Cash-strapped SLC raises selectors allowance over 200%
In spite of the prevailing cash crises, Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to increase the allowances of the national selection committee members by over 200 per cent. In a sweeping move when the new selection committee headed by Sanath Jayasuriya (Chairman) and including Eric Upashantha, Chaminda Mendis, Pramodya Wickremasinghe and Hashan Tillekeratne was appointed, it [...]
Cricket magic continues, but the illusion remains
At the beginning they were all up there on the branches –– high up in the trees. From where they were perched they could see the distance and with what they saw they kept moving and eased their appetite and hunger. Of them, there was one sub-species who challenged the status quo. Though they could [...]
No play possible in morning session of day two
No play was possible on the second day in the two Under 19 inter-school cricket encounters at Zahira ground Maradana between Zahira and Bandaranayake MV Gampaha and St Joseph’s against St Sylvester’s at Darley Road due to bad weather. The first day’s play too was hampered with both the matches being called off early due [...]
Mohammed Amir case to be taken up for review
The ICC Board held its fourth and last meeting of the year on Friday and Saturday 18 and 19 October in London. Some of the key decisions taken included: The IDI Board reviewed an inspection report by the ICC Venue Consultant on the venues for the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 and accepted the Bangladesh [...]
Amrith braves the weather and wins the course
Amrith de Soysa displayed one of his strong points under tough weather conditions to clinch the main title of 75th Etisalat Nuwara Eliya Golf Club Championship 2013 at the Golf Course in Nuwara Eliya yesterday. While de Soysa recorded a comfortable unchallenged win in the Men’s category, Dhanishi Senadhira overcame a close battle against Jane [...]
University of Colombo to take on Malaysian waters
The oarsmen and oarswomen of University of Colombo will leave for Malaysia on Monday, 21st October to take part in the prestigious Boat Race organized by the Universiti Teknologi and the Ministry of Education of Malaysia. This will be the fourth year that University of Colombo will be rowing in the waters of Putrajaya, Malaysia [...]
Senior Citizens Scrabble on Oct.27
The annual All-Island Senior Citizens Scrabble Tournament, organised by the Sri Lanka Association of Senior Citizens, will take place on October 27 (Sunday) at the Colombo Hilton. This event which will be held for the 13thconsecutive year is open to Sri Lankans over the age of 50.At stake will be the Deshabandu Motwani Cup. Registration [...]
Inclement weather spoils junior tennis
Inclement weather prevented any of the remaining matches in the second week of the ITF Junior Circuit being worked off at the SLTA yesterday, with the three fixtures being rescheduled for this morning. The encounters comprise the finals of the boys’ singles between Sri Lanka’s Nishgan Nadaraja and Cing-Yang Meng of Taipei, the girls’ singles [...]
Two international soccer stadiums at USD 115m
The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) has made arrangements to construct two World class soccer stadiums in Colombo and Negombo at a cost of US dollars 115 million with the assistance of FIFA. President of the FFSL Ranjith Rodrigo said that the main idea in constructing these two stadiums is to improve the technical [...]
Shanker Prabad boots four for Commercial Credit
Centre forward Shanker Prabad was in cracking form for Commercial Credit when he booted four goals in their 7-0 win over Courtaulds in a Mercantile Soccer fixture conducted by the Mercantile Football League at the City Legue ground recently. At the shor whistle Commercial Credit were in the led with three goals to nil. In [...]
Carrom: Lankan contingent off to India
For the first time after many months Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) are set to compete at two different competitions. The CFSL owed Hotel Galadari as sum of Rs. 700,000 after hosting the 5th World Carrom Championship held in Colombo in November 2012, and hotel was to sue them. “If not for the timely [...]
Merc hockey today
The 37th annual Mercantile Hockey Sevens will be played in five different divisions at the P. Sara Oval Stadium in Colombo today. A total of 21 teams will vie for honours in five divisions at the tournament which is sponsored by Brown and Company for the seventh consecutive year. The Division ‘A’ segment played for [...]
Commonwealth baton arrives in Sri Lanka
Former Commonwealth Games Medalist Sriyani Kulawansa who won the Silver medal in the 100m hurdles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Kualalampur arrives at the Independent Square carrying Queen’s Baton, last evening. The rest of the contingent comprises athletes representing all nine Provinces in the country. The next destination of the Queen’s baton will be Singapore. [...]
S. Thomas’ in fine recovery to win 2nd leg of Dr. R.L. Hayman Trophy
After watching a sturdy three-goal buffer blown to dust, S. Thomas’ College staged a remarkable recovery to thwart a resilient Royal College unit, which won the second leg of the Dr. R.L Hayman Trophy 4-3 but fell 11-9 on aggregate to relinquish the title they won last year, after an adrenaline-infused clash at the Sugathadasa [...]
Rain halts Vidyartha-Kalutara clash
The race for the first innings lead in the match batsmen Vidyartha and Kaluthara MV at the Police grounds was interestingly poised when rain shortly after lunch forced play to be abandoned. Put into bat, Kalutara finished on 215 which was a decent enough total. They were on 192 for 5 at one stage, but [...]
Australia win by four wickets
Australia beat India by four wickets in the Third One Day International played in Mohali last night. For the second time in the match, Australia frittered away a strong position when they had put together another solid opening partnership before allowing themselves to be tied down. A start of 68 for 0 in 12.1 overs [...]
Women’s Tennis spectacle, WTA-championships- Istanbul
Year end WTA-championships was created to reward consistent top performances of the professional women players and to present elite Tennis as a ‘show piece’ to the world, annually. World professional rankings began in the early 1970’s for men and in the 1980’s for women. It became a 12 month-rolling ranking system but reverted back to [...]
Mistakes will be made; live with it, the alternative may be worse
The All Blacks beat Springboks, to win the Champions Trophy, clearly reinforcing that they were the best team in the world. The South African defense failed a number of times with players missing one-on-one tackles. Added to that the handling errors made South Africa lose a match where the lead changed at regular intervals. I [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET: Schools Under-19 – Nalanda vs St. Sebastian’s at Campbell Place – MCA-Elephant Lemonade Div ‘D’ League – Airport and Aviation Services vs Colombo Dockyard at St. Sebastian’s Moratuwa -John Keells ‘B’ vs MAS Linea Aqua at Ananda Mawatha FOOTBALL: -Dialog Champions League 2013 -Saunders vs Java Lane at Baddegana – Colombo FC vs [...]
Women’s performance paves way for Nepal
The performance of the Sri Lanka women’s team, where a Bronze was won at the 28th Kings Cup Sepak Takraw Championships in Thailand, has paved the way enabling Sri Lanka to participate at the SAARC Games in Nepal next year. Sepak Takraw is an acrobatic game similar to volleyball but played with feet, head and [...]
Serendib International Cup 2013, Tri-Nation a fillip to Lankan rugby
Dilroy Fernando, who stepped down with respect as a top rugby referee recently, stated that the upcoming Serendib International Cup 2013, a Tri-Nation Series involving Poland and Madagascar along with hosts Sri Lanka, will give the locals with much needed exposure on their way to claim the top position in the Asian region. “This will [...]
14 Provincial Sports Officers join the central government
Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage awarded 14 new appointments to the sports officials who worked at provincial councils for over 10 years. These Sports Officers joined the Department of Sports Development as central government coaches, the Ministry of Sports said. The Sports Officers have stressed that they resigned from the provincial sports official position as [...]
Two Lankan teams on Indoor cricket tour
Sri Lanka will field two teams at the World Masters Indoor Cricket Series 2013 which will be held from October 20 to 26 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The World Masters Indoor Cricket Series (WMICS) 2013 will feature seven countries competing in five different categories in men’s and women’s segments. The WMICS 2013 will have four [...]
Puswedilla goes pus
Puswedilla goes pus A few weeks ago a performance by comedian Puswedilla created a huge commotion at the Citadel. The bald past cricketer was very upset and wanted those responsible severely reprimanded. However VVIP with the shawl learning about the situation hauled the bald past cricketer turned politician and told him, that he must learn [...]
A rosy rugby picture framed in the sky
After a string of developments across all fronts of Sri Lankan rugby, from the club and school circuits to the international arena, the game here is in constant motion. But is it heading in the right direction?
Looking to remodel rugby in Sri Lanka
For Alastair Saverimutto, challenges are part and parcel of his life. Since 2003, after cutting short his professional career in rugby in 1996 due to an injury, Alastair, as an individual has braved all tides to become an expert in his trade. Six months after assuming duties as the Chief Executive Officer of Sri Lanka [...]
Zahira soccer 7s coincide with PPA 10th anniversary
With an all-new theme, the Zahira Super 16s Soccer 7s will be played for the Peace Cup, when the competition gets underway at the Zahira College ground in Maradana next Saturday. The tournament which coincides with the 10th anniversary of its organisers, the Past Pupils Association, has adopted the theme ‘I’m Sri Lankan – Play [...]
Bowling machine to SACK
The Kalpage family donated a bowling machine to St. Anthony’s College Katugastota at a simple ceremony held in the College hall. The Kalpage family consists of – Sena – who played for Nalanda in the early 1960s, sons – Ruwan – Sri Lanka, former captain of St. Anthony’s in 1987/88 and 1988/89 and Nuwan – [...]
Bombay hooray for buoyant Sri Lanka sevens
The Mumbai fans had a soft spot for Fazil Marija and his men as they cheered Sri Lanka to a third-place finish at the India Sevens at the Bombay Gymkhana Club last Sunday. It was the second successive ‘bronze’ finish for Sri Lanka – they did the same at the previous leg of the HSBC [...]
Making Supun blossom the way he should
Elitism in the field of Athletics in Sri Lanka ended quite some time ago. If the results of any major athletics championship are perused, the dominance of rural athletes can be observed. Right now, one of the Jewels in the Athletics crown is a lad by the name of Supun Viraj Randeniya who seems to [...]
SLC in district development drive
Several Sri Lanka Cricket Executive members recently visited Monaragala, Nuwara Eliya, Batticaloa and Polonnaruwa with a view of providing facilities for the respective districts to enhance Infrastructure Development in these areas. The Executive Committee Members on tour comprised Mohan De Silva (Vice President), Nishantha Ranatunga (Secretary), Irwin Jayawardene and Dr. Sanjay Sedara. The development program [...]
Killer Whales devour medals up for grabs
The Killer Whale Aquatics club has made a habit out of carving through all comers in the water, aggressively disposing of their opposition in a manner much akin to their eponymous heavyweight predator. But over the years they have also proven that their uccess has not been solely constructed on an immense block of talent [...]
