AG advises MoS for a complete audit on SLC
The Attorney General’s (AG) Department has advised the Ministry of Sports to ask the government auditor to conduct a comprehensive audit on Sri Lanka Cricket’s World Cup expenditure before pressing for legal action. Their opinion comes after Sports Ministry sought AG’s advice on the recommendation made by a six-member committee that investigated a litany of [...]
Double trouble awaits Danushka?
Attorney General (AG) Sanjay Rajaratnam, PC, has advised the Sports Minister to initiate an investigation into the conduct of Sri Lanka international cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka, who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman while representing the country at the T20 World Cup in Australia. The AG has also advised Minister Roshan Ranasinghe to impose a [...]
Cops stun CH to record third win
In a close and fierce battle Police SC prevailed over CH&FC to record a stunning win, their third in the SLR Nippon Paint Club Rugby League 2023. Played at Police Park, the Cops led the halftime 10-9 and after changing over the lead, finished off with a brilliant outcome that came from a tally of [...]
Royal home for tea, crush Dharmaraja
Royal College were home for tea as they crushed Dharmaraja College by an innings and 35 runs in the Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday. It was a knock of 121 in 130 balls inclusive of 15 boundaries and a six by Sineth Jayawardena that laid the foundation for Royal. The effort [...]
Galle demolish Kandy
Galle recorded their second successive win of the ongoing National Super League four-day cricket tournament after demolishing Kandy by 10 wickets with a day to spare at P. Sara Stadium yesterday. This was another ending in the third day following the first two matches played last week where incidentally Kandy was one of the winners. [...]
Kandy thrash Havies to remain unbeaten
An optimized style of play in the first-half by Kandy SC enabled them to record a resounding 35-15 win against Havelock SC, as the title holders of SLR Nippon Paint Club Rugby League 2023, ended their first round campaign with an unbeaten record at Havelock Park yesterday. The day belonged to Kandy SC flyhalf Tarinda [...]
Vanessa creates another cricket history
Sri Lankan umpire Vanessa de Silva will script history this evening when she becomes the first Lankan lady umpire to officiate as a match referee at the U19 Women’s World T20 final between in India and England, in South Africa. That would also coincidentally mark the first-ever time a Sri Lankan female umpire has ever [...]
Double titles for Chathurya and Neyara
The First Capital sponsored SSC Open Tennis came to an end yesterday with Chathurya Nilaweera and Neyara Weerawansa succeeding to bag two double titles at the SSC Courts in Colombo. Chathurya, partnered by Thehan Wijemanne and Neyara won the Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles events while after her success with Chathurya, Neyara partnered with Janali [...]
Selectors find holes in coaching
After a fairly decent 2022, Sri Lanka started off this year with a series of defeats against neighbouring India. Having lost the T20 series 2-1, Sri Lanka conceded the ODI series 3-0. This included a record 317-run defeat in the final ODI. It was the biggest margin of defeat for any team in ODI history. [...]
Mathews to play unofficial ODIs against England Lions
Former Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews will return to 50-over cricket, nearly after two years during the unofficial three-match ODI series against England Lions in a bid to revive his limited over career. Mathews, though has the best average among current Sri Lankan cricketers (41.67) the second only to legendary Kumar Sangakkara among Sri Lankan [...]
Why did FIFA abandon our Football; Ignorance or Arrogance?
For the first time in its long history, Sri Lanka football was suspended by FIFA last week. So, the Red Card finally came out and the FIFA letter of January 22, 2023 addressed to the FFSL General Secretary, Upali Hewage (discarded by recent actions orchestrated by the Ministry of Sports (MoS), tells its side of [...]
Wellalage clinches triple crown, Savinka and Rashmi U-19 Singles champs
Savinaka Weerasekera of D.S. Senanayake College and Rashmi Mudalige of Gateway International School emerged Under-19 boys and girls champions respectively while Pulina Wellalage of St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa clinched a triple crown at the 38th National Junior Badminton Championships held in Colombo. At the annual event conducted by Sri Lanka Badminton in association with Sri [...]
Royal College HC win Bacon Cup in Colombo knockout
Royal College Hockey Club (RCHC) defeated Old Zahira Sports Club to win the Bacon Cup after a thrilling final in the knockout tournament played at Colombo Astro Turf and organised by the Colombo Hockey Association. Old Zahira dominated the game from the first minute, but RCHC scored the first goal through a penalty corner with [...]
Musaeus junior paddlers shine at School Table Tennis Championship 2022
The Musaeus College ‘A’ team and ‘B’ team emerged champions in the Under-16 Girls’ Division ‘A’ and ‘B’, respectively at the All-Island Inter-School Table Tennis Championship 2022 held at the Bandaragama Indoor Stadium. In the Under-10 girls’ age category, the ‘B’ team was placed third in Division ‘B’ while their ‘C’ team became runners-up in [...]
AIS rowing crew leaves for Karachi
A contingent of 12 members, 10 athletes and two officials, from Asian International School (AIS), left for Pakistan to take part at the International Schools’ Regatta hosted by Karachi Boat Club. The rowing crew from AIS left the country on Thursday for the competition, which will conclude on February 5.
Fourth annual football S. Thomas’ vs Gateway encounter on January 30
The stage is set for the fourth annual football encounter between S. Thomas’ College and Gateway College, with both teams vying for the prestigious Neville De Alwis-Ralph Alles Challenge Trophy. Named after two renowned educators, this trophy is a reminder of everything they stood for; camaraderie, sportsmanship and equal opportunity. This fourth annual encounter will [...]
Ilma to host International Schools U-20 Netball Tourney for 12th consecutive year
February 1 of 2023 marks a momentous event in the calendars of Ilma International Girls’ School (IIGS) and TISSL (The International Schools of Sri Lanka) as the 12th annual Inter-International Schools Under-20 Netball Tournament will be hosted by IIGS at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo. The tournament is open to all schools that fall [...]
Lyceum Gampaha conducts Inter-House Athletic Meet
The Inter-House Athletics Meet 2022 of Lyceum International School, Gampaha was held at the Diyagama Stadium. The sports event was mainly conducted to create the camaraderie among the young students of Lyceum Gampaha, who took the meet as a springboard to showpiece their sporting capabilities. On the invitation of Dilmi Ratnayake, the Director of Lyceum [...]
Zahira College annual prize giving
Zahira College Colombo held its annual prize giving ceremony for the years 2020 and 2021 at the school’s Ghaffoor Hall with Principal Trizviiy Marikkar presenting the Principal’s Report. The Best All Rounder Students of the Year 2020, Jazeel Ahamed and of 2021, Atheeq ur Rahman, received the N.D.H. Abdul Ghafoor Gold Medal along with the [...]