http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sat, 27 Dec 2025 19:56:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/sports/sri-lanka-recalls-four-seniors-and-a-newbie-for-pakistan-t20s-3-626110.html 27 December 2025 @ 11:31 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_626111 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;200 quot; caption= quot;Charith Asalanka quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-626111 quot; title= quot;3 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/251228/uploads/2025/12/37.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;200 quot; height= quot;236 quot; / gt;[/caption] Former captain Charith Asalanka, M... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/sports/noc-assures-agm-at-earliest-opportunity-amid-ongoing-forensic-audit-626069.html 27 December 2025 @ 10:18 pm The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOC) has shared a communiqu eacute; with its membership assuring its steadfast commitment to conduct the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and the election of the Executive Board at the earliest possible opportunity. The letter, dated November 22, 2025, and issued under the signature of NOC President Suresh Subramaniam, explains the reasons for the delay in ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/sports/ssc-benches-kusal-and-shanaka-for-choosing-franchise-over-club-626078.html 27 December 2025 @ 10:20 pm Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) have left out Kusal Mendis and Dasun Shanaka from their playing XI for the SLC Major Club Tier lsquo;B rsquo; 3-day match, against Negombo CC despite both players requesting to be considered for selection. The decision follows their move to leave the domestic tournament earlier in the season to take part in franchise cricket in Dubai. SSC had informed its players th... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/sports/havelocks-overpower-army-626085.html 27 December 2025 @ 10:22 pm Despite being heavily challenged by Army Sports Club, Havelocks Sports Club maintained their composure to complete a 41-12 victory in their SLR ndash;Maliban Club Rugby League 2025/26 match at Havelock Park yesterday. Havies had already signalled their intentions by half time, leading 34-0 after scoring six of their seven tries and adding three conversions. Fullback Yehan Bulathsinhalage opened... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/sports/kandy-run-riot-against-sri-lions-to-stay-unbeaten-626063.html 27 December 2025 @ 10:17 pm Kandy Sports Club made a mockery of Sri Lions Sports Club as the defending champions recorded a crushing 91 ndash;3 victory in a 15 try demolition to remain unbeaten in the SLR ndash;Maliban Club Rugby League 2025/26 at Longdon Place yesterday. After being held to their first draw of the season against CH amp;FC last weekend, Kandy clearly had a point to prove and did so in emphatic fashion. Th... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/sports/lasith-kamindu-slam-tons-as-ccc-amass-382-3-626059.html 27 December 2025 @ 10:15 pm Lasith Croospulle and Kamindu Mendis struck commanding centuries as CCC posted a formidable 382 for 3 after electing to bat against Colts on the opening day of their SLC Major Club 3-day Cricket Tournament encounter at the P. Sara Oval yesterday. Lasith was in sublime form, scoring 155 off 174 balls with 21 boundaries and a six, while Kamindu cracked a fluent 134 that included 10 fours and thre... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/sports/adeesha-cracks-swashbuckling-unbeaten-227-2-626056.html 27 December 2025 @ 10:13 pm Adeesha Nanayakkara produced a magnificent unbeaten 227 to put United Southern SC firmly in control on the opening day of their SLC Major Club Tier lsquo;B rsquo; 3-day Cricket encounter against Kandy Customs at Galle. Batting with authority and composure, Adeesha faced 238 deliveries and struck 20 fours and nine towering sixes as United Southern closed the day on 386-6, after deciding to bat ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/sports/england-snap-15-year-losing-streak-to-win-chaotic-4th-ashes-test-626013.html 27 December 2025 @ 8:47 pm Melbourne, Australia, AFP: A fighting England won their first Test on Australian soil in 15 years on Saturday, restoring their battered pride with a gutsy 4-wicket victory to clinch a chaotic fourth Ashes clash that was all over inside two days. The pumped-up tourists dismissed Australia for 132 soon after lunch in front of a bumper 92,045 crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, following the 20 wi... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/sports/crystal-palace-fc-a-premier-club-shattered-by-cyclone-ditwah-626010.html 27 December 2025 @ 8:42 pm Crystal Palace Football Club was one of the 12 sides that entered the FSL Champions League 2025/26 when domestic football competitions resumed after a long lapse. Their hopes, obviously as other 11 teams, were high but the opening week rsquo;s fixture against Saunders SC ended with an unexpected, heartbreak of 1-0 loss. But as the Director of Crystal Palace FC, Nizadeen Mohamed Naufer explained... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/sports/tm-sampath-defies-time-to-become-sri-lankas-oldest-first-class-centurion-626006.html 27 December 2025 @ 8:41 pm Last Sunday, at 43 years and 181 days, TM Sampath became Sri Lanka rsquo;s oldest batsman to score a first class century. When he struck an unbeaten 129 off 269 deliveries against Panadura Sports Club in a drawn SLC Major League match at Welagedara, Sampath signalled that he still has more to offer and that his cricketing career is far from over. Born in Jaffna, raised in the southern city of K... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251228/sports/viren-ranithma-retain-open-titles-at-73rd-nationals-625940.html 27 December 2025 @ 8:39 pm Title holders Viren Nettasinghe and Ranithma Liyanage made a fitting end to their campaigns of the 2025 season, by defending the Men rsquo;s and Women rsquo;s Open Singles titles, joined by Varangana Jayawardana and Rashmi Mudalige, who defended the Women rsquo;s Open Doubles title at the 73rd National Badminton Championship 2025, which concluded at the S. Thomas rsquo; College Indoor Sports Compl...