India seek whitewash, Lankans aim to avoid
Batter Ashen Bandara and spinner Jeffrey Vandersay could replace batter Dhananjaya de Silva and spinner Dunith Wellalage in the playing XI as Sri Lanka look to avoid a series whitewash against India in the third and final ODI scheduled to be played at Thiruvananthapuram this afternoon. Hosts India have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead, having [...]
Minod steers Nalanda to comfortable win
A match bag of nine wickets by Minod Caldera paved the way for Nalanda to record a comfortable 10-wicket win over Dharmaraja Kandy in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Campbell Place yesterday. St. Sebastian’s Moratuwa after conceding a first inning lead to Mahanama Colombo came back to record an outright win by [...]
SL U-19 girls’ start World Cup with win
Sri Lankan lasses opened their ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup campaign with a close 7-wicket win over minnows United States, last afternoon at Benoni, South Africa. USA won the toss, elected to bat but were limited to 96 for the loss of 9 wickets, leaving the Lankan lasses, what could be termed an easy [...]
J Sri Ranga new football chief
The final attempt to cling on to power by the ousted football chief Jaswar Umar was legitimately prevented after official protests were accepted by the Department of Sports Development on Friday, as J. Sri Ranga was elected to lead the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) at its elections yesterday. Umar, who led the FFSL [...]
Kandy in hard fought win over Police
Defending title holders Kandy SC had to ward off an avenging Police SC, before recording a hard fought 22-12 win in their SLR Nippon Paint Club Rugby League match played at Police Park yesterday. Despite being constantly countered, Kandy SC managed to take the first half advantage by 12-5, and scored from a total of [...]
Havies overpower CH
After being choked in the first half, Havelocks made a brilliant comeback to record a clinical win against CH&FC by 31-17 in their SLR Nippon Paint Club Rugby League match, played at the Racecourse yesterday. Being locked in at 7-all at halftime, the Havies managed to play brilliantly to complete with a tally of five [...]
SLC in danger of being dissolved after investigation report
The cricket administration could be dissolved in the coming weeks after an investigation by a six-member committee on incidents related to the game during last year’s ICC T20 World Cup in Australia has led to serious questions about Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) allegedly lavish spending on sending a busload of its officials to watch matches. [...]
Horseracing season, promoting VisitSriLanka, flags off today
The opening raceday of the RTC #VisitSriLanka Horseracing Season 2023 will flag off today at the Racecourse in Nuwara Eliya, beginning from 10.00am. The inaugural raceday of the season, which is expected hype up by mid-April with the RTC Governor’s Cup, will include four races according to organisers, the Royal Turf Club (RTC). “We are [...]
Record entries for LiNing Nationals 2022
Following the draw held on 10 January, Sri Lanka Badminton (SLB) has updated the participation of its national contingent in this apex competition in the badminton calendar. The Badminton Nationals held over from 2022 due to recurring country issues will take centre stage from January 16 to 22 at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, supplemented by [...]
Commander’s Cup Golf Tournament next weekend
The Commander’s Cup Golf Tournament 2023, the premier event in the golfing calendar, and the 10th version, will unravel next weekend at the Air Force Eagles’ Golf Links and Courses (AFEGLC), hosted by the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF), in the spectacular Eagles’ Golf Links in China Bay, Trincomalee. This will be the 10th iteration [...]
SSC Open Ranking Tennis Championship begins
The Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) announced the First Capital SSC Open Ranking Tennis Championship 2023, which started off from January 6 at the SSC Tennis Complex in Colombo. The competition will be played until January 21. The championship is conducted annually under the auspices of the Sri Lanka Tennis Association and is organized by the [...]
2022 was a season to remember for Royal water polo squad
It was six years ago, when the Royal College Under-15 water polo team last managed to secure a major school level water polo title. In 2016, the juniors managed to win the Under-15 category of the Public Schools Water Polo Tournament which remained to be the last major victory the team recorded till 2022. The [...]
AIS rowing crew stamp their class at Diyawanna
The rowing crew of Asian International School (AIS) dominated the recently concluded 8th Inter-Schools National Rowing Championships 2022 held at the Diyawanna Rowing Centre. The AIS rowers, led by Nikhail Bagoos, secured the Overall Girls Championship jointly and were the runners-up in the Overall Boys’ Category. AIS bagged a remarkable tally 46 of gold, eight [...]
Colombo Synergy All Stars emerge Cup champs at Rugby Chiangmahi 10s in Thailand
Colombo Synergy Rugby All Stars (CSRAS) participated in Chiangmahi Rugby 10s in Thailand representing Sri Lanka and emerged champs by beating COBRA Chiangmahi 33-5. Colombo Synergy All Stars performed exceptionally well at the two-day tournament with Ifham Sheriff leading the side. Others in the team were Chanaka Fonseka, Hadil Nasir, Chamara Hewage, Shafraz Iqbal, Dinesh [...]
Royal win double TT title at National School Games
Royal College became double champions in table tennis at the All-Island National Schools Games 2022, winning the titles in both Under-16 and Under-18 age categories. In the Under-16 finals, Royal claimed a hard fought 3-1 victory over Ananda College with Janith Batugedara winning both his singles matches and Lithum Karunasena claiming win at his match [...]