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Nero was fiddling while Rome was burning: File photo of Sports Minister Faiszer Mushtapha (centre) and Competent Authority of SLC Kamal Padmasiri (centre) talking to SLC’s Ashley de Silva before a fruitless meeting with the ICC last month
Cricket’s attempted rip-off! Another brick in the wall
Head-hunted gamekeeper turns poacher and branded ‘stupid’ to...
Just when almost everything appeared to be brought under control and Sri Lanka’s cricketing stables on the threshold of a hyped-up change, the seemingly relative peace was shattered when the Chief Financial Officer of Sri Lanka Cricket directed its commercial partner Sony Television to deposit 5.5 million US dollars to a bank in Hong Kong in what some analysts say was the...
2018-09-15 18:30:00
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Rev. Fr. Henry Wijeyeratne (left) Principal of St. Anthony’s College Kandy receiving the Lorenz Pereira Trophy from Lorenz Pereira himself flanked by Sujith Silva, Editor in Chief of Quadrangle Magazine
St. Anthony’s College the best behaved rugby team
Peterites miss Award by a whisker
St. Anthony’s College Kandy has been declared winners of school rugby’s inaugural Quadrangle’s Spirit of the Game Award, the Lorenz Pereira Trophy, which was presented to the Most Disciplined School that upheld the spirit of the game in 2018.St. Peter’s College missed the prize by a whisker as first runner-up while Royal College was adjudged second runner-up.The award was...
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Bangladeshi batsman Mushfiqur Rahim plays a shot during the one day international (ODI) Asia Cup cricket match against Sri Lanka at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium AFP)
Mushfiqur’s brilliant century floors pathetic Sri Lankans
DUBAI, Saturday – Sri Lanka collapsed in a heap to be shot out for 124 - their lowest total against Bangladesh to lose the opening match of the Asia Cup 2018 by 137 runs at the Dubai Sports City Stadium here on Saturday.After Bangladesh had scored 261 largely through Mushfiqur Rahim’s sixth ODI century, Sri Lanka’s batting was dismantled by some inspired bowling that saw...
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Babes Zahira set for big bang at schools basketball
With a history of just four years in the sport, Zahira College has climbed the ranks in big league basketball and will contest...
Springboks upset World champs All Blacks
WELLINGTON AFP: South Africa pulled off a shock 36-34 victory over the world champion All Blacks in Wellington on Saturday,...
Sri Lanka Rugby cautions Minister over patronizing political clubs
Beleaguered Sports Minister Faiszer Mushtapha may be having his plate full or bitten off more than he can chew, but it seems he’s...
Guam brushes off Sri Lanka’s late rally
Guam’s under-16 football team made an emphatic start to the AFC Women’s Championship 2019 qualifiers by beating host Sri Lanka 4-...
Asian Volleyball Challenge : Sri Lanka triumph over Hong Kong
Sri Lanka made an auspicious start in their bid to win an Asian crown by beating Hong Kong comfortably by three sets to nil in...
Sri Lanka crushed by Hong Kong
Sri Lanka were defeated by Hong Kong 31-0 in their semi final at the Asian Rugby Sevens in Hong Kong yesterday.Sri Lanka entered...
Army athletes dominate Defence Services meet
Army’s athletes emerged the overall champions with 275 points at the Defence Services Athletic championship concluded yesterday...
Dharmaraja present boys beat Old Boys
Dharmaraja College beat the Old Boys by 14 runs in their annual Bandula Gunaratne Memorial Trophy cricket match at Lake View,...
Laksiri, Issadeen emerge squash champions
Ravindu Laksiri and Fathom Issadeen emerged men’s and women’s champions at the SSC Open Squash Championship that concluded at the...
Argentina shock Wallabies in historic 23-19 win
BRISBANE AFP: Argentina scored their first win over Australia on Australian soil in 35 years when they downed the Wallabies 23-19...
Raw deal for netball winning coach
Asian title winning Sri Lanka netball coach Thilaka Jinadasa is facing an un-ceremonial exit ahead of the World Cup in 2019 for...
Volleyball team gets 500,000 hits
The Sri Lanka volleyball team received over 500,000 signatories from the public in support of their campaign at the Asian...
Iraq win first game
Iraq opened the first ever Asia Volleyball Challenge Cup with a narrow win over Bangladesh in a thrilling five setter at the...
Kingswood champs at School Games
The champion Kingswood College team which won the rugby title at the National School Games last Sunday at the Bogambara Stadium...
Yellow card for rugby ahead of World Cup
LONDON AFP: Rugby needs to have a plan in place over its future both on and off the pitch ahead of the 2019 World Cup if it is to...
Ramirez wins fight over Orozco
LOS ANGELES AFP: Unbeaten Jose Ramirez kept his World Boxing Council junior welterweight title on Friday with a unanimous...
Kandy News
Matting for KingswoodThe Central Province Sports Minister, Thilina Tennakoon, an old Rajan gifted a matting to his rival school...
Squash players quashed by sleeping guardians
You don’t need a huge frame or body to be a good squash player in the world. Most of the world champions are from Asia who are...
Darin, Ransilu powers High Octane Fitness to victory
Darin Weerasinghe and Ransilu Jayatilleke brought the championship crown to ‘High Octane Fitness centre’ at the annual Shakthi...
Royal and Gateway to popularise basketball
Basketball is loved by many throughout the world and in Sri Lanka. Therefore, Royal College and Gateway College have joined hands...
MCA Veterans out to regain trophy
The MCA Veterans (Over-40) cricket team under the captaincy of the incumbent MCA President, Roshan Iddamalgoda will go flat out...
Ex-All Black Nonu returns from France
WELLINGTON AFP: All Blacks centurion Ma’a Nonu has ended his time in France and said Thursday he is returning to New Zealand to...
Anderson hailed as ‘England’s greatest cricketer’
LONDON AFP: James Anderson was hailed as “England’s greatest cricketer” by the retiring Alastair Cook shortly after he became the...
Leading wicket-takers in Tests
LONDON AFP: Leading Test wicket-takers after England’s James Anderson took his 564th Test wicket against India at the Oval on...
Serena’s day of shame
NEW YORK AFP: Martina Navratilova, an 18-time Grand Slam singles champion, says Serena Williams was wrong in her outburst at the...
Serena fined for abuse
NEW YORK AFP: Serena Williams was fined $17,000 by the US Tennis Association in the wake of her outburst during a controversial...
Sri Lanka basketball team ends 11-year wait
The Sri Lanka men’s basketball team qualified to the next stage of the second round of the pre qualifier of the FIBA Asia Cup in...
Army Para Games at Diyagama
The 18th edition of the Army Para Sports Committee organized athletic meet is to be held at the Diyagama Sports Complex from...
Zahira Group of 90s sports festival today
The Group of 90s of Zahira College will conduct their annual Sports Festival today from 8.00 am at the college ground in Maradana...
POW, Royal, Mahanama and Sebs in U-15 semi finals
Prince of Wales College Moratuwa, Royal College Colombo, Mahanama College Colombo and St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa advanced...
Shivantha Vivekanandan first life member of SLDCA
Shivantha Vivekanandan was elected as first life member of the Sri Lanka Deaf Cricketers Association (SLDCA) at their annual...

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