• Revving for supremacy
• Tendulkar scores 10,000 runs in one-dayers
• Sanath sacked
• Aussies thrash Sri Lanka
• Havelocks-Navy final
• Rover Pinpoints....
• Umpiring from the pavilion? 
• England outplayed in One Dayers
• Burke shines for St. Anthony's 
• Search continues for opening batsmen
• Royal Crown for Mubarak
• FIFA and AFC projects for the future of football
• Duncan White Sports Foundation presents cheque to Susanthika
• HNB crush Commercial Bank
• Shantani is Best Defender
• Caltex powers Fox Hill again
• Limited overs cricket at school level?
• Shooting Club N'Eliya sweep board
• Umpires manhandled but Sastralians win 
• Bens hold DSS
• President's College demolish Royal
• Senaratne is NAASU head
• In brief

Revving for supremacy

By Annesley Ferreira

Taking pride of place will be the tussle for the chequrered flag by Rohan de Silva, on his Formula Ford, Sheran Cooke on his Formula Reynard, Dilantha Malagamuwa on his Formula Ford Swift, and Romani de Silva on his Mobile Special. Others who could pose a threat will be Dinesh Jayawa-rdena, Randy Batcho, Michael Muthu-mani on their Mobil Special, S.A. Duminda on his Formula Ford Swift and S.A.Harsha on his Formula Ford. This race run over 8 laps is sponsored by Mobil. In event number 13 for 6 laps again the contenders being Rohan de Silva on his McLarens Special, Yoga Perera Mini Caltex, Bri Ponnambalam on his Mobil Special Honda, Rizvi Farouk Honda Civic. 

Competition is expected to be tough, since Mobil and Caltex have signed up top drivers to do duty for their respective teams, which is worth while going to see. 

Event No. 17 for 8 laps will be a battle between Shanka Ambrose, Romani de Silva, Nishan Weerasuriya, Dinesh Dheragoda, Dilantha Malagamuwa and Arvinda Premadasa. Dilantha Malagamuwa will be seen in action in the cycling events too, on his Honda RS challenged by Damien Goonatilleka on his Sakbo Special. The Novices event has attracted 13 riders, while the scooters race with the brothers Prabath and Ruwan Peiris facing the challenges from Noel Rodrigo and Ajith Perera, all racing on a Goldwing Piaggio in this four lap event.

Tendulkar scores 10,000 runs in one-dayers

Sanath sacked

The move came after his suspended sentence for bringing the game to disrepute by thrwoing his helmet and the Asgiriya Test and also a string of failiures in the recent Test and one-day series against England. 

However, the selection panel announced that Jayasuriya would be retained as captain for Test matches but said it would be reviewed at the end of the year.

New captain Russel Arnold who will lead the team for the tri-nation contest in Sharjah with Pakistan and New Zealand said it was a daunting task but he was ready to face the challenge. 

Seelctin committee sources said they had not yet decided whether to retain Jaysuriya as a player for the one-day internationals. Jayasuriya was not available for comment yesterday.

Aussies thrash Sri Lanka

By Ben Rowse

With sevens supremo Waisale Serevi axed from the squad by new coach Tomasi Cama, the Fijians came into the tournament with question marks hanging over their chances of avenging last year's defeat at the hands of New Zealand. 

However, the Fijian sevens machine, sparked by their ônew Sereviö Saula Rabuka, ran in seven tries to rout the Caribbean debutants 47-0 in their opening Pool A match at the Hong Kong Stadium. Fijian captain Fero Lasagavibau, the only surviving member from last year's 31-5 finals loss, ran in a brace of tries, as did the powerful Veneniki Waqa and Dan Baleinadogo.ö I was pleased with the results. I tried out all my new players and they played well,ö said coach Cama.ö There were a few handling errors but we will talk about that later,ö said Cama, who is hoping to extend Fiji's four point lead over New Zealand and Australia following this fourth event of the International Rugby Board's 2001 World Sevens Series. 

However, the Fijians, who are looking to win their 10th Hong Kong Sevens title, face stiff competition from an unheralded Australian side that is growing in confidence and stature with each tournament. Semi-finalists at the World Cup in Argentina in January and winners of the Wellington Sevens the following month, the Australians lived up to their billing as pre-tournament favourites by running in 10 tries ù including a hat-trick from Scott Burton ù to leave the lightweight Sri Lankans stumbling on the ropes in their Pool B match up. Australian coach Glen Ella, who has won four Hong Kong Sevens titles as a player, said his charges performed admirably in what was always going to be an easy first outing.

ô I'm happy. We played well. But it's difficult to gauge too much from that game. We need to be put under a bit more pressure.ö Eight-time winners in Hong Kong, New Zealand also demonstrated their prowess at the short game putting on a solid display of aggressive, running rugby to down a spirited Arabian Gulf team 43-5 in their Pool C clash. AFP 

Havelocks-Navy final

In the semi-finals Havelocks beat Army 16-6 after leading 10-6 at the breather. Navy beat Tri-Star during extra time in the other semi-final, after the scores were deadlocked at 13 all at the end of normal time.

The Havelocks - Navy will be a close encounter on Thursday. Teams:

Havelocks - R. Suranga, T. Selvanayagam, D.D. Premaratne, R. Perera, R. Samsudeen, D. Ousmand, K. Jayasena, R. Jayachandran, L.S. Fernando, D. Hiroshana, S. Jayaweera, M.R. Gnanapathy, M. Priyankara, M. Senanayake, P. de. Silva, A. Fernando, C. Kodagoda, L. Perera, C. Perera, U. Ratnayake, W.H. Panditharatne, C. Chaturanga, M.S. D. Silva and C. Silva

Navy - R.M. Ruwanthilake (Capt), G.W.H. Ranjith, K.S.P. Kumara, S. Malawana, A.P. Kolonne, G.S. Wasundara, P.N. Perera, I,H.S. Prasad, L.R. Prasad, J. Viyani, N.P.P. Wijesinghe, S. Sanka, S. Aneywickrema, H.U.B. Fernando, P. Bandara, S.H. Amila, G.I. Mahesh, B.S. Fernando, N. Wilfred.

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