Lankans go ‘pink’ with Premier Cricket
By S.R. Pathiravithana Living with the coming trends, Sri Lanka Cricket also cut its teeth with the newfangled pink ball in domestic cricket, come January. According to Sri Lanka Cricket Vice President K. Mathivanan, the Super-Eight Club tournament will be a four-day, ‘day’ tournament played using a Kookaburra ‘Pink’ ball. A pink ball, it is [...]
Mahinda and Nalanda qualify for final showdown
The curtains of the 5th Murali Harmony Cup T20 cricket tournament will come today with Mahinda and Nalanda qualifying to clash in the final by securing wins against Seenigama Combined Schools and St Joseph’s in the two semi-finals that were played at the IODR ground in Oddusuddan Mullativu yesterday. In the first semi-final played in [...]
Dharmaraja inflict Dharmapala’s fifth defeat
Dharmaraja after conceding a first inning lead to Dharmapala struck back to record a five wicket win and to inflict Dharmapala’s fifth successive outright defeat in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Pannipitiya yesterday. The second day’s proceedings saw Dharmaraja in reply to the home team’s score of 162 resuming from their overnight [...]
Matale Thomians sink the other by the sea
St. Thomas’ Matale took a 2-0 lead in the second Battle of the Thomians Hockey encounter for the Eric Hulangamuwa Challenge Shield scoring a 1-0 win over S. Thomas’ Mt. Lavinia at the Astro Turf, Reid Avenue yesterday. Matale Thomians won the inaugural encounter 2-0 last year at Matale. The game got off to a [...]
Thomians sail to stamp their class
S. Thomas’ College overpowered traditional rivals Royal College to win the third edition of the annual Royal-Thomian Sailing Regatta after capturing the overall championship for the third time at the Bolgoda Lake in Moratuwa yesterday. The Thomians won four out of the five events held while Royal sailed grabbing the Team ‘B’ Optimistic win, [...]
Gampaha snatches lead over Colombo
National Youth Sports Festival By Susil Premalal reporting from Badulla Defending champions Gamapaha Division snatched the overall lead from Colombo Division on the penultimate day of the 28th National Youth Sports Festival which continued at the Vincent Dias Stadium in Badulla yesterday. Gampaha were in front with a total of 87 points while Colombo were [...]
Boteju begins campaign on winning note
64th National Snooker Championship By M. Shamil Amit Defending national snooker champion Susantha Boteju of Sea Endless began his campaign of the 64th National Snooker Championship which got underway at the Billiards and Snooker Association headquarters billiards at Sugathadasa Hotel in Colombo on a winning note. Boteju who formerly represented the YMCA underwent some anxious [...]
Sri Lanka take on South Korea today
Asian 7s Second Leg Sri Lanka will face hosts South Korea in the first semi-final of the Cup Championship at the Second Leg of the Asian Sevens Series at the Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium in Incheon, South Korea. The match will be played at 9.35am Sri Lanka time today prior to the second Cup semi-final [...]
Healing the festering Cricket wound
Where are we headed? How are we going to bridge the gap between the International call and the prevailing domestic structure? These are some of the perennial topics besetting local cricket for the past decade or more, and no one seems to be bothered. Once, at a cricket presentation, it was revealed that, in general, [...]
Czech Republic’s player development
‘Silent venom’ of Karolina Pliskova Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova is world’s No.6 but, very few knew of her until the recently concluded US Open. The 24-year-old Pliskova’s track record clearly shows her steady rise. She was world’s No.12 as a Junior and in 2012, first qualified for the French Open. Since then, she has steadily [...]
Poorna Aluthge’s funeral today
The funeral of former Royal and BRC cricketer Poorna Aluthge who died tragic circumstances will be held at the Maharagama General Cemetery at 4:30pm today. Cortege leaves residence at 3pm — 119/19, Katuwawala Road, Godigamuwa, Maharagama.
Aluthgama and Holy Cross dominate
Aluthgama Vidyalaya and Holy Cross College, Payagala dominated day one of the PATH 2016 Sprint and Relay Championship conducted by the Sanvedee Minis Pavura in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Schools Athletics Coaches Association and Milo at Payagala yesterday. Shalani Cooray of Aluthgama MV cruised to victory in both the 100metres and the 400metres in [...]
Right of reply
This refers to last week’s Sunday Times Sports Page story headlined “No accolades for Paralympics Bronze Medallist Dinesh’. This story is based on several misconceptions and inaccuracies, in relation to the Paralympic – 2016 ‘bronze’ medal achiever, retired Corporal Dinesh Priyantha. Firstly, the Army has never promoted any medallist after retirement from the service as [...]
All about rugby nutrition
While Sri Lanka gets ready to take rugby to the next level, there is concern about the ‘long term player development’. Concern of LTPD in Sri Lanka is about age group rugby which is in the hands of schools. Junior Rugby for the development of skills and has to be seriously looked at while encouraging [...]
TT a national hobby with vested interests playing ping pong
Doyen of local Table Tennis (TT), Lalith Priyantha himself laments the woes that beset TT in Sri Lanka (SL). Seven decades down the line, TT still remains nothing more than a national pastime, in the eyes of the sports fraternity. There are hundreds of children taking to this sport at various levels and there are [...]
Southern Province records massive win
Half tons by Sandun Mendis, Ravindu Rashantha and Navod Paranavithana helped Southern Province to record a massive 216 runs win over Eastern Province in the Prima Under 15 Inter-Provincial cricket tournament match played at Mattegoda. Southern Province taking first lease of the wicket made a formidable score of 285 and then Sandun’s five wicket haul [...]
Jaffna hosts NSF for the first time in its history
The 42nd National Sports Festival (NSF) at the Duraiappah Stadium, Jaffna, conducted by the Ministry of Sports, from September 29-October 2, will have 5 new Sports. They are Athletics, Beach Kabadi, Basketball, Football and Tug-O-War. For the first time in NSF history, it is being held in Jaffna, with 1,700 Athletes and 800 officials and [...]
St. Patrick’s Jaffna Champions
Mohammed Saheel of Zahira College Colombo was adjudged the Most Outstanding Player at the football tournament of the All Island School Games held in Trincomalee. The competition was conducted in three age groups. In the Under-15 championship was won by St. Patrick’s College Jaffna with St. Henry’s College as the runners-up. Third place went to [...]
Eight teams vie for title from Oct.1 to Nov.29 at NYSC
A total of 16 teams will compete at the National Volleyball Championships organised by the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVF) and sponsored by ‘Munchee’, which will be worked off from October 1 to November 29 at the National Youth Services Council (NYSC) in Maharagama. The 8 teams participating in the Men’s tournament are Sri Lanka [...]
Royal, Mahamaya, St. Sylvester’s and Dharmapala MV Carrom champs
Royal College Colombo, Mahamaya Balika Nugegoda, St. Sylvester’s Kandy and Dharmapala MV Pannipitiya bagged the Under-15 and Under-19 boys and girls carrom championships at the All Island School Games. The competitions were held at the OR’s Hill Vivekananda College, Trincomalee and was conducted by the Ministry of Education. Royal College emerged champions in the under [...]
University of Sri J’pura Overall Champions
University of Sri Jayawardenapura won the Overall Championship with a total of 357.5 points at the 12th Sri Lanka University Games 2016 concluded at the Wayamba University, Kuliyapitiya recently. This year’s games was hosted by the Wayamba University in collaboration with the Sri Lanka University Sports Association was declared open by Prof. Mohan de Silva [...]
The home advantage spin doctors take turns orbiting
Dear Sir, As long as the subcontinent pitches are turning and spinning, the entire cricketing world is going to be revolving in that orbit. Some spin doctors of the cricketing nations have gone dizzy and, in their frenzy, come out with arbitrary accusations hard on the curators, that pitches are doctored. The accusation of doctoring [...]
LB Finance, Kanrich Finance, Hayleys, MAS Silueta in Semi-Finals
Unbeaten LB Finance (LBF) ‘A’ and Kanrich Finance ‘A’, along with Hayleys Group ‘A’ and MAS Silueta will lock horns in the Semi-finals of the ‘MIDS’ Trophy – MCA ‘B’ Division League Tournament 2017. In the Quarter-finals (QF) played last Sunday, LB Finance ‘A’ trounced Singer SL ‘A’ by 167 runs; Hayleys ‘A’ scored a [...]
TTSC Cricket Sixes on Oct 15
The 34th Travel Trade Sports Club Hardball Six-a-side Cricket Tournament 2016, sponsored by Cinnamon Grand Colombo for the 5th successive year will be held on Saturday, October 15 at Thurstan College Grounds commencing 8.30 am. Entries have been called from the TTSC Membership and will close with Ms.Verbina Francke, C/o Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo 2 on [...]
Veterans Table Tennis Championships on October 1
Veterans Table Tennis Championships -2016 organised by the VTTA of Sri Lanka will be held on Saturday October 1 and November 19, 2016 at the Indoor Sports Complex, St Thomas’ College, Mt Lavinia. Inter Club league tournament will commence at 1.30pm on October 1 and individual age group knock out tournament will commence at 1.30pm [...]
Mercantile League Basketball semi-finalists found
National Development Bank will meet LB Finance in the Men’s ‘C’ Division while Union Bank as Group leaders with four wins qualified to play in the Men’s ‘D’ Division semi-finals along with Softlogic and from the ‘E’ Division Airport and Aviation qualified to play in the quarter-finals at the 26th Mercantile League Basketball Tournament 2016 [...]
Football beyond the graves that Channa digs!
Sri Lanka Football (SLF) got a 2-page spread in the Sunday Times of August 21. Whenever SLF gets big coverage in the media, it is either a scandal or, the national team has been drubbed mercilessly! However, the Sunday reading once again brought the abysmal depths that this sport has descended to in spite of [...]
David Boon in Sri Lanka as Brand Ambassador for his home state Tasmania
Former Australian star batsman and ICC match referee David Boon recently visited Colombo as part of a Tasmanian trade delegation. Boon, who hails from the island state of Tasmania, is currently part of the Tasmanian Trade Commission and the brand ambassador for his state. The delegation had meetings with the Sri Lankan Government and cricketing [...]
Green machine hits purple patch of Rs 5.1m
A New Zealand (NZ) All Blacks jersey, personally autographed by the 2015 Rugby World Cup champion team, auctioned by Minister Harin Fernando, during the Sri Lanka Super 7s, was snapped up for Rs 5.1 million by an undisclosed buyer. Proceeds from the auction will be presented for the development of Rugby for 2016 League and [...]
Action Plan for FFSL to develop Football
Knowing the present Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) administration very well, and the patchwork they have done during the last three-and-a-half years, there is no doubt in my mind that anything and everything would be done to cover up and camouflage the technical nakedness of Football, simply for their survival. To be honest, our [...]
SL arrive late, give 5 Walk-overs, finish at the bottom
Sri Lanka (SL) Junior Boys and Girls teams and Cadet Boys and Girls teams failed to live up to their billing as South Asia’s No.2, at the 22nd Asian Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championship 2016 held in Thailand last week. SL’s Junior Boys team lead by Udaya Ranasinghe was ranked 11 out of 14, [...]
Thomians make it 5-in-a-row in a thriller
The cool breeze in April is a reminder that the much awaited summer is around the corner. The bloom of the yellow daffodils and the chirp of the mocking birds are just enough to add a spark into the lives of many in England. For the cricket fanatics, it means much more. It is the [...]