Summer Season All Island Badminton Championship Young sensations Savinaka Weerasekara and Ranithma Liyanage clinched open men’s and women’s singles titles at the Summer Season All Island Badminton Championship at the Municipal Indoor Stadium Nuwara Eliya over the weekend. The D.S. Senanayake College student, Savinaka Weerasekara overcame 16-year-old Royalist Aashinsa Herath, the top seed, in a […]
by Rex Clementine One of the key entities of Sri Lanka Cricket is the coaching department that functions away from the board headquarters at R. Premadasa Stadium for practical reasons. The board made a key policy decision this week appointing several local coaches into leading positions. A few years ago, the trend seemed to be […]
by Rex Clementine You may have not liked everything about National Super League (NSL), but at least the Cricket Advisory Committee addressed the concerns about the lack of competitiveness in our First-Class cricket. Having promised to make selections for the national team on the performances of the NSL, the national selection panel has made some […]
Rex Clementine in Bangalore Delhi is not the most favourite city for many tourists. There’s polluted air and ‘Delhi belly’ if you are an Australian or Englishman and a cricket pitch at Feroz Shah Kotla where the home team dominates. India have been so dominant in the capital city that in 30 years they had […]
by Reemus Fernando Former national 100 metres record holder and South Asian Games medallist Himasha Eshan has been suspended from track and field activities after being found positive for a banned substance during a random test conducted by Sri Lanka Anti-Doping Authority (SLADA). The sprinter, coached by Chaminda Perera, played a key role in Sri […]