FFSL in further disarray
Even though the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) have set a date for its elective Annual General Meeting (AGM), Sports Ministry says former’s decision is null and void as the term of office of current members lapsed on September 15. FFSL held a Special General Meeting (SGM) on Thursday at a hotel in Wattala, [...]
Sri Lanka T20 squad to begin 4-day training camp in Kandy
Sri Lanka’s World Cup squad will travel to Kandy today to begin a four-day residential training camp on Monday at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in preparation for the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia next month. The newly crowned Asia Cup champions will leave to Australia on Sunday (October 2), two weeks before their [...]
John Keells Blues clinch 50th Mercantile 7s
John Keells Holdings (JKH) Blues scraped through to overcome 3DH International by 10-7 to clinch the Cup title of the 50th Mercantile Rugby 7s Championship played at the CR&FC ground yesterday. JKH Blue rattled the defence of 3DH International initially as Richard Dharmapala managed to score far left and gain his team an early lead. [...]
St. Peter’s rout Ananda
Right-hand top order batsman Vishen Halambage scored a commanding knock of 141 runs to help St. Peter’s College amass 336-3, which enabled his side to overcome Ananda College by a healthy margin of 190 runs in an Inter-School Under-19 Division I 50-over cricket match played at Bambalapitiya yesterday. Put into bat first, the Peterites piled [...]
Kingswood force a thrilling draw against Rajans
Kingswood College fought back to force a thrilling draw against traditional rivals Dharmaraja College in their 115th annual Battle of the Maroons of the Hills concluded at the Asgiriya ground in Kandy yesterday. Needing 57 runs for a comprehensive victory, Dharmaraja were forced to defend as they rapidly attempted to chase down the target, but [...]
Trinity and Joes joint champs
Trinity College and St. Joseph’s College were declared joint winners of the Inter-School Under-17 Division I Cricket Tournament, after both teams’ final scores were locked at 198 each at Maggona yesterday. Trinity, who were put into bat, were restricted by the Josephians for 198, but they lost only eight wickets on the way. Jayavi Liyanagama [...]
Not all sports are equal; some exalted, some left to toil without reward!
When young Vijitha from the outback of Mullativu returned to the island having clinched gold at a Mixed Boxing Championship in India, it was left for a few villagers to fete the lass and welcome her home. Even the much heralded Boxing Association seems to have missed out on the recognition she was due. There [...]
Kaumal, Sandeepa spin Army to crushing win
Left-arm spinners Kaumal Nanayakkara and Hashan Sandeepa shared 19 wickets between them as Army had Ace Capital on a spin to record a crushing 195-win with a day to spare in a Major 3-day cricket game concluded at Katunayake yesterday. After bowling out Ace Capital for 82 runs in the first innings with Nanayakkara claiming [...]
Shuttlers forgo WJBC over unfair selection?
Sri Lanka’s participation at the World Junior Badminton Championships (WJBC) hangs in the balance after players and their parents refused to withdraw their complaint over an unfair selection to the Special Investigation Unit of the Ministry of Sports. The aggrieved parties met with badminton officials yesterday to discuss a way forward but it all ended [...]
Parties unhappy and angered over selection trials and coach to Indian tour
The selection trials and the coach, part of Sri Lankan contingent, having left on Friday night for an Indian tournament, has attracted anger and dissent from parents and coaches. The tournament, the South Asia Regional Junior Championship 2022, set to start tomorrow in the neighbouring nation’s north eastern state of Assam, will have eight shuttlers, [...]
The Saleem who loves Sri Lanka
The Sri Lanka cricket team laid the foundation for the upcoming ICC T20i World Cup, with their morale boosting win at the Asia Cup which concluded a fortnight ago in Dubai. Before the Asia Cup kick-started, Sri Lanka was, by a majority, considered as an average side, compared to India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. After Sri [...]
Air Force salutes its Asian champion team members
Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) promoted the national netball player and Leading Aircraftwoman Rashmi Perera to the next rank of Corporal in appreciation of her performance to achieve the 12th Asian Netball Championship. The promotion was signified at a special ceremony held at the Air Force Headquarters under the patronage of the Commander of the [...]
Deedat Zahira Super 16 7s next weekend
Past Prefects’ Association of Zahira College Colombo will organise the Deedat Zahira Super 16 Football 7s Championship for the 16th consecutive time this year which will be held throughout the entire day at the Racecourse ground on October 1. Due to the current situation in our country, the organising committee has decided to invite schools [...]
Hayman Trophy returns
Schoolboy anticipation is a common occurrence when it comes to sporting events, but the exhilaration that comes with the Hayman encounter is indescribable. With an electrifying atmosphere rivaled like no other game, Hayman will draw massive crowds as Royal College and S. Thomas’ College water polo teams take on each other at the Sugathadasa Swimming [...]
All set for inaugural Eagles’ Monsoon Cup 2022 Tournament
The Sri Lanka Air Force inaugural Eagles’ Monsoon Cup Golf Tournament 2022 will tee off next Saturday at the picturesque China Bay, Trincomalee attracting 85 golfers from all parts of the country, comprising 70 men and 15 women, for the first of its kind tournament, this is readying to be played. This new tournament, with [...]
Junior Development Committee inaugurates Youth Awakening 2026 ahead of Next Youth Olympics
The Junior Development Committee (JDC) appointed by the National Olympic Committee (NOC) is launching its operations under the programme “Youth Awakening 2026” to identify and support young sportsmen and women of the highest calibre with a focus to produce star class athletes and increased success for the Sri Lanka national team in the international arena. [...]
Lyceum Wattala and Walala A. Ratnayake CC clinch titles
Lyceum International School, Wattala and Walala A. Ratnayake Central College claimed the Boy’s and Girls’ championships respectively at the Ritzbury sponsored 90th Sir John Tarbat Schools Senior Athletic Meet concluded at Diyagama.This championship was conducted by the Sri Lanka School Athletics Association and over 6000 athletes from 638 schools took part during the four-day event. [...]
Visakha win by a whisker; Ananda has it easily
Visakha Vidyalaya managed only to nose ahead Bishops College by only one-point (118-117) while Ananda College, however, recorded a convincing win swimming for 176-points in the last weekend’s Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union conducted Novices Swimming Meeting that finished at the Sugathadasa Swimming Complex. Visakhians and Bishopians fought tooth and nail in the three-day meet, [...]
Battle of the Queens on October 9
Over ten old boys’ and old girls’ schools each will come together in a soft-ball six-a-side cricket tournament to be played at the St. Peter’s College grounds on October 9 from 7.00a.m. Hosted by the Old Pupils of St. Paul’s Girls’ School, Milagiriya, titled as the Battle of the Queens, it would also see the [...]
Nalanda’s grand felicitation to cricket team for breaking hoodoo of seven decades
It was a fitting tribute for breaking the seven decade hoodoo of a big match victory for the Nalanda College cricket team of 2022. The winning Nalanda cricketers and their parents were felicitated in a grand manner at the grand ball room at Waters’ Edge amidst a packed audience by four past students associations of [...]
S. Thomas’ beat Royal to claim Orville Abeynayake Challenge Trophy
A snap goal scored in the 12th minute of the game by J.J. David gave S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia a thrilling 1-0 win over Royal College Colombo, in the 21st Royal-Thomian Under-20 Hockey Encounter 2022, played for the Orville Abeynayake Challenge Trophy, last Saturday, at the Torrington Astro Turf. In the Under-16 encounter played [...]
Rashmitha and Esandi win titles
Pesandu Rashmitha Fernando and Esandi Newansa won the Junior Nationals Open and Girls Chess Championship titles respectively, which took place at Berrewaerts Royal Primary College in Ampitiya last week. Following Rashmitha in the Open category, AFM B. Janukshan was placed second while Geenuka Kavinu Gunaweera finished at third. In the Girls’ category WCM Sayuni Gihansa [...]