Shocks continue to rattle
One-and-a-half years after making sweeping changes to the national team coaching structure, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is looking at another major overhaul in the wake of Sri Lanka’s dismal show at the recent World Cup. However, this is in contrast to what was demanded by former players, fans and even the politicians, who wanted the [...]
No takers for Chamari in WPL
Sri Lankan women’s cricket skipper Chamari Athapaththu suffered yet another heartbreak when she went unsold at the Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction held yesterday. Coming into the auction, after a prolific run at the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL), Athapaththu was left without a buyer even at her base price of Indian Rs.30 Lakhs. Playing [...]
CR return to beat Cops
CR&FC perhaps made the greatest recovery in its history to clinically outsmart a thorough professional Police SC unit 19-6, after being taken to the cleaners in the initial half, in a second week clash of the SLR Nippon Paint Club Rugby League match played at Police Park yesterday. After being totally outdone in the first [...]
No play on day two
The second day’s play of the Major League three-day cricket final between SSC and Police was washed out at the NCC grounds yesterday due to wet ground conditions following heavy overnight rains. SSC amassed 250 for the loss of three wickets on day one with Avishka Fernando hitting a blistering 107. He shared a 111-run [...]
St. John’s advance to final
St. John’s College, Panadura advanced to the final of the Under-19 Division II Tier ‘A’ Limited Over Tournament with a convincing 8-wicket win over home town rivals Sri Sumangala MV in a low scoring semi-final encounter played at Sooriyawewa yesterday. The Sumangalians, batting first, was shot out for a paltry 61 runs. The winners reached [...]
Wet ground hampers day two proceedings
The second day’s play of the Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter between Royal and St. Joseph’s at Reid Avenue was called off without a ball being bowled due to wet outfield due to overnight rain. In the first day’s play, left and right arm spinners Damian de Silva and skipper Lahiru Amarasekera shared nine wickets to [...]
Kandy gun down spirited Army
Army SC made a resounding resurgence from last week’s dismal loss, but were eventually outplayed by the titles holders Kandy SC 33-14 in a second week game of the SLR Nippon Paint Club Rugby League played at Panagoda yesterday. The style they had adopted following a 8-55 thrashing at the hands of CR&FC last weekend [...]
Sri Lanka U-19 starts Asia Cup in style
Sri Lanka cruised to a comfortable 7-wicket win against cricketing minnows Japan and open their ACC Under-19s Asia Cup campaign in style at the ICC Academy Ground 2 in Dubai yesterday. With the easy victory over Japan Sri Lanka now tops Group ‘B’ where Bangladesh and United Arab Emirates are also part of. Electing to [...]
Davis Cup in Italy
Last time Italy won the Davis Cup, which was the first, was in 1976. Italy did feature couple of times in the final lately. Considering Davis Cup is 123 years old, Italian performance is lean. Its neighbouring countries France, Spain and Switzerland have better records. Deviation from original format In the original five-set format, a [...]
Sri Lanka should look at securing its athletes’ natural steps towards an elite career – Prof Russell
A well-known Exercise and Nutritional Scientist, Prof. Aaron Russell highlights the importance of focusing on data analytics to improve skills of sportsmen and women. Professor Russell, the Associate Head of School (International) of School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition of Faculty of Health at the Deakin University in Australia [...]
Prima Junior Golf Championship from December 20 to 22
The much looked-forward-to Prima Sunrise Junior Open Golf Championship is set to tee off from December 20 to 22 at the Royal Colombo Golf Club course, which this time will see the participation of over 10 overseas golfers adding colour and stiff opposition to the local juniors in the Open Gold Division category. Prima Group [...]
Finals of 71st National Badminton Championship today
The Open finals of the 71st National Badminton Championship, organised by Sri Lanka Badminton (SLB) will be held today at Mercantile Badminton Indoor Stadium in the presence of Ministry of Sports, Harin Fernando, the incumbent Minister of Sports and the patronage of Rohan de Silva, the President of SLB. The Under-19 Singles Girls’ title was [...]
ICCA Champions Trophy in Colombo from December 18 to 27
Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo will be the venue for the ICCA Champions Trophy that will be competed among cricket academies from around the globe. The tournament is organised by International Council for Cricket Academies (ICCA), headed by Presley Polonnowita of Desert Cubs Cricket Academy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The tournament, which will [...]
Elite Taekwondo Club celebrates 18th anniversary with competition
Elite Taekwondo Club celebrated its 18th year anniversary with a friendly tournament at the Royal MAS Arena at Rajakeeya Mawatha in Colombo. Headed by its President and Chief Instructor, Asitha Wickramatunga, the competition was held on November 26 with the participation of all athletes of Elite Taekwondo Club. After a full day of competition and [...]
Black Panthers emerge STC Inter-Class futsal champs
Black Panthers recorded a resounding 8-0 win against K.E.S. Kings in the Inter-Class Futsal Tournament of St. Thomas’ College, Bandarawela. The event was held last Wednesday at the St. Thomas’ College ground among teams of Grade 6 classes of the school. This event was part of effort to nurture the football talents of the aspiring [...]
Vishwa Lahiru striving through adversity to Achieve his childhood dream
Ever since the conclusion of the 71st Battle of the Golds encounter between Sri Sumangala College, Panadura and Moratu Maha Vidyalaya, the cricketing fraternity in the country has been observing the progress of versatile left-arm spinning all-rounder Vishwa Lahiru, who has been an integral part of Sri Sumangala College’s success in the past few years. [...]
Susal, Oshini pocket gold medals
IM Susal de Silva and Oshni Devindya Gunawardhana emerged gold medalists in the Under-18 Open and Under-12 Girls categories respectively at the Western Asian Youth Blitz Chess Championship 2023. Additionally, Senuth Thewsas Perera showcased outstanding skill, securing the silver medal in the Under-8 Open category. In the fiercely competitive Under-18 Open category, Susal de Silva [...]
St. Bridget’s emerge winners in inaugural Shepherdian Netball Encounter 2023
The inaugural Shepherdian Netball Encounter, organised by the Iris Dunuvile de Silva Memorial Fund affiliated with St. Bridget’s Convent, was held at the Torrington grounds recently. Speaking at the event, the Chairperson of the Fund, Suranjani Wickremeratne, said, “In order to commemorate the 90th Birth Anniversary and 10th Death Anniversary of the late Iris Dunuvile [...]