restricted for 218 [...]
Royal stun STC
S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia failed to capitalise on precious free-throws in moments that mattered as they went down to their arch-rivals Royal College by 68-69 in the 17th Royal-Thomian Basketball encounter, played at the Sugathadasa indoor courts, on Friday. The game in the fourth and the final quarter, paced exactly in that neck-to-neck, see-saw [...]
Trinity dominate drawn game at Campbell Park
Trinity dominated proceedings against Wesley in the drawn Under-19 cricket encounter concluded at Campbell Park yesterday. Resuming from their overnight score of 325 for 6, Trinity made 367 all out before bowling hosts out for 187 in their first essay. At close Trinity ended the day on 111 for 3. The match between Royal and [...]
Australia on full-strength for Sri Lanka tour
Australia will be at close to full strength for all three legs of their Sri Lankan campaign in June-July as 34 players were named for an all-format tour also featuring an ‘A’ team. Marcus Harris was the biggest casualty in the 16-man Test squad that will play two matches in Galle to cap a seven-week [...]
European Clay court appeal
The appeal of tennis in the late 1960s and early 1970s was in the artistic aspects of a player’s stroke making elegance as skill. It was also the tail end of the wooden-racket era. It was not easy to generate power with wooden rackets. Italy’s Nicola Pietrangeli, Rafael Osuna of Mexico, Dennis Ralston of USA [...]
The Major Club T20 tournament set for May 22
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced the rescheduled Major Club T20 tournament will be held from 22 of this month. The change of dates came into effect as the Lanka Premier League player draft for local cricketers needs to be submitted by at least mid-June Though they had opened the doors for foreigners also to [...]
Inaugural Red Bull Half Court-winning teams to represent Sri Lanka in Egypt
Red Bull concluded the inaugural ‘Red Bull Half Court’ Basketball Championship last week at the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation (SLBF) court, with the participation of four each of male and female teams that qualified through regional qualifiers in Southern, Central, Northern, and Western Provinces. Red Bull Half Court is a 3×3 basketball tournament that is [...]
10th National Wushu Officials’ Programme from June 1
The National Wushu Judges and Referees Training Programme, conducted for the 10th occasion by Sri Lanka Wushu Federation (SLWF), will be held from June 1 to 5 at the Corporative Development Centre in Telgolla, Kandy. The President of SLWF, Manel Dharmakeerthi stated that applications are now in the process of being called in from those [...]
Sri Lanka Esports prepares for national team selections
Esports was recognised as an official sport by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 2019 and has seen rapid growth thanks to the sustained efforts of the Sri Lanka Esports Association (SLESA) – the official governing body for Esports in Sri Lanka. With many international Esports events on the horizon, SLESA will launch the [...]
‘ICC Foundation Course’ launched in Sinhala and Tamil by SLC in partnership with ICC
International Cricket Council (ICC) has partnered with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to make available the ICC Foundation Course in Sri Lanka. The foundation certificate programme was developed specifically for aspiring coaches who are looking forward to supporting the entry-level stages of the game. It also caters to coaches who would like to use the training [...]
ANC’s Modern Montessori International concludes Annual Sports Week
The annual Sports week of ANC’s Modern Montessori International (MMI) took place with children participating in a wide range of sports events. Conducted with the spirit of friendly competition, cheering for their teammates and learning valuable lessons on sportsmanship, the event was held on a grand scale. At the MMI Sports Day everyone was a [...]
Central Boarding win Trinity Inter-House Rugby title
Central Boarding House stamped their class when they accounted for the championship in the Under-16 segment at the Trinity College, Inter-House Rugby Tournament 2022 which was conducted at the Palleklee Rugby Stadium. Pilchaer House claimed the Under-12 championship while Shaayam House took away the Under-14 title of the tournament. Due to heavy rain and thunder [...]
One Day football programme in Matale
A one day football coaching camp for boys of the Under-15 age category from Matale schools, organised by Matale Football League was held successfully at the Bernard Aluvihare Stadium recently. A team of experienced and qualified coaches headed by Lt. Col. S. Pathmanadan, the Director of Beddagana Football Complex, conducted the coaching sessions, which was [...]
India sweep the board with double win
The India ‘B’ chess team won the Open title while India ‘A’ dominated the Girls’ segment at the Under-14 Online Asian Nations Cup 2022 which ended last weekend. India ‘B’ shared 16 match points with Philippines ‘A’ in the decisive round, but with a better tiebreaker, they easily secured the Open title. India ‘B’ beat [...]