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11 Apr 2024 - 0 - 20
Sri Lanka all-rounder Kamindu Mendis and former Captain Angelo Mathews have progressed in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after contributing to their team’s 192-run victory in Chattogram that helped complete a 2-0 win in the ICC World Test Championship series against Bangladesh. Kamindu’s scores of 92 not out and nine have lifted him 18 places to 46th position in the batters’ list while his three-wicket haul in the second innings sees him ga
11 Apr 2024 - 0 - 11
Tazmin Brits showcased her batting prowess with her second career hundred for the Proteas Women as the first ICC Women’s Championship (2022-25) One-Day International (ODI) against Sri Lanka was abandoned due to persistent rain in East London on Tuesday. Brits led the charge with a commanding 116 off 128 balls, inclusive of 12 fours, guiding South Africa to 270 for six after 50 overs before rain intervened in the seventh over of Sri Lanka’s inning
11 Apr 2024 - 0 - 13
St. Peter’s ended day one proceedings of the Under 19 inter-school Division One Tier ‘B’ two day tournament final against Lumbini MV in a strong position yesterday at the MCA ground. St. Peter’s taking first lease of the wicket helped by useful knocks from their batters made a formidable score of 291 runs and Lumbini MV in facing ten overs ended the day on 57 for 1. The match will be continued today. Scores: St. Peter’s 291 (Asadisa de Silva
11 Apr 2024 - 0 - 23
Royal College recorded a first innings win over Wesley College in their Under-19 Inter-Schools Division One Tier ‘A’ Cricket Tournament relegation match concluded at Campbell Place yesterday. The win helped Royal to remain in the Tier ‘A’ Segment of the tournament while Wesley will be demoted to the Tier ‘B’ Segment next year. Meanwhile, Ananda College were on top against Dharmapala MV, Pannipitiya at the end of the first day’s
11 Apr 2024 - 0 - 10
Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics (WA) yesterday saying it would pay US $50,000 to Gold Medallists in Paris. The governing body of athletics said it was setting aside US $2.4m to pay the Gold Medallists across the 48 events on the track and field programme for this year’s Paris Olympics. Relay teams will split the US $50,000 between their members. Payments for Silve
11 Apr 2024 - 0 - 15
The Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB) should avoid retaining the services of politicians and cabinet ministers as top officials if the country is to move beyond the South Asian region. These sentiments were expressed by former national volleyball player Koswadiya Sunil Premasiri, a diploma holder in international coaching at the University of Germany in Leipzig. Premasiri lamented that Sri Lanka is the only country in the world that has
11 Apr 2024 - 0 - 39
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday announced that the ‘Overseas Player Registration’ for the fifth edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2024 has now commenced. The overseas players who wish to take part in the upcoming edition can now register themselves by visiting the registration portal at https://srilankacricket.lk/lpl-playerregistration-portal/, under two categories: capped and uncapped. A player is considered ‘capped’ if he has featured
10 Apr 2024 - 0 - 33
The Sri Lanka U19 Women’s left and right arm spin pair Chamodi Munasinghe and Dewmi Wijeratne wrecked the England U19 Women batting to guide the side to a big 108 run win in the U19 Women’s Tri Nation ODI encounter played at the Galle International Stadium yesterday. Fourteen year old Munasinghe a schoolgirl hailing from remote Kumbukkana in the Monaragala district ended with a five wicket haul while Wijeratne bagged four as the duo combined t
10 Apr 2024 - 0 - 28
Nikil Jayaweera’s top knock of 139 put Richmond College on top against Trinity College at the end of the second day’s play in the final of the Under 19 inter-school Division One Tier ‘A’ cricket tournament played at the SSC ground. Jayaweera’s knock which comprised 13 boundaries and a six helped Richmond in reply to Trinity’s score of 203 and resuming from their overnight score of 18 for no loss to make a formidable score
10 Apr 2024 - 0 - 36
Sri Rahula College, Katugastota dominated the 26th Kandy Battle of the Golds Inter-School Big Match against the traditional rivals Sri Sumangala College, Kandy, which ended in a draw at the Pallekele Cricket Stadium in Kandy yesterday. The highlight of the game was a fine century by Sri Rahula Skipper, Vishal Gardivasam, who stroked 149. Sri Sumangala taking first lease of the wicket were shot out for 159 and following on ended on 145 for five a
10 Apr 2024 - 0 - 15
Nominations for the Netball Federation of Sri Lanka (NFSL) elections 2024-2026 will close on April 19, the three-member Netball Election Committee revealed yesterday. The NFSL elections for the period of 2024-2026 will be held on May 28 at the Duncan White Auditorium of the Ministry of Sports in Colombo commencing at 10.00 a.m. The three-member Netball Election Committee is headed by Retired High Court Judge Wimal Nambuwasam (Chairman) and th
10 Apr 2024 - 0 - 16
Kandy Ladies’ CC won the Kandy District Women’s Inter-Club Twenty20 Cricket Tournament when they edged out the Central Ladies’ CC by one wicket in the final played at the Zahira College Grounds in Gampola. Meanwhile, Kegalle Ladies’ CC won third place of the tournament beating Nuwara Eliya Ladies CC by six wickets in the playoff.
10 Apr 2024 - 0 - 24
Sri Lanka Athletic (SLA) is optimistic they will qualify to participate in at least four events at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, SLA President Major General Palitha Fernando (Retired) said The deadline set by the IAAF to reach the Paris Olympic Games track and field events is June 30. The qualifying period for the Paris Olympic Games athletics events is from June 30 2023 to June 30 2024, but none of the Sri Lankan athletes have reached the r
09 Apr 2024 - 0 - 15
Trinity, invited to take first lease of the wicket, plodded almost the whole of day one facing 89.5 overs to make a score of 203 in the three day final of the Under 19 inter-school Division One Tier ‘A’ played at the SSC ground.
09 Apr 2024 - 0 - 31
Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) under the National Selection Committee has picked the initial squad of players in preparation for the Asia Rugby (AR) Division 1 Rugby Tournament which will be held from April 30 to May 5 at the Racecourse Grounds in Colombo.
09 Apr 2024 - 0 - 18
In celebration of World Down Syndrome Month, Hemas Outreach Foundation partnered Ayati Sports Club in a novel and inclusive rock climbing event.
A team of 11 Sri Lankan shuttlers and three officials left for China to participate in the Badminton Asia Championships, a Grade 2 Tournament endorsed by the Badminton World Federation.
09 Apr 2024 - 0 - 17
Ravindra Jadeja returned bowling figures of 3-18 as holders Chennai Super Kings handed Kolkata Knight Riders their first loss of this Indian Premier League season with a seven-wicket hammering on Monday.
09 Apr 2024 - 0 - 20
The Premier League title race is on a knife edge, with Arsenal and Liverpool level at the top of the table and Manchester City just one point behind them with seven games to play.
09 Apr 2024 - 0 - 34
World number one Novak Djokovic said the Paris Olympics are ‘a priority’ for him this year. The 36-year-old Serb has won a joint-record 24 Grand Slams but is yet to win an Olympic Gold Medal.
09 Apr 2024 - 0 - 78
Sri Rahula College hit up a massive 303 for nine declared against Sri Sumangala College at the end of day one in their annual Battle of the Golds Hill Capital Inter-School Big Match played at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy yesterday.
08 Apr 2024 - 0 - 28
The curtains of the Under-19 inter-school Division One Tier ‘A’ two-day tournament will come down this week with the final clash for supremacy to lay the hands on the title between defending joint champions Trinity College and Richmond College scheduled to be played over the next three days starting today at the SSC ground.
08 Apr 2024 - 0 - 30
St. Peter’s College beat St. Joseph’s College by 3 wickets to win the historical 50th Joe - Pete Limited Over Cricket Encounter, powered by Dialog.
08 Apr 2024 - 0 - 25
Opener Nithish Kamalasooriya shone with twin half tons for Ananda Sastralaya Kotte against traditional rivals St. John’s Nugegoda in their drawn 24th Battle of Sri Jayawardenepura big match concluded at P. Sara Stadium yesterday.
08 Apr 2024 - 0 - 13
Left and right arm spin pair Wanuja Sahan and Roshan Jayatissa shared eight wickets, paving the way for Kandy to record an outright win by 140 runs over Dambulla in the four-day National Super League tournament encounter concluded at Dambulla Stadium yesterday.
08 Apr 2024 - 0 - 27
The Kandy Battle of the Golds Big Match encounter between Sri Rahula Katugastota and Kandy Sumangala will take place today and tomorrow at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium (PICS).
08 Apr 2024 - 0 - 17
St. Sylvester’s College made a clean sweep this year when they handed Vidyartha defeat in the 35th one-day encounter by three wickets at Asgiriya Stadium Kandy.
08 Apr 2024 - 0 - 12
A five-wicket haul by Udula Viswajith saw Dharmapala College defeat Rahula College by 36 runs in the 9th Limited over encounter of the Battle of the Golden Lions yesterday.
05 Apr 2024 - 0 - 70
Sri Lanka star all-rounder Kamindu Mendis was yesterday shortlisted for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for March 2024.
05 Apr 2024 - 0 - 38
The 13th edition of the Battle of the Golden Lions between Rahula College, Matara and Dharmapala College, Pannipitiya will take place at the Uyanwatta Stadium in Matara today and tomorrow.
22 Apr 2024