Isipathana made to fight by Joes
Isipathana was made to fight hard for their 23-17 win by St. Joseph’s in the Singer U20 inter-schools rugby league tournament encounter played at Longdon Place yesterday. Isipathana having taken a 10-0 lead at the breather made up their points through four tries and a penalty to the two goals and a penalty scored by [...]
Royal drown Rajans at Bogambara
Royal beat Dharmaraja by 17-5 after leading 7-5 at halftime in a gruelling Singer Schools Under-20 Division I ‘A’ rugby game played at the Bogambara stadium in Kandy yesterday. Royal scored from two converted tries and a penalty against an unconverted try by the Rajans. Five minutes after the first whistle Royal skipper Bhanuka Gamage [...]
Powerboat sport revs up in Lanka
Lanka Powerboat Association (LPA) joined hands with the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) in introducing and promoting Powerboat sports in Sri Lanka. This was revealed at a press briefing at the Olympic House Auditorium last Wednesday. A team of foreign trainers are in Sri Lanka and had already staged a display race showing F2 powerboats in [...]
`93 champs to be felicitated
A felicitation ceremony, organised by Matale Thomians ’89 Cricket Wing, to honour the members of St. Thomas’ College Matale first XI cricket team, who became All-Island Schools Division II Champions in 1993 to clinch the ‘Coca Cola Bottlers Trophy’, will be held at Hotel Grand City in Matale today at 6.00pm. The team led by [...]
Pramodya fires bouncers at cricket officials, raises alarm over declining standards
Pramodya Wickramasinghe, one of the outgoing national selectors, contends that once the senior three — Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardena and T.M. Dilshan — decide to call it a day, there may arise a situation where skipper Angelo Mathews will discover that he is the only player in the side with a permanent place. Pramodya is [...]
Horses to be dope tested during N’Eliya races
For the first time in history, the Sri Lanka Anti Doping Agency (SLADA) will go beyond its boundaries and conduct doping tests on horses running at the prestigious Governor’s Cup meet at the Race Course in Nuwara Eliya on April 15. According to sources close to SLADA, the unit will go ahead with this test [...]
Manjula’s 98 the highlight
Singer Sri Lanka ‘B’ opening batsman Manjula Silva and all-rounder Muditha Gunawardene, RR Donnerly’s Udara Udayanga along with Gayan Rupasinghe, opening bowler of Unilever took the weekend’s spotlight, in the ongoing 13th David Pieris Group of Companies, ‘DPGC’ Challenge Trophy, MCA Division ‘E’ 30-Over League Tournament, continued last weekend. Manjula Silva hit a belligerent 98 [...]
Gonagala knock saps the soldiers
A solid 85 runs in 126 balls, inclusive of 10 hits to the ropes by one-drop batsman, Pasidu Gonagala and an inspiring spell of fast medium pace bowling by Adil Hafiz (10-01-24-5) spearheaded Rukmalgama CC to their first win, beating Army Sapper CC by 20 runs, in the Colombo District Cricket Association (CDCA) Division III [...]
Nishantha and Lahiru wear doubles crown
The 16th President’s Cup Carrom Championship organised and conducted by the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka commenced at the Carrom Federation last weekend saw Nishantha Fernando partnered by Lahiru Eshan emerging champs in the Men’s Doubles event. In the Men’s Doubles quarter-finals M. Sheriffdeen and Charith Madusanka were given a tough time by Udesh Chandima [...]
CEAT unveils racing team members
CEAT officially unveiled the members of its Racing Team for the 2015 racing season. The team will comprises of ace drivers Upulwan Serasinghe, Janaka Dias, Pasindu Peiris, Shashika Lakmal Wijerathna, Lalin Kirinda, Prasanna De Alwis, Lt. Colonel Duminda Jayasinghe, Lt. Colonel Indu Samarakoon and Ushan Perera and motorcycle racers Jacques Gunawardana and Sampath Kumara, the [...]
Shelley and others remembered by Bloomfielders
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club premises took a religious atmosphere yesterday as the 3rd Commemoration of its past presidents, cricketers, office-bearers and members took place at the club pavilion attended by a large gathering. The normal noise of the pavilion and the bar that prevails commonly on weekends took a back seat when the day’s [...]
Polonnaruwa, Mirigama win 2015 Brandix ‘Mercury’ Volleyball finals
After a fast-paced and vigorously contested final at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo, Brandix Apparel Solutions Limited (BASL) – Intimate Apparel Polonnaruwa and BASL – Intimate Apparel (UKnits) Mirigama emerged the Men’s and Women’s champions respectively at the 2015 Mercury Trophy Volleyball Tournament, conducted annually across the Brandix Group. The men’s team from Intimate [...]
SDS in astounding win
Small Drayton Sports Club recorded an astounding 3-2 victory against Young Mates Football Club to annex the Hatton League Football Championship 2015 and thus claim the D.W. Harrison Silva Cup in the final played at the Dunbar Football ground in Hatton last week. Though the first half was entirely dominated by Small Drayton, they had [...]
Nishan fastest at Mahagastota
Nishan Weerasooriya clocked 34.17seconds to become the fastest driver in the 81-year history of the oldest hill climb in South East Asia, at the Mahagastota Speed Hill Climb which concluded on a high note at Blackpool in Nanu Oya on Easter Sunday. Weerasooriya, driving a Finco Evolution 2000cc turbo, broke the previous course record of [...]
N’Eliya hots-up for horse racing
Ten days ahead of the 144th edition of the prestigious Governor’s Cup horse racing event, Jayaratne Stables geared up with notable wins in the Sri Lanka Turf Club (SLTC) races held on April 4 at the Nuwara Eliya Racecourse. This race is held annually as prelude to the oldest horserace meet of the country, the [...]
ITF Fed Cup Group II sets off in Hyderabad
Sri Lanka will compete along seven other nations with intentions of reaching the next level when the ITF Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Groups II Tennis Championship sets off in Hyderabad, India. The week-long eight-nation competition will be held at the SAAP Tennis Complex in Fateh Maidan in Basheerbagh, Hyderabad beginning from tomorrow. Sri Lanka will [...]
Enough rugby to be talked about on and off the field
The school rugby season is in its third week a while two weeks completed so far. The game is yet to dazzle and has provided little shock. The fun however is yet to start as minions battle the bigger boys at this stage. The shock of a Joe-Pete at the start of the season will [...]
The Serena-Simona classic
The last time third ranked, Simona Halep played Serena Williams ranked one, was in the finals of the 2014 WTA championships in Singapore. It was a cake-walk for Serena. Simona Halep was fresh from winning the Indiana-Wells title two weeks ago when she met Serena again in the semi-finals of 2015 Miami-Open last week. After [...]
World Cup 2015: Pramodya relates inside story
Cricket is just a game, yet, especially in the environ we live in does it stop at that point? The love for the game has penetrated all walks of life and often broken all social barriers based on race, cast or religion – no boundaries. The love for the game lies in every heart and [...]
Malinga making steady progress
Malinga Amarasinghe of Nalanda College is making gradual progress indicating of becoming a threat to the incumbent leader St. Peter’s College allrounder Sachin Dalpethado as the 36th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the year 2015 contest reaches its seventh week. Sachin expanded his lead by adding further 965 votes to his tally [...]
