Sanath laments over Lankan batting woes
By S.R. Pathiravithana A disappointed Sri Lanka Cricket chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya reiterated that the seven batters in the lineup should learn from their mistakes and strive for a better show at least in the final Test match which is scheduled to begin in Cape Town on Thursday. Jayasuriya told the Sunday Times “We selected [...]
Most Popular Schoolboy voting begins today
The Dialog 4g-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 will officially kick off today, with the Sunday Times carrying the first printed coupon (See ST II Pg 28) which our readers could use to make their favourite schoolboy cricketer — The Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017. As it is done [...]
Wesley beat Joes on first innings in ding-dong battle
Thilina’s centenary century was memorable By M. Shamil Amit The centenary inter-school cricket encounter between Wesley and St. Joseph’s which concluded at the Campbell Park yesterday turned out to be a memorable one for Wesley’s Thilina Perera. The right handed batsman played out an innings that will be etched in the record books when he [...]
Antonians on first innings
After two indifferent outings, the Anthonians came up with a stunner to beat Royal on first innings by 55 runs at Katugastota. One day one, Royal totalled 190, a moderate score, considering the quickness of the outfield. Five batsmen did the hard work but no one reached 50. Two of them were guilty of throwing [...]
Dean Elgar’s crusade against the Lankans and Angelo’s follies
It was only last week that I suggested in my little corner of the Musing world, there should be a level playing field in Test cricket. Yet, while gloating my assumption was spot on, I beg to say that I certainly do not condone the approach adopted by the Lankan playing XI in the two [...]
World Tour and Doubles
For those not conversant in Tennis, the standard Tennis court one sees is the Doubles court. Singles uses only the inside of the court and not the space within the ‘tram lines’. Those are the two side lines on the side of the court. It is suppose to resemble the tracks of electric city-Trams used [...]
Football drifts into uncertain times again
Local football once again has entered tentative times with a plethora of ideas streaming in as the panacea for the present ills for this popular sport. Some veterans of the game has urged the Minister of Sports to replace the present administration of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) and appoint an Interim Committee [...]
Hameed Al Hussienie down St. Benedict’s 2-1
Hameed Al Hussienie (HAH) College Colombo overcame St. Benedict’s College Kotahena 2-1 in the opening match of the Inter-Schools President’s Cup Invitation Football Tournament at the Racecourse ground yesterday. The tournament is being conducted by the Hameed Al Hussienie College Group of 80s. Leading 20 teams from the island are taking part in the contest. [...]
Lionel wins Nuwara Eliya Cross-Country Race
Lionel Samarajeeva of Central Province emerged champion for the fourth successive time at the National Cross country Race in Nuwara Eliya yesterday. This event is the first event of the 43rd National Sports Festival conducted by the Ministry of Sports. Ninety men and 54 women took part in the event from all provinces. In the [...]
Is local Rugby top heavy and lopsided?
Is Rugby in Sri Lanka Top Heavy? To find an answer, compare Rugby in the island to the structure of a Prop-forward. As Rugby enthusiasts, you know what a Prop-forward does. Do not, by saying the job of the Prop may be seen as supporting a steady scrum for the Hooker to win the ball. [...]
Kandy clear another hurdle
The CR&FC gave it their all. But when it came to the crunch, the awesome display by Kandy’s back division ensured that the champions had overcome another hurdle, albeit a tough one. Kandy triumphed by 32 points (2 goals, 3 tries and a drop goal) to 27 (2 goals, 2 tries and a penalty) after [...]
Navy sink Airmen
Thwarting a possible danger that could upset their plans in the run-up to the title, Navy SC overcame Air Force SC by 29-21 in a tough second round match of the Dialog Division ‘A’ Inter-Club Rugby League Championship at Welisara yesterday. Coming out with three vital changes in their own backyard, the Sailors had the [...]
Under 16 four nation football championship in Sri Lanka
An under 16 four nation football championship will take place in Sri Lanka at the Racecourse grounds on March 10 to 14. The teams taking part in the event are: Sri Lanka, Nepal, Japan and Bhutan. The tournament is being organised by the South Asian Japan and Under 16 Football Exchange Programme. The tournament is [...]
Gayan Sirisoma keeps knocking on the door
Left arm orthodox spinner Gayan Sirisoma who was the first bowler to reach 50 wickets this season continued to torment the batsmen when he ended with another seven wicket haul against SLPA CC helping Panadura SC take a first inning lead in the Premier Tier B cricket encounter played at Panadura. The match was crucial [...]
Lasith (156 n.o.) guides CCC to massive 560
CCC’s Lasith Abeyratne made an unbeaten 156 runs in 204 balls that included 12 boundaries and three six to end their innings making a mammoth 560 against Moors SC on day two in the Premier Tier A cricket encounter played at Braybrooke Place. Moors SC in their turn fell into deep trouble as they lost [...]
High grade volleys during the next few days
Three Sri Lankan players are among seven top ranked Indians and the Pakistani top seed when the Men’s and Women’s Asian Tennis Tour (ATT) Tournament starts tomorrow at Greenpath, Colombo 7. Within This three-day competition will be one of many international events to be hosted by the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA). Sri Lankan’s in [...]
National Sport or National Pastime, what exactly does ‘National’ mean, anyway?
Does Angampora fit the bill to be Sri Lanka’s National Sport (NS) or, even a sport at all? Is Elle a derivative of the popular American Sport, Baseball? Volleyball is certainly not a Lankan game but, has a huge following. Right now, we are at the crossroads, to learn if, the Sports Ministry is really [...]
John Arenhold – The South African rainbow in Ceylon Cricket and Rugby
Among those Season’s Greetings I received during the festive season were warm wishes from South Africa. It is from John Arenhold, the versatile South African sportsman who marvelled Sri Lanka’s sports fraternity in the mid 1950s. I felt joyous to hear from him after a lapse of a long period and especially, at a time [...]
Carrom and Weightlifting teams felicitated
The Sri Lanka Carrom Team and the Sri Lanka Weightlifting Team were felicitated by the Minister of Sports Dayasiri Jayasekera during a ceremony held at the Sports Ministry Auditorium in Colombo. Special cash awards were presented by the Minister of Sports to the team which won the World Carrom Championship, the runners-up team and to [...]
India expected to dominate
The long awaited 2nd South Asian Sepak Takraw Championship is all set to unfold on January 14 and 15 at the Indoor Sports Complex of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 10. Skillful players from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh are bound to sway in the two day event. Hosts Sri Lanka competing for supremacy of a game [...]
Bloomfield set to rise and recapture its past glory
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club with a proud history of over a century, started in a racquet court in Pettah and later, in a clubhouse on wheels at Campbell Park, till it found a permanent home at Reid Avenue, in the late 1960s. Bloomfield dominated local Cricket till recently, having produced the highest number of [...]
ICPL from January 13
The second season of the International Cricket Premier League (ICPL) will begin in Colombo commencing from January 13. Organised by Ali Tours and Travels — a leading travel company in India, the tournament will see six academy teams vying for the main title. The first round matches will be played at the P. Sara Oval [...]
If anybody changes the National Sport we will oppose them vehemently
Volleyball is the only sport that can be counted upon as the National Sport in Sri Lanka. If anyone plans to change it – all men and women National players, including myself will stage an island wide protest,” said Kalika Wasanthapriya, a former National player and skipper to the Sunday Times. Kalika Wasanthapriya has played [...]
CMC community awards
‘Sports Champs’ Awards ceremony of the Inter Community Centre and Playgrounds sports Festival, organised by the Sports and Recreation Department of the Colombo Municipal Council was held at the Members Room, Town Hall, Colombo recently. The Minister of Sports Dayasiri Jayasekera distributed awards to the outstanding sportsmen and women of the Community Centres and Playgrounds [...]
Synergy Rugby Academy celebrates third anniversary
To celebrate its 3rd anniversary, Synergy Rugby Academy (SRA) will stage a gala Tag Rugby Carnival on Saturday, January 14, at Havelock Park. The event will feature 25 teams from schools, academies, old boy’s teams and the mercantile sector, divided into 4 categories. “SRA was founded in 2013 with the objective of developing Junior Rugby [...]
Janadhipathi old girl’s triple champions
Janadhipathi Old Girls’ team won the Colombo Hockey Association Women’s Hockey League Championship, the Knockout Championship and the 9-a-side Championship in the ended season. These three tournaments were organised and conducted by Colombo District Hockey Association. This budding team is coach by J.A.N. Perera.
Edward and Satharasinghe represent Lanka
R.J. Edwards and Ruwan Satharasinghe represented Sri Lanka at the second Kata and Kumite Referee Seminar held at the Al Ahli Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Edwards and Satharasinghe are among the elite and most experienced referees in Sri Lanka and the duo taking part on behalf of Sri Lanka Karate Federation is considered [...]
Sri Lanka in Group ‘A’ for World Youth Netball Championship
The World Youth Netball Championships is scheduled to be held in Botswana from July 8 to 16. Sri Lanka has qualified for the eight day contest from Group A. Twenty teams from Africa, Asia, America, Europe and Oceania have qualified for the tournament. The competition is being conducted by the International Netball Federation (INF). This [...]
MUM’S THE WORD
Still in the same sport, a junior team toured Chinese Taipei recently and is reported to have visited night clubs and indulged in heavy drinking bouts. In fact there had been no discipline at all on that tour. Now that the team has returned to the island officials at home are keen to know details [...]
Minister warns Sports Bodies
The Ministry of Sports in collaboration with the Department of Sports launched the National Sports Calendar 2017 under the patronage of Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera during a ceremony held at the Sports Ministry Auditorium in Colombo. This is the first ever of its kind published in Sri Lanka during the Golden Jubilee Anniversary of the [...]
Romesh, Dilrukshi emerge champions
M. Samendra Romesh of Prince of Wales College Moratuwa and Dilrukshi Samarakoon of Welimada Central emerged boys and girls champions respectively at the seventh open ”U.G. Muthu Banda Challenge Trophy” all island schools 21 Km road race for boys and girls held at Hasalaka town in Kandy. The central provincial education department together with U.G.M [...]
TzuChi NS knockout Siridhamma Galle to qualify for 4th round
TzuChi National School Hambantota registered a first innings win over Siridhamma College Galle to qualify for the fourth stage of the Under 13 Division III cricket tournament being conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association. The game was hosted at the TzuChi NS grounds in Hambantota. Dinusha Nadun and Janidu Sakshana captured nine wickets [...]