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Ambushed Lankans limp back home

Ambushed Lankans limp back home

The Lankan cricketers who were ambushed in Sydney on an unexpected seaming wicket began to leave Australia from the very next day, but, in staggered lots. Some of them were due back in the island on March 20 while the last to return to the island would be Mahela Jayawardena who almost has severed connections [...]

The way the script went radically wrong

The way the script went radically wrong

I strongly believe that the script in the last episode of the Sanga-Mahela saga was flawed. The ending was a huge anti-climax and ill fitting. It was as if suddenly in the middle of an idolised drama, the stage has collapsed beneath the actors’ feet and they play no more. It should not have been [...]

SLTA to conduct three Int. Wheel Chair tournaments

The Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) announced that they would be hosting three back-to-back International Wheel Chair Tennis Tournaments Futures and a World Cup qualifying Asia Region. The tournaments will be the 4th Negombo Open, the 8th Sri Lanka Open, the 6th SSC Open and the World Team Cup Regional Qualifiers. According to arrangements made [...]

Change of guard in Tennis

Tennis is played in over 200 countries. The Original body of promotion and control the International Tennis Federation maintained Tennis [ITF] as an amateur sport. In 1969 the confrontation began between amateurism and professionalism. This now has reached the point of no return and the professional bodies are dominating the game structure, events, formats, players [...]

Sports Ministry keeps SLRFU waiting

Sports Ministry keeps SLRFU waiting

The Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union which was to be held on March 7 was postponed. I asked the Secretary of the Union, Nalin de Silva about the current status as the Annual General Meeting is normally held before the end of March. The Secretary explained that the Union has [...]

St. Joseph’s down arch rivals St. Peter’s after 16 years

St. Joseph’s down arch rivals St. Peter’s after 16 years

St. Joseph’s began their campaign of Singer Under-20 Schools Rugby League tournament in style with a thrilling 17-10 win over arch rivals St. Peter’s in the match played at Longdon Place yesterday. The Darley Road boys trailing 0-10 at the breather played their hearts out in the second session when they chalked up 17 points [...]

Havelocks copped by Police

Havelocks copped by Police

Police SC found success after five years in the Clifford Cup knock-out rugby competition when they gained a 34-20 win over Havelocks in the Dialog Knouckout game worked off at the Race Course Grounds yesterday. Police’s points were made up of five tries, three conversions and a penalty while the Havelocks points came up on [...]

Reigning champ Randev closing in

Randev Pathirana of Royal College Colombo is indicating that he is on the run for a second time after his win in last year’s Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the year competition. Randev has started his push, gradually, as he closes in on leader Himesha Ranganath of Royal College Panadura. Ranganath continues [...]

Maduranga of Vidyartha Horana is the winner

Maduranga of Vidyartha Horana is the winner

K.L.V. Maduranga of Vidyartha Horana (left) was the winner against K.P. Wilasiri of Trinity in the Heavy Weight (91 kg) boxing bout of the Youth, Men and Women’s Boxing Championships 2015 held at the Torrington Square Auditorium yesterday. – Pic by Ranjith Perera

Dharmaraja in resounding win over Kingswood

Dharmaraja scored a resounding innings and fifty run win over Kingswood in their 109th Big Match concluded at the Pallekele Stadium. The architect of the victory was fast medium bowler Lahiru Samarakoon who had a match bag of 10 for 108. The tall Samarakoon extracted quite a bit of pace and lift and troubled many [...]

Clinical Thomians down Royal by 16 runs

Clinical Thomians down Royal by 16 runs

S. Thomas’ College produced a clinical all-round performance to snatch a thrilling 16-run win against traditional rivals Royal College and regain the Mustang Trophy in their 40th annual Limited Overs cricket encounter played at the SSC grounds in Colombo yesterday. Put into bat, the Thomians piled up 277 runs for the loss of 6 wickets [...]

Moratu MV make bold reply

Moratu MV steered by deputy skipper Dushan Sulakshana made a bold reply of 154 for 4 from their overnight score of 65 for 1 when play stopped for lunch on day two against traditional rivals Sri Sumangala Panadura in their 63rd Battle of the Golds encounter played at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa. The opening [...]

St. Thomas’- St. Servatius heading for a draw

The 115th Battle of the Blues is heading for an inevitable draw with the Thomians ending the second day on 231 runs for the loss of five wickets in reply to the Servatian’s first innings score of 279 at the Uyanwatte Stadium in Matara yesterday. The Servatians who were invited to take first lease of [...]

Trinity in close win over St. Anthony’s

Trinity recorded a close two wickets win with eight balls to spare over a fighting Anthonian outfit in their limited over game at Asgiriya. Chasing a slightly formidable 237 for a win, Trinity had just passed the 140 mark when the seventh wicket fell. But skipper Raveen Sayer and pacie Lahiru Sanjaya put on a [...]

Saveen, Charith spin Richmond to victory

Richmond crushed traditional rivals Mahinda by an innings and 26 runs in their 110th Battle of the Lovers encounter concluded at the Galle International Stadium yesterday and in the process recorded their 24th win of the series. The architects of the Richmond win was their left and right arm spin combination of Saveen Nanayakkara and [...]

Royal’s Bradby legend Fred Schoorman no more

Royal’s Bradby legend Fred Schoorman no more

Royal’s Bradby Shield legend Fred Schoorman passed away last Sunday at the age of 88. Schoorman was a part of the Bradby Shield Legend – the blue riband of schools rugby between Royal College Colombo and Trinity College Kandy. Schoorman represented the Royal College rugby team in 1944 and 1945 and was the Vice captain [...]

Story of the inaugural 50-overs Royal-Thomian match in 1975

Story of the inaugural 50-overs  Royal-Thomian  match in 1975

Extracts from an appreciation by Wg Cdr E H Ohlmus (SLAF Retd) Lankanath De Silva was a founder member of the 43rd Group of Royal College. He was also at Lake House, The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd, functioning as the Director Operations, and serving as its Acting Chairman on numerous occasions, between 1978 and [...]

Emulate Bradman

Emulate Bradman

During the past few months every time you look at the newspapers or watch television you will see some records have been broken by a player especially batsman. These numerous records were set by Chris Gayle of W. Indians and our own Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasooriya, Dilshan, Lahiru Thirimanna, and also by de Villiers of [...]

Sri Lanka football, stuck in the mud hole!

Sri Lanka football, stuck in the mud hole!

I was plainly distressed to read the report in the Daily Mirror which appeared on 02.02.2015, under banner headlines “Financial dishonesty in Football” exactly two days prior to celebrate the 67 year of Independence of our country. Even as we were passing such an historic milestone, the game of Football remains stuck in the mud [...]

Looking forward to a better and brighter sports future

Our belated sincere wishes and congratulations go out to the Hon. Navin Dissanayake on his assumption as the new Minister of Sports and Tourism. I would however like to propose that the Honourable Minister should, at the outset, concentrate in infusing some fresh blood into our National Cricket squads. Irrespective of Caste, Creed or Nationality [...]

Major row over grounds between Isipathana and Havelocks

Major row over grounds between  Isipathana and Havelocks

A major row is brewing between Isipathana College and Havelocks Sports Club on the use of the grounds by the school during the upcoming Schools Rugby Season. Isipathana had requested the grounds to play their match against CWW Kannangara MV on March 21 but the ground was not given and they have arranged to play [...]

Maj. Nilupul, President of Asian Sevens Football Federation

Maj. Nilupul, President of Asian Sevens Football Federation

President of the 7-a-Side Football Association of Sri Lanka, Major Nilupul Wedarachchi has been appointed as Vice President of the Asian 7-a-Side Football Federation. Wedarachchi, who hails from Tangalle, is an old boy of St. Servatius College Matara. He was a top goalkeeper and represented many clubs prior to joining the Sri Lanka Army. He [...]

Mercedes kicks off 2015 season in style with a 1-2 finish at the Australian Grand Prix

Mercedes kicks off 2015 season in style with a 1-2 finish at the  Australian Grand Prix

Mercedes AMG Petronas kicked off the 2015 Formula One season with a bang by securing 1st and 2nd places at the Australian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton took his 34th career victory at Albert Park – his second in Australia and 13th for the Silver Arrows while Nico Rosberg took second position after a race-long chase, [...]

Kik Cola Junior Rugby Carnival today, April 19, May 17 and June 7

The Super 16 Junior Rugby Carnival, now more popularly known as Kik Cola Super16 was started by a group of Old Boys in 2009 to develop the Game of Rugby by creating opportunities for Under-10s and Under-12s to play the game in a competitive environment yet have fun doing so and thereby develop their skills [...]

AIA Insurance official partner for SLC

AIA Insurance official partner for SLC

AIA Insurance has come forward to become the official insurance partner of Sri Lanka Cricket and will also sponsor two of the main domestic tournaments according to an agreement entered by both parties. AIA Insurance will be the title sponsor for the Premier Limited Overs tournament and the Premier League tournament for a period of [...]

CEAT renews commitment with SLDA

CEAT renews  commitment with SLDA

After its long-standing commercial partners CEAT Kelani Holdings decided to renew its commitment for the third consecutive year, Sri Lanka Auto-sports Drivers’ Association (SLADA) released its annual event calendar for 2015. This year’s confusion-marred yet the much awaited annual event – Foxhill Supercross will be the opening event of the calendar which is scheduled for [...]

CMSC celebrates 81 years of Mahagastota

CMSC celebrates 81 years of Mahagastota

As the years lap by it is good, once in a while, to glance back across the dust-ridden trails to the glimmering outlines of our beginning. Eighty years have seen an immense advancement in equipment and technique, but nothing can excel the spirit that inspired the pioneering efforts that provided the early blueprint upon which [...]

Bloomfield outclass CCC with a day to spare

Bloomfield outclass CCC with a day to spare

Bloomfield outclassed CCC by eight wickets with more than a day to spare in the Premier League Super Eight cricket encounter at P. Sara Stadium. Left arm spinner Chathura Randunu and the right and left arm pace combination of Nuwan Pradeep and Vishwa Fernando wrought havoc in the morning session of play on day three. [...]

McLarens, Expolanka, David Pieris and HSBC ‘A’ advance to semi-finals

McLarens Group, Expolanka Group, David Pieris Motors and HSBC ‘A’ advanced to the semi-finals of the 12th MCA Division ‘D’ 40-Over League Tournament 2015 played for the Elephant Lemonade Trophy. Last Saturday’s quarter-finals were hampered by rain but McLarens got through by their virtue of holding the higher position in the league round points table [...]

Udara, Lahiru, Nilushan shine; Ragama CC amass 487

Udara, Lahiru, Nilushan shine; Ragama CC amass 487

Skipper Udara Jayasundara cracked a 127 inclusive of 12 boundaries and four sixes while Lahiru Milantha made knocks of 77 and 76 which laid the foundation for Ragama CC to amass a score of 432 for 8 against SSC on day two in the Premier League Plate encounter played at Reid Avenue. Batting first, Udara [...]

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