Kiwi defiance opens up second Test
An unbroken 79-run partnership for the fifth wicket between Tom Latham (111) and stumper Bradly Watling (25) has put New Zealand in a great position to take a lead over the hosts, by the end of day three in the second test at the P Sara Oval. The visitors encountered some difficulty in separting the [...]
SLC wire transfer fraud: Experts confirm system ‘compromised’
Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) IT system was so badly protected that it was left wide open to hacking, the Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) says in a detailed report issued to the National Audit Office (NAO). But it does not rule out the possibility of inside involvement in the alleged wire transfer fraud that took [...]
Schoolboy/Schoolgirl Cricketers’ dreams about to come true
Selections for the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 were made by an independent panel headed by former National cricketer Jayantha Seneviratne at the NCC Auditorium in Colombo. The Selection Panel comprised Carlton Bernadus (Panel Secretary), Aubrey Kuruppu (Cricket Commentator/Sports Journalist), Upul Sumathipala (Past Cricketer), Lakshman Ranasinghe (Former Cricketer/ Sports Journalist), [...]
Dineshkanthan, Anika emerge Mixed Doubles champion
Third seeded pair Dineshkanthan Thangarajah and Anika Seneviratne emerged the Mixed Doubles champion of the 104th National Tennis Championship played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo yesterday. The pair coasted to a convincing two sets to nil win against unseeded pair Heera Ashiq and Janali Manamperi. In the process Anika bagged her second [...]
Malinga leads T20 side, Angelo, Thisara, Chandimal dropped
Lasith Malinga has been retained captain of the T20 side for the three-match T20 series but the selectors have caused astonishment by dropping in-form Angelo Mathews. Also missing from the squad are T20 specialist Thisara Perera, who had an ugly public spat with Malinga, and Dinesh Chandimal, the former captain who is going through a [...]
Correction: It was Ladies, not Musaeus
Last week our sports columns carried a news ‘Royal, Musaeus overall champs’ as the results of the 30th Ranfer Sprints Rowing Championship 2019, held at the Beira Lake. However we are made to understand by the organisers of the event, that the official results provided to us were incomplete and unlike the copy states — [...]
Betrayed or out hit-wicket?
A mere six months after Thilanga Sumathipala, former Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president, toiled behind the scenes to have his close confidante, Shammi Silva, elected to the post he was vacating, relations between the two have turned sour. Now, businessman-turned-politician Sumathipala is likely to lose even his slot in the SLC Executive Committee. While he [...]
Thaha, Rimzan book berths for final showdown today
Eighteen year old Thaha Irshath representing the MICH and H.A.M. Rimzan of Moors SC booked the berths to the final of the 67th National Snooker Championship by winning the two semi-final encounters played at the AAC billiards table yesterday. Thaha who took to the game only recently outclassed an experience cueist in M.M. Mubeen of [...]
Rameez Raja’s Sri Lankan link
Chatting to Rameez Raja, a former captain of the Pakistan team, was not the daunting prospect that I feared. He put me at ease straightaway and, once started, he put me in mind of Tennyson’s Brook. The worlds, and thoughts, flowed and he was not averse to calling a spade, a spade. Rameez, who represented [...]
WSL set to return to Sri Lanka this September
The World Surf League is thrilled to announce that they will be returning to the idyllic right-hand point breaks of Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka, this September for the So Sri Lanka Pro Men’s QS3,000 event. The five-day contest will draw a massive international field of competitors all vying for important QS points as they look [...]
WADA-prohibited drugs-list at SLADA’s fingertips
Sri Lanka became the first South Asian country to create an Application (App) to monitor World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) prohibited drugs, which was revealed recently at the Sri Lanka Anti Doping Agency (SLADA), located at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. Through using this App, athletes, coaches, parents and anyone who guides sportsmen and women, [...]
Rhodes to hold coaching stints in Sri Lanka
Reckoned as the world’s best fielding coach, former South Africa cap Jonty Rhodes will visit Sri Lanka to conduct a series of coaching stints with his coaching partner Ryan Maroon. Rhodes, 50, arguably the world’s finest fielder at backward point, together with Maroon, a First Class cricketer of South Africa, will be coaching the budding [...]
Chess in SL makes its move for International recognition
Ever since competitive chess made its entry into Ceylon/Sri Lanka, with the first tournament held in 1959, the game has gone a long way in our little island nation. The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL), which is the official body governing Chess in Sri Lanka, is making every effort to groom young Sri Lankans [...]
US Open series takes its toll
On August 28 the final Grand-Slam of the year, with its mega prize money, will be staged in New York. This, the oldest Tennis event which started in 1881, marks the 139th year of the National title of the USA. This year’s professional bunch in August, have come through 8 months of hard competition. In [...]
A safe pair of hands
With the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Schoolboy/Schoolgirl Cricketer of the Year 2019 contest drawing to a close, the schoolboy cricketers who were outstanding in all three departments of the game, will come under the microscopic eyes of the selection panel, to be rewarded at a glittering show very soon. Fielding plays a major part in [...]
Business as usual at Football House in preparation for SAG and World Cup Qualifiers!
When you have a ranking around the # 200 mark, anything goes, one may suppose! Newspaper reports are agog that the National pool is in training and will shortly participate in the Bangabandu 2019 Championship in Bangladesh, as a prelude to the official engagements in the South Asian Games (SAG) and the World Cup qualifiers. [...]
Anula, Devapathiraja and Ratnavali BV vie for honours
It’s a three-cornered battle for supremacy in the Girls section of the Sunday Time-Dialog Schoolgirl Cricketer contest between Anula Vidyalaya, Devapathiraja College, Rathgama and Ratnavali Balika Vidyalaya (BV). These three schools battled for the championship in the Singer Under-19 Girls Championship 2019, proving they match one another in all departments of the game. After a [...]
Local sports arena praise Dr. David Young’s feat of ‘Sri Lanka Ranjana’
His many friends across Sri Lanka hailed the Presidential award of the ‘Sri Lanka Ranjana’ to distinguished Australian orthopaedic surgeon Dr. David Alexander Young for his services to the country describing it as ‘well deserved’. The Presidential Awards ceremony was held at the BMICH on August 19. The Sri Lanka Ranjana is the second highest [...]
Visakhian Savindi wins two races
Sandu Savindi of Visakha Vidyalaya clinched two gold medals on the third day of the 45th National Age Group Championships, worked off at the Sugathada Stadium Swimming Complex, Colombo yesterday. Savindi, took the 200m freestyle gold with a record timing of 2:18.29 minutes and later won the 50m Butterfly gold finishing the final in stunning [...]
Hosts ICBT Colombo bag Cup title
Hosts ICBT Colombo thrashed Mercury Institute 38-0 in a one-sided game to clinch the Cup Championship of the ICBT Inter-University Rugby 7s Tournament, worked off at the Royal College Sports Complex yesterday. On their way to the Cup final, ICBT Colombo easily pushed aside ICBT Kandy 17-10 in the Cup/Plate semi-final after recording comprehensive wins [...]
Pathum Nissanka’s ton leads Sri Lanka to historic series win in Bangladesh
A timely century from Pathum Nissanka helped the Sri Lanka Emerging team seal the three-match Unofficial ODI series in Bangladesh. Sri Lanka won the series 2-1 Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first. In the third over left-arm paceman Kalana Perera took the wicket of Mohammad Naim, as the opening partnership was [...]
Cream of Matale’s Hockey talent in action
After a lapse of several years, the Matale Hockey Association (MHA) has made arrangements to conduct the Men’s Inter-Club 7-a-Side Hockey Tournament 2019, at Edward Park Hockey ground in Matale, next Saturday, August 31, commencing 8 am. This 1-Day Tournament is open only to Hockey Clubs in the Matale district and will be played for [...]
Top riders test their skills today at Boyagane
The Sri Lanka Army Infantry Regiment together with Sri Lanka Association of Racing Drivers and Riders (SLARDAR) will conduct the 17th Vijayabahu Motorcross today, with the event scheduled to flag off at 9.00am at the Boyagane Vijayabahu Regiment track in Kurunegala. The best rider will emerge after 13 events in which over 125 riders, including [...]
Asiri Hospitals meet Deutsche Bank in final
Asiri Hospitals and Deutsche Bank AG, both in their maiden appearances in Mercantile Cricket, will meet in 9th Stafford Motors-Honda Trophy MCA ‘G’ Division Cricket final today (25) at the MCA grounds, commencing 10.00am. Asiri Hospitals unbeaten path to the final: Round-robin stage- Beat PickMe by 53 runs, Intrepid Group by 168 runs, Access Group [...]
MCA Sixes on Friday
The much awaited Mercantile Cricket Association organised MCA Open Cricket Sixes commence on August 30 with the finals scheduled to be played at the MCA Grounds on September 1. Citizens Development Business Finance PLC had joined hands with MCA for the 3rd consecutive year in sponsoring the event. This MCA organised annual tournament has been [...]
HARFA 10th anniversary Rugby tournament today at Racecourse
The Hisham Abdeen Rugby Football Academy (HARFA) intends to mark its 10th anniversary celebrations with its annual Inter-Academy 7s Rugby Tournament on a grand scale, today (25) at the Racecourse Grounds commencing at 8.30 am. Also on the cards will be an Under-8 and Under-10 7-a-Side Open Rugby Tournament, as well as an Over-40 7-a-Side [...]
Limuthu, Onila, Himasha, Nimsadu and Ishitha named Top 5 players
The invitation Orange Ball Tennis Tournament for boys Under-8 conducted by Thora Tennis Academy Matale was held at Matale District Tennis Club Courts in Matale. Players from Christ Church College and Sirimavo Bandaranaike Model School in Matale participated in the tournament which was played for the Junior Thora Tennis Cup. Based on the performance Limuthu [...]
Sri Lanka University Games at Matara
The 13th Sri Lanka University Games will be declared open by President Maithripala Sirisena at the Wellamadama Sports Complex of University of Ruhuna on August 26. Over 7000 athletes representing 14 universities will compete in 36 sporting events at the 13th edition of SLUG. The University Games was first hosted by the University of Peradeniya [...]
Harshana and Sayuni excel
Harshana Thilakaratne of Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala had a smooth sail to win the Sri Lanka National Men’s Chess championship while Sayuni Gihansa Jayaweera clinched the Women’s Championship at the National Chess Championship worked off at the Chess Federation Headquarters, Nugegoda recently. Thilakaratne, a top ranked player in the last three decades over came former national [...]
Musaeus and Gateway to Battle for Marie Musaeus – Rohini Alles Challenge Trophy
The 2nd annual Netball Big Match encounter between Musaeus College and Gateway College will be held on September 7 at the Gateway College grounds in Ratmalana. The main focus of the encounter will be the Under-20 match between the two schools while an exhibition match between Methodist College and Gateway College Kandy is also planned. [...]
Dunith shines in St. Joseph’s win
Dunith Wellalage shone with an allround performance in St. Joseph’s convincing 96-run win over Nalanda in the Division I Second Round match of the Under-17 Inter-School Cricket Tournament played at Campbell Place. Dunith’s ton helped St. Joseph’s, taking first lease of the wicket, to make a formidable score of 263 and Nalanda in their turn [...]
Lilly House takes first place
The 14th Annual Sports Meet of St. Joseph’s Nursery School, Colombo, took place at the Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo recently. Former Director of Independent Television Network Hassim Omar who was present as the guest of honour and presented award to the Lilly House Captain who took first place in the meet . Principal of the School [...]
Rajarata, J’pura, Jaffna and South East win matches
University of Jaffna, University of Rajarata, Jayewardenepura University and University of South East won their respective matches in the ongoing 13th Sri Lanka University Games 50 Over Cricket Tournament 2019, last weekend. University of Jaffna beat Colombo University by seven wickets while Rajarata University scored a thrilling one wicket win over University of Peradeniya. In [...]