Fantastic Rugby season for Royal
Royal College Colombo had a fantastic end to the School Rugby season claiming the Singer Schools Under-20 Rugby League Championship and the 73rd Bradby Shield beating traditional rivals Trinity College. Royal won the first leg played at Pallekele 22-17 and went on to win the second leg 13-8 under muddy and heavy underfoot conditions at [...]
Visakha and St. Joseph’s maintain superiority
43rd National Age Group Swimming Championships 2017 Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo and St. Joseph’s College, Colombo maintained their superiority in swimming when they snatched the Team Championships in the Girls and Boys categories at the 43rd National Age Group Swimming Championships 2017 concluded at the Sugathadasa Swimming Complex last Sunday. Visakhians with 445.50 points led the [...]
True sportsmanship shown by St. Anthony’s Rugby fraternity
The Rugby fraternity of St. Anthony’s College Katugastota and its supporters showed the meaning of true spirit of sportsmanship when they got together to stand by a player of a rival team in need. This fine gesture was done after a 17-year-old potential player of Science College suffered a head injury playing against St. Anthony’s [...]
Sabaragamuwa girls on top
All-Island Inter-Province U-18 Girls 7s Rugby Tournament The girls of Sabaragamuwa Province clinched the All-Island Inter-Provincial Under-18 Rugby Tournament in grand style beating Western Province by 5-0 in a nail biting final played at the Navy ground in Welisara last week. Eastern Province ‘A’ beat Uva Province by 10-5 to claim the Plate championship while [...]
Grassroots Coach Football Education Programme in Pannipitiya
A Grassroots Coach Education Programme, conducted by the Technical Department of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka successfully concluded in Pannipitiya recently. The programme was conducted from May 23 to 26 at the Institute of Sports Science in Polwatta, Pannipitiya. A total of 35 participants took part in this programme, including Physical Education Teachers and [...]
CCC School of Cricket Academy emerge champions
Hosts CCC School of Cricket Academy emerged champions of the 13th Under-14 International Invitational Cricket Tournament for the Nelson Mendis Trophy. The 12-day tournament organised by the CCC School of Cricket was held during the month of April at selected venues in and around Colombo. In this year’s tournament 31 teams competed for the glittering [...]