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 [...]
ABU director of Sports writes to NOC chief
Mr. Hemasiri Fernando, The President National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka 15May 2012 Dear Hemasiri, Greeting to you! You can distribute the following to the media. I have been asked by two ABU members in Sri Lanka (CSN and MTV) to clarify the situation regarding broadcast rights to this year's London Olympic Games. The ABU [...]
MTV/MBC announces Olympic coverage
MTV/ MBC, billed as "The Champions Network" officially announced that the London 2012 Olympics will be broadcast in all channels belong to Maharaja group. "The Champions Network" will bring all the action from London, straight to your TV and radio, announced in Colombo. However, the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), which holds the exclusive rights for [...]
Political games keep heads rolling
Political games in cricket have begun raging high at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) headquarters and sources said that the head of a top Twenty20 World Cup official is about to be chopped, apparently from a blow out of the blue. World T20 Security Co-ordinator Shane Dullewa is likely to be removed from his post soon, [...]
Schools’hockey tournament postponed
The three day schools hockey nationals organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Hockey Association and the Matale Schools Hockey Association, which was scheduled to be played at Matale last weekend did not come off as some of the participating teams had requested for a postponement of the championship as they had not received the letters [...]
Kandy Youths CC in easy 94-run win
Kandy Youths Cricket Club powered by a brilliant 122 with 3 sixes and 10 fours by Harsha Wedikkara scored a 94-run win over Bloomfield Cricket Club, Kandy, in their Sri Lanka Cricket Inter Club Division Three cricket tournament match played at Akurana yesterday. Harsha Wedikkara was associated in a fourth wicket stand of 149 with [...]
Five Indian players suspended on corruption allegations
Five uncapped Indian cricketers have been provisionally suspended following allegations of corruption in the lucrative Indian Premier League, the country's cricket board (BCCI) said on Tuesday. The Indian cricket board has also ordered a probe into the accusations, made by a local television channel. “The president BCCI has immediately appointed Ravi Sawani (former head of [...]
Daredevils won by 5 wickets
Delhi Daredevils beat Kings XI Punjab by 5 wickets in an IPL tournament match played at Delhi on Tuesday. Kings XI 136 for 8 in 20 overs (David Hussey 40*, Mandeep Singh 21, Umesh Yadav 3 for 21, Varun Aaron 2 for 19) Delhi 140 for 5 wicketsin 19 overs D (Mahela Jayawardene 56, Naman [...]
Jayasuriya not paid after a match in Toronto
A group of international cricketers say that they are still waiting for due payments after participating in a marquee event held at Toronto. The event took place at Toronto’s Rogers Centre on Saturday afternoon and saw two teams made up of international players. Billed as a way to promote cricket in Canada and Canada to [...]
St. John’s Panadura wins U-19 div III title
St. John's College, Panadura, emerged winners in the Under 19 Division III Inter Schools Cricket tournament as they beat Veluwana MV by 171 runs at at Ananda Sasthralaya College grounds, on Tuesday. The tournament was conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association and Masscom Limited. St. John’s Panadura 259 all out in 49.5 overs (Sasindu [...]
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 [...]
Zesta powers Trinity College Rugby team
Trinity College, Kandy, one of the first schools in Sri Lanka to play rugby, is sponsored by 'Zesta', a product of Watawala Marketing Limited. The sponsorship runs for the second consecutive year as Trinity commenced this season with firm resolve to win the schools’ rugby league as well as to defend the esteemed Bradby Shield. [...]
Sri Lanka cricket confirms sev agreement for SLPLT 20
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed its agreement with Somerset Entertainment Ventures (SEV) for the forthcoming Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) T20 cricket tournament scheduled to be held in mid-august in Colombo and Pallekele at a press briefing held at the SLC auditorium yesterday. SLC President Upali Dharmadasa speaking to the media said that the agreement [...]
Chennai beat Kolkata by 5 wickets
Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 5 wickets in an IPL tournament match played at Kolkata on Monday. Kolkata 158 for 6 in 20 overs (Gautam Gambhir 62, Brendon McCullum 37, Shadab Jakati 2 for 26) Chennai 160 for 5 in 20 overs (Michael Hussey 56, Murali Vijay 36, Sunil Narine 2 for [...]
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 [...]
Mumbai Indians beat Royal Challengers by 5 wickets
Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets against Royal Challengers in an IPL match played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore On Monday. Royal Challengers Bangalore 171 for 6 in 20 Overs (Mayank Agarwal 64 n.o, Tilakaratne Dilshan 47, Saurabh Tiwary 21) Mumbai Indians 173 for 5 in 19.4 Overs (Ambati Rayudu 81 n.o, Kieron [...]
Illegal entries for zonal Meets
Three athletes who were billed to participate at the forthcoming Zonal meet from P.de S. Kularatne Vidyalaya had been illegally listed by another school for the same meet. Principal of the Kularatne Vidyalaya has a lodged a complaint to the authorities over the matter. It was revealed that another female athlete too has been [...]
Cricket official questioned and released in London
An Official of the Sri Lanka women’s Cricket team, which was returning from West Indies after the tour, was questioned at the Heathrow Airport officials over a Passport issue. This questioning prevented him from accompanying the team on its return to the island. The official who holds a big position at SLC however has [...]
Eight more records tumble to bring tally of records to 29
Eight more records tumbled on the final day of the 55th Junior National Athletics Championships at the Diyagama Stadium in Homagama yesterday, which saw the tally of records broken in the four day meet to 29. The eight records established were three in the track and five in the field events with six being broken [...]
17 cricketers awarded central contracts
Seventeen players have been awarded central contracts by Sri Lanka Cricket for the year 2012-2013, where only five of them have been included in the top category. Mahela Jayawardane, Kumar Sangakkara, T.M. Dilshan, Thilan Samaraweera and Lasith Malinga have been selected in the top category. It's not yet clear whether Lasith Malinga is willing to [...]
