http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sat, 14 Aug 2021 18:25:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sports/india-friend-big-brother-or-saviour-452530.html 14 August 2021 @ 9:38 pm lt;div gt; lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-452531 quot; title= quot;For-Lead quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/For-Lead.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;500 quot; height= quot;333 quot; / gt;When eight Indian cricketers went into isolation after Kurnal Pandya tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the second T20 international against Sri Lanka, it ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sports/shanaka-guides-greys-to-second-straight-win-452523.html 14 August 2021 @ 9:30 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_452527 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;300 quot; caption= quot;Dasun Shanaka in action quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-452527 quot; title= quot;Dasun-Shanaka quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/Dasun-Shanaka1.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;300 quot; height= quot;453 quot; / gt;[/caption] Ski... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sports/slasu-to-dive-deep-for-future-of-all-four-aquatics-sports-452520.html 14 August 2021 @ 9:27 pm lt;div gt; Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union (SLASU) intends to request the Ministry of Sports to obtain services of Chinese coaches for the national coaching set up on a long term plan. Through this SLASU intends to seriously focus on four categories of aquatic sports, as the coaches would be drafted under the China-Sri Lanka cultural programme. lt;/div gt; Chinese aquatic sports has seen a... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sports/royal-thomian-postponed-again-452516.html 14 August 2021 @ 9:25 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-452517 quot; title= quot;DSC_5058 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/DSC_5058.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;500 quot; height= quot;333 quot; / gt;The twice-postponed 142nd annual big match cricket encounter between Royal and S. Thomas' colleges, has been 'postponed' once again after obtaining necessary approvals a... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sports/alleged-tender-rig-at-ism-452513.html 14 August 2021 @ 9:23 pm An alleged attempt to 'rig' a tender by 'tailor-making the technical specifications' to suit a hand-picked party has come to light at the Institute of Sports Medicine (ISM), with an aggrieved party protesting over alleged violation of procurement guidelines. The ISM recently called for tenders to supply, install, commission, train and maintain equipment for its human performance laboratory but ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sports/state-run-sports-venues-to-go-private-452510.html 14 August 2021 @ 9:22 pm In a major development, the Government is to enter into public-private partnerships (PPPs) to maintain all State-owned sports complexes and stadiums in the country. Accordingly, all stadiums and grounds at national, provincial and district levels owned and managed by the Sports Ministry or the Sports Development Department or funded by the same will be brought under the Sugathadasa National Sports... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sports/budding-sprinters-off-to-kenya-2-452390.html 14 August 2021 @ 7:16 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-452391 quot; title= quot;17 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/172.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;550 quot; height= quot;113 quot; / gt;Aspiring sprinter Medhani Jayamanne will be among the seven young athletes that will represent Sri Lanka at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sports/a-dream-of-a-brave-hearted-war-hero-452379.html 14 August 2021 @ 7:04 pm lt;div gt; lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-452380 quot; title= quot;PHOTO-2021-08-12-20-44-47 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/PHOTO-2021-08-12-20-44-47.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;300 quot; height= quot;413 quot; / gt;In 2018, Suresh Ranjan Dharmasena and Lasantha Ranaweera won the bronze medal in wheelchair tennis Men rsquo;s Doubles a... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sports/duckworth-lewis-and-senaka-452374.html 14 August 2021 @ 6:59 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright wp-image-452375 quot; title= quot;DL-vs-UDRS quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/DL-vs-UDRS.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;400 quot; height= quot;301 quot; / gt;The World Cup semi-finals between England and South Africa in 1992 became a talking point of the cricket world due to an lsquo;unfair rsquo; rain related rule that cost Sout... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sports/two-promising-pugilists-for-asian-meet-452367.html 14 August 2021 @ 6:54 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_452368 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;200 quot; caption= quot;Kavindu Karunasinghe quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-452368 quot; title= quot;Kavindu-Karunasinghe quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/Kavindu-Karunasinghe.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;200 quot; height= quot;420 quot; / gt;[/capti... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sports/dialog-powers-slc-invitational-t20-league-452203.html 14 August 2021 @ 6:49 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_452364 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;500 quot; caption= quot;Harsha Samaranayake of Dialog Axiata PLC (2nd R) handing over the sponsorship cheque for Dialog-SLC Invitational T20 League to SLC Secretary Mohan de Silva (2nd L) quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-452364 quot; title= quot;Dialog---SLC quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/u... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sports/gamer-lk-announces-singer-esports-premier-league-2021-with-rs-1-million-prize-pool-452173.html 13 August 2021 @ 9:42 pm lt;div gt; lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-452174 quot; title= quot;eSports-2 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/eSports-2.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;400 quot; height= quot;267 quot; / gt;Sri Lanka rsquo;s premier Esports company Gamer.LK announced the Singer Esports Premier League - a franchise based PUBG Mobile League consisting of 12 teams... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sports/seniru-and-amaya-take-honours-2-452167.html 13 August 2021 @ 9:39 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-452170 quot; title= quot;28 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/281.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;500 quot; height= quot;476 quot; / gt;Seniru Ranuth Nagasinghe of Lyceum International School, Nugegoda excelled in the Western 1 Open event by scoring a total of 7 frac12; points out of possible 8 games to win the Ina... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sports/the-sri-lanka-national-chess-championships-cycle-2021-452162.html 13 August 2021 @ 9:31 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_452163 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;320 quot; caption= quot;Nethmi Fernando won the Women amp;#39;s National Championship in 2020 quot;] lt;img class= quot; wp-image-452163 quot; title= quot;Nethmi-Fernando-Women-National-Champ-2020 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/Nethmi-Fernando-Women-National-Champ-2020.jpg quot; alt= q...