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Sat, 04 May 2024 Today's Paper
18 Apr 2024 - 0 - 27
Sri Lanka, Scotland and Thailand are set to battle it out for the top two Group ‘A’ spots of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier which begins on April 25 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
18 Apr 2024 - 0 - 13
In their inaugural Golf encounter between the old boys of St. Benedict’s College and Wesley College competed for the prestigious Shelton Wirasinha-Bro. Alban Patrick Trophy in a captivating match-play format at the Royal Colombo Golf Club saw the Old Benedictines clinching the trophy.
18 Apr 2024 - 0 - 35
Sports Minister Harin Fernando has allocated a sum of Rs. 300m under a special Cabinet approval to make way for Sri Lankan athletes to obtain Olympic Qualification for the 2024 Paris Games.
Maris Stella College Thimbirigaskatuwa winning the toss and taking first lease of the wicket made a formidable score of 333 for 8 declared against President’s College Kotte in day one of the Under 19 inter school Division Two Tier ‘B’ semi final encounter played at Dharmapala MV grounds in Pannipitiya.
18 Apr 2024 - 0 - 11
Veterans Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka (VTTASL) have put off the Open Intermediate/Novices Men’s and Women’s, Age Group Boys’ and Girls’ Table Tennis Championships to May 11 and 12.
18 Apr 2024 - 0 - 34
The 44th Trinity-Nalanda First XI cricket encounter will be played in Colombo at Nalanda College Grounds on April 26th and 27th. The special feature of this clash is that both schools will battle it out to grab the prestigious Mahela-Sanga Challenge trophy which was presented by two cricketing legends produced by both Nalanda and Trinity.
16 Apr 2024 - 0 - 62
South Asia’s fastest sprinter and Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bronze Medallist Yupun Abeykoon returned to the athletic field after a short break in a spectacular manner as he started the 2024 season victoriously. Abeykoon, who participated in the Florence Sprint Festival 2024 held in Italy, won first place in the 150m event clocking his second fastest time ever finishing in 15.19s.
16 Apr 2024 - 0 - 25
The 28th edition of the 2024 Asian Paints ‘Causeway’ Fox Hill Super Cross organised by the Sri Lanka Military Academy, Diyatalawa with the support of Sri Lanka Automobile Sports (SLAS) is set to take place this Sunday (21).
16 Apr 2024 - 0 - 21
Unbeaten, Hatton National Bank “B” (HNB), led by veteran, Damitha Hunukumbura will go out as the firm favourites to win the 6th Fairfirst Insurance Ltd., sponsored “Firstfirst Insurance’ Trophy - MCA ‘F’ Division 25 Over League tournament when they take on the unbeaten Dialog Axiata led by Damith Weerasinghe, on Saturday April 20 at the MCA Grounds, commencing 9.45 am.
16 Apr 2024 - 0 - 36
Colombo International School (CIS) emerged as Under-20 Girls’ ‘B’ Division Inter-Schools basketball champions when they defeated Holy Family Convent, Jaffna 52-47 in the tournament’s final, organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Basketball Association.
16 Apr 2024 - 0 - 8
The Sri Lanka Netball Squad teamed up with Yeti as their isotonic hydration partner ahead of the 13th Asian Senior Netball Championships, to be staged in Saudi Arabia in September.
16 Apr 2024 - 0 - 17
Teenage sensation Havishka Perera stole the limelight with a magnificent performance at the 39th Senior/Intermediate/Junior Rowing Nationals, held at the Diyawanna Rowing Centre in Battaramulla.
16 Apr 2024 - 0 - 16
Left arm seam bowler Shennon Rodrigo shone with a match bag of eight wickets for St. Peter’s against Lumbini MV in the final of the Under 19 Division One Tier ‘B’ two day tournament played at the MCA ground in Colombo which helped them to record a comfortable first innings win to emerge champions.
11 Apr 2024 - 0 - 20
Richmond College Galle emerged champions of the Under 19 inter-school Division One Tier ‘A’ two day cricket tournament by recording an easy first innings win over defending joint champions Trinity in the final concluded at the SSC ground yesterday. The Richmondites in fact achieved the win at the end of the second day’s play when they posted a formidable score of 304 in reply to the hill capital school’s score of 203 made on day one. The her
11 Apr 2024 - 0 - 19
Army SC won the Men’s and Women’s overall title at the 39th Senior/Intermediate/Junior National Rowing Championships, held at the Diyawanna Rowing Centre in Batttaramulla. The Intermediate category was secured by the Navy SC while the junior Boys’ overall championship was won by the Asian International School (AIS) and Ladies’ College, Colombo took the Girls’ overall championship. 21 teams and more than 350 athletes including athletes from th
11 Apr 2024 - 0 - 26
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 - 16
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
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 - 31
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 - 18
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 - 23
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 - 49
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 - 41
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 - 35
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 - 43
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 - 20
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 - 21
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 - 28
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 - 21
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 - 42
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.
04 May 2024