Coaches and selectors in the dark as impasse between top guns drag
The current turmoil at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is likely to have far-reaching consequences as it has left the national team, coaching staff and the national selectors in the dark over the future of their employment. Sri Lanka will still host both Zimbabwe and Afghanistan, as planned, in January. But there are fears that the [...]
Pistorius, the ‘Blade Runner’ granted parole over girlfriend’s murder
South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison in January after he was granted parole on Friday, a decade after he shot dead his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in a crime that gripped the world, prison authorities said. Steenkamp’s mother, who had said she did not believe the ex-athlete was rehabilitated for he [...]
Royal’s Sineth Jayawardena to lead Sri Lanka Youth
Sineth Jayawardena of Royal College will lead the 15-member Sri Lanka Under-19 team for the forthcoming ACC Men’s U-19 Asia Cup scheduled to be held from December 8 to 17 in three venues in Dubai. The team includes Malsha Tharupathi as vice captain, Dinura Kalupahana, Vihas Thewmika, Garuka, Sanketh, Vishwa Lahiru, Pulindu Perera, Ruvishan Perera, [...]
Minod Caldera spins Nalanda to massive win
Right-arm spinner Minod Caldera stood out for Nalanda College with an impressive match bag of 12 for 53 runs, which paved the way to record a massive 236-run win over Dharmapala MV, Pannipitiya in their Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Campbell Place yesterday. On the second day, Dharmapala resumed from their overnight score of [...]
Badureliya and Bloomfield sniff third win
Badureliya SC and Bloomfield are equally poised to record their third win of the Major Club 3-day Cricket Tournament at the Surrey Village ground in Maggona. When stumps were drawn at the end of the second day Badureliya were 122 for the loss of five wickets, needing 117 runs for a win, while Bloomfield are [...]
FSL looking to do best for football – Jaswar
Football Sri Lanka (FSL) is on the verge of adopting a professional approach to their day-to-day operations as well as other important areas such as administration, coaching, national team management and training, competitions and development. After being inactive for almost for a year, effectively after a global suspension by its world governing body, FIFA, FSL [...]
MotoSurf Asia Continental Cup marks huge success
The MotoSurf Asia Continental Cup Championship held in Colombo marked a significant milestone as it coincided with the 10th Anniversary of the Lanka Power Boat Association. The inaugural event of the MotoSurf World Championship was held on the picturesque Beira Lake in Colombo. Top racers, including Marek Skamla, the fastest world champion of 2021, and [...]
Club League season commences with Havies-Airmen clash
The much awaited Nippon Paint Sri Lanka Rugby Major League Tournament for the 2023/2024 season will kick off from December 1 with a card of four matches. Conducted by Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR), the tournament will feature eight teams – defending champions Kandy SC, CR&FC, CH&FC, Havelocks, Army SC, Police SC, Navy SC and Air [...]
Cricket Mata Ki Jai (Hail Mother Cricket): Jingoism lost in Ahmedabad on Sunday
That India loss in the final was karmic payback for the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) sins against the game, and also for the Ahmedabad crowd’s unwillingness to be sporting and civilised. The most remarkable thing about last Sunday’s World Cup final was not that India lost. Many of us had seen [...]
Veteran footballer Subhani Hassimdeen no more
Former Sri Lanka football player, coach and expert of the game, Subhani Hassimdeen, passed away yesterday at the age of 77. A former winger, Hassimdeen was a veteran of 60 international games and was considered one of the most reliable strikers between 1965 and 1975. Hailing from a family of four brothers who represented Sri [...]
DJKO – last of the three kings
The ATP final, in Turin, Italy turned out to be a fine exhibition of tennis. Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, two young joined Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev in the semi-finals, indicating the next two big names of men’s tennis. Eight qualified into the final event — Djokovic of Serbia, Sinner of Italy, Stefanos Tisitsipas [...]
Katukurunda Speed 2023 next weekend
Sri Lanka Automobile Sports (SLAS), the governing body of motor sports in Sri Lanka, has finalised arrangements to conduct the Nippon Paint Katukurunda Speed 2023 motor racing event on December 2 and 3, which will be held for the third successive year at the Katukurunda Track. The organisers are expecting the participation of over 100 [...]