Sri Lanka’s Yupun Abeykoon blazed to Gold in the Men’s 100m event at the Resisprint International 2022, with 9.96s (+1.6 m/s) run in Switzerland. He became the 1st South Asian to register a time below 10 seconds in the 100m, also climbing to 4th position on the fastest times by an Asian across the distance. He renewed the National and ...
Twelve matches of the SLC Major Clubs Limited Overs Tournament worked off today (01st July) at several venues across the island. Chilaw Marians CC, Army CC, SSC, Galle CC, Police SC, Panadura SC, Tamil Union C & AC, BRC, Colts CC, Ace Capital CC, NCC and CCC emerged victorious in the twelve games played today. Read : Croospulle, Subasingha & ...
An unconverted last gasp try by S. Thomas’ College meant that St. Joseph’s College secured the Lady Jayathilake Shield after a lapse of 2 years as the Lads from Maradana managed to win the Dialog Schools Rugby League, played at Havelock Park – 30 (4T 2C 2P) – 28 (3T 2C 3P). St. Joseph’s College got off to the perfect ...
Anuhas Kodithuwakku’s late try helped Trinity College maintain their winning run as they beat arch rivals St. Anthony’s College by 25 points to 18 in the Dialog School Rugby League 2022 at Nittawala today. The Anthonians started off on the right foot with the first points on board through a penalty. S. A. Keerthisiri bisected the uprights for St. Anthony’s ...
Reporting from Galle Sri Lanka and Australia are almost certain to unleash right arm wrist spin for the first Test match, which begins on Wednesday in Galle. >>Sri Lanka v Australia 2022<< The two-match Test series, played for the Warne-Muralitharan trophy will see the first game being dedicated to the late spin king Shane Warne, who passed earlier this ...
New Zealand set to host Sri Lanka for an all-format cricket series in March/April next year. Read : Athapaththu stars in landmark win for Sri Lanka As per the tour itinerary, Sri Lanka will play 2 Tests, 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is from 09th March to 08th April in 2023. The tour starts with a 2-match Test series and will ...
Twelve matches of the SLC Major Clubs Limited Overs Tournament worked off today (27th June) at several venues across the island. SLC Major Clubs Limited Overs Tournament kicked off today with several batting and bowling performances lighting up the opening day. Nipun Dananjaya (SSC), Dhakshitha Fernando (Bloomfield) and Kasun Vidura (Chilaw Marians) starred with the bat scoring centuries for their ...
The traditional encounter between Royal College, Colombo and St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa ended in a draw today (02nd July), at Royal College Grounds in Colombo. Having won the toss, Royal College only managed to post 113 for their first innings as Mahen Silva and Sandeesh Fernando ripped through the opposition batting lineup, sharing all the ten wickets between them. In ...
Photo courtesy of The Morning The arrest of several protestors calling for Sri Lanka’s president and his associates to step down amid the ongoing economic crisis, has drawn attention to the grave human rights situation which persists despite a ministerial reshuffle. Hopes that the regime had learnt its lesson, of a shift towards restoring democracy and responsible partnership with others ...
Java Lane showed no mercy against Solid while Super Sun and Pelicans registered wins in Week 4 of the Champions League 2022. Solid v Java Lane Java Lane came from a goal down to hammer Solid 7-1 at the Maligapitiya Grounds in Kurunegala. Solid took a surprise 1-0 lead in the 14th minute through Samith Maduranga. Java Lane took time ...
Three cricket teams have whitewashed Sri Lanka at home in Test match cricket; Virat Kohli’s India in 2017, Joe Root’s England in 2018 and Ricky Ponting’s Australia in 2004. While all those three teams had some fine players in their ranks, Australia’s victory in 2004 was quite remarkable for a variety of reasons. The Sri Lankan sides that England and ...
St. Peter’s College suffered an unexpected defeat over a resurgent Vidyartha College 11 points to 7 in their second-week encounter of the Dialog Schools Rugby League 2022 played at Nittawela on Sunday. Vidyartha College started the proceedings and the Peterites immediately made a mistake while collecting the ball off the kick as they took the ball over their try line ...
As the titans return from a two-year hiatus, all Schools Rugby teams had to adapt many changes. Yet as the proud rugby traditions and pride demands, no will not back down till the last whistle. The ‘Insight’ of Vidyartha College 1st XV Rugby Team 2022 for the Dialog Schools Rugby League. The post WATCH – Vidyartha College1st XV Rugby Team 2022 ‘Insight’ | ...
As the titans return from a two-year hiatus, all Schools Rugby teams had to adapt many changes. Yet as the proud rugby traditions and pride demands, no will not back down till the last whistle. The ‘Insight’ of Science College 1st XV Rugby Team 2022 for the Dialog Schools Rugby League. The post WATCH – Science College 1st XV Rugby Team 2022 ‘Insight’ ...
Twelve matches of the SLC Major Clubs Limited Overs Tournament worked off today (03rd July) at several venues across the island. Colombo Cricket Club’s skipper Ashan Priyanjan’s all-round show helped his side register a thrilling 2-wicket win over Navy Sports Club. After picking up 6 wickets with the ball, Priyanjan top-scored with a crucial 29-run knock for Colombo Cricket Club. ...
Sri Lanka Women take on India Women in the 3rd T20 International Match (AVR Pay News Cup ) of the India Women tour of Sri Lanka 2022 on the 27th of June at Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium. The post HIGHLIGHTS – India Women tour of Sri Lanka 2022 – 3rd T20I appeared first on ThePapare.com.
Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat first against Australia in the 1st Test match in Galle on Wednesday. Reporting from Galle The two-match Test series, played for the Warne-Muralitharan trophy, will see the first game being dedicated to the late spin king Shane Warne, who passed away earlier this year. Right-arm leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay has been handed ...
Royal College scored a whopping 8 tries as they crushed Kingswood College by 53 points to nil in the Dialog Schools Rugby League 2022 at the Royal Complex. The defending champions, who are coming from a decent outing against St Anthony’s College last week, brought out their big guns to make a statement early in the 2022 season. Kingswood College ...
As the titans return from a two-year hiatus, all Schools Rugby teams had to adapt many changes. Yet as the proud rugby traditions and pride demands, no will not back down till the last whistle. The ‘Insight’ of Dharmaraja College 1st XV Rugby Team 2022 for the Dialog Schools Rugby League. The post WATCH – Dharmaraja College 1st XV Rugby Team 2022 ‘Insight’ ...
England skipper Eoin Morgan has drawn curtains on a glorious international career which began in 2006. Morgan, 35, is England’s leading runscorer as well as the most successful captain in ODI cricket. Morgan has scored 6957 runs in 225 ODIs for England, with 13 centuries. Overall, Morgan has 7701 runs in ODI cricket, with 14 centuries. Morgan captained England in ...
