LPL 5 attract over 400 foreign players
International stars Barbar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, James Neesham, Tim Southee and Ish Sodhi are among those over 400 foreign cricketers registered for this year’s Lanka Premier League auction. The player registrations will conclude on Monday where the organisers will prune down the list to around 150 to come under the hammer at the auction. [...]
Sri Lanka junior mixed relay quartet grab Asian bronze
Sri Lanka’s junior mixed relay quartet of Jathya Kirulu, Jitma Wijethunga, Themiya Rajapaksha and Nuhansa Kodituwattku clocked 3:28.18s to clinch bronze on day three of the Asian Junior Athletics Championship in Dubai on Friday night. China, with a time of 3:2246s finished first, taking home the gold medal, followed by India who won the silver [...]
Sahan Arachchige to lead SL ‘A’
Sri Lanka ‘A’, led by Sahan Arachachige, will begin their five-match 50-over cricket series against the visiting Afghanistan ‘A’ at the Sooriyawewa Stadium today. Sri Lanka ‘A’ includes national players, Chamika Karunaratne, once the favoured bowling allrounder, Nishan Madushaka, the Test opener, Nuwanindu Fernando, who has featured in five limited over matches for Sri Lanka, [...]
Nalanda rout Trinity by 7 wickets
Nalanda College routed Trinity College by 7 wickets to clinch their annual Mahela-Sanga Challenge Trophy encounter ended at Campbell Place yesterday. Nalanda dominated the second day proceedings as they did on day one in the two-day annual fixture. They bundled out the Trinitians for a mere 109 runs in the second innings. Trinitians managed only [...]
Accused ‘Legends’ fixers’ case to be heard here
The Attorney General’s Department has filed indictments against Indian nationals Yogi Patel and P. Akash who were involved in the unsanctioned Legends Cricket League in Kandy last month on charges of attempting to fix matches at the Matale and Kandy High Courts. The Indians are accused of attempting to fix matches in the Legends Cricket [...]
Dharshaka, Vinod steer Galle Zone 2 to third win
Half tons by Dharshaka Sandeep and Vinod Dhanushka paved the way for Galle U-19 Zone 2 to record a comfortable 121-run win on DLS method against Ratnapura U-19 in a rain affected SLC U-19 Provincial Youth League Limited Overs Tournament encounter played at Ratnapura yesterday. This was the third successive win for Galle U-19 Zone [...]
Tragedy that should never have happened
Last Sunday, the 28th Fox Hill Super Cross event was supposed to create that much anticipated hype, since this year’s edition marked the comeback of the virtual national motorsport event of the country after a lapse of five years. Creating the hype…it indeed did, but unfortunately for the wrong reasons. The 28th Fox Hill Super [...]
Kayaking makes history, paddling across the Palk Straits
The inaugural Adam’s Bridge Paddle Challenge, a remarkable sea kayak race over 30 kilometre distance from Talaimannar, Sri Lanka to Dhanushkodi, India, concluded triumphantly on April 11. This prestigious event was organised by the Ministry of Sports with the National Association of Canoeing and Kayaking, Sri Lanka (NACKSL), in collaboration with the Indian Kayaking and [...]
Dinura Kalupahana – another potential cricketer unearthed through the youth system
Representing the country at the Under-19 level is the ultimate dream for any school cricketer and it is considered as a steppingstone for them to build on and fulfil their dream of representing the national team. Sri Lanka is a country that is renowned for producing quality cricketers through its school cricket system that was [...]
Fancied pugilist prevail in inaugural LFL
By M. Shamil Amit The inaugural boxing meet of the Lanka Fight League (LFL) in collaboration with Boxing Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) conducted at the Royal MAS Arena boxing ring yesterday ended successfully with fancied boxers prevailing with ease. The meet saw 16 of the best boxers in the island comprising of 10 in [...]
Sumit Nagel is ATP 80
Stefanos Tsitsipas, a Greek, is currently ATP 12 in the ranking and won his third Monte Carlo title last week. His resurfacing tennis is novel and refreshing, after a while. His best results of his carrier came from sand courts. To my observation, his improved command over his net-game, it is making the difference. He [...]
Josephians crowned Schools cager champs
St. Joseph’s College edged out traditional rivals St. Peter’s College 59-56, to clinch the Schools Under-20 Division ‘A’ Basketball Championship played at the St. Joseph’s College Courts last weekend. In a virtual Joe-Pete or Battle of the Saints encounter, the Josephians held their nerves to maintain a marginal lead throughout the game, which was vital [...]
HFC claims cager title for fourth consecutive year
Holy Family Convent (HFC) Bambalapitiya made history in school basketball by winning the Under-20 All-Island Schools Basketball Championship for four years in a row when they beat Good Shepherd Convent, Kotahena 59-49 at the HFC court in Bambalapitiya on Friday. At halftime, Good Shepherd, led by Sonali Perera, was leading by 21-23, but HFC led [...]
Old Petes clinch victory in both U-40 and Veterans vs Old Bens
The Old Peterites Under-40 and Veterans teams beat both opposing teams of Old Benedictines with the identical margin of 2-0 in their annual football encounters played at St. Benedict’s College ground in Kotahena. The Under-40 match was played for Milroy Perera Memorial Trophy, a former tutorial staff member of both schools, while the Veterans encounter [...]
SpeedBay hosts thrilling showdown at KartFight Championship 2024
David Pieris Racing and Leisure (Private) Limited together with the Ceylon Motor Sports Club (CMSC) organised the second round of the ACBT Kart Fight Championship 2024. This second round of the four-round kart championship left spectators thrilled and saw intense competition at SpeedBay in Bandaragama, Sri Lanka’s only FIA/CIK homologised karting track. Over 100 skilled [...]