SLC ‘unloves’ Kandy franchise owners ahead of LPL 5
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has ended the contract of Kandy franchise owners, the reigning champions of the Lanka Premier League (LPL), due to breaches of contractual obligations, as confirmed by SLC this week. B-Love Network, a Dubai-based cryptocurrency business, owned the franchise. Operating an online forex business is illegal in Sri Lanka, prompting scrutiny when [...]
370 players go under the hammer at LPL auction
Nearly 370 players will go under the hammer at the player auction for the Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2024, the fifth edition of Sri Lanka’s global franchise cricket tournament, as revealed by the organisers, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Each of the five teams competing for the LPL 5 title will be allowed a minimum of [...]
Inspiring a generation of women’s cricketers
For a veteran of 101 WODIs and 131 WT20Is, the reputation Chamari Athapaththu earned during her 15-year tenure with Sri Lanka cricket is immense and exceptional. Athapaththu can be easily rated as the most successful women’s cricketer Sri Lanka ever produced since the team’s international debut in 1997. Ever since making her debut for Sri [...]
WADA founder Pound ‘disgusted’ by USADA ‘lies’
Miami, United States, AFP: The former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Canadian Dick Pound, launched a fierce attack on the United States anti-doping body USADA on Friday, accusing them of ‘lies and distortions’ and seeking to undermine WADA. Pound’s comments came during an extraordinary meeting of the WADA Foundation Board, held online, to [...]
Musharaff prevails in 7-frame thriller
In a home and home battle of the Under-21 National Snooker Championship played at the Billiards and Snooker Association headquarters tables at Independence Square in Colombo yesterday, defending champion M.R.M. Musharaff of Moors SC prevailed with a thrilling 4-3 win over his club mate Ahamed Raza. The championship was dominated by the cueists of Moors [...]
NCC record third successive win
Rain hampered proceedings of the Major Club T20 Cricket Tournament yesterday, but NCC succeeded to record their third successive win, defeating Police SC by 8 wickets in a rain shortened encounter played at the Surrey Village ground in Maggona. The match got off to a late start due wet outfield and was curtailed to eight [...]
Vishwa Fernando joins Yorkshire for three upcoming county games
Yorkshire has added Sri Lanka Test fast bowler Vishwa Fernando for their upcoming three County Championship matches as a second overseas player next to skipper Shan Masood, who has been their standalone overseas during the opening six rounds of the ongoing season. Fernando’s arrival will expect to bolster Yorkshire’s injury hit bowling attack for the [...]
Dinara cruise through to second final
Sri Lanka’s Dinara de Silva, who came out victorious in the ITF Junior Circuit Week 1 last week, succeeded to make it to the ITF Junior Circuit Week 2 Tennis Tournament, after defeating Yu-Ching Wang of Chinese Taipei in the semi-final played at the SSC tennis courts yesterday. Dinara cruised through with a comfortable 2-0 [...]
Thaha, Susantha battle for supremacy
The battle for the 69th National Billiards Championship will be a repeat of last year’s final as defending champion Thaha Irshath of Moors SC and runner-up Susantha Wickrama of Army BC making it to the final by recording wins in the two semi-finals played at the AAC Billiards Table in Colombo yesterday. The tournament played [...]
‘We have a good unit’ – boasts Mathews as Sri Lanka eye T20 plum
The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on their journey to the ICC World T20 tournament with high hopes and aspirations, aiming to reclaim the prestigious title they secured a decade ago under the captaincy of the legendary Lasith Malinga. Departing in the early hours of Tuesday, the squad carries the dreams of a nation eager [...]
FMSSL initiates training programme for flag marshals, following Fox Hill debacle
The Federation of Motorcycle Sports in Sri Lanka (FMSSL) has initiated a training programme for motorsport marshals in Sri Lanka, following the recent tragedy that took place at the Fox Hill Super Cross 2024 in Diyatalawa, where eight individuals were killed and over 20 were injured. Former riding champion, Shane Gunawardena, under whose leadership the [...]
Sachithra Senanayake case remains inconclusive
The Ministry of Sports’ Special Investigation Unit (SIU) informed the Colombo Chief Magistrate Court this week that the investigation into alleged match-fixing accusations against former Sri Lankan cricketer Sachithra Senanayake remains inconclusive due to the absence of the voice test report. Senanayake, currently on bail, had been in remand custody for purportedly trying to lure [...]
Indictment served on accused Legends match fixers
The High Court of Matale has served indictment to Yogi Patel, accused of match-fixing during the 2024 Legends Cricket Trophy tournament played in Kandy. Matale High Court judge Ravindra Premaratne also ordered Patel’s passport to be handed over to the court and for the Immigration and Emigration Department to be informed of the travel ban. [...]
22nd DSI Supersport Schools Volleyball Championship launched
DSI, Sri Lanka’s leading footwear manufacturer, announced the launch of the 22nd DSI Supersport Schools Volleyball Championship at a press conference held in Colombo last week. The number one footwear manufacturer in the country has come forward, with the support of the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation and Sri Lanka Schools Volleyball Association of the Ministry [...]
St. Anthony’s Wattala launch R.F. Abraham Athletic Fund
The Old Boys Athletic Wing of St. Anthony’s College, Wattala, established two months ago, with the vision to uplift the standard and achieve leading status, plans to establish an athletic fund to support the cause. Under the leadership of Joseph Joachim, a former public school and national athletic champion, the Athletic Wing has taken several [...]
Wariyapola claims Rotary 6s
The 2024 edition of the Cricket 6s Tournament exclusively organised for Rotarians and Rotaractors of Sri Lanka, took place at Nittawela in Kandy last week. The tournament, organised by the Rotary Club of Kandy, was sponsored by Sun Match, in memory of its founder and business entrepreneur, the late T.R.R. Rajan. The T.R.R. Rajan Memorial [...]
Dini shines as Gateway Colombo emerge U-14 Netball champions
Gateway College, Colombo overcame Lyceum International School, Wattala by 10-8 to snatch the Inter-International Schools Under-14 Netball Championship, after a stiff final played at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo last weekend. After a successful campaign Gateway, Colombo emerged the top team among a total of 15 international schools that were featured in the annual [...]
Renown-Multilac Inter-Schools Under-10 National Football Carnival, a grand success
Sri Lanka’s first-ever Under-10s football tournament in the history of over 100 years of schools football, the final stage of the Renown-Multilac Inter-Schools Under-10 National Football Carnival, was held at the Racecourse ground in Colombo last weekend. More than 1500 boys and girls from all parts of Sri Lanka, participated in the final stage of [...]
Vinuthi secures FIDE World School Chess silver medal for Sri Lanka
Vinuthi Siyansa Meegoda of Horizon College International, demonstrated remarkable skills by securing the silver medal in the World Schools Under-7 Girls’ Chess Championship held in Lima, Peru last weekend. Competing against 33 players, Siyansa scored an impressive 7.5 out of 9 points to clinch the silver medal, and expand Sri Lanka’s medals tally to five, [...]
Saints Quadrangular Athletic Meet on June 1 and 2
One of the most looked forward to events in Sri Lanka schools athletics calendar will be held this year on June 1 and 2 at the St. Peter’s College grounds in Bambalapitiya. The meet, which had its inauguration in 1985, brings together the best athletic talents, present and past of the four leading Catholic boys [...]