Pectoral muscle pain may put Chameera out of qualifiers
Sri Lanka’s World Cup qualifying campaign is facing the prospect of a major setback with spearhead paceman Dushmantha Chameera in doubt for the tournament because of swelling and pain in his right pectoral muscle. Although he traveled with the team to Zimbabwe, Chameera didn’t feature in any of the four games Sri Lanka has played [...]
World Rugby to review ban on Sri Lanka Rugby
Representatives of World Rugby (WR) will arrive in Sri Lanka on July 4 to review the membership status of Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) according to reliable information. Accordingly David Carrigy, the Chief International Relations and Participation Officer of WR and Ridzal Saat, the Regional Partnership Manager of WR will be in Sri Lanka to meet [...]
Sheikh Salman inaugurates 11th Asian Youth Training and Coaching Camp in Colombo
His Excellency Sheikh Salman Al Sabah, the President of the Asian Shooting Confederation (ASC), officially declared open the 11th Asian Youth Training and Coaching Camp – Air Rifle – 2023 at the Mt. Lavinia Hotel last Tuesday, in which 11 member nations are participating. Accompanying Sheik Al Sabah was Eng. Duaij Al Otabi, the Secretary [...]
Sri Lanka named spin heavy attack for NZ women’s tour
For the first time in history, the New Zealand women’s cricket team are toruing Sri Lanka on a bilateral tour to engage in three One Day Internationals and three T20 Internationals beginning from June 27. The three Women’s ODIs will be played on June 27, 30 and July 3 at the Galle International Stadium followed [...]
Nuwanidu hits career best to help SSC pile up 421
A career-best 157 by Nuwanidu Fernando helped SSC reply strongly against Galle CC on day two of their Major Club League match played at Maitland Place yesterday. Resuming from their overnight score of 33-1, SSC were 421-8 at stumps, a first innings lead of 177 runs. Apart from Fernando, who hit 25 boundaries in his [...]
Green Machine overpowers Thora
Isipathana College, the Green Machine as they are better known, continued on their performance from last year to secure a 29-20 win over S. Thomas’ College, at the college grounds in Mt. Lavinia yesterday. Isipathana collected the points from four tries, three conversions and a solitary penalty, while the Thomains secured their points via two [...]
Unexpected finalists Muchova and Ruud
Swiatek and Djokovic win Paris Unexpectedly the challenge in the final of the French Open 2023, Grand Slam title to Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek came from Norwegian Caper Ruud in men’s and Czech republic’s Muchova in women. Muchova surprised the tennis world. Her all court comfort was refreshing assurance how effective and appealing tennis [...]
Zahira edge out Rajans in a thriller
Zahira College pulled off a sensation win in their opening Dialog Schools League rugby encounter when they beat Dharmaraja College by 18-15 at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy yesterday. Zahira led 18-5 at halftime and scored from two tries, a conversion and two penalties, against the three unconverted tries scored by Dharmaraja. The game was [...]
Royal thrash Science
After their battered season opener campaign against St. Peter’s College last week, Royal College made amends to score a thumping 45-10 win against Science College in their Dialog Schools Rugby League 2023 match played at Mt. Lavinia yesterday. Royal scored freely from the word go and took a strong start to lead the halftime by [...]
Joes scrape through
St. Joseph’s College had a narrow shave against the gritty Wesley College as they scraped through to a 3-0 win in the Under 19 Dialog Schools Rugby tournament encounter played at the Royal Sports Complex ground in Reid Avenue yesterday. Though the Josephians managed to chalk up their first win which came through the solitary [...]
Saajida clinches Women’s Open title
Saajida Razick clinched the Women’s Open Singles title at the 108th Colombo Tennis Championship beating Dinara de Silva in a closely contested final played at the SLTA tennis courts yesterday. Saajida though taking the first set with ease, was given a fright by Dinara, who took the second set before she came back to take [...]
Dons edge out Antonians
D.S. Senanayake College edged out St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota by 23-19 in their Dialog Schools Rugby League match played at Pallekelle yesterday. The winners led 8-5 at halftime and scored from three tries, a conversion and two penalties. The Antonians scored from three tries and two conversions. The Dons scored their tries in the 18th, [...]
Richmond, Ananda, Musaeus, Sujatha clinch U-13 Gold titles
Richmond College, Galle and Ananda College, Colombo, Musaeus College ‘A’ and Sujatha Vidyalaya, Matara clinched the Division ‘A’ Gold Star titles at the Sri Lanka Schools Under-13 Doubles Badminton Team Championship 2023 held last weekend at the Municipal Indoor Stadium in Kandy. The Division ‘B’ Gold titles were captured by Sri Devananda College, Ambalangoda, St. [...]
Moose Clothing powers Zahira Rugby 2023
Zahira College Colombo, one of the pioneers at school-level rugby in Sri Lanka who started competitively playing the sport in 1924, is all set to return to Division ‘A’ Rugby in the 2023 Schools Rugby League with Moose Clothing coming forward to support the side as the main sponsor. In addition, ROZA from Diamond Best [...]
Lyceum Wattala shine at Junior National Athletic Championship 2023
In a dazzling display of talent and unwavering determination, the athletic team of Lyceum International School, Wattala emerged as true champions at the highly acclaimed Junior National Athletic Championship 2023. With their remarkable achievements, the young athletes have brought pride and glory to their school and themselves. The remarkable feat of Lyceum Wattala’s athletic team [...]
Ritzbury empowers School’s Hockey 7s
Ritzbury, Sri Lanka’s favourite chocolate brand of Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL) announced its sponsorship towards the ‘Ritzbury -Thomians’ Schools Hockey 7s, organised by the Matale Old Thomian Hockey Association (MOTHA). The ‘Ritzbury -Thomians’ Schools Hockey 7s was held in a grand manner recently at the Peradeniya University ground with over 220 players representing 22 of [...]
Mahanama win opening game
Mahanama College won their opening match of the Dialog Schools Under-20 Rugby League 2023 against St. Benedict’s College by 22-13 played at the Air Force ground in Ratmalana. Mahanama, playing in Division 1 Segment ‘B’, recorded their win after scoring three unconverted tries and a penalty try, against two tries and a penalty scored by [...]
AIS athletes Shaylon and Rovinya felicitated by NSC
The National Sports Council (NSC) held a felicitation ceremony to applaud the achievements of the gold medal and bronze medals won by Shaylon Gunaratna and Rovinya Wijesekera at the recently held Beach Sprint Asian Rowing Championship in Thailand. Certificates were presented by the Chairman of the National Sports Council Arjuna Ranatunga. Shaylon won gold medal in [...]