Raw deal on young guns as SLC finalise annual contracts
The decisions of Sri Lanka Cricket, whose latest feat is to sideline some of the most promising young cricketers from national cricket contracts–continue to baffle. Kamindu Mendis, the 21-year-old former Sri Lanka U-19 skipper, has been in cracking form and has scored heavily for Sri Lanka A and Emerging teams. But he hasn’t earned even [...]
Focus on World Cup as Sri Lanka heads Down Under
T20 skipper Lasith Malinga says next year’s T20 World Cup will be the focus when they take on Australia in a three-match T20 series starting next Sunday. Sri Lanka will leave the island today for the short series and hope they could carry on the momentum of beating world’s number one ranked Pakistan to the [...]
Sampath Bank, Hayleys win on D/L
Rain and bad light brought the three 27th Singer-MCA Premier League 50 Over Tournament matches at the MCA, P. Sara Oval and SSC yesterday to a premature end to be decided on D/L method. At the MCA, Jeevan Mendis with a swashbuckling 122 and Sameen Kandanarachchi (75) laid the foundation for Sampath Bank to amass [...]
Rain hampers as matches end in no decisions
Inclement weather hampered the second day’s play of all the Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounters as they ended in no decisions. However St. Benedict’s, St. Anthony’s Wattala and Sandalankawa MMV dominated proceedings against Wesley, Zahira and St. Patrick’s Jaffna in the matches played at Kotahena, Maradana and Jaffna. Results: At Kotahena: Match drawn St. Benedict’s 156 [...]
Akalanka , Ramudi in stunning show
Akalanka Peiris was in stunning form last evening winning seven events while Ramudi Samarakoon secured five first places at the South Asian Games swimming selections trial concluded at the Sugathadasa Swimming Pool yesterday. The final selections to the South Asian Games will be finalised on Monday. Winners: Boys: Akalanka Peiris (200IM 2:14.68, 100m backstroke 57.69, [...]
Nipun Dhananjaya to lead Sri Lanka U-19
Nipun Dhananjaya will lead Sri Lanka Under-19 during the forthcoming Bangladesh tour starting October 26. The national youth team will leave the island on October 23. Two separate teams approved by the Minister of Sports have been selected with one for the two four-day Youth Test matches and the other for the five Youth ODI [...]
Rain ruins proceedings
Rain ruined proceedings of the Emerging Trophy inter-club cricket encounters played around the metropolis with the two matches at Panagoda and Braybrooke Place ending in no decisions while day one of two matches which got underway was called off early and will be continued today. Results: At Panagoda: Match drawn Army SC (239/7 overnight) 261 [...]
Commonwealth medalist Bandara ignored
Igniting controversy over selection of pugilists for the upcoming South Asian Games (SAG), Sri Lanka has neglected a potential medal prospect Ishan Bandara. This came to light after Sri Lanka named a 14-member team for the SAG, to be held from December 1 to 10 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Bandara, who won a bronze medal at [...]
Jaitra bags his fourth successive ATF title
Sri Lanka’s Jaitra de Saram continued his winning trend at the ATF Under-14 Week 2 Tennis Tournament when he bagged his fourth successive title as he ended the two week campaign and partnered by Kiran Vairavanathan bagged the boys doubles title with a convincing two sets to nil win over the Indian pair Rurik Rajini [...]
Mercantile Men’s Hockey 7s today at P’Sara
The 43rd Annual Mercantile Men’s 7-A-Side Hockey Tournament organised by the Mercantile Hockey Association (MHA) will be worked off today (20), at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, commencing 9 am. Allianz Insurance Ltd (AIL) will be the main sponsor while People’s Leasing and Hilton Colombo will be the co-sponsors of this event. Twenty-seven teams will compete [...]
Royalist Dinura win bronze at Kata
Royalist P.K. Dinura R.P. Gunatilake participated in the “Indo-Sri Lanka Open Karate Championship” held on 6th October 2019 at the University of Colombo Sri Lanka. He was awarded a Bronze Medal in Kata in 8th, 7th KYU – 10 years Boys’ event. He was also awarded a Bronze medal in Kumite in 8th, 7th KYU [...]
It’s Not Cricket Mr. President
Prior to Sri Lanka’s Limited Overs cricket series with Pakistan, there were many debates across the length and breadth of the island nation. SL took the risk and the challenge, toured Pakistan, lost the ODI series 0-2, but came back with an unexpected, yet welcome 3-0 series win in the T20s, with a side that [...]
Senaka wants Sanga help to gain recognition for UDRS
Senaka Weeraratne, who claims authorship of the widely used Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS/DRS), is seeking support from the newly elected President of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Kumar Sangakkara to gain due recognition for his contribution to the game. Weeraratne, a lawyer, came up with the idea as far back in 1997. In a letter [...]
Trailblazer Chamari role model for aspiring women cricketers
Cricket is known as the Gentlemen’s game, as it’s played, predominantly, by men, but, the women’s game has also grown in importance over the last few years. Cricketers such as Charlotte Edwards of England and Suzie Bates of New Zealand are 2 prominent personalities who were role models that took the Women’s game forward. Similarly, [...]
NOCSL hands over Dillai’s painting to IOC President Dr. Thomas Bach
The President of the National Olympic of Sri Lanka (NOCSL), Suresh Subramaniam and its General Secretary, Maxwell de Silva, met the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Chairman Dr. Thomas Bach during the 24th ANOC General Assembly in Doha, Qatar on Thursday. There the Lankan duo handed over a painting done by Sri Lankan artist Ms. Dillai [...]
Dian Gomes on a mission to scout the next ‘young blood’
Sri Lanka boxing, which has won fame and glory even at Commonwealth Games level, is in safe hands in the future, says Dian Gomes, the President of the Sri Lanka Amateur Boxing Association (ABA). “We have a policy, a strategy and a plan to take the sport to the next level. We have identified a [...]
14-year-old Paddlers Senura Silva and Bimandi Bandara in SL Team
Senura Silva of Ananda College, Colombo, and Bimandi Bandara of Hillwood College, Kandy, both 14 years, have been selected to the Sri Lanka Table Tennis (TT) team for the 13th South Asian Games in Kathmandu, Nepal, from December 1-10. Selection of four schoolchildren to represent Sri Lanka will be a step in the right direction [...]
Cricket Bastions are tumbling like dominoes
In the immediate past, 2 live wires of Sri Lanka cricket, namely Michael de Zoysa and Aubrey Kuruppu passed away and were laid to rest. Coincidentally, both were aged 74, attended S.Thomas’s College (STC), Mt.Lavinia, and, as the saying goes, went to ‘meet their Maker’ under circumstances which, can best be described as, “whilst on [...]
Sri Lanka paddlers to be coached by Yefremov for SAG
Sri Lanka has netted in former Belarus National Table Tennis player and renowned coach, Aleksey Yefremov to help the national table tennis team in preparation for the South Asian Games scheduled to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal in December. His enrollment was facilitated by the Asian Table Tennis Union Development Programme in collaboration with the [...]
Dr. Chula Senaratne appointed to FIBA Medical Commission
Secretary General of the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation (SLBF), Dr. Chula Senaratne has been appointed to the Medical Commission of the Federación Internazionale de Basketball Association (FIBA), for the term of 2019-2023. It is a rare achievement to be appointed to a professional commission of FIBA, from South Asia , especially in a sport dominated [...]
Lakshan emerges Travel Trade Pool champion
Lakshan Samarasinghe from Anantara Resort, Kalutara emerged as the new Travel Trade Pool Champion when he strove off a stiff challenge from new comer, Nadun Perera from Infinity Vacations in tense ‘Cup’ final at the 6th edition of the Travel Trade Sports Club Pool Championships 2019, concluded last Saturday, October 12th at the Q N’ [...]
Dejected sprinter, aiming to be next generation’s torchbearer
At the age of 29, with plenty of life left as an athlete, sprinter Shehan Ambeypitiya threw the towel after competing at the National Athletic Trials at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo two months ago. But the one-time fastest man in South Asia, is unwilling to end his journey in athletics, with aspirations to join [...]
Can Royal make it five in a row?
Defending champions Royal College have the edge over their arch-rivals S. Thomas’ College when they battle it in the 50th Annual Regatta at the Beira Lake on this Saturday (26). The course covers a 1 mile stretch on the Beira Lake, and a total of 52 points is at stake. The event commences with the [...]
“Enjoy the sport, rest will follow” – Trinity Principal
The Principal of Trinity College, Kandy, Andrew Fowler-Watt outlined the importance of having a well-composed and balanced approach between academic and extra-curricular activities, in order to help the younger generation to reach goals in life. This, he stated on the onset after Trinity won two important titles in rugby — the Under-14s 10s Tournament and [...]
A player like no other- Daniil Medvedev the Russian
Medvedev is an unusual Russian player. Tennis always had players from Russia. Marat Safin is the name most of us easily remember. He was a power-house and was world No.1 about a decade ago. Since then, one cannot recall a big dominating Russian name. Now 39, Safin is a Russian Politician. Daniil Medvedev has surfaced [...]
Zahira Veterans Masters Football Tournament on October 27
Zahira Veterans will organise their inaugural ‘Battle of the Masters 2019′ football tournament on October 27 from 8.00 am at college ground in Maradana. It will be conducted under the core objective of ‘add value to the past football talent in Sri Lanka’. Veteran teams of hosts Zahira College, Royal College, Ananda College, Hameed Al [...]
Gateway’s 50m Olympic standard pool declared open
With state-of-the-art starting blocks equipped with FINA approved moveable track start with safe start handle facilities, Gateway College has introduced a swimming pool to the country that meets international standards. These blocks are showcased and used in FINA World Cup, Olympic and Commonwealth Games venues. The new swimming pool situated in Gateway College in Negombo [...]
Druvinka and Sameera crowned Junior National Squash Champions
Druvinka Perera of Royal College and Sameera Deen of Holy Family Convent were crowned the Junior National Squash champions in the Boys and Girls categories at the 30th Ritzbury Junior National Squash Championship 2019 concluded at the Sri Lanka Air Force Squash Complex last Wednesday. Over 400 competitors took part in this mega event which was organized [...]
Inter-Academy U-12 Football Championship gets underway
The final phase of the Inter-Academy Under-12 Football Championship, organised and conducted by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL), got underway yesterday at the Racecourse ground in Colombo. The final stage consists of 12 teams who are the winners of first and second stages of the competition. The first stage was played on February [...]
Colombo International School (CIS) to defend Schools Team Event
A significant and overwhelming response is seen for Sri Lanka’s most popular junior golf tournament, the NDB Private Wealth Junior Masters Golf Championship. Last year’s winners Colombo International School (CIS), represented by Reshan Algama and Kvahn Tejwani will look forward to defend the schools team event. But the title holders will likely see strong challenge [...]
Gateway wins All-Island Under-20 Basketball championship
Having reached the top four, along with Royal College, Maris Stella College and Jaffna Central College, Gateway completed a very successful season by winning the All-Island Schools Under-20 Basketball Championship, organised by the Ministry of Education. Before reaching the final stage, Gateway won the Western Province Championship. The final round games were played in Kurunegala. [...]
Udaya Ranasinghe steals the limelight
Sri Lanka’s table tennis sensation Udaya Ranasinghe arrived in Sri Lanka from USA and stole the lime light by winning the Men’s Open Singles Championship representing Vidyartha College Old Boys Sports Club, at the All Island Open Ranking Table Tennis Championship 2019 at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Tables. Conducted by the Colombo District Table [...]
43 talented teenagers trained in Singapore
Talented young footballers from across Asia came together this week for Allianz’s regional football camp, an initiative created to champion the new generation of leaders and develop their skills. The Allianz Explorer Camp Football Edition Asia 2019, hosted at The Arena in Singapore over four days, brought together 43 talented teenagers from the region to [...]