School sports to resume but Bradby Shield doubtful
Despite uncertainty prevailing on the possibility of playing this year’s edition of the ‘Bradby Shield’ encounter, the school authorities of Royal and Trinity colleges have to totally rely on the decision to be given by the government authorities. According to available information, school officials of Royal and Trinity are anticipating the resumption of schools sports [...]
Yasitha wins maiden title, Anika bags triple
Yasitha de Silva fought his way to beat Savit Weerasinghe 6/2, 7/5 to clinch the Men’s Open Singles title while Anika Seneviratne cruised to victory over Savini Jayasuriya 6/2, 6/1 in the Women’s finals at the Clay Court Tennis Nationals at the SLTA courts yesterday. For seventh seeded Yasitha it was his maiden title but [...]
From Test opener to umpiring
Short of just 60 to his dream of 15,000 First Class runs, former Sri Lanka Test opener Tharanga Paranavitana announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, despite having the ability to pursue his goal. Slightly disheartened by the fact of being labelled a ‘Test’ player, Paranavitana voiced out for an open policy, where cricketers [...]
New SLR chief Illyas carries baggage of 51 million
Former Petersons number 8 Rizly Illyas officially took over as President of Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) with plenty of goodwill despite some acrimony with the outgoing President Lasitha Gunaratne leading up to the Annual General Meeting held yesterday. But it comes with a baggage of 51 million rupees carried over from previous administrations. A third [...]
News in brief
Kaluwitharana to return as a selector The selection committee headed by Ashantha de Mel will remain in position for another term with an addition of another member. Apart from de Mel, the present selection committee whose term ended on August 15 includes Chaminda Mendis and Vinothen John. But given the creditable service they have done, [...]
Rusi Captain chases 15th Club Championship win
After the qualifying round for the RCGC Championship 2020, the top 16 made the cut-off with defending champion Sachin de Silva securing the top seed whilst junior champ Yannik Kumara playing off a 4 handicap was seeded second, Shamal Perera the third seed and the most senior Rusi Captain, 14-time winner of the Club Championship, [...]
Old Horses must charter New Courses in National Sports!
The brand new National Sports Council (NSC) appointed by the irrepressible and influential Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports everyone acclaims, is studded with some of the biggest names in Sri Lanka’s sports history. So the theory is that they cannot fail. In that illustrious team are top flight business leaders in Rohan Fernando and [...]
A rewarding and emotional affair to remember
The majestic Oval scoreboard clock showed ten minutes to three on a Sunday afternoon when our final wicket fell. We had conceded first innings points by a small margin to Moors in a P. Sara Trophy encounter. The year was 1973 and it was my first game for the club. The many Moors supporters hugged [...]
Fitness education key ingredient of success, says champion powerlifter Ransilu Jayathilake
Fitness is one of the major requirements for a sportsperson. Unfortunately it has been an area where Sri Lanka has been lagging behind. The incidents that took place after the national cricket team’s premature exit from the 2017 Champions Trophy, where then sports minister Dayasiri Jayasekera criticised the fitness levels of the players, could be [...]
Dream of boxing gold lives on as Dian begins third term
Boxing would have been dead in Sri Lanka if Dian Gomes had not ignited the Olympic dream and kept the flame alive by giving dynamic leadership during the past two decades with his strategic planning, visionary zeal and love for the sport. After the doping disgrace at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, boxing plunged to [...]
Health guidelines to resume schools sports by next week
The Ministry of Health (MoH) will issue new guidelines within the coming week with regard to reviving schools sports activities according to an official statement issued. This decision was taken at a special discussion held between the Minister of Health, Pavithra Wanniarachchi and the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Namal Rajapaksa at the MoH [...]
Sachini, the Queen of Sri Lanka Chess
Sachini Ranasinghe, former Musaeus College chess player representing Nf3 Chess Club was crowned the ‘Queen of Sri Lanka Chess’ when she emerged champion at the inaugural Sri Lanka Women’s Chess Grand Prix 2020 at the Chess Federation Headquarters. Coming into the event with a bundle of experience behind her, Sachini maintained her lead up to [...]
SLC donates cricket equipments to Vidyartha
Vidyartha College, Kandy received a whole package of cricket equipments, which included playing gears, training and ground preparation equipments, earlier this week. The event to hand over the goods were held at the Vidyartha ground in Nittawela under the patronage of Ranjith Weerasinghe, the President of Vidyartha College Old Boys’ Association (OBA). All age group [...]