Royal maul Vidyartha to secure second bonus point
In week three of the Dialog Schools Rugby League 2023, Royal College kept title hopes alive by collecting their second bonus point win in the game against the visiting Vidyartha College, which ended in favour of the home team 47-3 at the Royal Sports Complex yesterday. The lads from Reid Avenue came out with all [...]
Unconvincing, yet Sri Lanka almost makes it to CWC 2023
Barring a catastrophe in their last two Super Six games against Zimbabwe and West Indies, Sri Lanka’s entry into this year’s Cricket World Cup in India is all but confirmed following their tense 21-run victory over the Netherlands on Friday. That said, Sri Lanka’s last two wins weren’t as convincing as might have been expected [...]
Kushan powers Peterites to easy win over Rajans
A hat-trick of tries by Kushan Tharindu saw St. Peter’s College running away with a comfortable 34-7 win over Dharmaraja College in their Dialog Schools Rugby League fixture played at Bogambara Stadium in Kandy yesterday. At the short breather the Peterites 22-0, and romped to score from a total of six tries and two conversions. [...]
Zahira coast to second win with ease
Zahira coasted to their second successive win with a comfortable 24-8 win over Science College, Mt. Lavinia, who crashed to their third successive defeat at Zahira ground in Maradana yesterday. The Zahirians, one of the two teams coming back to the top division, came into the game with confidence after their win against Dharmaraja in [...]
Windies out of World Cup after Scotland loss
The West Indies failed to qualify for the Cricket World Cup for the first time as the two-time champions slumped to a seven-wicket thumping by Scotland at the qualifying event on Saturday. The Caribbean side, needing a win to keep their slim qualification hopes alive, were bowled out for 181 in their 50 overs before [...]
Kumara joins Chameera in list of injured
Few days after seamer Dushmantha Chameera was ruled out of the World Cup Qualifiers without a match being played, fellow seamer Lahiru Kumara has joined the list of injured after he picked up a side strain during Sri Lanka’s nervy 21-run win against the Netherlands on Friday. After bowling two overs, Kumara walked off the [...]
Kiwi spinner Carson bowls extra over after match officials’ slipup
An oversight by the two on-field umpires Dedunu Silva and Shantha Fonseka and the match officials, saw New Zealand off-spinner Eden Carson bowling 11 overs in their 116-run victory against Sri Lanka women at Galle on Friday. Chasing 330 to win, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 213 runs in the 49th over with Carson [...]
Thora prevail over Kingswood
A 14-man S. Thomas’ College prevailed a fast-moving and energising, yet error-filled Dialog Schools Rugby League 2023 match against Kingswood College by 28-17 played at Mt. Lavinia yesterday. The Thomians, coming in as favourites, were in their prime, as flyhalf Maheeth Perera braced a double, one try each on each half, to bolster his team’s [...]
Overtraining – An epidemic in Sri Lankan youth sports
Overkill is the norm in most youth sports in Sri Lanka. Young players as well as amateur players are pushed hard to improve their game with six to seven days of weekly training schedules with little or no time for recovery between sessions. Many young athletes train anything between 20 to 30 hours during the [...]
Sri Lanka Football – Is it on its last legs?
This column has long championed the cause of football in this country, especially after the FIFA suspension that came into effect last January 2023, a good six months ago. Since then, what we have sadly witnessed is a string of poor and deceitful passes that has all but assigned this sport to the dustbin of [...]
Chilaw Marians thrash Bloomfield by innings
Chilaw Marians thrashed Bloomfield by an innings and 104 runs on day two of the SLC 3-day Major League Cricket match at Reid Avenue yesterday. In response to Chilaw Marians’ 344 all out in the first innings, the home team managed scores of 103 and 137 respectively in both essays. Keshara Nuwantha was the pick [...]
Aahil, Louis, Vichinthya emerge victorious
Aahil Kaleel, Louis Knese and Vichinthya Nilaweera came out victorious in the finals of the Boys Junior Singles Under-14, 16 and 18 age group categories at the 108th Colombo Tennis Championship played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo yesterday. Kaleel defeated Chamindu Abeysinghe in a hard-fought final to claim a 2-1 win in [...]
Sri Lanka hosts successful 11th Asian Youth Training and Coaching Camp
For the first time in history, Sri Lanka hosted a youth training camp and coaching programme under the auspicious of Asian Shooting Confederation (ASC), with National Shooting Sport Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF) organinsing the event. The programme, the 11th Asian Shooting Confederation Youth Training Camp and Coaching Programme 2023, was held from June 20 [...]
Centurions Sehindu and Thevindu in record stand for Royal
Sehindu Sooriyarachchi and Thevindu Wewalwala were involved in a record-breaking partnership as Royal College, Colombo totally dominated traditional rivals S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia in an Under-15 Inter-School Division I cricket encounter played earlier this week. Featuring in an unbroken partnership of 209 runs for the fourth wicket, as both Sehindu and Thevindu hit unbeaten [...]
SLB form U-13 badminton pool for Ratnapura
As part of Sri Lanka Badminton’s (SLB) initiative to develop district level Under-13 squads, another pool was formed in the Ratnapura District recently. The launch of the latest pool, which includes 34 young shuttlers, took place under the patronage of SLB President Rohan de Silva, SLB officials Roshan Gunawardena, Buddika de Silva, Palitha Hettiarachchi along [...]
Sujatha lasses pocket netball titles
Sujatha Balika Vidyalaya, Kumbiyangoda in Matale, emerged overall champions at the Matale Education Zone Inter-School Netball Championship 2023 concluded at Aluvihare ground in Matale last week. The netballers from this school in the suburbs of Matale, had the honour of qualifying for the finals of Under-16 and Under-18 age groups and the semi-finals of the [...]
CDB empowers winning spirit of Wesley rugby
Citizens Development Business Finance PLC (CDB) will co-sponsor the Wesley College rugby team throughout the new season, cheering on the winning spirit of the young sportspersons at the Schools Rugby League Tournament 2023. An ardent champion of sports at domestic and international level, CDB has been a decade-long supporter of the rich sporting tradition at [...]