Kiwi and Kangaroo orchestras to perform ‘concerto – Chin Music’
Go rush to your TV screen and get glued to the final episode of the concerto ‘Chin Music’ on stage at the Melbourne Cricket Grounds in progress right now. Two orchestras – one representing Australia and the other representing New Zealand have put their wits to test to learn as whose players would play the [...]
Clarke to retire from ODIs after World Cup final
Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke yesterday announced that he would retire from the ODI version of cricket after today’s game. The thirty three year-old Australian cricket captain made his decision public at the pre-match press conference on the eve of the final in Melbourne. The Australian legend who won a Test match for the country [...]
Cricket elections and Yahapalanaya
On January 8, 2015, hopes of ‘Yahapalanaya’ loomed large over the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. On that day of planetary change, most Sri Lankans thronged polling stations to cast their vote for change, and a new era was born — or was it? Besides national elections, there is another election that begs the [...]
Sub-standard tackling by Police gives Kandy staggering victory
In one of the most colourless and one sided rugby finals in recent times, Kandy SC scored a resounding 77 points (6 goals, 7 tries) to 7 (1 goal) win over Police to annex the Clifford Cup for the nineteenth time. It was a mismatch of gigantic proportions. Whenever Oscar Ouma or Marcel Marshall ran [...]
Isipathana down Wesley 34-0
Defending champions Isipathana got the better of Wesley with an easy 34 points to nil in the Singer Schools U20 Segment 1A rugby encounter played at Longdon Place yesterday. Isipathana after being restricted to ten points at the breather made up their points through two goals and four tries. The Wesleyites put in a fine [...]
Royal pass Science test
Both Royal and Science College teams registered their first wins last week thus they came in full of confidence to this encounter played at the Royal Complex yesterday. The Science Coach Collin Dinesh had formulated a beautiful equation of exhilarating runs by their three-quarter lines and crunching tackles by the defenders while the Royal pack [...]
Deheragoda’s absence a blessing for others
The cool climes of Diyatalawa will be heated to the roaring of motors when the 23rd edition of Fox Hill Supercross flags off on April 18, 2015. The event is organised and conducted by the Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA) and the Sri Lanka Auto Sports Drivers Association (SLADA). This is a much looked forward [...]
Junior Golf from April 6 to 9
The second annual Sri Lanka Junior Golf Championship will be held at the Royal Colombo Golf Club in Colombo from April 6 to 9. The championship, a match play format competition, is played for the Rukmini Kodagoda Challenge Trophy, which is held by the prolific young golfer Prashan Peiris. Peiris, a student of St. Thomas’ [...]
Surprise from Sachin
In a bizarre turn of events Sachin Dalpethado of St. Peter’s College took reigns in the main category of the 36th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the year 2015 contest, surprising the intended leaders. Sachin was placed sixth last week and looked pretty much settled among the top ten in the All [...]
Lumbini MV win inaugural big match
Lumbini MV came out victorious by nine wickets against Bandaranayake MMV Gampaha in the inaugural ‘Battle of the Blue and Green’ big match which ended at the Colts ground yesterday. The foundation for the win was laid by Thanuka Dabare whose four wicket haul helped Lumbini MV to bowl out their opponents for a low [...]
Tennis lights up Californian desert
Indiana-Wells the first of the ATP-1000 series of 2015 was held in Coachella Valley in California. Coachella valley boasts of having 254 days of sunshine a year. The event ‘Indiana-Wells’ has the reputation of being best attended spectator event outside the four Grand-Slam events, attracting big time sponsors. The event this year which concluded on [...]
Police performance rekindled hope in their supporters
Suddenly it turns out that the Police SC have a chance of winning the Dialog Knockout Championship. They meet Kandy SC in the final and the result would be known as you read this column. Police down in sixth place in the league became a strong title contender. In the quarter-final they beat Havelock’s SC [...]
Lady workers beware!
Lady workers beware! A leading stadium in the city has a new man in charge. He is supposed to be from the town where the Big Boss in Sports resides. Other than that he is supposed to be very attached to the opposite sex. Lady workers at this stadium are keeping shy of him lest [...]
Faizal Deva heads Mercantile Basketball
Faizal Deva was elected President of the Mercantile Services Basketball Association (MSBA). The youngest ever President of the MSBA, Deva has many years of basketball in him. He captained the Commercial Credit Basketball team in 2013 which went on to become the Mercantile Services Basketball Association (MSBA) league tournament Champions. A product of Wesley College [...]
Asiri and Muneer propel Wattala Anthonians to Top Division
A tally of 1049 runs with three centuries and three half tons by skipper Asiri Wageesha and 107 wickets including eight five-wicket hauls by right-arm off-spin bowler Shamsul Muneer propelled St. Anthony’s College Wattala in to the second spot of the Singer All-Island Schools Under-19 Division II Cricket Tournament. With the progress the Antonians will [...]
Masters Athletics on May 7 and 8
The Sri Lanka Masters’ Athletic Association calls in entries for its 29th annual Championships which has been planned to be staged on May 7 and 8 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Diyagama, Homagama. The organisers expect a large participation including from the north and east parts of the country. Entries close on April 10 [...]
Old Anandians felicitation ceremony on April 5
The Old Anandians’ Sports Club have organised a felicitation ceremony to its distinguished past pupils on April 5 at The Kingsbury. Some of the Old Anandians who are to be felicitated are Karu Jayasuriya, Dr. Rajitha Senaratne, Arjuna Ranatunga, Field Marshall Sarath Fonseka, Ranjith Maddumabandara, Ajith P. Perera, Thilak Karunaratne and Yuwanjan Wijethilake. The Old [...]
Sameera and Gayani win road races
The road races of the Southern Province Sports Festival took place on the access road towards the Southern Expressway between Galle and Pinnaduwa with P.H. Sameera and P.B. Gayani winning the Men’s and Women’s championships respectively. Sameera representing the Galle District was followed by M.D. Sampath and S. Chathuranga, both from Matara District. Gayani, who [...]
Dilantha celebrates silver jubilee with glitzy ceremony
Sri Lanka’s foremost motor racer of international fame, Dilantha Malagamuwa, celebrated the silver jubilee of his illustrious racing career at a glitzy ceremony last week. Malagamuwa stated that he is ready to take the Sri Lankan pride into the international sports arena once again, with a number of international racing events coming his way within [...]
Rasika slams career best 201
Mast Far East’s 36-year-old, Rasika Weeraratne achieved a land mark by hitting a carrier best 201 not out (70 balls, 103 minutes, 20 sixes and 13 fours) against Dialog Axiata ‘B” in the ongoing 13th David Pieris Group of Companies – DPGC Challenge Trophy, MCA Division ‘E’ 30-Over League Tournament 2015 played last weekend. Rasika’s [...]
Dreams that never end
Simon Leung, a former international rugby player who represented Hong Kong for quite a long time, currently has a cricket dream. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Simon played for Hong Kong in 15s and 7s rugby and today his wish would be, strangely, a World Cup win for the New Zealand Black Caps. There [...]
Kinross six-mile Sea swim today
The 50th Annual Open Six-mile Sea Swim organised by the Kinross Swimming and Life Saving Club (KSLSC), affiliated to the Sri Lanka Amateur Swimming Union, will be held today. The race will be flagged off at 7.00am from the beach opposite the club house at Wellawatte, the swimmers travelling along the coast, turning around an [...]
McLarens and HSBC advance to finals
McLarens Group and HSBC ‘A’ advanced to the Final of the 12th Ceylon Cold Stores PLC sponsored, ‘Elephant House Lemonade’ Trophy, MCA ‘D’ division 40-Over League Tournament 2015. In the two Semi Finals played on last Saturday, McLarens Group scored a comprehensive five wickets win over Expolanka Group, while HSBC ‘A’ scored a comfortable 52 [...]
Vidyaratana UC, Pilimatalawa Central best from the rest
Vidyaratana University College Horana and Pilimatalawa Central came out on top when they emerged champions at the Men and Women’s Youth Boxing Championship to clinch the General Jagath Jayasuriya Challenge Trophy which concluded at the Sports Ministry Gymnasium Boxing Ring. The champion Vidyaratana team bagged four gold’s, two silver and two bronze medals while Royal [...]
A young Lankan rugby player gets to see RWC 2015 in England
One young avid Sri Lankan rugby player will be the envy of many, as he is entrusted the distinct honour of presenting the official Match Ball to a referee at the Rugby World Cup 2015 match (RWC) in England. Deutsche Post DHL Group, the world’s leading mail and logistics services group, and the global logistics [...]
Billiards and Snooker Awards
The Billiards and Snooker Association of Sri Lanka held their awards ceremony to felicitate the champions and runners-up of billiards and snooker for the year 2014 which took place at the Serendib Hall in Maligawatte. The chief guest at the awards ceremony was Rauf Hakeem, Minister of Urban Development and Water Supply and Drainage. – [...]
‘Unity is strength’ should be Lanka football’s battle cry
Following the recent historic defeat of the Sri Lanka national soccer team at the hands of the Maldives 10/0 and the subsequent disastrous defeat to the World’s lowest ranked team – Bhutan, twice over the past and present administrators, office bearers, Exco members, past national players along with passionate football supporters spoke to the press [...]
Army SC defeat Bloomfield with a day to spare
Army SC defeated Bloomfield by nine wickets with a day to spare in the Premier League Super Eight cricket encounter which ended at Braybrooke Place yesterday. Army SC who dominated the proceedings from day one continued to hold the whip hand as Seekkuge Prasanna’s seven-wicket haul in Bloomfield’s second innings paved the way for their [...]
Trinity advance to semi-finals
Trinity advanced to the semi-final of the Under 19 limited over when they defeated S. Thomas’ by 16 runs in the Singer Under-19 Schools Limited Overs quarter-final encounter played at the Surrey Village ground in Maggona yesterday. Trinity skipper Raveen Sayer winning the toss and electing to take first lease of the wicket was helped [...]
Charith steers Richmond to quarters
An unbeaten knock of 60 by Charith Asalanka and a 39 by Sithara Gimhan helped Richmond coast to a convincing nine wicket win over DSS in the pre-quarter final encounter of the Singer Under-19 Schools Twenty20 cricket tournament played at St. Peter’s ground in Bambalapitiya yesterday. DSS winning the toss and electing to take first [...]
SriLankan Airlines B triumph over their A team
In a home and home ‘Cup’ Championship final in the 3rd Traveler Global (Pvt) Ltd., sponsored, Travel Trade Sports Club Soccer ‘Sevens’ 2015, concluded at the Shalika Grounds, Narahenpita last weekend, a snap goal in the dying minutes by R.M.L. Muthukuda of SriLankan Airlines ‘B’ gave them a thrilling 1-0 win over defending champions, SriLankan [...]
British School in Colombo clinches double
Golden boot winner Miharu Ramanayake struck twice, one each in either half, to lead the British School in Colombo, to edge out Lyceum International School girls 3-0 while their male counter-parts recorded a shocking 3-1 win over Lyceum International School boys to annex both girls and boys titles at the Inter-International Schools Football Championship worked [...]
Asian International School Wins
Champions of the Over 15, Inter-International Netball Mixed Team are all smiles with their certificates and Trophy. Captain Sobia Seneviratne led her mixed Netball Team to a resounding victory with Praveen Ganlath excelling and being voted the ‘Best Shooter’ of the Championship. Coached by Ms. Nihara Bagoos and Ms. Erandi Galage
Sri Lanka miss golden opportunity
Unseeded Singapore created a major upset to win the Asian Zone ITF World Junior qualifiers when they defeated second seed Sri Lanka by 2/1 and top seed Malaysia in Kochin last week. Sri Lanka had earlier looked of pulling through when Anika Seneviratne gave them the perfect start with a 6/1, 2/6, 6/1 victory over [...]
Musaeus U-13 stickers champs at Western Province contest
The Musaeus College Under-13 hockey team enjoyed a good competition to become group champions of the Western Province Hockey Tournament 2015 with an unbeaten record. They beat Rathnawali Vidyalaya Gampaha 5-0, Gothami Balika Vidyalaya 4-0, Yasodara Balika Vidyalaya 1-0, and drew against President’s Girls’ School Nawala during the tournament. The Musaeus College team comprised of [...]
Junior Carrom Nationals off to a flying start
The 14th Junior National Carrom Championship 2015 got off to a flying start at the Carrom Federation Headquarters when young and upcoming youngsters amounting to over 400 locked horns in order to gain supremacy. The Carrom Federation is heading towards the right direction where these talented youngsters are sure to bring the game of carrom [...]
NSBM SPORTS FIESTA 2015
The much anticipated Inaugural NSBM Sports Fiesta was held on March 15, 2015, at the Royal College Sports Complex, Colombo. This exhilarating event commenced at 9.00am for a day of ultimate sporting grit and competition. The Sports Fiesta comprised of various sporting events encompassing everyone’s favourite games such as cricket, rugby, basketball, badminton, swimming, football [...]
