http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sun, 27 Feb 2022 01:12:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/india-thrash-butter-fingered-sri-lanka-474453.html 26 February 2022 @ 11:58 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-474543 quot; title= quot;Pathum-New quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220227/uploads/2022/02/Pathum-New.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;500 quot; height= quot;333 quot; / gt;AFP: Shreyas Iyer smashed an unbeaten 74 as India hammered Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the second Twenty20 international to clinch the series on Saturday. Chasi... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/indian-series-swansong-for-senior-seamer-suranga-lakmal-474443.html 26 February 2022 @ 9:38 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_474444 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;400 quot; caption= quot;Suranga Lakmal(L) heading for his final Test series quot;] lt;img class= quot; wp-image-474444 quot; title= quot;Lakmal-and-Thirimanna quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220227/uploads/2022/02/Lakmal-and-Thirimanna.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;400 quot; height= qu... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/tamil-union-outclass-police-sc-by-10-wkts-474440.html 26 February 2022 @ 9:34 pm lt;div gt; Tamil Union coasted to a convincing 10-wicket win over Police SC with a day to spare in the Major Club Emerging Tournament cricket encounter concluded at the NCC ground yesterday. lt;/div gt; Tamil Union in reply to Police SC rsquo;s score of 129, scored a modest 221. Police were then bowled out for 133 runs, a lead of just 41 runs when Ravindu Fernando and Dilum Sudeera ran th... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/colombo-stares-at-jaffnas-jumbo-total-despite-roshens-147-474435.html 26 February 2022 @ 9:29 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-474436 quot; title= quot;Roshen-Silva quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220227/uploads/2022/02/Roshen-Silva.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;300 quot; height= quot;480 quot; / gt;National Test discard Roshen Silva was seen fighting a lone battle in an unbeaten 147 and stranded from his and his team rsquo;s score and still 246 behind of Ja... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/waduges-ton-lifts-galle-out-of-danger-474432.html 26 February 2022 @ 9:26 pm A century from Pabasara Waduge (128) and a late and an unfinished 60 from Suminda Lakshan propelled the home team Galle of cutting down the deficit inside 100, when an early stumps was drawn yesterday due to rain, at the end of day three in one of the two opening games of the National Super League four-dayer. Hosts starting their innings lost Sangeeth Cooray after a good start. He was separated... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/cops-put-reds-in-shackles-at-police-park-474429.html 26 February 2022 @ 9:23 pm Sri Lanka Police put on a superlative performance from kick-off against CR amp;FC who had a bad day on the field due to repeated handling errors were comprehensively beaten 20-03 in week five of the Club Rugby League 2022 played at Police Park yesterday. In the dawn of sixth minute of play the Reds gifted a penalty which was put over by Police SC flyhalf Yohan Peiris to make the score 3-0 in fa... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/remain-or-leave-chief-selector-slams-at-sloppy-cricketers-474423.html 26 February 2022 @ 9:10 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_474425 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;500 quot; caption= quot;Bhanuka Rajapaksa has been the most quot;overrated quot; cricketer in recent times - Pic by Priyanka Samaraweera quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-474425 quot; title= quot;_MG_9576 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220227/uploads/2022/02/MG_9576.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; widt... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/this-years-143rd-battle-of-the-blues-in-july-474418.html 26 February 2022 @ 9:06 pm lt;div gt; Sri Lanka rsquo;s longest-running and world rsquo;s only second-oldest big match between ndash; Royal College and St. Thomas rsquo; College Mount Lavinia ndash; will be played only in July this year, in stark contrast to its usual period in the month of March, an authoritative source told lt;em gt; the Sunday Times. lt;/em gt; lt;/div gt; This year rsquo;s encounter, the 143r... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/ssc-honours-its-immediate-past-president-william-tissa-ellawala-474410.html 26 February 2022 @ 9:04 pm lt;img class= quot;aligncenter size-full wp-image-474413 quot; title= quot;9Y1A6682 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220227/uploads/2022/02/9Y1A6682.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;500 quot; height= quot;333 quot; / gt; lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-474414 quot; title= quot;9Y1A6648 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220227/uploads/2022/02/9Y1A6648.jpg quot; ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/police-unit-to-dig-deep-into-doping-incidents-474405.html 26 February 2022 @ 9:01 pm At the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in India, Manju Wanniarachchi beat Wales' Sean McGoldrick in the bantamweight division to secure the gold medal in boxing, a record after 72 years. But the euphoria lasted less than two weeks when the boxer was found guilty of a doping offence. Wanniarachchi admitted to taking medication from a practitioner in Kurunegala but wouldn't admit to consuming a proh... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/chaminda-mendis-shines-as-petroleum-corporation-clinch-nsca-t20-title-474396.html 26 February 2022 @ 8:59 pm A solid all-round effort by Chaminda Mendis helped Petroleum Corporation record a comfortable 27-run win over Insurance Corporation in the finals of the Nationalised Services Cricket Association Veteran rsquo;s T20 tournament played at Ratmalana on Friday. Chasing136 to win, Insurance Corporation managed 108 runs with Mendis finishing with best figures of 3 for 12 to help his side clinch the ti... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/sylvesters-win-by-8-wickets-474387.html 26 February 2022 @ 8:57 pm lt;div gt; St Sylvesters College, Kandy defeated Kingswood College by eight wickets in their two-day traditional match concluded at the Rangiri Dambulu International Cricket Stadium. nbsp; Kingswood batting second was skittled out for 99,with the wrecker-in-chief being Kavishka Imesh collecting five-wickets. lt;strong gt;Results lt;/strong gt; lt;/div gt; lt;strong gt;K lt;/strong gt... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/ashen-steers-bens-to-victory-474379.html 26 February 2022 @ 8:54 pm lt;div gt; nbsp; lt;/div gt; St. Benedict rsquo;s College registered an easy nine wicket win over St. Anne rsquo;s Kurunegala on the back of a fine all-round performance by Ashen de Soyza in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Kotahena yesterday. The match between St. Peter rsquo;s and Nalanda played at Bambalapitoya ended in a tame draw. lt;strong gt; nbsp;Re... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/young-blood-vinuja-ranpuls-date-with-dream-and-desire-474289.html 26 February 2022 @ 7:17 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_474290 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;500 quot; caption= quot;The outing against the Afghans was a one to remember quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-474290 quot; title= quot;Vinuja quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220227/uploads/2022/02/Vinuja.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;500 quot; height= quot;324 quot; / gt;[/c... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/sangeeth-suriyage-sets-sights-in-producing-the-next-generation-of-drivers-474285.html 26 February 2022 @ 7:14 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_474286 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;500 quot; caption= quot;Suriyage poses with his prized posession quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-474286 quot; title= quot;Suriyage- quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220227/uploads/2022/02/Suriyage-.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;500 quot; height= quot;333 quot; / gt;[/caption... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/sri-lanka-squash-drive-enables-qualifying-of-players-to-psa-league-474090.html 26 February 2022 @ 7:06 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_474280 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;500 quot; caption= quot;The champion duo- Ravindu Laksiri and Fathoum Issadeen quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-474280 quot; title= quot;The-champion-squash-duo--Ravindu-Laksiri-and-Fathoum-Issadeen quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220227/uploads/2022/02/The-champion-squash-duo-Ravind... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/commonwealth-games-launch-school-linking-partnership-474076.html 26 February 2022 @ 2:00 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_474084 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;500 quot; caption= quot;Birmingham Commonwealth Games Organising Committee officials at the programme launch quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-474084 quot; title= quot;106th-Issue-9 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220227/uploads/2022/02/106th-Issue-9.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/esandi-and-devesh-claim-main-titles-474064.html 26 February 2022 @ 1:54 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_474066 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;250 quot; caption= quot;Esandi won the Under-18 Youth Girls title quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-474066 quot; title= quot;Esandi quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220227/uploads/2022/02/Esandi.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;250 quot; height= quot;367 quot; / gt;[/caption] Esandi Newansa ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/grand-park-arena-hosts-inter-house-cricket-tournament-474056.html 26 February 2022 @ 1:49 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_474057 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;500 quot; caption= quot;Champions - GPA Gladiators quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-474057 quot; title= quot;GPA-PR-1 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220227/uploads/2022/02/GPA-PR-1.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;500 quot; height= quot;283 quot; / gt;[/caption] Grand Park Arena (GPA) hos... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/yeti-powers-thomian-cricket-and-rugby-teams-474052.html 26 February 2022 @ 1:42 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_474053 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;500 quot; caption= quot;Warden, S. Thomas rsquo; Rev. Marc Billimoria (second from left) receiving a pack of Yeti products from Dr. Dilshan Balasuriya (Director, Yeti) in the presence of Sports Director, S. Thomas rsquo; Dinesh Kumarasinghe (left) and Malik Perera (CEO, Yeti) quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-i... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/global-systems-solutions-defends-mercantile-level-esports-title-for-second-year-474048.html 26 February 2022 @ 1:41 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-474049 quot; title= quot;mec-gss quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220227/uploads/2022/02/mec-gss.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;300 quot; height= quot;169 quot; / gt;For the sixth consecutive year, Gamer.LK brought the thrill and excitement of Esports to the corporate community across the country, with its Mercantile Esports Championsh... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/sports/kularathna-central-college-godakawela-wins-inaugural-dialog-schools-rugby-development-7s-474044.html 26 February 2022 @ 1:38 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_474045 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;500 quot; caption= quot;Members of the champion team, Kularathna Central College, Godakawela celebrate their victory with the presence of (from left) Nirodha Wijerama (Secretary, SLSRFA), B.A. Abeyratne (President, SLSRFA), Chaminda Lakmal (District Manager - Kegalle - Regional Operation, Dialog Axiata PLC) and Dami...