Sports

St. Joseph’s Convent, Nugegoda posted a close 55 to 51 points win over Our Lady of Victories Convent, Moratuwa in their girls under 15, Colombo South Zonal basketball match at St. Lawrence’s court on Thursday.

Colombo South International stunned Isipathana when they defeated the latter by 57 points to 46 in their boys under 15 Colombo South Zone basketball fixture at the Mahanama court on Saturday.

Sri Sumangala registered a double in the ongoing under 15 boys Western Province schools hockey tournament when they defeated Colombo Hindu College by seven goals to nil and S. Thomas’ College 3-1 at the Colombo Campus ground last weekend.

The MCC, guardian of cricket's treasured traditions, gaze into the future when England's season curtain-raiser takes place this month not on the lush acres of Lord's but under lights in Abu Dhabi using a pink ball.

El Salvador goalkeeper Miguel Montes has been suspended for a year for refusing to wear the official national team kit, the Salvadorean Football Federation (FESFUT) said on Friday.

World heavyweight champion Vladimir Klitschko landed a left-hand knockout punch five seconds from the end of the fight to beat challenger Eddie Chambers and retain his WBO, IBO and IBF belts on Saturday.

Arsenal went top of the Premier League when they beat West Ham United 2-0 with goals from Denilson and Cesc Fabregas on Saturday despite playing for more than half the match at the Emirates with 10 men.

James Hook scored two tries as Wales ended their disappointing Six Nations campaign on a high by outclassing an injury-ravaged Italy 33-10 in a one-sided encounter at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.

Sri Lanka's national cricket selectors have included Jeevantha Kulathunga in the 30-man probable squad for the forthcoming ICC WC T20 tournament scheduled to be held in the West Indies from April 30 to May 16.

A media release from Sri Lanka Cricket said on Thursday that “Jeevantha was included into the squad considering his outstanding performance in the recently concluded Bank of Ceylon inter provincial T/20 tournament.”

Yesterday saw the launch of Change for Cricket at the SSC, an ICC commissioned charity to help rehabilitate disadvantaged children through the game.

Sri Sumangala beat new comers Royal, Panadura by eight goals to nil in their boys under 15 hockey fixture conducted by the Western Province Schools Hockey Association at Thurstan Road yesterday.

St. Paul’s defeated St. Bridget’s Convent by 47 points to 37 to win the consolation final of the girls under 15 Colombo North Zone basketball tournament at St. Lawrence’s School on Thursday.

All good thing done for the right reasons are beautiful. The Royal-Thomian traditional encounter has maintained the true values and the spirit of the game since its inception. This year’s Battle of the Blues (2010) is special for those who participated the 1960 contest- coinciding with their 50th Golden Jubilee.

Thirteen schools will participate in the under and over 15 boys, girls and mixed netball netball tournaments organized by Colombo International School which is to be played on Saturday and Sunday, March 20 and 21 at Shalika and Henry Pedris Parks.

Forty four teams have confirmed their participation for the 6th Annual Printers six-a-side cricket tournament which will be conducted by the Sri Lanka Association of Printers to be conducted today, March 20, at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium. Play will commence at 8.30 a,m.

The boys under 15 Colombo South Zone basketball tournament with 16 schools is scheduled to commence today, March 20 at four venues.

As expected, ETI, MAS Active Synergy, L.B. Finance ‘A’ and Janashakthi ‘B’ won their quarter final matches in the on-going CocaCola, MCA 50 over ‘B’ league cricket tournament that was continued last week end.

Sri Lanka Squash Federation (SLSF) has grabbed a golden opportunity to obtain the support of the latest business entrepreneur in the mobile telephone industry and launch the Etisalat Open Squash Championship to be held at the Gymkhana Club Squash Courts from March 28 to April 3.

Run crawl by St. Sylvester’s College is likely to put paid to any chances of a decision in the 52nd “Battle of the Babes” against Vidyartha College which began at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy yesterday. The match will be continued today at 9.30 a.m.

A mismatch to state the least as Nalanda routed Basilica College Ragama by a massive 273 runs in their first round match of the Munchee Youth U- 19 inter-schools cricket tournament played at Reid Avenue yesterday.Nalanda invited to take first lease of the wicket by Basilica posted a massive 367 for 4 in their allotted 50 overs with half tons coming from skipper Dinuk Jayasinghe who made an unbeaten 83 in only 47 balls (with seven boundaries and four sixes), Adeesha Nanayakkara, Nipun Karunanayake and Prashan Wickramasinghe.