Lasal Jayawardena battles his way through to the National Chess Squad
For the first time in the history of International School’s Chess, a student from Lyceum International School, Nugegoda earned a slot in the National Chess squad, with Lasal Jayawardena taking this honour. Lasal, a Grade 11 student, has been able to fight his way through to becoming ninth in the selection event, knocking out some [...]
Prima KottuMee Beach Cricket Carnival
Mount Lavinia beach was abuzz with excitement last Sunday as Prima KottuMee and YFM hosted the first ever Beach Cricket Carnival in Sri Lanka. Teams representing eight higher educational institutes competed against each other to claim the championship. ACBT, ICBT, SLIIT and NSBM entered the semi-finals after a day full of exciting matches played on [...]
14th Invitational Under-14 Cricket Tournament for Nelson Mendis Trophy
The 14th Invitational under 14 Cricket Tournament for the Nelson Mendis Trophy got off and will come to a close on April 21. Organised by the CCC School of Cricket under the guidance of veteran coach Nelson Mendis, the tournament will take a break from April 12 to 16 for the Sinhala and Hindu New [...]
Gazprom’s Football picks young Sri Lankan
Gazprom, official partner of FIFA and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, announced the opening of the Sixth Season of the Football for Friendship (F4F) International Children’s Social Project. The project has been launched in Sri Lanka for the first time. The goal of the programme is to involve the young generation throughout the world in [...]
Pinsara of Sussex College Ampara brings glory to his motherland
Pinsara Sadaham Hettiarachchi of Sussex College Ampara who represented Sri Lanka at the 54th Milo/PRAM Malaysian Invitational Age Group Swimming Championship has brought glory to his motherland and the Sussex College Network by winning a Bronze Medal in the Butterfly Relay 50m event. The Swimming Championship was held in Malaysia from March 15 to March [...]
Wycherley humble CIS
Wycherley International School clinched the Lalith Athulathmudali Challenge Trophy at the 23rd annual cricket encounter defeating Colombo International School at the MCA Grounds recently. Wycherley International winning the toss and taking first lease of the wicket posted a respectable 217 runs in their allotted 50 overs. Thanks to a fighting 66 by Nushrif Nisthar who [...]
Thabari House victorious again
Thabari House emerged victorious for the second consecutive year, enhancing their performances at almost all their events in the recently concluded Inter-House Boys’ Sports Meet of Hejaaz International School held at the Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa. Athletes Aman Azwar (Thabari), Thariq Marikkar (Thabari), Nahthy Hassan Ashar (Khaldun), Abdur Razzak Nilam (Thabari), Rashid Rifkhan (Khaldun) and [...]