By S. Skandakumar When that great bard, William Shakespeare wrote the lines, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players”, he could not have envisaged an off spinning genius from Sri Lanka entering that arena almost four and a half centuries later. As the curtain came down on a truly [...]
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo which is commemorating its 25th anniversary this year will be hosting the Inter City Hotel Sports Extravaganza. Realising the need for fellowship amongst the hotels was what prompted the sports carnival of sorts after a spell of five years which was last hosted by the then Trans Asia Hotel. A press conference [...]
The Madras-Colombo regatta is the second oldest inter-club boat race in the world, second only to the prestigious Oxford-Cambridge boat race held annually on the Thames in England. The first “Madras-Colombo”, as it is popularly known, was held in 1898, its main protagonists being our erstwhile colonial masters, and the records of this race still [...]
Once Upon a Time, an enthralling performance written and directed by Nuzrath Mowlana will be presented by the students of the Foundation and Primary School of Gateway College, Colombo 4 on July 31. An outstanding feature of this performance is the participation of the teachers. An array of characters from fairyland including Peter Pan, Tinker [...]
The event notice regarding Tanya Ilangakkone-Ekanayaka’s recital at St. Martin in the Fields’ reads ‘Tanya is the first Sri lankan to ever perform at St Martin in the Fields’ The article ought to have stated ‘Tanya Ilangakkone-Ekanayaka is the first Sri Lankan to give a solo piano recital at St Martin in the Fields as [...]
By Hafiz Marikar The Central Province Rugby Football Union conducted a grand inter club seven a side tournament last Sunday (18) at the Nittawela rugby stadium. It was excellent rugby where all the participating teams gave off their best. The competition was handled by the experienced Tuan Dole, who did a grand job to start [...]
A beautiful day saw the contenders for the Pin Fernando Trophy 2010 teeing off on Saturday July 10 with their first objective being to see their name on the qualifying list. The best net score was returned by Suren Vaas – a steadily improving golfer who showed a glimpse of his true potential by breaking [...]
Catch the action with reigning ‘School Boy Cricketer of the Year’ and current Royal College Cricket Captain Bhanuka Rajapaksa as he is interviewed on Prime TV Roundtable’s Celeb Chat on Monday 26 July at 9.30 pm. Listen to him recalling his early days as a three year old batsman in his playpen with great-grandmother Pear [...]
Opening batsman Peter Ingram will replace Jesse Ryder in New Zealand’s squad for next month’s cricket tri-series against India and Sri Lanka. Ryder withdrew last Wednesday from the squad for the Sri Lanka tournament due to an elbow injury. New Zealand Cricket on Thursday called up Ingram when the selectors’ first choice, Aaron Redmond, was [...]
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