ICC tyranny: Lankans fighting at Armageddon with rubber bullets!!!
Is this cricket’s Armageddon? According to the Book of Revelation, Armageddon is the site of gathering of armies for a battle during the end times. But, the present location for this current scenario is Dubai. There the armies of the rest of the cricketing world are scheduled to confront (barring New Zealand which have opted [...]
Lakshan begins his gallop
Akila Lakshan of Royal College Panadura clearly indicated what he is up to, by expanding the lead and going past the 800 mark but Randev Pathirana of Royal College Panadura has risen from the ashes. Pathirana began his quest as tenth in the list with mer 151 votes, but as the second week’s results are [...]
Malinga back at training
Chairman Cricket Selection Committee Sanath Jayasuriya said yesterday, that fast bowler Lasith Malinga returned to the island on Friday and went in direct for training with the Lankan coaches and trainers. Jayasuriya told the Sunday Times, “I am very happy that Malinga has retuned to the island on our request and he has resumed his [...]
Inadequate preparation hurting SL’s chances to host Asian Youth Games
Sri Lanka’s hosting rights for the 2017 Asian Youth Games is at risk following a letter sent by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage and the President of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOC) Hemasiri Fernando. The letter dated January 21 and signed by the OAC President Sheikh [...]
Nadeeka and Gunasekera top army athletes
The Army Colours Night 2013 with its theme, reconciliation through sports, was held at the BMICH in Colombo on Friday. The event was held to present colours and laurels to those who outshone in the field of sports representing Sri Lanka Army in front of a large audience. Warrant Officer 1 Nadeeka Lakmalee, the national [...]
Hameed Al Husseinie Under 19 Football
This year’s Group of ’80 Hameed Al Husseinie College Under 19 Inter-School Invitational Football Tournament, which will run from February 1 to 16 at the Sugathadasa Stadium, will see the added dimension of a Most Popular Player of the Year award, which will be governed by online voting on www.g80hahc.com .Zuflikar Ahmed, the media officer [...]
Angelo slams career best 244
Moors SC left-arm spinner Malinda Pushpakumara continued his successful bowling run with a match bag of ten wickets helping his side crush Badureliya SC by an innings and 65 runs with a day to spare in the second round match of the Premier league cricket tournament concluded at Braybrooke Place yesterday. In the first innings [...]
SLRFU and SLSRFA clash on sponsors
The proposal brought forward by the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) to grant the sponsorship for the core tournament of the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA), the Schools League Rugby Tournament is a swindle complains the SLSRFA. The SLSRFA allege that at present they obtain around Rs 30 million from the sponsorships [...]
Thoras young and old dive for a cause
As dawn was breaking over the city of Colombo last morning, the second Thomian Triathlon, slipped into first gear, when old and present boys of different shapes sizes and ages dived into the pool of their sister schoolm Bishops College, by the waters edge. From there the healthier of the crowd, ran and jogged their [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: Premier League -Chilaw Marians vs SSC at SSC -Tamil Union vs Ragama CC at P. Sara Oval – Panadura SC vs SLPA at Panadura – Moors SC vs Badureliya SC at Moors – Air Force vs NCC at NCC – CCC vs Army SC at CCC Emerging Trophy – Kalutara TC vs Police [...]
A dark horse, old horse and ‘Wow’rinka
A dark horse emerged among the women surprising all and among men an old horse survived that too was somewhat a surprise. Survivors had to brave 40 Celsius heat, 210 KMP services, hundreds of blistering winners and many hours of running to emerge as semi-finalists and finalists. Women’s — last 16 the inner circle. Entering [...]
Spin trio guide Royal to victory
The right and left arm spin combination of Randev Pathirana and Harith Samarasinghe along with Thiran Dhanapala guided Royal Colombo to a convincing innings and 121 runs win over St. John’s Jaffna in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at the Johnian ground in Jaffna yesterday. In fact Royal was home for tea after [...]
Richmond and Trinity chalk up five wins
The ongoing Under 19 inter-school cricket season which is in full swing unlike in the previous season has seen only a few outright wins being recorded as most of the schools are playing safe with the intention of only winning in the first inning. However two teams Richmond who was the most successful schools team [...]
Furore over proposed ICC changes
A leaked ‘position paper’, tabled by the Finance and Commercial Affairs committee of the International Cricket Council, which will effectively bestow greater administrative and financial powers to India, Australia and England if adopted by the sport’s governing body, has generated a whirlwind of controversy. But stepping away from the ire and condemnation of the experts, [...]
That marvellous run chase
Curtain came down on the Sri Lanka-Pakistan cricket series with “Pakistan Zindabad” following a magnificent run chase of 302 in a little less than three sessions. They drew the T20 1-1, won the ODIs 3-2 and leveled the test series 1-1. Every cricketing nation should salute this young Pakistani cricket team for keeping their country [...]
Korean cricket team comes to Sri Lanka for training
Have you heard of the Korean National Cricket Team? You might think that I am joking. But, it actually exists. This newborn Korean team is even coming to Sri Lanka for field training to brace for the 2014 Asian Games, which will be held in Incheon, Korea from September 19 to October 4. Many Koreans, [...]
Navy’s quest for the league plum
Competition in the Dialog Rugby League is increasing as the game progresses from the first round of the league to the second round. It is now that the war begins for the cup. As the Ancient Chinese Military strategist Sun Zsu said it is all about strategy, strength and victory that will determine the outcome. [...]
Hockey enthusiast’s point of view
I am a Hockey enthusiast. I have never missed watching the annually conducted National Hockey Championship during the past five decades. This year I witnessed a colourful and a well organised tournament at the Astro Turf at Reid Avenue, Colombo 07 which ended ceremonially under the tutelage of Sumith Edirisinghe, presently the DIG of Police [...]
SimCentric thrashes WNS before Mercantile draw
SimCentric, who are about to make their debut in the Mercantile Cricket Association tournament, geared up with an emphatic win by 42 runs against WNS in a friendly warm-up cricket encounter. The match was played at the Asoka Vidyalaya ground in Kotte last Saturday. The WNS bowling attack was too much for SimCentric whose batting [...]
