Royal power dismantles Eagles
Royal opened their campaign in the new Dialog Schools Rugby League Championship with a clinical 41-14 win over St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota scoring seven tries to two in a game littered by handling errors at Royal Sports Complex yesterday. At half time the winners enjoyed a 17-7 lead. Enjoying abundant possession, Royal kept the game [...]
Batmen star in drawn battle
The 86th Battle of the Saints between traditional rivals St. Joseph’s and St. Peter’s played at the P. Sara Stadium concluded in a tame draw. In fact the outcome of the match was visible at the end of the first day’s play with the Peterites making 224 and the Josephians ending the day on 191 [...]
Nalanda in box seat
A swashbuckling unfinished fifth wicket partnership of 159 runs coming off in 20.5 overs by Raveen De Silva (100*) and Rashan Dissnanayake (77*) and a fine opening bowling spell by Jithesh Wasala highlighted the first day’ play of the 91st Battle of the Maroons-Ananda Nalanda cricket encounter at the SSC Grounds yesterday. Ananda skipper Kanishka [...]
SLC’s failed TV Rights show open doors to Sony
As the deadline to submit fresh Expression of Interests (EOIs) for Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) media rights for the 2020-2023 ends today, Sony who pulled out from the bidding citing lack of transparency, is likely to enter the fray this time after SLC combined broadcasting rights – TV/Radio and Digital. SLC had no option but [...]
Moratu MV falls short of victory
Moratu MV set a target of 159 runs for victory by traditional rivals Sri Sumangala Panadura fell short of victory by nine runs as they ended the day on 150 for 8 which saw the 64th Battle of Gold big match played at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa ending in a tame draw. At Moratuwa [...]
Shehan, Pasan shine in drawn game
Shehan Fernando and Pasan Suwahas scored half tons for St. Benedict’s in their drawn Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter against St. Anthony’s Katugastota concluded at Kotahena yesterday. Richmond after bowling out Maliyadeva for a low score of 77 ended day one on 139 for 8 in the match played at Kurunegala. Results: At Kotahena: Match [...]
Roshen, Madushka tons propel Ragama CC
Sri Lanka Test cap Roshen Silva and Nishan Madushka struck centuries for Ragama CC against Lankan CC on the second day of the Premier League Tournament Tier A match played at NCC grounds yesterday. Silva’s 165 runs helped Ragama CC reach 417-6 in reply to Lankan CC’s total of 205 and gain a lead of [...]
Bloomfield victorious with a day to spare
Bloomfield recorded a 5-wicket win- over Kalutara TC with a day to spare in the Premier Tier B inter-club cricket encounter concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday. Bloomfield, chasing 83 runs for victory, underwent some anxious moments before reaching the target for the loss of five wickets. Panadura SC along with Galle CC and Nugegoda S&WC [...]
Hasaranga out for six weeks, will miss England series
Spinning all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga was slated to make his Test debut against England but a hamstring injury he picked up during Friday’s Twenty20 match against West Indies means, his wait for Test debut will continue. Hasaranga–one of the best young prospect injured his hamstring while fielding on Friday and did not return to bowl his [...]
Isipathana conquer tough conditions and Science in opener
Isipathana College conquered Science College on a dry and dusty pitch, under torrid conditions to record an inspiring 17-10 win in their season opener game of the Dialog Schools Rugby League Championship played at Havelock Park yesterday. The Green Shirts, who were surprisingly held by the gritty style of play by Science players, held on [...]
Root, Buttler hit half tons
English skipper Joe Root and Jos Buttler hit half centuries before England were bowled out for 316 at close on day one in their three day encounter against Sri Lanka Cricket XI at Katunayake on Saturday. After electing to bat first, the tourists got off to a decent start with Zak Crawley and Dom Sibley [...]
Retire, because you don’t deserve a ‘sack’
Dear Malinga, You are a champion. There isn’t an iota of a doubt about that. Your lethal yorkers were a curse to batsmen the world around, but a treat to watch. You left them bewildered. They knew you’d try to york every ball but still struggled to read them early enough. Your 107 wickets, the [...]
Bowlers secure innings win for St. John’s
St. John’s College secured an innings a 17-run win over their traditional rival Jaffna Central College in their 114th Battle of the North big match ended at the Jaffna Central ground. The architects of their win were left-arm spinners A. Saraan and Y. Vithushan and right arm paceman T. Dinoshan. Saraan ended with impressive figures [...]
Gamer.LK and NOC to stage Esports South Asia Cup
Gamer.LK has partnered with the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Sri Lanka to host a series of international Esports tournaments, starting with the InGame Esports South Asia Cup this month. Electronic Sports, referred to as Esports, is the competitive play of video games. It is the fastest growing sport in Sri Lanka today. With a [...]
Kandy to end Round 2 on top
Unbeaten league champions, Kandy Sports Club will be playing their last second round encounter when they confront the high riding Police Sports Club at the Nittawela Rugby Stadium today. Kick off is scheduled at 4.15pm. Kandy, led by Nigel Ratwatte, had been playing cohesive rugby throughout this season. He was well supported with the return [...]
Sri Sumangala down St. Sylvester’s 42-7
Sri Sumangala College Kandy had a winning start to their Under 19 inter school rugby encounter when they beat St. Sylvester’s College by 42 points (8 tries, 1 conversion) to 7 points (1 try, 1 conversion) at the Trinity College Rugby Stadium in Pallekele stadium. At the short breather winners led 15-7. Referee Nalin Wasantha [...]
‘Tanker’ Hamid to serve in Elite Jury panel at ISSF World Cup in Delhi
Ibrahim ‘Tanker’ Hamid who is the Chairman of the Judges Committee of the National Shooting Sports Federation (NSSF) of Sri Lanka for several years has been honoured once again to represent his country as the sole representative to serve in the Elite panel of Jury in the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi, India from [...]
Singh pushes for shooting at CWG 2022, pledges support to Lankans
The President of National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), Raninder Singh, has pledged total support to Sri Lanka, after he successfully advocated to revive shooting sports at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 to be held in Birmingham. The NRAI, headed by Singh, a former Indian trap shooter and Vice President of the International Shooting Sport [...]
Two podium wins for Eshan on Porsche debut
Eshan Pieris celebrated two podium positions during in the inaugural Porsche Sprint Challenge Asia at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. The event that served as a dress rehearsal for the upcoming Porsche Carrera Cup Asia season saw Eshan Pieris, a former F3 Asian driver, have his first real taste of the Porsche 911 GT3 [...]
Sri Lanka team leaves for Over-50s Cricket World Cup
The Sri Lanka team will leave today (March to compete at the second edition of the Over 50s Men’s Cricket World Cup to be held in South Africa from March 11 to 24. Sri Lanka is in group ‘B’ along with Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, Canada and Zimbabwe in the 12-team competition. Group ‘A’ [...]
Royalists highly motivated to win, Thomians go out as favourites
S. Thomas’s College, Mt. Lavinia begin as favourites against Royal College, Colombo in the 141st ‘Battle of the Blues’ cricket encounter but both teams prefer to go in as underdogs when they vie for the prestigious Rt. Hon. D.S. Senanayake Memorial Shield from March 12 to 14 at the SSC grounds. All-rounders Thevindu Senarathne and [...]
Royal -Thomian past cricketers’ dinner on March 11
The 30th Royal Thomian Past Cricketers Annual Dinner will be held at the main ballroom, Galadari Hotel on March 11, 2020 from 7.30pm onwards. This prestigious event for coloursmen of both colleges has always been a much look forward to event. Tickets will be available at the gates, priced at Rs. 4500.00 per head and [...]
New book covers 140 Royal-Thomian encounters
Shantilal Wijesundere, an old Thomian and a cricket enthusiast, has compiled a comprehensive book covering all 140 encounters played since the inauguration of the battle in 1880. The writer who wrote a similar book two years back covering the Mustang Trophy encounters has meticulously presented the details including all scorecards of the matches played thus [...]
Thomian skipper Thevin follows in footsteps of Ernest Wanduragala
History will be created at the 141st Battle of the Blues when Thevin Eriyagama leads his team out against Royal as he follows in the footsteps of his maternal great grandfather Ernest Wanduragala who captained S. Thomas’ with distinction from 1910-12. It will be like a flash from the past as Thevin bears a striking [...]
Unbeaten Trinity hold edge over Antonians
Trinity College led by National youth player, Ruvin Pieris and Antonians led by Mohamed Kamil will battle it out in the 103rd Battle of the Blues of the Hills at the Asgiriya International Stadium on March 13 and 14. Both teams hold formidable outfits with the ‘Lions’ holding a slight edge with eight wins under [...]
Mr. Aubrey Kuruppu – the respected mentor
Mr. Aubrey Kuruppu was a cricketer, umpire, coach, match referee, column writer, sports reporter and commentator, who won the hearts and souls of different individuals in different fields. He passed away on October 11, 2019 at the age of 74. If he was living today, he would have been celebrating his 75th birthday on March [...]
Anura Tennakoon releases autobiography, ‘Passionately Cricket’
‘Passionately Cricket’, the autobiography of former national cricket captain Anura Tennakoon was launched on Wednesday at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC). A pre-Test era cricketer, Tennakoon captained Sri Lanka from 1975 to 1979, including at the first two Cricket World Cups, playing alongside the likes of Bandula Warnapura, Roy Dias, Duleep Mendis, Michael Tissera and [...]
Briton’s Palk Strait ‘escapade’ sends ripples across world
A Hong Kong-based open water swimmer Adam Moss who bought a property in Galle 16 years ago may have done more to boost tourism in Sri Lanka than the authority itself by swimming across the Palk Straits in an epoch-making event causing ripples across the world. No less than 11 Indians, including Sri Lanka-born Guinness [...]
Isipathana Class of ’74 honours ‘Forefathers’ of Isipathana rugby
Isipathana is perhaps the only school which is synonymous with rugby producing greats like the legendary Hisham Abdeen, Roger Rodrigo, H.K. Sisira, Dilroy Fernando, Sajith Mallikarachchi among others, who distinguished for Sri Lanka at international level in the modern era. The famed ‘green shirts’ who have been acknowledged as the ‘kings of school rugby’ were [...]
European season begins in March
Global sports interest at present is fuelled by internet and print media. February activities offered comparatively little tennis news to them. Davis Cup and Fed Cup filled the gap. Cancellation of events in the East and players avoiding travel due to the virus, had an impact on events conducted. Qatar and Dubai sustained their events. [...]
Ilma’s unwavering dedication to netball
The year 2020 has already seen several milestones reached, with Ilma International Girls’ School hosting the 10th consecutive TISSL Inter-International Schools Under-20 Netball Tournament. To delve into the history of netball in Ilma, it is fair to say that it all kicked off with a few students who played a sport that they loved – [...]
Saegis Campus retains International Mora Cricket Sixes title for 3rd consecutive year
Defending champions Saegis Campus retained their title for the third consecutive year in the International Inter-University Cricket Tournament organised by the University of Moratuwa. Mora ‘A’ led the Group ‘A’ table while Eastern ‘A’ headed Group ‘B’. The Group ‘C’ was conquered by Wayamba and Colombo ‘A’ emerged Group ‘D’ leaders. The quarter-final matches were played enthusiastically between PES and [...]
Wesley ‘A’ emerge Under-12 Mini Rugby group champs
The Wesley College ‘A’ team emerged victorious in the Inter-School Dialog Under-12 Mini Rugby Carnival 2020, with an unbeaten record to top Group ‘A’, at the Royal College Sports Complex. Wesley ‘A’ played three matches and won all of them to finish off a successful campaign. Wesley ‘A’ was drawn with Royal College, Nalanda College [...]
Upekha House champs at Mahanama Sports Meet
Upekha House emerged champions at the annual Sports Meet of Mahanama College, Colombo, which was held at the school ground amidst a good participation. The winners outsmarted the athletes representing Houses Mettha, Karuna and Muditha to become the best unit. The sports meet was held under the patronage of the school’s principal L.M.D. Dharmasena, with [...]
Royal-Thomian Golf Tournament today at RCGC
Thrills of victory and the agony of defeat will never deter the old Royalists and Thomians, who will battle today for the Fred De Saram Trophy Golf Tournament at the Royal Colombo Golf Club. With the 141st Royal Thomian Cricket encounter just a week away, the old boys of both schools will tee off in [...]
CCC Maroons win U-12 Academy Cricket title
CCC School of Cricket ‘Maroons’ recorded a 5-wicket victory over Sanath Jayasuriya Cricket Academy in the finals of the Under-12 Inter-Academy Cricket Tournament played at the Ananda Sasthralaya grounds in Kotte. CCC ‘Maroons ’ will receive the glittering Chans Sports Challenge Shield at the prize giving ceremony that will take place after the completion of [...]
Dheerananda MV, Pilimathalawa emerge Junior National boxing champions
Dheerananda MV, Pilimathalawa carried away the Phelps memorial challenge shield after emerging champions in the Junior Nationals 2019 conducted by the Schools Boxing Association at Narandeniya Boxing Hall, Kamburupitiya. They won three gold medals and also produced the Best Boxer of the meet, Chethiya Ekanayake who was also the Best Boxer at last year’s Stubbs [...]
Sadeepa and Angelo crowned Best Athletes at Benedictine Sports Meet 2020
The most exciting event in the Benedictine School Calendar, the annual Inter-House Athletic Meet 2020 was held at the Sugathadasa Stadium on February 8 in the presence of a large gathering of students, parents, teachers, old boys and invitees. Distinguished old Benedictine, former football captain Thilak Peiris and his wife Nelum, graced the occasion as [...]
Oxford champs at Sussex Horana Sports Meet
Oxford House clinched the overall championship with a total of 910 points, Harvard became the runners-up and Cambridge secured the third place at the annual Inter-House Sports Meet of Sussex College, Horana. The prize for the Best Hut was won by Oxford House at the meet held in a grand scale on February 18 at [...]
Trinity through to final
The junior cricketers of Trinity College, Kandy created history when they qualified for the final of the Under-13 Singer Cup with a bonus point win over Prince of Wales College which was played in Hikkaduwa recently. This is the first time Trinity qualified for the final at this age group, the closest being under Niroshan [...]