Sri Lanka rescheduled to play in Group C
Sri Lanka taking part in the Al Nakba tournament conducted by the Palestine Football Association for the second time were rescheduled to play in Group C as Uzbekistan who to originally play in Group B failed to turn up. Sri Lanka was pitted in Group A alongside hosts Palestine, Pakistan and Vietnam but now will [...]
National football team leaves for Palestine
Sri Lanka's top forward, E. B. Channa, will lead a new look football team to Palestine in the Al-Nakba invitationalm tournament being staged at Jerusalem. The 11 day tournament will feature nine national teams from Jordan, Iraq, Tunisia, Indonesia, Mauretania, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka and Palestine. Sri Lanka football team Name Club Position E.R Channa [...]
Solid SC goes on goal spree – finds target 15 times
Solid Sports Club from Anuradhapura created a record in the current Holcim FA Cup by scoring a 15 goals 1 victory over Eagle SC in a first round match played at the Prison ground last weekend. M. H. M. Haleem (7 goals) and T. D. Wijetunge (5 goals) went on a goal spree as they [...]
Great Star in easy win
Great Star from Beruwela became the first team to qualify to play in the second round of the Holcim FA Cup knockout tournament by virtue of beating Thihariya Youth SC of Gampaha by 8 goals to 3 in the first round match played at the Kelaniya Football Complex on Friday. This was the only match [...]
Golden Stars SC in FA Cup win
Red Sun Sports Club, Gampola, came up with a fine performance to hold Golden Stars Sports Club, Kandy, to a thrilling scoreless draw before losing 3-0 after a penalty shoot out in their FA Cup football tournament match organised by the Footbal1 Federation of Sri Lanka and played at the Bogambara Stadium, Kandy yesterday. [...]
Six FA Cup matches during the weekend
Six matches of the Holcim FA Cup Football tournament will be played on Saturday & Sunday despite Wesak Full Moon poya, the most prestigious poya day of the year, falling on Saturday. Only one match will be played in Colombo City limits while all other matches are played in suburbs and outstations. "Holcim" F.A Cup [...]
Debutant Upcountry Lions into the first round
Debutant Upcountry Lions S.C. from Nawalapitiya qualified to play in the first round of the Holcim F.A. Cup 2012 after scoring an easy four goals to nil victory over Evershine S.C. Gampola in the qualifier played at the Peradeniya Campus ground during the weekend. Small Drayton S.C. Kotagala took home ground advantage to beat Jolly [...]
Sri Lanka trounced 6-0 by second string Malaysia
Sri Lanka national soccerites on a trip to Malaysia to get more exposure put up a disappointing performance when they were trounced by six goals to nil by a second string Malaysian side in a friendly international played at the Shah Slam Stadium on Saturday. The Malaysians were without the services of several national players [...]
Sri Lanka picks soccer team to play in Malaysia
A combination of experience and youth Sri Lankan soccer team led by veteran E. B. Channa will leave for Malaysia on Thursday to get more exposure in preparation for the forthcoming international tournaments to be held in the Middle East. Incidentally Channa has replaced Rohana Ruwantilleke as the captain and the vice-captaincy has been given [...]
Lesser known clubs create major upsets
Debutant EPZ Sports Club from Polgahawela and lesser known Young Birds from Nuwara Eliya created major upsets in the Holcim FA Cup 2012 as they knocked-out two former division I clubs from Kandy in the qualifying round matches played over the weekend. The newly formed EPZ Sports Club had the distinction of beating Kandy York [...]
Four football players suspended for two years
The Competition Committee of Football Federation of Sri Lanka has suspended four players and the secretary of Renown Sports Club of Kotahena. In a communique issued to the media on April 20, 2012 by the FFSL, four players have been suspended for two years from playing any kind of Football having a hand management. The [...]
Holcim F. A. Cup 2012 officially launched
The most prestigious soccer tournament in Sri Lanka the Holcim F. A. Cup 2012 was launched at a simple but an eye-catching official ceremony held at Hotel Galadari in Colombo on Thursday with the CEO of Holcim Lanka Ltd Stefan Huber handing over the glittering trophy to Senior Vice President of the FFSL Ranjith Rodrigo. [...]
F.A. Cup k/o kicks off this weekend
The most prestigious soccer tournament in Sri Lanka, the F.A. Cup will kick-off this weekend (April 21 and 22) with the qualifiers to be played throughout the country. One hundred and thirty-nine teams are vying for the top award and there will be 138 matches including the final which may take place at the end [...]
Weerasekera retains presidencyof FFSL
At the AGM of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka officials for the ensuing year was elected sans an election with the incumbent President Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera coming in for a third consecutive year. The only change is the election of a new secretary Upali Hewage. The President had sought special permission from the [...]
Invitational Tournament to celebrate CFL centenary
Kavinth Athithan and Vicknaraja Shivendran. Under 12. Niketh Athithan. Under 14. Evin Ranasinghe and Kyle Abeysinghe. Under 16. Dillon Abeysinghe. Over 16. Mohamed Isphahani, Mathew Abeysinghe, Sawin Jayasekera and Namimdu Dharmadasa. Colombo Football League, a front runner in the local football scene celebrates their centenary this year. Holding pride in an illustrious past the league [...]
Madushanka boots Srilankacateringto1-0win
P.S. Madushanka booted Sri Lanka Catering to a 1-0 win over L.B. Finance in their Mercantile Football League fixture at the City Football ground recently. At the short whistle, neither side had opened their score. In the 59th minute of play, Sri Lanka Catering were awarded a penalty and Madushanka made no mistake to give [...]
CIS girls and boys clinch Ritzbury Football titles
It was a hard fought match for CIS girls who pushed Elezabeth Moir by 2 goals to 1 at the International Schools Football girls finals played at City Football Complex. They led 2-0 at lemons.in the Ritzbury boys under 17 finals CIS outclassed British School; Colombo 1 goal to nil. The goal was scored by [...]
CIS favoured to win International Schools U 17 soccer finals
Colombo International School will be vying for a double in the Ritzbury Under 17 International schools soccer tournament when their boys and girls teams will be engaged in the finals to be worked off at the City Football Complex on Monday, March 26. CIS girls’ team will take on Elizabeth Moir in the first finals [...]
Navy wins second major title in two years
Two early goals within eight minutes into the game ensured Sri Lanka Navy clinch the knock-out title toppling Dialog Champions League 2011 winners Ratnam by four goals to one in the final of the Dialog Champion of Champions played at the City Football Complex grounds on Saturday. This was Navy's second major title in two [...]
Ratnam clash with Navy in Champion of Champions final
The battle for supremacy between Ratnam and Sri Lanka Navy to decide the winner of the Dialog Champion of Champions will kick off at the City Football Complex on Saturday. Ratnam won the 12-team Dialog Champions League 2011 title with a clear five point lead over runner-up Sri Lanka Army and will be hoping to [...]
