Cricket AGM on May 20
The elective Annual General Meeting of the country’s richest sports body Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is fixed for May 20, six months after its two-year term ended in January this year, the Sunday Times exclusively learns. Nominations will begin four weeks before the date of election and close a fortnight in advance. The decision was [...]
Time is tight but, Dellon holds on to the lead
The penultimate week’s results of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy/Schoolgirl Cricketer of the Year 2018 competition show that the two boy’s categories could finish off in a thriller unlike the girls’ category, which possibly promises a one-horse race. S. Thomas’ College skipper and left-arm spinner Dellon Peiris continues to lead the All-Island [...]
Vidanage aiming for at least four golds in weightlifting
For Sri Lankan lifters–Commonwealth Games have been a happy hunting ground. Not that medals have come in great numbers but they have made at least a single podium finish in each of the Games since 2006. On April 4, Chinthana Geethal Vidanage–the overall team captain will lead a squad of 80 athletes across 11 disciplines [...]
Daniel duo form a deadly combination
Half tons by Revan Kelly and Nipun Sumanasinghe laid the foundation before the right-arm pace and spin duo Jehan Daniel and Ashen Daniel shared eight wickets to help St. Joseph’s to record a convincing 87-run win over traditional rivals St. Peter’s in their 44th Battle of the Saints limited over encounter played at the SSC [...]
Green Machine fights hard to beat Zahira
Isipathana beat Zahira in a hard fought encounter by 17 (2 goals, 1 penalty)points to 7 (1 goal) points and to remain unbeaten in the Schools Division 1 B Group match played at Maradana. It was win in a game played in hot humid and hard underfoot conditions. The Park School marches on to keep [...]
4th Battle of the Blues and Greens ends in stalemate
The 4th Battle of the Blues and Greens Big Match between traditional rivals Lumbini MV and Bandaranayake MMV Gampaha played at P. Sara Stadium ended in a tame draw yesterday. The second day’s proceedings saw Lumbini MV in reply to their opponents score of 167 going on to make a score of 195. Half-tons by [...]
Pavan, Pawantha steer Mahanama to victory
Half tons by Pavan Ratnayake and Pawantha Weerasinghe helped Mahanama Colombo to record a thrilling two run win on the D/L method over traditional rivals D. S. Senanayake College in their 12th Battle of the Gold’s limited over encounter played at R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday. DSS taking first lease of the wicket helped by half [...]
Lanka’s cricket lasses lose again
Sri Lanka Women suffered their third consecutive defeat at the hands of Pakistan Women cricketers when they conceded a huge 108-run defeat in their last ICC Women’s Championship match played at the Dambulla International Cricket Stadium yesterday. Batting first, Pakistan scored 215 for the loss of nine wickets and had hosts dismissed for 107 runs [...]
Thomians gain advantage with Sachira’s five-for
A five-wicket haul by right-arm off-spinner Sachira Rashmika helped St. Thomas’ College Matara restrict St. Servatius College to a first innings score of 164 –only a six run first innings lead, at stumps on day two of the three day Big Match in Matara yesterday. Electing to bat first St. Servatius were able to see [...]
Sabith Feroze’s unstoppable band annihilate Thomian grit
There was a calm before the storm as Royal were a bit off colour in the first half and were kept down to a 10-0 lead at the break. What followed a short while after the restart, was a veritable deluge as the rampaging Royalists went on a scoring spree to post 45 points and [...]
Thangaraja annexes Chittagong Open
36-year-old Sri Lankan N. Thangaraja, a multiple winner on the PGTI, won his third PGTI Title after a lapse of three years to climb the PGTI Ranking from eleventh to # 1 Rank after winning the City Bank American Express Chittagong Open 2018, at the gorgeous Bhatiary Golf and Country Club Course Chittagong in Bangladesh. [...]
Three cueists with two wins each on day one
The first day’s proceedings of the Colombo District Billiards Championship which is one of the qualifying tournaments to select the players for the forthcoming 65th National Billiards Championship being played at Moors SC billiards table saw N. Thiyagarajah of AAC, H.M. Priyadharshana of Army and K.G.K. Anuradha also of Army recording two wins. Thiyagarajah, Priyadharshana [...]
Pin Fernando Grand Prix
Meanwhile in the UTE Engineering Pin Fernando Grand Prix March 2018 saw ‘new –kid on the block’ the RCGC Club Champion Sachin De Silva in the lead for the 3 rounds, giving the seasoned Amateur Golfers a ‘fright’. However, experience and nerves mattered in the final round and Navin Ranga, displayed staying power and consistency [...]
Mendis brothers complete job for Richmond
A five-wicket haul by Sandun Mendis and a well compiled 64 off 82 balls with 4 hits to the ropes by elder brother Kamindu saw Richmond College register a 6-wicket win over the strong Mahinda College outfit in their annual Limited Over encounter played at the Galle International Stadium, yesterday. With this win Richmond retain [...]
Sylvester’s thrash Vidyartha by 5 wickets
The Sylvestrians comprehensively defeated Vidyartha by five wickets to annex the MED Madiwaka Trophy for another year in their match at the Asgiriya Stadium. Vidyartha’s early batting collapsed and it was left to tail-enders Chathuranga Dilshan (30) and Dunidu Imasha (20) to put up a score that could be a challenging one. The Sylvestrians, in [...]
Trinity in smashing 149-run win over Anthony’s
Trinity scored a smashing 149-run win over the Anthonians to retain the Richard Aluvihare trophy for another year in their match played at Katugastota. Man of the match Hasitha Boyagoda set the tone for his team with a flawless knock of 109 off 111 balls that contained 12 fours and four sixes. He was very [...]
Provincial tournament – old wine in old bottles?
For the longest time, Sri Lanka’s nemesis has been its weak first class system which is the ridicule of both local and international experts. They have questioned Sri Lanka Cricket’s rationale for fielding as many as 24 first class teams when, ideally, it should have been a third of that number in proportion with the [...]
Afghanistan qualify for World Cup
Afghanistan returned from the pit’s edge to qualify for next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 when they defeated Ireland by five wickets in a tension-filled last Super Six match of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 at the Harare Sports Club. Afghanistan were set for an early flight home when they lost their [...]
Under-11 also included this year
The DSI Supersports Inter-School Volleyball Tournament, previously conducted in 4 age groups namely, Under (U)-13. U-15. U-17 and U-19, will be conducted this year in 5 age groups, with the inclusion of the U-11 category. The tournament is being conducted by the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVF), the Schools Volleyball Association and the Ministry of [...]
High Altitude Training Centre will be a reality soon
Despites concerns over the financial viability of the proposed multi-billion rupee High Altitude Training Centre in Nuwara Eliya, the project could become a reality with work expects to begin by May this year–no sooner the financial agreement is signed by the two governments–French and Sri Lankan, Sports Ministry sources confirmed this week. The project which [...]
Busy year for auto racing bugs
The 2018 motor-racing season for the Sri Lanka Super Series Championship, will flag off with the Fox Hill Supercross on April 21 in Diyatalawa. The 2018 edition of Sri Lanka Super Series will be sponsored by Hutch and the series will be a collaborative effort of the Asian Motor Racing Club (AMRC) and the Sri [...]
Royal schoolboy Hilmy (Men) Yasika (Women) Slice National champs
Royal schoolboy Shaheed Hilmy created a major upset at the Grand Slam Carrom Championship when he defeated defending National Champion Chamil Cooray 2-1 (25/14, 5/25, 25/10) to register his first National level victory. While a schoolboy won the Men’s Championship, in the Women’s final Yasika Rahubadda defeated reigning National champion Joseph Roshita 2-0 (25/14, 25/16). [...]
Multiple victories for CDB netballers
Multiple victories were achieved by CDB in the sporting arena when the CDB Finance Netball Team became runners up in Div. A and mixed team became champions in A Division at the Mercantile Netball Championship 2018 organised by the Mercantile Netball Association and played at Torrington Ground Colombo 7. Abitha Tharumarajah was named Netball Queen [...]
Rugby conundrum jolts Games plans
Gold medallist Vidanage will lead the 80-strong contingent There was last minute furore in the Commonwealth Games Rugby camp. Now the Sri Lanka rugby authorities have requested several changes in their squad from the already approved one which also singed off by the minister of sports, citing injuries. A seemingly upset Secretary General of the [...]
Sri Lanka has won 16 Medals at Commonwealth Games
As Sri Lanka send a team of 80 competitors for the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, the Sunday Times looks back at Sri Lanka’s performance since its inception. Sri Lanka has clinched 16 medals so far including five golds, eight silver and three bronze medals. Sri Lanka first medal was won by boxer WA Henricas [...]
Evenly balanced teams looking for an outcome
Rahula confront Dharmapala on March 30 and 31 at Uyanwatta Rahula College Matara will host Dharmapala College Pannipitiya at their 7th Ruhunu-Maya encounter also known as the Battle of the Golden Lions, at the Uyanwatta Stadium on the 30th and 31st of March. Dharmapala won the 4th encounter by nine wickets to lead the series [...]
DIFFICULT TO TRAVEL TO JAFFNA
A leading women’s sport is to stage a contest in Jaffna but players find it difficult to travel there. The competition is for four days but now the organisers are trying to make it a two day event due to the lack of teams. One official pointed out that to hire a bus for four [...]
The School season is promising with quality Rugby dished out
“Beware the slides of March” was how the Guardian reported as England’s descent continued with a defeat at the hands of Ireland. In Kandy, it was the lion being bearded in its own den. The Trinity-St Joseph’s clash drew the quote of the week, “Rugby at its best.” This was by a strong Rugby fan [...]
Football KornerKick – spot on like never before!
I have been following the KornerKick column in your esteemed newspaper and I am impressed with the depth of knowledge of football affairs and the razor sharp observations of the columnist. I also admire the bold and sharp comments that are food for thought and only hope it reaches a wider audience who can benefit [...]
A drop in women’s participation-AASL
President of the Athletics Association of Sri Lanka, Maj. Gen. Palitha Fernando on Thursday said that there’s a drop in female participation in athletics. Speaking at a press conference held to announce the forthcoming Junior National Athletics Championship, Gen. Fernando said only a few athletes have entered the event. “This is not a good development [...]
Tarneit on a short tour of Lanka
United Tarneit Sports Club from Australia, incorporated, nonprofit organisation, affiliated to Cricket Victoria, through Western Suburbs Churches, will make a short tour of Sri Lanka from March 28 to April 3, 2018. The thirteen member team studded with eight Sri Lankans is headed by former Maris Stella College, Negombo, paceman, Rahim Dole. The rest of [...]
Dark-horse Naomi Osaka and Man-to-Match the maestro
For the professionals in Tennis, March occupies the 2 compulsory major events which keeps them in the North American continent. They are the Indiana Wells in California and the Miami Open in Florida. In the concluded 2018 Indiana Wells, a dark horse emerged in Women’s Tennis. Unseeded Japan’s 20-year-old Naomi Osaka, ranked 44 in the [...]
Kanrich ‘B’ overcome unbeaten CDB to clinch title
Kanrich Finance (Kanrich) ‘B’ led by Rajitha Asellarachchi ended Citizens Development Business Finance CDB’s unbeaten run of 29 matches in 3 MCA seasons, in a hard fought 23-runs win on D&L Method, while defending a moderate total, in the 7th Prestige Automobile (Pvt) Ltd., sponsored, ‘BMW-Hyundai’ Trophy, MCA ‘C’ Division 50-Over League tournament 2018 at [...]
Opening weekend has 11 winners
The 16th David Pieris Group of Companies sponsored, ‘DPGC’ Challenge Trophy, MCA ‘E’ Division 25-Over League Tournament 2018 started last weekend. The opening weekend’s card consisted 11 half-day matches with 11 ‘early bird’ winners in Dialog Axiata, Eagle Logistics (back to back), Asia Asset Finance, Commercial Bank ‘B’, HSBC ‘A’, MAS Active ‘A’, DFCC Bank, [...]
HNB Grameen, Central Finance, MAS Bodyline, Expolanka in Semifinals
HNB Grameen Finance (HNBG), Central Finance Ltd. (CFL), MAS Bodyline (MASB) and Expolanka Group (Expolanka) advanced to the Semifinals of the 15th Ceylon Cold Stores PLC., sponsored, ‘Elephant House Lemonade’ Trophy, MCA ‘D’ Division 40-Over League Tournament 2018. In the Quarterfinals played last week, HNBG beat David Pieris Motor Co. (DPMC) by 3 wickets, CFL [...]
The bitter truth behind the Nidahas trophy
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Thilanga Sumathipala has all the right to beat the drums, crash the cymbals and cry out yippee. Definitely it was a billion-rupee effort. Besides, Sumathipala saw to that, there was more than one cricket head in the Nidahas Trophy pot pouri: People who could vote along with him during an [...]
Rohit’s best stroke of all took Nilam all the way back to Lanka
Cricket, we know, transcends all boundaries. Indeed we saw it on our TV screens last Sunday at the 2018 Nidahas Trophy final where die-hard Lankan fans cheered for India and the Indian cricket team waved the Sri Lankan flag as a gesture of appreciation for the local fan support, after winning the tournament, beating Bangladesh [...]
On behalf of the unsung, forgotten White-coated Gentry
I had my early education at Rahula College and St. Thomas’ College in Matara, where I excelled in Cricket, Athletics and Football. I played serious cricket for St. Thomas’ Matara where I established a ground record in Galle in 1957, by scoring a double century. After playing 1st-XI Cricket at school, I played for Matara [...]
Eshan Mani at Richmond-Mahinda big match
Former International Cricket Council Chairman Eshan Mani and Mrs Mani, , witnessed the Big Match Richmond College vs Mahinda College in Galle during the weekend on the invitation of Nuski Mohamed President Richmond College 60 Club. Eshan Mani was in Sri Lanka as a special invitee of Sri Lanka Cricket Board President Hon Thilanga Sumathipala [...]