Dialog disconnects SLC
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will go to the market once again to secure a potential team sponsor for the national cricket team after its long standing backer Dialog Axiata ended its partnership prematurely citing financial constraints. Dialog Axiata, one of the leading mobile communication providers in the country, joined hands with SLC in 2013. Since [...]
SLC status quo to remain until next hearing
Any move to suspend or cancel Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) membership by the Sports Ministry on the recommendation of a six-member committee that investigated incidents related to last year’s ICC T20 World Cup in Australia has been, at least briefly, by the Court of Appeal directing that the status quo of SLC shall be maintained [...]
‘Cornered, ill-treated’ Asian C’ship winning coach quits
Hyacinth Wijesinghe, the coach of Sri Lanka’s netball team that won the Asian Championship last year, stepped down on personal reasons effective Friday, days ahead of her year-long contract expires on January 31. Despite applying, and later deciding to withdraw, Wijesinghe had made up her mind to move on in spite of knowing she’s likely [...]
CH in late burst but Kandy edge out
A late burst by hosts CH&FC failed to prevent defending champions Kandy SC from recording a stunning 27-25 win in their second round SLR Nippon Paint Club Rugby League Championship match played at the Racecourse yesterday. Despite leading by a healthy 17-8 at halftime, Kandy were provided the scare of the lives before walking off [...]
Deteriorating standards exposed as Kandy and Galle record wins with a day to spare
Sri Lanka’s poor domestic cricket standard was once again exploited as the first two matches of the four-day National Super League (NSL) Tournament ended inside three days with winners registering easy innings wins. The results reflects the skills of the players as well as the quality of pitches being used in the country’s premier first [...]
Will Sri Lanka Football get a new lease of life?
Wednesday, January 18 morning, the new Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) President and his new team was inducted ceremoniously to the FFSL headquarters with the usual pomp and pageantry that has over the years been drilled and perfected by the same old foot soldiers that have kept football where it is in this country. [...]
Police shock Havies with nervy win
Intentions of Havelocks’ to be in contention for the league title was thwarted by the unsuspecting Police Sports Club, as the Cops recorded a close 21-19 win in their second round SLR Nippon Paint Club Rugby League Championship match played at Havelock Park yesterday. Leading by two points 14-12, Police SC maintained their class to [...]
Lyceum girls and Ananda boys bag National Age Group Relay titles
Ananda College and Lyceum International Wattala came out as boys and girls winners swimming for 158 and 144 points in last evening’s season-opening National Age Group Relay Championship at the Sugathadasa waters. In the women’s category, Visakha Vidyalaya, a dominant force in swimming, finished second by only ten-points in 134. Followed after them was, Ladies [...]
Shamal, Chathurya, Saajida, Neyara enter finals
Shamal Dissanayake and Chathurya Nilaweera entered the Men’s Singles final winning their respective semi-final ties while Saajida Razick and Neyara Weerawansa made it the Women’s Single final of the SSC Open Tennis Tournament played at the SSC tennis courts. Both finals will be played today. Dissanayake who is coming after a lapse of almost three [...]
Wellalage wins U-17 Singles title at 38th Junior Nationals
Pulina Wellalage of St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa cinched the Under-17 Boys Singles title at the 38th Junior National Badminton Championship yesterday at the Sugathdasa Indoor Sports Complex. Wellalage, the younger brother of national cricketer Dunith, beat Thilina Rajakaruna in straight sets — 21-10 and 21-16 in the final to lift the title. In the Under-11 [...]
Bad light hampers proceedings
Bad light hampered proceedings of the Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounters as matches were called off before the scheduled end of play. S. Thomas’ recorded a first innings win over Ananda at Mt. Lavinia in the game played for the Mahinda Halangoda/Marvan Atapattu Trophy. Mahinda along with St. Peter’s and Isipathana too recorded first innings wins [...]
Sri Lanka must rethink of strategy — Maharoof
Call to bring back seniors in the likes of Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal and even Dimuth Karunaratne into the ODI side is growing every passing day as Sri Lanka concluded a heavy loss to India in the recent tour. The batting unit failed to perform to expectations so much that the general public have started [...]
Local events and Australian Open 2023
The road from local country rankings of non-prominent countries to a Grand Slam event seeding is very long. However, in every era some players did pull off this hat trick very successfully. Must admit their appearance has been few and far in between. Lasting long enough at the top until the world remembers the name [...]
Organisers confused over history of Junior edition
Though the ongoing Badminton Junior Nationals, part of the overall Junior and Senior Nationals, is clearly not the 38th edition, questions crowd whether is it the 50th edition, despite organisers having titled it as the 38th instalment. The Sunday Times is in possession of documents, indicating the history of the tournament had originated in 1971. [...]
Royal and St. Peter’s declared U-13 cricket joint champions
The Under-13 Division I Cricket Tournament final between Royal College and St. Peter’s College, played at Ananda Mawatha, ended in a draw and as a result, the two teams were declared joint champions. Royal juniors taking first lease of the wicket, made a modest score of 225 for 6, which came on the back of [...]
St. Benedict’s triumph at Saints Quadrangular Athletic Meet 2022
St. Benedict’s College athletes covered themselves in glory at the annual Saints Quadrangular Athletic Meet, the flagship athletic event of the four leading catholic schools in Sri Lanka, namely St. Anthony’s College, Kandy, St. Benedict’s College, St. Joseph’s College and St. Peter’s College. The meet was held at St. Peter’s College grounds, the Peterites being [...]
Killer Whales take the pool by storm at National Championships
The Killer Whale Aquatics (KWA) capped off the swim year in style by winning both the men’s and women’s categories at the 2022 Sri Lanka National Short Course Swimming Championships. Despite the fierce competition from top swimmers around the country, Killer Whale Aquatics emerged victorious, with multiple swimmers earning gold medals in various events. The [...]
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 [...]
Joes and Familians U-18 cagers claim titles
St. Joseph’s College, Colombo and Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya won the Boys and Girls’ titles respectively at the Sri Lanka Schools Under-18 Division ‘A’ Basketball Tournament held at the Nalanda College premises. St. Joseph’s beat Gateway College, Colombo 63-53 while Holy Family Convent beat Lyceum International School, Wattala 65-34 in the finals. Methika Jayasinge of [...]
Junior paddlers of Lyceum Gampaha earn honours at International Schools TT
The Under-16, Under-14 and Under-12 table tennis teams of Lyceum International School, Gampaha were awarded rankings in the team events at the All-Island International Schools Table Tennis Tournament, held recently. The Under-16 events of the tournament was held at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Sports Complex in Mt. Lavinia and the Under-14 and Under-12 events [...]