Sri Lanka to make three changes today
Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga will all return to the playing XI in the second game as Sri Lanka look to stay afloat in the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan. The second ODI will be played this morning at Hambantota, the venue for the three-match series. In what was another disappointing day for [...]
LPL 4 set to attract star players
With the inaugural player auction of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) scheduled for next week in a five-star Hotel in Colombo, Tournament Director Samantha Dodanwela is confident they can attract some top class international and local stars to light up the upcoming fourth edition. The auction is set for June 14 for the five-team tournament [...]
Stage set to kick off school rugby season
The mush anticipated, the Dialog Schools Rugby League 2023, will be staged beginning from June 14 with the game between St. Anthony’s and St. Joseph’s at the Bogambara ground in Kandy. This game welcomes seven weeks of excitement as six games are scheduled to take place each week with defending champions Isipathana College coming out [...]
Steeplechaser Ratnayake could face ban after failing doping test
Female steeplechase runner Nilani Ratnayake could face a ban of up to four years after testing positive for Ligandrol—a drug banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). She is the second athlete in months to test positive for the above drug. Powerlifter Indika Danansuriya is also facing a four-year ban after testing positive. The disciplinary [...]
Australia, India all set for the big finale
The quick turnaround to Test cricket and vastly different conditions to what both sides are used to have been the talking points in the Australian and Indian camps ahead of the ICC World Test Championship Final that begins on June 7 at The Oval. “We have to wait and see what The Oval (pitch) looks [...]
Long term contract will be a blessing to develop horseracing – RTC
As part of the Nuwara Eliya Development Committee, a special sub-committee has been designated to oversee the development of the racecourse in Nuwara Eliya, the only existing such facility in the country. It is understood that veteran hotelier Hiran Cooray and Sunela Jayawardena, a renowned architect, are part of this committee, which will look into [...]
NCC, Colts, Tamil Union, Moors on top
The Major Club T20 domestic cricket tournament which is in full swing has almost reached the halfway stage. Four teams – NCC, Colts, Tamil Union and Moors SC — have taken the top slots in the four groups and are yet to taste defeat. But out of the lot two teams, NCC from Group ‘A’ [...]
Abeywickrama wins bronze at International Future Series
Dumindu Abeywickrama, an old-boy of Royal College, Colombo, who is ranked 197 in the world, won the bronze medal yesterday at the International Badminton Future Series played in Shimkent, Kazakstan. On his way to the semifinals, Abeywickrama, 20, beat Lan Gabriel Vargas of Philippines 2-1 in the pre-quarter-final. After losing the first set 19-21, Abeywickrama [...]