http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sat, 02 Jul 2022 17:52:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/joes-down-thora-in-a-thriller-487814.html 2 July 2022 @ 8:31 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_487817 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;500 quot; caption= quot;The Josephians were clinical as a unit, yet the Thomians managed to counterattack and take the game to the wire quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-487817 quot; title= quot;WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-02-at-6.14 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220703/uploads/2022/07/W... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/royal-trounce-hapless-kingswood-487807.html 2 July 2022 @ 8:29 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_487810 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;500 quot; caption= quot;Royal was unstoppable at their own backyard yesterday quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-487810 quot; title= quot;Royal quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220703/uploads/2022/07/Royal.gif quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;500 quot; height= quot;334 quot; / gt;[/caption] Royal... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/the-plot-that-went-wrong-at-galle-487857.html 2 July 2022 @ 8:27 pm The annihilation it faced on Friday could force the Sri Lanka cricket team's think-tank to restrategise ahead of the second and final Test against Australia starting at the same venue next Friday. Australia steamrolled the hosts inside two-and-a-half days to record a comprehensive 10-wicket win in a Test that lasted just 153.2 overs in all. The beating was so painful that many thought Sri Lanka... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/agar-to-return-home-replaced-in-squad-by-holland-487795.html 2 July 2022 @ 8:23 pm Australia left-arm spinner Ashton Agar has been ruled out of their second Test against Sri Lanka, which begins on 8 July. The 28-year-old will fly home after failing to recover from a side strain and has been replaced by left-arm finger spinner Jon Holland. Agar, who hasn't played a Test since 2017, was not considered for the first Test against Sri Lanka either, with leg-spinner Mitchell Swe... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/history-awaits-for-four-squash-players-set-for-cwg-487791.html 2 July 2022 @ 8:18 pm For the four squash players ndash; Ravindu Laksiri, Shameel Wakeel, Chanithma Sinaly and Yeheni Kuruppu ndash; endorsed by the Ministry of Sports and set to represent Sri Lanka at the Commonwealth Games (CWG), history is on the cards, lt;em gt;the Sunday Times lt;/em gt; can confirm, exclusively. Accordingly, in news that eclipses everything for the very first time of the Lankans' CWG partic... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/sandeesh-shines-for-sebs-487778.html 2 July 2022 @ 8:17 pm Sebastian's Sandeesh Fernando was pick of the player for his 47 and a match bag of eight-wickets in their drawn traditional encounter against the Royal College Colombo at Royal, concluding yesterday. lt;table style= quot;background-color: #fcfbe2; quot; border= quot;0 quot; gt; lt;tbody gt; lt;tr gt; lt;td gt; lt;strong gt;Chief scores: lt;/strong gt; lt;/td gt; lt;td gt; lt;/td gt; lt... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/batters-do-the-talking-in-drawn-big-match-487775.html 2 July 2022 @ 8:14 pm Batters from both the schools shown with Minindu Siva, the top scorer of the match, only to miss out on a big match century (87), in their drawn low-scoring 67th Battle of the Mangosteen big match concluding yesterday at Surrey Village, Maggona. At close, Kalutara Vidyalaya had gained a lead by 156. lt;table style= quot;background-color: #fcfce2; quot; border= quot;0 quot; gt; lt;tbody gt; ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/rajans-gain-slender-lead-over-nalandians-487770.html 2 July 2022 @ 8:12 pm Dharmajara College Kandy after posting 170, on the back of opener Sachintha Dissanayake rsquo;s 70, managed to keep Nalandians at bay reducing them to four down for 94. At the end of day one, Nalandians were having a deficit of 70. Dulara Bandulasena so far with two wickets, also thwarted Yasiru Samarakoon from a fifty in their traditional encounter at the Nalanda College grounds. lt;table st... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/rajans-hold-science-to-a-draw-487715.html 2 July 2022 @ 8:05 pm Science College, the giant killers in the Dialog Schools Rugby League 2022 had to settle for a 15 all draw against Dharmaraja College at the Nittawela Rugby Stadium yesterday. Both teams scored their points through 2 tries, 1 conversion and a penalty. At the short breather Science led 7-5. Referee Dilum Deeshana In another encounter in Division 1B Thurstan edged out Sri Sumangala Kandy 37... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/no-dollars-no-problem-lanka-to-still-send-164-for-cwg-2022-487704.html 2 July 2022 @ 6:59 pm lt;div gt; lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-487706 quot; title= quot;DC3A7631 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220703/uploads/2022/07/DC3A7631.gif quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;250 quot; height= quot;318 quot; / gt;The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOC) boasted that it would send a lsquo;strong rsquo; contingent of 164 members for the upcoming Commonwealth Ga... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/table-tennis-commonwealth-games-selection-creates-stir-487695.html 2 July 2022 @ 6:57 pm lt;div gt; lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-487700 quot; title= quot;Senura-international quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220703/uploads/2022/07/Senura-international.gif quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;500 quot; height= quot;331 quot; / gt;The Sri Lanka table tennis team, scheduled to take wings to Birmingham, England later this month for the Commonwealth Games 2022, may ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/europes-second-half-grass-court-season-487686.html 2 July 2022 @ 6:52 pm With the French Open, the European clay-court season ends. Players shift their tactical and stroke making skills to fit the grass court game. Wimbledon, which is All England Lawn Tennis Championships and one of the four annual Grand Slam event, is on grass. There are 11 Grass events leading to Wimbledon. Until a few years ago, when the French Open finishes in late May, professionals in the top ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/fiba-3x3-asia-cup-women-in-main-tournament-men-need-to-qualify-487683.html 2 July 2022 @ 6:46 pm Sri Lankan men rsquo;s and women rsquo;s 3x3 basketball teams will take to Marina Bay Sands, Singapore next week for the ndash; FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup ndash; with the men needing to go through qualifiers while their women rsquo;s team having already qualified to the main tournament. 3x3 is one of the two formats in the fast-paced fascinating game, the same way cricket has T20 as the fastest format... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/quickee-lk-partners-with-royal-college-rugby-for-2022-487643.html 2 July 2022 @ 6:42 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_487680 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;500 quot; caption= quot;(Standing from left): Rananja Gonaduwa (Head - Business and Commercial), Aijta Pasqual, Riyaz Aluher (Assistant Principal/Senior Games Master, Royal College), P.A.S.P. Jayalath (Principal, Royal College), Chehan Perera (Chairman, RC Rugby Football Advisory and Management Committee), Sammy Akb... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/wesley-college-holds-traditional-rugby-jersey-presentation-487629.html 2 July 2022 @ 1:36 pm lt;div gt; lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-487630 quot; title= quot;DSC_7422 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220703/uploads/2022/07/DSC_7422.gif quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;500 quot; height= quot;247 quot; / gt;The annual Rugby lsquo;1st XV Jersey Presentation rsquo; ceremony of Wesley College was recently held at the College premises, marking the significant junctu... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/susal-wins-gold-in-the-highest-division-487620.html 2 July 2022 @ 1:28 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_487623 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;550 quot; caption= quot;The Sri Lankan contingent upon arrival at the BIA in Katunayake with CFSL officials quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-487623 quot; title= quot;The-Group quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220703/uploads/2022/07/The-Group.gif quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;550 quot; height= q... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/national-olympic-committee-of-sri-lanka-celebrates-asian-games-for-all-487615.html 2 July 2022 @ 1:24 pm The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOC) conducted a national level drawing and painting contest under the auspices of the Olympic Council of Asia and the Organising Committee of the Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 for children under 13 years of age to mark the celebration of nbsp; lsquo;Asian Games for all rsquo;. This enabled everyone a chance to be involved in the Asian Games which is to... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/sanudula-wins-queens-chess-title-earns-a-trip-to-witness-world-chess-olympiad-487607.html 2 July 2022 @ 1:23 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-487610 quot; title= quot;Dahamdi-KMS quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220703/uploads/2022/07/Dahamdi-KMS.gif quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;300 quot; height= quot;302 quot; / gt;Sanudula Dahamdi of Musaeus College won the Rating Category event of 1600-1799 of the Queen rsquo;s Chess Festival Blitz Chess Championships 2022 conducted by the ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/susal-becomes-sri-lankas-new-chess-international-master-487595.html 2 July 2022 @ 1:22 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright wp-image-487597 quot; title= quot;Susal-2 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220703/uploads/2022/07/Susal-2.gif quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;180 quot; height= quot;226 quot; / gt;Susal de Silva of Nalanda College became Sri Lanka rsquo;s youngest International Master (IM) after his performance of winning the gold medal at the Western Asian Youth Chess Champ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220703/sports/ais-students-to-compete-at-junior-world-rowing-championship-487575.html 2 July 2022 @ 1:20 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-487590 quot; title= quot;WhatsApp-Image-2022-06-27-at-10 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/220703/uploads/2022/07/WhatsApp-Image-2022-06-27-at-10.gif quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;500 quot; height= quot;333 quot; / gt;Rovinya Wijesekera and Shaylon Gunarathna of Asian International School (AIS) have been selected by the World Rowing Federa...