Last minute indiscipline by Royal hand win to Pathana
Isipathana College flyhalf Shahid Zumri played a crucial role in guiding his team to a nail-biting 19-18 victory over Royal College in the Super Round game of the Dialog Schools Rugby League 2024 at Havelock Park yesterday. With this win, Isipathana reclaimed the Major Milroy Fernando Trophy, which Royal had held onto after their 22-17 [...]
Unbeaten Peterites march towards league title
Defending champions St. Peter’s College showcased their resilience and determination with a remarkable second-half burst to secure a 37-28 victory over Trinity College in their Dialog Schools Rugby League Super Round match played at Bambalapitiya yesterday. The win not only keeps St. Peter’s their unbeaten record intact, but also highlights their ability to overcome adversity [...]
Sri Lanka and England focus on WTC standings
Sri Lanka’s Test squad is all set to embark on a challenging tour of England, with the remaining members of the team scheduled to depart for England today. The three-match Test series, which is a part of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC), is set to kick off on August 21 at Old Trafford, followed [...]
Pumas bite All Blacks
Wellington, New Zealand, AFP: Stalwart Agustin Creevy scored the decisive try as an inspired Argentina stunned New Zealand 38-30 in their Rugby Championship Test in Wellington on Saturday. The Pumas scored four tries to three to notch just their third-ever win over New Zealand, with 39-year-old hooker Creevy putting Argentina in front when he crossed [...]
St. Peter’s and St. Anthony’s through to U-17 semi-finals
A run-a-ball 70 inclusive of five boundaries and four sixes by skipper Joshua Sebastian and a composed 76 off 105 balls with 12 boundaries by Hiruka Silva paved the way for St. Peter’s College to record a big 107-run win over Trinity College in the quarter-final encounter of the Under-17 Division I Inter-School Limited Over [...]
Dominant South Africa crush Australia
Brisbane, Australia. AFP: World champions South Africa scored five tries to one as they crushed Australia 33-7 in the opening match of the Rugby Championship in Brisbane on Saturday. After leading 21-0 at half-time with three converted tries, they crossed twice more in the second period as the Wallabies ran out of steam in the [...]
The path from being ‘lames’ to ‘lions’
Scorned and laughed at, even labeled by home fans as ‘lonthayo’–roughly translated to mean ‘lame people’–after a string of defeats, the Sri Lankan cricket team staged a remarkable turnaround just this week with a performance that was simply unbelievable. In a breathtaking 2-0 ODI series victory against India, the world’s top-ranked team, Sri Lanka went [...]
CCC and Ace Capital battle for Major Club LO supremacy
The curtains of the Major League Limited Over Cricket Tournament will come down today with the final battle for supremacy between CCC and Ace Capital scheduled to be played at the SSC from 9:45am. In the run up to the final, both teams ended in the top of the two groups with Ace Capital, led [...]
Cycling elections on hold until August 27
Four stay orders issued by the courts have prevented the Sri Lanka Cycling Federation (SLCF) from holding its elections until August 27. The elections of SLCF was due to take place under the patronage of Dr. Shemal Fernando, the Director General of the Department of Sports Development of the Ministry of Sports, as the Competent [...]
Tennis of the Olympians
Exhibition of tennis at Paris Olympics of 2024 was appealing, even though field did not have full attendance. The regular French Open Stadium in Paris was their venue for the event. The stadiums French made for the 2024 Olympic events were out-of-the-ordinary. The opening ceremony to enrich spectators with Parisian history was memorable. The access [...]
Modesty the aim for Turkey’s Olympic sensation
Ankara, Turkey, AFP: Yusuf Dikec may have an Olympic medal and a legion of adoring online fans, but the Turkish pistol sharpshooter is aiming to keep his feet on the ground. Shots of the athlete cocking his pistol with nonchalance, his silver medal in Paris earned with his off hand in his pocket and no [...]
Over 18,000 athletes from five provinces to compete at Samposha Provincial School Games
The Samaposha Provincial School Sports Games 2024 will commence from August 21 with five provinces — North Central, North Western, East, Uva and South – joining forces. With patronage from Samaposha, the Samaposha Provincial school sports event is organised in collaboration with the Provincial Education Offices and will be held concurrently from August to September [...]
Yevan David achieves rare feat in Spain
Following the groundbreaking performance at Euro 3 in Netherlands, Sri Lankan racing prodigy Yevan David came up with a yet another stellar performance at the Spanish Motorland F4 Final Race. An underperforming qualifying session followed by a mid-race mishap positioned him at 25th at the starting grid of the final Race 3. Despite David, 17, [...]
Prima KottuMee supports 2024 school rugby season
Sri Lanka’s favourite instant noodles, Prima KottuMee, known for its Hot N’ Spicy taste that reflects the vibrant energy of the country’s youth, made their presence felt with affiliations of the country’s most prestigious and popular school rugby teams. Throughout the highly anticipated 2024 school rugby season, Prima KottuMee associated with Royal College, S. Thomas’ [...]
HFC claim double cager titles
Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya won both the Under-20 and Under-17 basketball titles of the Western Province School Games. In both finals HFC cagers displayed their dominance, winning both titles with healthy margins. In the Under-20 finals, HFC met Good Shepherd Convent, Kotahena and overcame them by 70-50, after holding to a slender 30-25 lead at [...]
Josephian cagers shine at SABA 2024
St. Joseph’s College basketball players, Methika Jayasinghe, Darren Bernard, Adrian Wijayawardena, and Chamindu Wijesinghe were selected to represent Sri Lanka at the 2024 SABA Under-18 South Asian Basketball Championship, which took place in Sri Lanka. An achievement that can be termed as remarkable for the school, the four Josephian cagers played in this tournament and [...]