No Charith and Thirimanne for Bangladesh Tests
Batter Charith Asalanka will not play Test cricket at least till the T20 World Cup in Australia as he has been asked to focus on the limited-over format in the run-up to the global showpiece in October-November. Asalanka was pushed into the longer format following his resounding success with the bat in limited-overs cricket but [...]
Give ‘A’ team more matches – Gunawardene
The newly-appointed Sri Lanka ‘A’ team coach Avishka Gunawardene is hungry and is looking forward to give his guards many match exposures as possible given that the competition in here is the fiercest and there have been only an iota of games for them since 2019. “As for the ‘A’ team, I like to see [...]
SLC confident of hosting Asia Cup despite the current crisis
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is confident of delivering a safe and secure Asia Cup despite the current economic crisis that has led to a public unrest in the island. Sri Lanka is battling a severe economic crisis with food and fuel scarcity affecting a large number of the people in the island nation since the [...]
Should the ‘Aragalaya’ rethink our sports mindset?
Our cricket icons joining the massive rallies over an entire week at Galle Face puts on notice all our sports bodies and the masters who run them from day to day. With the Minister of Sports ensconced in a safe abode for now, having relinquished his portfolio, the bureaucrats at Reid Avenue must be in [...]
Joes and Visaka continue their colours in the waters
In a rare sight of rival schools becoming joint-winners, arch-rivals St. Joseph’s and St. Peter’s came out on top sharing 28-points each in the men’s category, while Visaka Vidyalaya were the overall champions in the women’s category in the Pentathlon Swimming Championships 2022 that concluded last Monday (11). In fact, both Joes and Visakians, champions [...]
World ranking trends Elites & vanishing shakers
Global Tennis focus during European spring and summer seasons provide the best and exciting expressions to its enthusiasts. To the professional players, world rankings of WTA and ATP are their work platforms. European spring is most attractive. In fifty years professional history, only a handful sustained their names in the top five spot of the [...]
Sri Lanka Esports prepares for National team selections
With many international Esports events on the horizon, Sri Lanka Esports Association (SLESA) will launch the “Sri Lanka Esports Nationals 2022”, the national team selection trials, to choose esports athletes to represent Sri Lanka at international esports events. The trials are powered by SLESA’s partners – Dialog, the main sponsor and Gamer.LK, the strategic partner. [...]