Ousted SLR chief Ilyas to challenge suspension?
The legal team of ousted President of Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) Rizly Ilyas is likely to seek legal action against the directive issued by the Minister of Sports, Roshan Ranasinghe on December 8, 2022. The document signed duly by the Minister of Sports, bearing the reference MOYS/LAW/01/282, states that Ilyas’ eligibility to hold office at [...]
ICC head of Anti-Corruption here to probe match fixing claims
Alex Marshall, the head of International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) will arrive in Sri Lanka today on the invitation of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to investigate allegations of match-fixing during the recent Test series against Pakistan. Opposition MP Nalin Bandara made a sensational claim last month in Parliament that the two-match Test series [...]
Report on cricket by special committee out soon
Sri Lanka Cricket’s embarrassing stay that eclipsed their T20 World Cup show in Australia, and the betting company, which sponsored the national team during the Asia Cup and a team from the Lanka Premier League (LPL), will be looked by the same committee, Dr. Amal Harsha de Silva, the Secretary to the Sports Ministry, said. [...]
SLC turns on to ICC, citing ‘increasing political interference’
An official complaint made by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to its parent body the International Cricket Council (ICC) over increasing political interference in its administration has attracted the wrath of the Sports Ministry, which has ordered the SLC to cite these reported incidents of political interference. Ever since SLC shifted the Asia Cup to Dubai [...]
Senaka Weeraratna requests DRS ownership from ICC
Senaka Weeraratna, who is claiming ownership of the widely used Decision Review System (DRS), had written to the International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman Greg Barclay through Carroll and O’Dea, a Sydney based law firm, requesting the ICC to accept his claim. The letter seeks the acknowledgment of the ownership of the concept of DRS as [...]
Goalkeeper Martinez saves Argentina from World Cup heartbreak
Emiliano Martinez came to the rescue for Argentina on a remarkable night of drama by saving two Netherlands penalties in the shootout to send his country through to the World Cup semi-finals. The Aston Villa goalkeeper was barely tested for the best part of 90 minutes as Argentina swept into a two-goal lead before substitute [...]
CR secure thrilling win over Havies with last minute try
CR&FC held their nerves to capitalise on an opportunity that came across in the dying minutes of their SLR Nippon Paint Club Rugby League 2023, to overcome Havelocks SC by a mere two points and secure a thrilling 23-21 win at Havelock Park yesterday. Having travelled across a few miles to play their first game [...]
Four additional records on fourth day
Swimmers of Holy Family Convent (HFC) Bamabalapitya, Wycherley and Gateway International Schools Colombo and Visakha Vidyalaya all established records on the penultimate day yesterday at the 47th Sri Lanka Schools Swimming Championship being held at the Sugathadasa Pool. The highlight of them was, national swimmer Ganga Seneviratne, clocking 33.60s in the girls U20 50m backstroke. [...]
Old Thomians take home inaugural Lakshman Kadirgamar Trophy
Old Boys of S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia, led by Kumar Boralessa, laid hands on the first-ever Trinity-S. Thomas’ game of golf played for the late Lakshman Kadirgamar Trophy scoring 182 points on Friday at the Royal Colombo Golf Course. At the beginning of a tradition, where the ex-foreign minister was hailed as the greatest [...]
US sports reporter dies after collapsing at Qatar World Cup
DOHA AFP Dec 10, 2022: A leading American sports reporter, who last month had a run-in with Qatar’s World Cup organisers over a rainbow LGBTQ shirt, died while covering a tense quarter-final match Friday, his family said. Grant Wahl, 48, helped build soccer’s popularity in the United States through his vivid reporting for Sports Illustrated, [...]
Boland takes three in an over to leave Windies facing second Test defeat
Scott Boland grabbed three wickets in his opening over to leave a rattled West Indies on 38-4 and facing a heavy defeat in the second Test Saturday as the world’s top-ranked team zeroed in on another victory to seal the series. After the visitors were dismissed for 214 on day three of the pink-ball clash [...]
20th DSI Supersport School Volleyball Championship 2022 concludes successfully
The finals of 20th DSI Supersport School Volleyball Championship took place last weekend at the Sugathadasa National Sports Indoor Stadium, Complex in Colombo 14. St. Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa and Tissapura Vidyalaya, Uhana claimed the Under-19 Boy’s and Girls’ titles respectively, while Loyala College, Negombo and Hungama Viyajaba National School, Hambantota were winners of the [...]
Reunions, excitement and fun at ‘C Rugby’ – Dharmaraja/Mahamaya team win main title
Dharmaraja College emerged Cup champions, while Trinity and St. Benedict’s colleges captured the Plate and Bowl titles respectively at the 2022 version of the ‘C Rugby’ 7-a-side Tag Rugby Tournament, played at the CR&FC grounds in Longdon Place. In the annual tag rugby gala, which draws school rugby stars of yesteryear, playing together with counterparts [...]
Gateway retain U-20 International Schools’ football crown
Gateway College, Colombo retained their crown as football champions with another dominant display in this year’s Under-20 Inter-International Schools Football Tournament held at the Gateway College ground in Ratmalana. Gateway cruised through the group stage beating Asian International school 17-0 and Elizabeth Moir 5-1. In the quarter-finals they defeated Lyceum Wattlala 4-1 before knocking 8 [...]
‘Century Hitters’ Inter-Batch Cricket Tournament
The finals of the ‘Century Hitters’ Inter-Batch Cricket Tournament, organised by the Rotaract Club of the National Institute of Business Management (NIBM), played at the Kalapaluwawa Siddhartha Maha Vidyalaya grounds. Team Red Wings emerged champions while Team F(X) became the runners-up as they faced each other in a tri-format final with Team Dare Devils. Kieth [...]