Royal fend off Lions to retain Bradby Shield
Royal College put their disappointing performance at Pallakelle to rest and played a ferocious game to beat Trinity College 27-17 at their home grounds yesterday, which helped them retain the Bradby Shield at its 77th edition, but not without a fright. With this win Royal has retained Sri Lanka’s school’s blue ribbon rugby encounter, the [...]
NOC Secretary under radar after alleged ethic violations
The night before the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) election, Suresh Subramanium, the voting representative from the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Sri Lanka, wrote to Maxwell de Silva, NOC Secretary General, instructing him not to violate the IOC Code of Ethics. “If I am questioned, I will have to tell the truth,” he wrote. [...]
Mendis shines for Dambulla in high-scoring game
Colombo Strikers fell short by 10 runs against Dambulla Aura as they conceded their second defeat in the season in their third match of the Lanka Premier League at the Pallekele Stadium last evening. Chasing 193 to win, Strikers were restricted to 182 for the loss of four wickets despite Nuwanidu Fernando and Chamika Karunaratne [...]
Allround Hasaranga leads Kandy to easy win over Jaffna
A fine allround performance by Wanindu Hasaranga helped B-Love Kandy ease to a comfortable 8-wicket win against title holders Jaffna Kings in the second double header game of LPL 4 at Pallekele yesterday. Electing to bowl first, Hasaranga put up an effective bowling performance, claiming three scalps before returning to guide B-Love Kandy to their [...]
Fiji beat Japan 35-12 to build World Cup momentum
TOKYO AFP Aug 5, 2023: Fiji beat Japan 35-12 in Tokyo on Saturday for their fifth straight win as they build momentum towards the Rugby World Cup. Fiji, who have been drawn with Australia, Wales, Georgia and Portugal in World Cup Pool C, scored three first-half tries and added two more after the break. Japan, [...]
KJP returns
Kusal Janith Perera has returned to the ODI side after more than two years as selectors have named the batter for the 15-man Asia Cup squad. Angelo Mathews and Chamika Karunaratne, however, have failed to find a place. The squad includes left-arm spinner Dunith Wellalage, who was out of favour since his wicketless series against [...]
Serious concerns over LPL sponsors related to betting
Serious concerns are being raised about the impact of gambling as well as network marketing sponsorships and partnerships on the ongoing Lanka Premier League (LPL) cricket tournament where all teams advertise logos of gambling or online forex companies. Some of the betting and gambling companies involved in the LPL are Skyfair news, 1XBAT, 1XBook, Crickex.in, [...]
Sri Lanka’s Davis Cup of 2023
Tennis player development has two mainstream objectives to a nation. One is individual players to enter WTA and ATP rankings. The other is team development to participate in Davis Cup, King’s Cup and regional games such has Asian Games and South Asian Games. Into the latter, a nation has to exhibit commitment. This is so, [...]
We spoke of decadence in sports, did not think NOC would take the lead!
The Sunday Times last week pondered about the decadence that pervades sport and the moral high ground that the Minister of Sports (MoS) was championing, though not with the finesse it requires. However, even before the print had dried, we learnt last week, that a probe was underway by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Ethics [...]
Royal College’s Blue and Gold Hockey 7s returns after three years
The 18th edition of the Blue and Gold Hockey 7s organised by Royal College, Colombo in collaboration with the Royal College Hockey Club (RCHC), will take place on August 12 and 13 from 8.00a.m. onwards at the Royal College main grounds at Reid Avenue. The tournament is held for the first time since 2019 as [...]
Reviving sporting heritage and architectural grandeur
The Wesley College Old Boys Union, under the leadership of its President, Capt. Navin de Silva, has embarked upon an ambitious project to restore the Wesley College Pavilion to its former glory. This initiative is part of the school’s sesquicentennial commemoration, scheduled for the March 2, 2024. The restoration aims to transform the existing pavilion [...]
Colombo overcome Kandy in APIIT cager battle
For the first time in history of APIIT Campus, its branches in Kandy and Colombo met in a basketball duel, which would potentially held on an annual basis going forward. Organised by the APIIT Kandy Campus, their counterparts from the Colombo Campus emerged victorious in the inaugural battle held at the University of Peradeniya Gymnasium [...]
Themiya – the silent benefactor of St. Peter’s College
When Themiya de Mel first hit the rugby field, as an 11-year-old youngster at St. Peter’s College in 1975, he was asked to tackle a fellow player on the first day of practice by the then coach Archibald Perera. So did he oblige, only to approach his target from the wrong side, and thus suffering [...]