King Kalinga sets new 400m meet record
Sprinter Kalinga Kumarage clocked the fourth fastest time in Sri Lankan 400m history as he blazed his way to win the title in a new championship record of 45.07secs on day two of the 101st National Senior Athletics Championships at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday. It is also the best-ever time to run in Sri Lanka [...]
Petes crush hapless Vidyartha
St. Peter’s College maintained its top position in Group 2A and fired a warning shot with a crushing 66-10 win over hapless Vidyartha College in their final Dialog Schools Rugby League 2023 first round game at Bambalapitiya yesterday. The Peterites scored five tries in the opening half and added five more in the final half [...]
Joes tame Dons
St. Joseph’s College thumped giant killers D.S. Senanayake College with a 29-16 win with bonus in their last first round game of the Dialog Schools Rugby League 2023 played at Havelock Park yesterday. Despite their five-try win, Josephians still failed to make the cut to the Super Round yet spoilt D.S. Senanayake’s easy passage to [...]
Root leads run-spree as England press for Ashes-levelling win
LONDON, July 29, 2023 (AFP) – Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow combined for a sublime century partnership as England took a giant stride towards levelling the Ashes in the fifth Test at The Oval on Saturday. England, in a match they must win to square the series at 2-2, were 389-9 in their second innings [...]
Eagles humble Thora to reach Super Round
St. Anthony’s College recorded their fourth win of Dialog Schools Rugby League 2023, with a resounding 34-17 win against S. Thomas’ College at Pallekele yesterday, which returned as a triple-treat to their gallant effort. The win, secured with six tries and a bonus point, not only guaranteed their slot in the Super Round of the [...]
Trinity calls off Zahira match
The Dialog Schools Rugby League 2023 final first round match between hosts Zahira College and Trinity College was not played yesterday at Maradana as scheduled after the visiting team had failed to make its presence the Sunday Times learns. It is said that almost half of the Trinity rugby outfit had experienced a food poisoning, [...]
Karate-Do brought down to mat by Minister
Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe suspended the registration of Sri Lanka Karate-Do Federation and has appointed a nine-member committee as a temporary operational procedure in order to further maintain the functions of the association. Accordingly the committee is headed by C.A.G. de Zoysa (President) and includes Dr. Jayalath Illangakoon (Secretary), S.C. Medawatta, Dr. Jayanthi A. Nanayakkara, [...]
Does the moral decadence in the country pervade our national sports too?
Almost every sector in the country is caught in a morass of crass indifference. Apart from the fiscal quagmire or perhaps because of it, the body politic in our land appears to lack any sense of moral turpitude, sucking the very spirit of people striving to rise above the insidious machinations in the corridors of [...]
They don’t like cricket – they ‘love’ it
Amidst a furore over an alleged abuse of power by the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) hierarchy during last year’s T20 World Cup in Australia, Sri Lanka’s cricketers produced gutless performance to suffer their heaviest loss—a 222-run defeat in the second Test against Pakistan—making an inauspicious start to the new World Test Championships cycle. The series [...]
Colombo RC win Deepam Trophy while Madras BC pocket Adyar Trophy
With 45 points accumulated from a total of 12 races in the 82nd annual Madras Colombo Regatta, Colombo Rowing Club won the Deepam Trophy awarded for men, while hosts Madras Boat Club annexed the Adyar Trophy on offer for women at Chennai yesterday. The oldest international inter-club rowing event, established in the year 1898, consisted [...]
LPL kicks off today with Jaffna-Colombo clash
After leading Pakistan to a resounding 2-0 win against Sri Lanka in the concluded bilateral Test series, which was part of the latest World Test Championship cycle, skipper Babar Azam will play a key role for Colombo Strikers in today’s Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2023 curtain raiser game against title holders Jaffna Kings. The first [...]
GSTC Tennis Academy to be inaugurated tomorrow
GSTC Tennis, the dedicated tennis club, successfully conducted the first ever open day tennis camp recently, which was well attended and conducted by six professional coaches. The event commenced with an exhibition game of tennis between two Sri Lanka ranked Fed Cup players, Janali Manamperi and Tuvini de Alwis, in order to showcase the level [...]