Sunday, 10 Sep 2023
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By TB Rahaman
Isipathana College took time to settle down and ran up a comprehensive 39 points (6 tries, 3 conversions, a penalty) to 10 (a try, a conversion and a penalty) victory over Zahira College in the semi-final of the Dialog schools knock-out rugby encounter at Havelock Park yesterday.
Zahira put up a strong defensive style of play in the first half that kept Isipathana...
Kaya Daluwatte and K Dhanushan emerged girls and boys junior golf champions respectively and annexed the Rukmini Kodagoda Trophy on offer at the Sri Lanka Junior Golf Match-Play championship that concluded at the RCGC course on Thursday (24).
The Match-Play Championship 2023 concluded with five excellent finals played at the RCGC on the final day.
The eighteen-year-old...
Thirteen talented, active and committed athletes have been handpicked to be groomed as potential medal winners for the country.
They have been named as the ‘Next Champ’ in the second phase of the NOC-Crysbro program to support them until they are fully developed.
This project began with the first phase proving to have borne the desired results. The initial phase supported...
A record number of over 650 schools from five provinces will participate at the Samaposha Provincial Schools Athletic Meet 2023 that is scheduled to begin on August 15.
With athletics gaining popularity in the country this event is organized in collaboration with provincial education offices keen to see the meet end successfully sponsored by Ceylon Biscuits Limited.
The...
Having pulled out from honouring their inter-school rugby fixture against Zahira College last week, Trinity College slumped to defeat at the hands of arch rival Royal College who came out all guns firing to retain the Bradby Shield as they won the second leg 27-17 at the Royal Sports Complex yesterday. Although losing the first leg in Kandy 10-13, Royal finished with an...
By TB Rahaman
A new football faction headed by Dacshitha Sumathipala expressed confidence that his team will win the election of office bearers...
Former Commonwealth Games bronze medallist in weight lifting Sudesh Peiris announced his retirement from the sport at a media...
The first batch of nine athletes took wing to China last night to join a training camp for three weeks before joining the Sri...
Sixteen leading football playing schools in the country have been invited to participate in the Zahira Super 16 soccer Sevens...
Western Province men’s team emerged on top of the medals tally with eight gold, five silver and three bronze medals while the...
The finals of the 30th Sri Lanka Schools Netball Championship will see an increase in the number of school teams taking part at...
‘If there’s a will there’s a way’ goes the saying and often it really happens. This is what happened to the athletes who were...
Hockey is a game that is gradually fading away into the doldrums and disillusion. It is not played as regularly as it used to be...
The Sri Lanka Junior Match-Play Golf Championship for the Rukmini Kodagoda Trophy will tee off on August 21 at the Royal Colombo...
Veteran cricketers will have to bowl only four deliveries per over in the six-a-side cricket tournament to be conducted by Lanka...
Trinity College made use of their good knowledge in rugby and took the advantage of having taken an early lead to beat S. Thomas...
A total of 164 events will be conducted at the 48th annual Milo Sri Lanka Schools Aquatic Championship to be held from August 23...
As usual, but now on a larger and sinister scale, officials of the controlling body for badminton have been involved in...
Football Sri Lanka (FSL) has scheduled to conduct an Extra Ordinary General Meeting on Monday (14) at the Sri Lanka Foundation...
Former Sri Lankan athlete Anula de Costa is going great guns in Australia as a coach, education facilitator, assessor and mentor...
Coaches of athletes who will represent Sri Lanka at the Asian Games to be held in China next month were presented with an...
President of Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) retired Maj. Gen Palitha Fernando is well aware of the amount of work done by the coaches...
As many as 20 managers and 24 coaches will make it to September’s Asian Games in China with the Sri Lankan contingent.Two of...
Trinity College in a shocking decision gave Zahira College a walk-over just hours before their Dialog inter school league rugby...
Why was Sri Lanka’s best tennis player dropped from the Sri Lanka team that was picked to play in the Davis Cup group III tie...
Eight countries will be featured in the Asia/Oceania Group III Davis Cup tie that will be held in Sri Lanka from July 26 to 29....
A company that has produced national cricketers Stafford Motor Company will continue to sponsor the MCA G division 25-overs...
Constructive rugby in the second half by Royal College gave them a resounding 44 points to 3 points victory over Zahira College...
Eight countries will be featured in the Asia/Oceania Group III Davis Cup tie that will be held in Sri Lanka from July 25 to 29....
Ceylon Biscuits Limited the makers of Ritzbury said it has come forward to sponsor the 13 athletes who will be participating in...
Powerlifting Federation runs without officials but their athletes are lifting medals in international events. This was revealed...
Constructive rugby gave S. Thomas’ College victory by 28 points to 17 over Kingswood College in their Dialog schools league...
Scintillating rugby by Isipathana’s back division saw them rout S. Thomas’ by 29 points (4 tries, 3 conversions, a penalty) to 20...
With the venue for the next Olympic Games 2024 being France, quite appropriately the ambassador in Colombo Jean Francois Pactet...
Schools from all over the country are contesting the prestigious Sir John Tarbat Athletic Championships conducted for the 91st...
In a mixture of scrappiness and tidiness S. Thomas’ College held on to their stance and beat Wesley College by 19 points (2 tries...
Zahira College’s rugby team will certainly look one of the smartest on the field this year with their new jersey looking...
Royal College began their 2023 schools rugby season with a fixture against St. Peter’s College yesterday and have been told to...
As many as 44 of Wesley College’s hopeful rugby players were presented with a new jersey each at a ceremony held at their College...
It seems that badminton in Sri Lanka has taken a plunge downwards judging by the standards set by the Asian Badminton...
Gnei Jehan Lye emerged the overall winner in the Nations Trust Bank golf championship held at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC)...
Women’s Open Singles champion Dinethya Dharmaratne is the only Sri Lankan tennis player to have gone a long way in the first week...
Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) will conduct the 101st National Athletic Championships from July 28 to 30 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa...
Sri Lanka’s top woman squash player Fathoum Issadeen suffered what may be called a temporary setback while taking part in the...
Over 1000 swimmers from over 300 schools and swimming clubs are expected to take part in the Vidudaya Ritzbury Swimming...
A host of professionals are billed to take part in the Sri Lanka Open Golf championship scheduled to begin on May 30 at the Royal...
Sri Lanka Golf (SLG) has picked two of the best junior golfers in Reshan Algama and Kaya Daluwatte to represent...
With medal winning performances at the Asian Youth Athletic Championships and the recently held event in Japan young athletes...
The ever popular Mercantile Rugby Sevens will be held this year over three days from June 15 to 17 at the CR & FC ground...
Sri Lanka’s high profile golf tournament is the Sri Lanka Open and will be held from May 28 to June 2 at the Royal Colombo Golf...
Ana Punchihewa, the head of cricket in Sri Lanka when the team won the World Cup in 1996, may not have had many accolades come...
President of the Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) Nalin Wickremasinghe revealed his many ambitious plans for the growth and...
Shaylon Gunaratne of Asian International School was the schoolboy Sculler while Rovinya Wijesekara also of Asian International...
Veteran coach Sanath Martis has called it quits from coaching the Havelock SC rugby team from end of April in a mutual agreement...
Boxers from 21 schools get the rare opportunity for further training extended by the Boxing Federation of India when the...