ICC refuses Sports Minister’s request to meet Cricket Coordinating Committee
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has categorically refused to meet a three-member Sports Coordination Committee in Cricket appointed by Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe. The Minister’s latest move is seen as yet another attempt to creep into cricket administration via the committee that has been set up to handle the international affairs of the [...]
Sri Lankan sprinters fail to impress
Sri Lanka’s hopes of winning possible medals at the ongoing 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China were shattered after all three 400m sprinters – Kalinga Kumarage, Aruna Darshana and Nadeesha Ramanayake – failed to live up to their expectations in the finals yesterday. Ramanayake, who became the fastest woman in Sri Lankan history in the [...]
St. Sylvester’s clinch Stubbs Shield
St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy emerged champions of the 104th Stubbs Shield Championship, organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Boxing Association, which concluded at the Royal MAS Arena Boxing Ring in Reid Avenue, Colombo yesterday. This was the second major schools boxing title won by the Sylvesterians within a month, having earlier emerged champions of the [...]
Sri Lanka’s Saajida enters ITF quarterfinals
Sri Lanka’s Saajida Razick recorded a comfortable win over Kashvi Sunil of India in the second round match of the ITF Junior Circuit Week 1 Tennis Tournament played at the SLTA courts in Greenpath, Colombo, ensuring her berth in the quarterfinal. Saajida had little difficulty in overcoming her opponent as she came out victorious by [...]
‘Winning Team’ withstands demand for change in FSL Administration
Jaswar Umar and his ‘Winning Team’ swept the football stakes on its ‘Unity Platform’ that brought together three heavyweights with former President Ranjith Rodrigo and longtime aspirant for the job, Dr. Manil Fernando supporting Umar, who without doubt commands the choice of many leagues in the country. The current structure replete with ‘paper leagues’ would [...]
SIU seeks ICC assistance to gather more evidence related to investigation
The Police Special Investigative Unit (SIU), set up under the Prevention of Offences Related to Sports Act, is seeking the assistance of the International Cricket Council (ICC) to gather evidence related to the investigation on alleged match-fixing charges against former Sri Lanka cricketer Sachithra Senanayake, the court heard on Monday. Senanayake, who was in remand [...]
CoPA takes the mickey out of MoS; ignorance is bliss, was blatantly on show
Our best athletes have copped out of the Asian Games. Our cricket team has been decimated in the Asia Cup, even as Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is indulging in a charity spree to make amends it appears, the national rugby team made its way to Hangzhou with its stepmother and the football clan has been [...]
New Zealand coach Foster hails ‘statement’ win over Italy
DÉCINES-CHARPIEU, France: New Zealand head coach Ian Foster lauded a ‘statement’ win after his All Blacks trounced Italy 96-17 to reignite their World Cup bid on Friday. The three-time champions were under pressure coming into this match, knowing that defeat would have seen them crashing out of the pool stages for the first time. But [...]
Sri Lanka’s first-ever national caddie tournament hosted in Hambantota
B.P. De Silva, the sponsor of the event, in partnership with Shangri-La Hambantota, successfully conducted the first-ever National Caddie Tournament in Sri Lanka, to coincide with the World Tourism Day. This historic endeavor, to uplift the caddie community and revolutionise golfing in Sri Lanka, was part of the felicitation of B.P. De Silva’s 150th anniversary [...]
Aryna Sabalenka is No.1
Women’s tennis of 2023 got a better rating this year with Aryna Sabalenka, Coc Gauff, Karolina Muchova, Elena Rybakina, Marketa Vondrousova, Ons Jabeur, Iga Swiatek, Madison Keys and Jessica Pegula performances. The composition of lesser controversial personalities and more tennis variants made WTA tennis appealing in 2023. With differences in playing ability being minimal, stroke [...]