Peterites blitz Pathana
It was the clash of titans in the showdown for the Dialog Schools Rugby League 2023 title as St. Peter’s Colllege fended off a late charge from defending champs Isipathana College to record a 28-17 win and regain the crown after a dearth of 13 years at Bambalapitiya yesterday. It was a St. Peter’s game [...]
Royal thrash St. Anthony’s to become league runners-up
Royal College completed their Dialog Schools Rugby League 2023 campaign with a thumping 37-14 win against St. Anthony’s College, to end as runners-up after their bonus point win at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy yesterday. Despite early hiccups, Royal managed to dominate the first half with a 15-0 lead and completed the game with a [...]
Cans to craft–the story of LPL trophy
Exactly 21 years ago, on August 6 of 2002 Lieutenant Keerthi Kanaheraarachchi met with a near fatal accident that would change his whole life upside down. Kanaheraarachchi was part of Sri Lanka Air Force’s first batch of skydivers, who would grace the opening ceremony of the 14th Asian Athletic Championship at the Sugathadasa Stadium in [...]
WR insists Illyas to step down
World Rugby (WR) has demanded the resignation of Rizly Illyas–the President of Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) immediately respecting the suspension imposed on him by Asia Rugby (AR) in the best interest of rugby players in Sri Lanka. Illyas remained suspended by AR since last year after he was found guilty of breaching Asia Rugby’s Code [...]
Sprinter Darshana in action at Budapest today
Sri Lanka will feature in the Men’s 400m event a World Athletics Championships for the first time in 18 years when 24-year-old sprinter Aruna Darshana joins the starting blocks this afternoon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Darshana, with a personal best of 45.45secs, has shown steady progress this year and Sri [...]
England must play ‘game of our lives’ in World Cup final, says Bright
SYDNEY AFP Aug 19, 2023: Skipper Millie Bright said that England will need to play “the game of our lives” to beat Spain in Sunday’s Women’s World Cup final. When the Lionesses kick off at Stadium Australia in Sydney they will attempt to do what no England side, men or women, has managed since 1966 [...]
National rugby team commence training for Asian Games
After being left to idle for weeks, the Sri Lanka Men’s 7s rugby team has finally begun their training at a venue in Colombo, targeting the upcoming Asian Games 2023, scheduled to take place in Hangzhou, China. This was confirmed to the Sunday Times by Suresh Subramaniam, the President of the National Olympic Committee of [...]
Hasaranga heroics steer B-Love Kandy to LPL final
An allround performance by skipper Wanindu Hasaranga paved the way for B-Love Kandy to record a comfortable 34 runs win over Galle Titans in the Qualifier 2 encounter of the Lanka Premier League played at under floodlights at the R. Premadasa Stadium which ensured them the second slot to the final and to battle it [...]
Wijemanne brothers shine
Wijemanna brothers–Thehan and Methwan–won major honours at the 108th National Tennis Championships being worked off at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association Courts in Greenpath. The pair also shared five titles between them with Methwan clinching three of them. Results Doubles Finals: Boys U-16: Methwan Wijemanne/Sanda Usgodaarachchi beat Ganuka Fernando/Chenul Wickramasinghe 2-1 (3/6, 6/2, 11/9) Boys [...]
Sri Lanka Junior Match Play Championship 2023 tee off tomorrow
The Sri Lanka Junior Match Play Golf Championship for this year, will tee off tomorrow at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) course. The first day’s play will be a medal round and qualifying round followed by match play segment of the tournament from Tuesday to Friday. The most important junior golf event of the [...]
Wimbledon 2023 — Raducanu’s story
Change of guards in the WTA Tennis started with the US Open going to Naomi Osaka in 2018. This also started the teenage domination of WTA tennis. The final of the US Open of 2018 with Carlos as umpire, witnessed a historic and player revolting final match. The present generation will remember this. Encounter had [...]
England FA says women’s coach Wiegman not for grab
SYDNEY AFP Aug 18, 2023: Any approach for England coach Sarina Wiegman would “100 percent” be rejected, the country’s football association said ahead of Sunday’s Women’s World Cup final against Spain. The United States are looking for a new coach following the resignation of Vlatko Andonovski, who oversaw their worst World Cup ever when they [...]
Veteran umpire E.K.G. Wijewardena dies at 82
E.K.G. Wijewardena, who had served the Association of Cricket Umpires in Sri Lanka (ACU) for nearly 50 years, passed away after a brief illness at the age of 82. Having had his education at Zahira College in the early 1950s, ‘EKG’ joined the clerical staff of the C.W.E., where he played for the Nationalised Services. [...]
NOC-Crysbro initiate second phase of ‘Next Champ’
After the success of the inaugural NOC-Crysbro ‘Next Champ’ programme, which was initiated in 2020 with the vision of nurturing and enhancing potential medal winning junior athletes, the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and Crysbro announced the second phase by extending the support to 13 athletes set to bring victory to Sri Lanka on international stage. [...]
#LPL2023 racks up over 60 million views as TikTok
TikTok announced its partnership with skyfair.news Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2023 as the official content partner. The partnership allowed fans to celebrate LPL’s unforgettable moments together on the platform using the hashtag #LPL2023, which has already garnered over 60 million views to date. In this LPL 4, 15 matches were scheduled to be played in [...]
‘Airtel Fastest’ alumni on LPL selections
Eshan Malinga, who was the overall winner of the Airtel Fastest contest with his unique sling-arm bowling action and Rathnaraja Thenurathan, who reached the finals of the contest represented Colombo Strikers and Jaffna Kings in the 2023 season of the Lanka Premier League (LPL). The Airtel Sri Lanka’s Fastest contest which was launched in 2019 [...]
Benedictines victorious at Colombo Zonal Schools Athletic Championship
St. Benedict’s College athletes came up with a stunning allround performance at the all-important Colombo Zonal Schools Athletics Championship held at the Sugathadasa Stadium last month. With a massive tally of 132 points and a winning margin of 60 points over the second placed Royal College, they stamped their class and superiority over the rest of [...]
Gateway’s Adheesha comes on top in scrabble
Adheesha Dissanayake of Gateway College continued to dominate his supremacy in scrabble in Sri Lanka after winning the Under-18 All-Island Age Group Scrabble Championship. He was undefeated in both the zonals and the finals. Last weekend he won the Sri Lanka Open Scrabble Championship convincingly. He finished ahead of three former winners with two wins [...]
Sgt. S.N. Perera wins Royal College Best Commander’s award
Sergeant S.N. Perera had the honour of winning the best Commander’s award at the Royal College Colours Awarding Ceremony, held on a grand scale last week at the Navaragahala. The award of Senior Cadet Best Commander’s prize was revived after a long period with a new trophy named ‘Lt. Col. Manik Jayakumar and Brothers’ donated [...]
Royal College crowned Western Province TT champs
Royal College table tennis once again emerged champions in Under-20 and Under-16 titles and became Under-18 runners-up at the Western Province National School Games Table Tennis Tournament held at the Indoor Stadium in Bandaragama. Royal beat Ananda College 3-0 in the Under-20 final, and 3-0 in the Under-16 final. Ananda claimed the Under-18 title beating [...]
Obstaculum ‘23 to showcase STC athletic potentials
S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia, in collaboration with Middlesex University, announced its latest sporting initiative, Obstaculum ‘23, which was conducted this weekend. This unique initiative underscores the school’s commitment to holistic development by emphasising the significance of both sports and academics in shaping well-rounded individuals. Obstaculum ‘23, derived from the Latin word for ‘obstacle’, is [...]
Golf-O-Rama fun golf for Thomians at Obstaculum 2023
The Old Thomians Rugby Football Union (OTRFU), in association with the Sports Department of S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia launched an excellent initiative to unearth talent and discover hidden skills unique to each sport this weekend at the Small Club grounds, powered by Middlesex University, Dubai. UTE-CAT, in collaboration with Adventure Golf, assisted by Sri [...]