Sri Lanka women concedes 3-0 whitewash
A shocking batting collapse which included five run outs helped Pakistan Women win the third and final T20 by 4 wickets to wrap up the series 3-0 against Sri Lanka Women in Karachi yesterday. Sri Lanka openers–Chamari Athapaththu and Hasini Perera put on a slow but steady 69 runs for the first wicket before dreadful [...]
Asia Cup to be shifted to UAE?
The Asia Cup is to be shifted to United Arab Emirates (UAE) owing to the ongoing crisis that has led to long queues, regular power cuts and widespread shortages in Sri Lanka. Although India was the host for this year’s edition of the six-team tournament, rights were granted to Sri Lanka on a request made [...]
SLBA denies own team from FIBA Asia Cup Pre-Qualifiers
The national men’s basketball team has suffered in silence after their slot at this month’s 2022 FIBA Asia Cup Pre-Qualifiers went in vain due to the inability of Sri Lanka Basketball Federation (SLBF) to find funds and sponsors, the Sunday Times exclusively learns. Despite qualified and grouped well in advance, only this Thursday, the team [...]
SLHF desperately hunting for funds to send three players for Asian Qualifiers
The Sri Lanka Hockey Federation (SLHF) is in a race against time to find funds for the airfare to send three of their women players, ahead of their Women’s Asian Games Qualifier 2022, set to start on June 6. Though the remaining 15, covered by the 15 free air tickets granted by the Asian Hockey [...]
Sri Lanka Cricket’s magnanimous gesture to hospitals
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has attracted more brickbats than praise over the years due to their handling of finances and other cricket-related matters, but its act of generosity at a time hospitals across the country are pleading for life-saving medicine deserves high praise. SLC decided to donate US$ 2 million–approximately over Rs 720 million–to support [...]
India agrees to play T20 series against crisis-hit Sri Lanka
India has agreed to play Sri Lanka in a two-match T20 series before or after the Asia Cup to allow its close ally to earn some valuable foreign currency. Sri Lanka is in a major Forex crisis and cricket is the only sport that regularly brings in dollars to the country. The Board of Control [...]
National Schools Under-15 team events from June 2-5
The Sri Lanka Schools Badminton Under-15 team competitions will be held from June 2 to 5 in and around Galle. The tournament makes its return after a lapse of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and various other factors in the country. The tournament, conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Badminton Association, under the [...]
NOC to decide CWG contingent on Monday
The panel of officials overseeing Sri Lanka’s probabilities and possibilities of the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2022, to be held in Birmingham, England from July 28 to August 8, will meet again tomorrow to take a final count about the Sri Lankan contingent. Originally slated to fly out a contingent of over 200, according to the [...]
Lankans move to fourth in Test Championship after epic win
Going into the Test series in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka’s biggest worry was its inexperienced fast bowling unit. After Suranga Lakmal retired and Dushmantha Chameera and Lahiru Kumara were rested owing to injuries, there was little hope its five-man seam bowling unit would put on match-winning performances. Vishwa Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Asitha Fernando, Chamika Karunaratne and [...]
Hiruna, Dhanuja shine in Galle Zone’s big win
Hiruna Mandila and Dhanuja Induwara shone for Galle Zone 1 in their big 164-run win over Hambantota District in the Under 19 Youth League limited over tournament encounter played at the Sooriyawewa Stadium. Hiruna cracked 93 off 110 balls, inclusive of nine boundaries and three sixes while Dhanuja made 79 with 10 boundaries and two [...]
Trinity take honours in drawn game
Trinity College gained the upper hand in their drawn Under-19 Inter-School traditional cricket encounter against Royal College played at Asgiriya yesterday. The highlights of the game were the performances of the home team where two centuries and a haul of seven wickets took the limelight. Electing to bat, Trinity posted a challenging total of 381, [...]
Ace Capital stun star-studded SSC
In a low scoring game of the first double header at the SSC, Saracens struggled to win the match by 3 wickets against Lankan CC based on Duckworth/Lewis Method yesterday. Saracens, chasing the revised target of 88 from 16 overs, kept on losing wickets at frequent intervals. Navindu Vithanage became the top scorer of the [...]
Manitha and Senesh elated to represent Sri Lanka at Red Bull Paper Wings World Finals
The official Paper Plane World Championship, Red Bull Paper Wings, was concluded in Salzburg, Austria recently. The World Final was participated by three competitors representing Sri Lanka who emerged winners of Northern, Central and Western provinces at the local qualifiers. The sixth edition of the World Final in 2022 at Hangar 7 in Salzburg saw [...]
Yudeera, Thanushgar, Layla and Venuli annex Singles titles
Yudeera Atapattu, Thanushgar Kokilathar, Leyla Knese and Venuli Jayasinghe walked away with singles titles at the Kandy Garden Club Tennis Tournament 2022, which was held at the club’s tennis courts in Kandy on May 7 and 8. This weekend tournament, organised by the Garden Club attracted young boys and girls from Colombo, Kandy, Matale, Kurunegala, [...]
Teacher-student trio of Gateway College excel at chess
Isuru Alahakoon, the coach and two of his students, Nabil Nazar Mohamed and Brijeash Saravanabhavan of Gateway College excelled at the Sri Lanka National Premier Division Chess Championships 2022. Having worked together as a team, the trio made their mark at a time when the championship had reached an important milestone of celebrating its golden [...]
High stake Dialog-SLESA All-Island Free Fire Esports Championship takes Gaming to new heights
To further support the growth of Esports in Sri Lanka, Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider and the official sponsor of the Sri Lanka National Esports team, has joined hands with the Sri Lanka Esports Association (SLESA) to power the inaugural edition of the ‘Dialog-SLESA All-Island Free Fire Championship’ which is set to [...]