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Paceman Thevin Eriyagama and spinners Dilshan Mendis and Savindu Peiris took three wickets apiece to lead Moratuwa SC to 64 runs victory over Old Dharmapalians SC in the Governor’s Trophy tournament final at the Colts Cricket Ground on Sunday. After their skipper Nayana Fernando top scored with 75 runs for them to post 240 runs […]

By Rex Clementine The first few Interim Committees that were appointed two decades ago were timely and catered to needs of those times. But subsequently, the Interim Committees became a tool for politicians to achieve their purposes. Former leg-spinner D.S. de Silva became the Chairman of the Cricket Interim Committee in the year 2009 in […]

Sri Lanka Under 19s romped to their second consecutive victory in the Asian Cricket Council Under-19 Asia Cup tournament as Chamindu Wickramasinghe and Sadisha Rajapaksa scored centuries to set the stage to beat Nepal Under 19s by 60 runs at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Chasing a target of 323 runs to victory Nepal […]

By Rex Clementine Among those who follow the gentleman’s game closely, many regard UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as Mr. Clean. But if they get hold of Roshan Mahnama’s new book, they will have a second opinion. Mahanama in his autobiography ‘My Innings’ goes onto claim that Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister in 2002 stopped then cricket […]

Tennis National Championship 2021 The semi-final line ups of both the Under 18 boys’ and girls’ singles were completed at the Tennis National Championship 2021 continued at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts on Friday. While women’s national singles champion Anjalika Kurera and Saajida Razick won their respective matches to reach the semi-finals of the […]

Asian Junior Chess Championships 2021 India’s V.S. Rahul and Women’s International Master Shri Savitha won the respective titles while Susal de Silva and Sanudula Dahamdi were the players to gain highest FIDE rating points among Sri Lankan players as the Asian Junior Chess Championships 2021 concluded at Citrus Hotel, Waskaduwa on Thursday. V.S. Rahul who […]

By Rohan Wijeyaratna It was the Royal – Thomian of 1963. Royal batting second were facing a formidable Thomian total of 254 for 8 declared. Before long they were heading for trouble at 34 for 3. That’s when a fresh-faced youngster still only 17, made his way to the middle. Before his arrival, he was […]

Senate Bill 82 would give the leadership from the majority party in each chamber a tie-breaking vote.