Malinga, Sanga magic works for Lanka
Kumar Sangakkara added a missing feather to his much decorated hat with a century at Lord’s as Sri Lanka pulled off a heart-stopping seven-run victory over England in the fourth ODI to level the five match series 2-2 yesterday However, Sangakkara’s heroics were almost wiped off by young England wicket keeper Jos Buttler who nearly [...]
Living under the Indian tree: The droplets and the bombshell
Living under a huge tree has its advantages and distinct disadvantages. Living under a tree so big will keep you away from the scorching sun, giving you ample shade to stay cool. Yet, when it rains you tend to get bathed twice — once in the rain and then from the droplets off the leaves. [...]
34th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2014
Another exciting battle, similar to those experienced on the cricket field, has come to an end with the deadline for the 34th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2014 drawing up on May 29. The official count of the three segments, All-Island, Emerging and International Schools contests, will be officially announced [...]
HNB emerge champs for second successive year
Hatton National Bank retained the Lanka Cavaliers Six-a-side trophy for the second successive year when they defeated Colts CC by 15 runs in the final played at the BRC ground yesterday. The high scoring final saw HNB taking first lease of the wicket make a formidable score of 96 for 1 with Saman Jayantha cracking [...]
Royal in hard fought win over St. Peter’s
Royal gained some respite after their Bradby setback when they earned a hard fought 18 (1 penalty, three tries) to 5 (1 try) win over St. Peter’s in the Singer Under-20 League rugby game at the Royal Sports Complex yesterday. At the breather Royal led 8-0. Royal had all the opportunities of doubling this score [...]
Pre-quarter finalists found
The completion of the second day’s proceedings of the All Island Lanka Plate Snooker Championship at the Moors SC billiards table in Braybrooke Place saw 16 players advance to the pre-quarter finals M. Akeel (AAC), M. Nasoordeen (MICH), T.H.M. Farshad (MICH) M. Prathap (Castle Cue Club Kandy), M.M. Jiffrey (Galle), Imitiaz Farook (MICH), T. Thangi [...]
HNB beat Commercial Bank 4-0
Hatton National Bank over came against its arch-rivals Commercial Bank by 4 goals to 1 in their Mercantile League hockey final played on Astro turf at Reid Avenue. The four goals for the winners were scored by national player Damith Bandara, Yohan Lewke, S.Krishanthan and former national player Upul Fernando.
Trinity drub Science
Trinity romped home by beating Science College 38-16 at Pallekelle yesterday. Trinity touched down on five occasions and converted every time. It was Trinity skipper Tarinda Ratwatte who was responsible for the kicks also added a penalty. Science’s 16 points came off two unconverted tries and two penalties. In the initial twenty minutes, Science played [...]
Rajans in easy win over Mahanama
Dharmaraja, the reigning champions scored their first win in this year’s tournament by beating Mahanama by 39 points to 10 at Bogambara. The Rajans scored seven tries in all and converted two of them. Mahanama got their points from unconverted tries. The first half was relatively even, and at the end of it, the sides [...]
Jehan, Aminda guide Joes to fourth win
A 70-run partnership for the eighth wicket between Jehan Fernandopulle (50n.o.) and Aminda de Alwis (17) helped St. Joseph’s defeat Isipathana by 60 runs in an All-Island Under-15 Division I cricket game played at Darley Road. Winning the toss and batting first, the Josephians were struggling at 118 for 7 in the 29th over before [...]
Army and MAS dominate proceedings
The ABA Men and Women Boxing Meet which ended at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium saw pugilists from the Army and MAS Holdings dominating the proceedings at the five day meet. Army came out on top in the men’s category when they bagged four gold’s and three silver medals while the MAS Holdings ladies grabbed eight [...]
34th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2014
Another exciting battle, similar to those experienced on the cricket field, has come to an end with the deadline for the 34th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2014 drawing up on May 29. The official count of the three segments, All-Island, Emerging and International Schools contests, will be officially announced [...]
Huff and puff but the Bradby was bland
For the record it is a four-in-a-row win of the Bradby for Trinity. Predicating from the performance of the junior games, the Lions believe it could be six on a row. Those who expected an exciting and expansive brand of rugby are now resigned to thinking that the song and dance of Bradby is over. [...]
Star struggles, giant killers and talent
A grand-slam competition draw is the elite line up of players in Tennis. The first week of the second Grand-Slam of the year, the ‘French-Open 2014’, shook the stars, giant-killers had a parade and talents surfaced. Giant Killers parade Chilly rains in Paris kept the crowd away from the Roland Garros stadium, but what made [...]
Closed door of no avail
Closed door of no avail A top meeting of a women’s sport took place behind closed doors recently. The ladies who took part in the meeting went to the extent of even closing the windows and drawing the curtains as well. The reason for this hush-hush meeting was that the press may come to know [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: Donovan Andree final – Kandy CC vs Hambantota CC at BOI, Katunayake Stafford Motors-MCA Div ‘G’ League – Elastomeric vs MJF Exports at St. John’s Panadura – Copal Amba vs Speedmark at St. John’s Panadura – Bharti Airtel vs LB Finance ‘B’ at Thurstan ground – Coca Cola vs Toll Global at Thurstan [...]
Great Footballers of the past
These days when football values and standards have declined and there are so much bluff and bluster passing off as real skills and performances. It is refreshing to recall the high standards achieved many, many decades ago. Back in the days before the present downward trend in local football there were several truly great players [...]
Forty One teams qualify from Kandy and Ratnapura
The qualifying tournament of the 23rd All-Island Schools Netball Championship which got underway on May 16 is in full swing which is being conducted in 15 centres around the country. The centres that are being held are Ampara, Kandy, Matale, Anuradhapura, Kurunegala, Jaffna, Kalutara, Homagama, Ratnapura, Puttalam, Galle, Badulla, Matara, Gampaha and Colombo. Two qualifying [...]
Anil- one of the top class referees
Former Vidyartha, Kandy SC and national pool, rugby player and former leading referee Anil Jayasinghe who is also a IRB Educator and Coach Match Official (CMO) for the Sri Lanka Referees Society and Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU). One might surprise most of the sports fans to know that Anil also played Cricket for his [...]
Honda Trophy off with two hurricane tons
Two centurions emerged in the opening week-end of the 4th Stafford Motor Co. sponsored Honda Trophy-MCA Division ‘G’ 25-Over League Tournament, which got underway last weekend. E.B. Creasy’s opening batsman, F. Ahamed carried his bat out with a lusty 100 not out in 82 balls inclusive of five sixes and 13 fours, against Brandix Essentials. [...]
Chance to catch the shuttlers coach
China’s decade long Thomas Cup reign was brought to a halt by Japan when they scored a 3-0 victory in the semi-finals of the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup International badminton championships concluded at New Delhi in India recently. Japan continued their winning trend ended up as champions beating Malaysia 3-2 in the men’s Thomas [...]
ACUSL Kalutara — office bearers
The following Office Bearers were elected at the 24th Annual General Meeting of the Association of Cricket Umpires Sri Lanka – Kalutara District Branch held at Kalutara Town Club Hall. Patrons: Sirosha Gunatilake (President, Association of Cricket Umpires Sri Lanka), Deepal Perera (President, Kalutara Town Club), Sajith Gunaratne (Senior Business Manager and Marketing Manager, Prima [...]
5 million Rupee outdoor Volleyball court at Vijitha retains water
The pictures shows that the outdoor volleyball court which was commissioned at Vijitha Central College Dikwella retains water. President of the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation and Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Dilan Perera who commissioned this volleyball court a few months ago said that the cost incurred was Rupees five million and that [...]
WPRFU launches school development programme
The Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU) launched its schools development programme last week in Colombo. The function was well attended by principals and teachers-in-charge of 25 schools, earmarked by the WPRFU in its development project. Majority of these schools will take up rugby for the very first time under the guidance of the development [...]
Six matches down for decision on first week
The Under-23 Division I cricket tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket will get underway next week with six matches down for decision scheduled to be played in venues around the metropolis. Fourteen teams are in the fray for the title which has been divided into two groups of seven teams in each. Defending champions Tamil [...]
Ed ministry takes rugby to Jaffna
Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education will conduct a training programme on rugby refereeing under its Rugby Navodya Programme at the Jaffna Central College on Tuesday and Wednesday. So far, according to K.S.P. Karunaratne, the programme coordinator, 40 participants have registered for the two-day course, with 15 of [...]
Tiny tots at cricket
Sri Lanka’s first-ever school of cricket for Montessori children, the Tiny Tots Cricket Wicket, was declared open by former Sri Lanka skipper Sanath Jayasuriya last Wednesday. The first of its kind cricket academy, run by Anura Amaratunga, will teach the toddlers the basics of cricket before they move on to the junior level. The Tiny [...]
Bowlers dominate MCA ‘F’ quarter-finals
Unbeaten Kanrich Finance ‘B’ along with Peoples Leasing Co., Standard Chartered Bank and Bodyline advanced to the Semi-Finals in the ‘Sierra IT’ Trophy, MCA Division ‘F’ 30-Over League Tournament, winning their quarter-final matches played at the MCA Grounds over the weekend. Kanrich Finance strike bowler Roshan Laksiri bamboozled Hilton Colombo Residence batsmen, bagging six wickets [...]
Toss of coin relegates Matara Sports Club to Division III
It will sadden the veteran members of the 110-year-old Matara Sports Club and its cricket fans when they learn that the oldest cricket club in Matara has been demoted from the Division II ‘Donovan Andree Trophy Cricket tournament’ to Division III of the All-Island Inter-Club Cricket Tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket. Matara Sports Club [...]
Novices get baptism on tricky Kanway track
The Kaijie Speed Championships jointly conducted by the Sri Lanka Motorcycle Club, Negombo MSC and Nuwara Eliya MSC and sponsored by Leader Group which was held at Kanway Racing Track in Mirigama saw the novices negotiating the tricky track with success. The meet exclusively conducted for aspiring novices looking forward to go for greater heights [...]
Chamila and Lal Wellakkage win SMSC members day rally 2014
Chamila and Lal Wellakkage won the 2014 members day rally held by the Southern Motor Sports Club. They received only four (04) debit points in completing the 70.14km course plotted by veteran Andrew Silva which took them from Matara via Polhena, Kamburugmuwa, Issadeen Town, Hittetiya, Godagama , Kokmaduwa, Wellathota, Nadugala, Diyagaha, Kekanadura and ended at [...]
Cavalry Supercross next Sunday
Sri Lanka’s top drivers and riders will be in action at the 5th Cavalry Supercross at the Army Track in Pangolla, Kurunegala next Sunday. The Cavalry Supercross has priority as an annual event in the Sri Lanka Armoured Corps’ calendar as they seek the expertise of Sri Lanka Autosport Drivers’ Association (SLADA) in turning the [...]
