Can high-riding Sri Lankans defend their title?
Hong Kong’s bid to avenge their group stage loss to Sri Lanka only proved futile when they were comfortably downed by Sri Lanka 43-67 to qualify for today’s final against host Singapore. This will be the defending champion’s ninth straight entry into the regional final. The Asian Netball Championships finals will be played today at [...]
Sri Lanka vs Aussie Legends today
Sri Lankan Legends team will open their – Road Safety World Series (RSWS) – tournament taking on long-time rivals Australia’s legends this evening at 7.30 at Kanpur, India, in the second double-header of the day. Former opening batter-cum-captain, Tillakaratne Dilshan, will be leading the side this time also, which emerged as runners-up in the series’ [...]
Mercantile Sector Tournament returns
The halted 30th Mercantile Sector Basketball Tournament will be revived and will resume tomorrow evening after a hiatus of at least two and a half years at the Royal College Sports Complex. The revival will see games for both the genders; six divisions of five teams each for men and two for women. Matches would [...]
Trinity beat Royal in season opener
Trinity College opened their 2022 cricket season on a winning note when they beat Royal College by 45 runs in their Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association conducted Under-19 encounter which concluded at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy yesterday. Trinity made 191 in their allotted 50 overs and bowled out Royal 146 runs with almost 10 [...]
A clash of the unpredictables
There’s little to differentiate the two countries vying for the Asia Cup title this evening at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Both economies are mired in crisis. Unlike Sri Lanka, Pakistan has avoided a total economic meltdown. But rising inflation has left people struggling for survival. There are few signs of recovery. When the two [...]
The rookie who gave King Kohli a rare duck
At the age of 21, Lokumarakkalage Dilshan Madushanka has earned stardom as the latest find to the Sri Lanka cricket team. Hailing from a cosy town of Hungama in Hambantota, the former student of Hungama Vijayabahu National School, a school that does not play cricket at any level, has done his hard yards to earn [...]
Nishan Madushka slams fourth successive ton
Ragama CC’s Nishan Madushka slammed his fourth successive ton in only the third match of the Major Club cricket, scoring 107 with nine boundaries and two sixes against BRC on day two in the match played at Braybrooke Place. Madushka’s knock helped Ragama CC resuming from their overnight score of 134 for 2 to make [...]
Pulindu guides Rajans to easy win
A quick-fire 91-ball knock of 137 inclusive of 14 boundaries and eight towering sixes by Pulindu Perera helped Dharmaraja to begin their campaign of the Under-19 Inter-School Limited Over Cricket Tournament with an easy 98-run win over Zahira Colombo in the match played at Lake View yesterday. Pulindu shared a valuable partnership of 146 runs [...]
Does National Sports need a Paradigm shift?
There is the new government in waiting! The horse trading appears to be a prolonged back-bending extraction and when it comes, we will see who will lead the engine of restructure; the buzz word in governmental preoccupation. The President is taking his time as he is wont to do and then for the duration of [...]
Isipathana, St. Joseph’s in final showdown for knockout title
The curtains of the Under-19 Inter-Schools Rugby season will come down with the final clash for the Dialog Schools Knockout title between reigning league champions Isipathana and St. Joseph’s scheduled to be kicked off from 4.15pm onwards today at the Royal Sports Complex ground in Reid Avenue. Isipathana, led by No.8 Dahan Wickramaarachchi, will come [...]
Who asked me, is the National Olympic Committee a Travel Agency?
They went, they saw but exactly what did they conquer? This is with reference to the article appeared on your Sunday paper on 21.8.2022 under the above headline by Tee Gee. We are perturbed to note that its content is distorted and false. A newspaper of your stature is generally a responsible entity therefore it [...]
Prima supports Western Province Rugby U-24 Open 7’s Tournament 2022
Coming on board for the year 2022, Ceylon Agro Industries Ltd. – Prima Group Sri Lanka announced the co-sponsorship of its leading brands Prima KottuMee and Prima Treats for the Western Province Rugby Under-24 Open 7s Tournament, continuing to stay true to its commitment and promise of uplifting young, local sporting talent in Sri Lanka. [...]
Yeti Open Junior Squash Nationals from September 11
The inaugural Yeti Open Junior National Squash Championships conducted by Sri Lanka Squash (SLS) will be held from September 11 to 17 at the SSC Squash Courts in Maitland Place. Leading isotonic sports drinks manufacturer Yeti, who had been a major supporter of SLS helping the national team members with their quality products, has taken [...]
Old Royalist regain Bradby Golf title
Old Royalist displayed top quality golf with very good preparations which helped them regain the Bradby Golf 2022 title that was worked off at the Victoria Golf and Country Resort (VGCR) a day before their Kandy leg of the Bradby Shield. This encounter was played for G.C. Wickremasinghe Trophy. Somanath Fernando led the Old Royalist. [...]
Ananda beat DSS to clinch Western Province Schools Rugby 7s title
Ananda College clinched the Western Province Inter-School Rugby 7s Tournament, beating D.S. Senanayake College by 21-7 at the Zahira College ground in Maradana. Ananda scored from three converted tries while the runners-up D.S. Senanayake were able to counter with a solitary converted try. In the semi-finals Ananda beat Zahira College by 17-7 after scoring from [...]
Lyceum Panadura emerge victorious against Auckland XI
In the list of the brilliant sportsmanship and victories of Lyceum Cricket team, recently, Lyceum International School, Panadura played a cricket encounter against the North Harbour, Auckland XI cricket team from New Zealand, and gained the Shield of Victory, also creating a benchmark in Lyceum’s cricket history. The match took place at the CCC ground [...]
Antonians emerge joint champions
St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota Under-15 cricketers did well to end as joint champions along with Nalanda College in their Under-15 Division 1 Cricket Tournament which concluded recently. The final encounter could not be completed due to heavy rain in Colombo which resulted the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association (SLSCA) to declare both schools as joint [...]
Trinity Under-16s unbeaten in Schools Rugby season
The Trinity College Under-16 rugby team ended the season with an unbeaten record during 2022 after playing seven matches. They beat S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia (17-0), St. Joseph’s College (12-5), Kingswood College (14-5), Vidyartha College (17-5), Dharmaraja College (12-5), Sri Sumangala College, Kandy (31-0) and Royal College (19-6) to complete an impressive season. The [...]