St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota, which performed extremely well and became the only side to qualify for round two from Kandy last season, will be all out to reach the Super Round of the Inter-Schools Under-19 League Rugby Tournament this year as well.
Isipathana College dubbed the Kings of Schools Rugby who had to be satisfied to play second fiddle last season in both the league and knockout segments have made enormous preparations and are ready for the Under 19 schools rugby title challenge to face the forthcoming schools rugby season scheduled to be kicked off from this week.
Thurstan College, after being stagnated in the Division 1 Segment ‘B’ League for the last 12 years, and by virtue of having ended as the champions last year, will make their appearance in the Division 1 Segment ‘A’ and will lock horns with the top teams in the tournament.
Zahira was the second schools rugby team to have earned playing in the top division last season and they began the 2023 season with back to back wins but unfortunately they were unable to make any impression and to keep up the momentum as they fell back in the latter part of the season.
Wesley College in the past few seasons have performed with credibility but last season they were the most unfortunate side as they underwent close defeats, having dominated proceedings in some of the lost matches and was able to record only one win.
Uganda players did a special victory dance after their historic T20 World Cup 2024 victory on Thursday against Papua New Guinea (PNG) at Providence, Guyana. A video emerged on social media of the players and support staff hopping and dancing after making a circle as they were all laughs.
South Africa’s Anrich Nortje took a remarkable four wickets for just seven runs as the Proteas dismissed Sri Lanka for a record low 77 on their way to a six-wicket win in the teams’ T20 World Cup opener in New York on Monday.
South Africa’s Anrich Nortje took a remarkable four wickets for just seven runs as the Proteas dismissed Sri Lanka for a record low 77 on their way to a six-wicket win in the teams’ T20 World Cup opener in New York on Monday.
West Indies stuttered and stumbled before eventually scrambling a five-wicket win with an over to spare over minnows Papua New Guinea in the opening Group C encounter of the T20 World Cup at the Guyana National Stadium on Sunday.
Eshan Pieris came home with a triumphant win in the Silver Cup category at round four of the GT World Challenge Asia (GTWC) held at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand. The victory cemented a positive weekend for the Sri Lankan driver, who also scored a podium the day before, in round three.
The Milo U12 Inter-School Football Carnival conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Football Association and sponsored by Nestle Lanka Ltd under the brand Milo held at the Racecourse ground in Colombo saw two outstation schools Gampola International School and Jaffna Mahajana Vidyalaya emerge Cup champions in the boys’ and girls’ categories.
Kazakhstan had a great start to the Asia Rugby Division 1 Championship opening encounter when they edged out a spirited Qatar outfit by 33 points (five tries and four conversions) to 31 points (one penalty try, three tries, three conversions and one penalty) in a thriller at the Racecourse Grounds in Colombo.
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