Stories Featured The 'Keeper of Faith' and Promise to his Son Former Zimbabwe Captain Tatenda Taibu once 'came out of retirement' as an overseas player for Badureliya CC in 2019 because his son never had the chance to see him play!
Tennis Featured Anjana, A Familiar Face At The Grand Slams! Anjana De Silva, one of the well known names in the Sri Lankan Tennis circuit as a Tournament Referee, was the only Asian Line Judge at this year's French Open Finals
On This Day Featured The Day When Sri Lanka Braved Thomson's Fury 50 years ago today, Sri Lanka showed their fighting spirit as they faced one of Cricket's deadliest duos - Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee in the World Cup against Australia.
Members only Facts Featured Gauder, 'Sandy Gardens' And Sri Lanka Rugby As Adam Gauder, the Australian born rugby player of Sri Lankan descent, gets called into the national team again, let's look at his origins and the many roads in Wellawatte!
On This Day Featured 'Karu Ayya' - A Genius In Lyrics And Commentary! Karunaratne Abeysekera who was born 95 years ago today, was not only a lyrical genius behind more that 2000 songs but also introduced Sinhala Cricket Commentary
On This Day Featured Mathews - The Match Winner Of Yesteryear Angelo Mathews who turns 38 years today, embodies many nostalgic memories from his 17 year long career as a match winning all rounder of generational talent.
On This Day Mahanama - A Big Name Who Walked The Talk! Roshan Mahanama who turns 59 years today, is remembered for his fighting knocks and safe hands in the outfield for Sri Lanka, before he became an ICC Match Referee.
On This Day Wimalasena, A Man Who Weathered The Storm Wimalasena Perera who turns 80 years today, ran the Marathon at high altitude in the 1968 Mexico Olympics and got to know he finished 51st the next day in hospital.
Cricket She Let The Ladies Play The Gentleman's Game An Actress turned Administrator, Mrs.Gwen Herat will be remembered for her giant leaps in Cricket as the Founding President of the Sri Lanka Women's Cricket Association
On This Day 'Billiard' Lafir - The First Ever World Champion M.J.M. Lafir who was born today in 1930, is a story that started with marbles and a broomstick, and ends with Sri Lanka's first world championship title in any sport!
Members only On This Day Mahela - A Mastermind In The Shortest Format Mahela Jayawardene who turns 48 years today, is an underrated example of format adaptation, with a strike rate in T20Is greater than Test and ODIs combined!
On This Day David Wilkie - A Pioneer Of The Swimming Gear It's been a year since the passing of former Olympian Gold medalist David Wilkie MBE, born in Ceylon and was the first to use the goggles and cap for competitive swimming
On This Day Sir Arthur - The Author And First Class Cricketer Born on 'Sherlock Holmes Day' today, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle named the fictional detective after a Nottinghamshire Cricketer and once took the wicket of W.G. Grace!
On This Day Some Were Fast, And There Was 'Summa' Sumanthiran Navaratnam, whose centenary birth anniversary falls today, was once dubbed the 'Bolt of Asia' and a household name in Rugby from Player to President
Members only On This Day Ireland's Forgotten Hero Who Was Born In Ceylon Born on this day in 1907 in Nuwara Eliya, Robert Tisdall left Ceylon long before he won the Gold medal for Ireland in the Men's 400m Hurdles at the 1932 Olympic Games
Stories Aravinda's First Taste of England: Where Dreams Were Forged A 15 year old teenager stepped onto a plane for the very first time, full of excitement, on his way to England with his U19 cricket team. That was Aravinda de Silva's reality in 1981...
Members only Facts Gunasekara - Passing The Baton Then VS Now Senior Police Officer Hemantha Gunasekara, who once held the National Record in the Men's 4x100m, is the proud father of Anudi- the Miss Sri Lanka for the Miss World!
Rugby Ekanayake Nominated For HSBC SVNS Awards 20 year old Australian Rugby 7's player Aden Ekanayake, a rising speed-star of a familiar origin, has been nominated among 3 players for the HSBC SVNS Rookie of the Year Award!
Karunaratne - A Frank And Underrated Opener Dimuth Karunaratne, who recently retired on his 100th Test match and one of the most prolific openers to grace the field in whites for Sri Lanka, turns 37 years today!
Astonishing Feats Of The Bent Arm Bowler With 1347 international wickets to his name, Muttiah Muralitharan who turns 53 years today is not your everyday tailender when looking at his batting and fielding feats!
Facts 'Awuduru Games' No More At The Olympics! These two sports which are very popular during the Sinhala and Tamil New Year season, were a part and now discontinued from the Olympic Games over a century ago!
Cricket When 'Hope' Finally Became A Reality After sharing sorrows as the losing side in four straight World Cup finals, Sri Lanka became the T20 World Cup winners on this day in 2014 at the Sher-E-Bangla Stadium.
On This Day The CBSL Governor Who Led Sri Lanka Rugby Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, who turns 75 years today, is the 14th Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and famously led Sri Lanka in the ASIAD Finals in 1974
On This Day A Life Around Cricket, Hockey and Insurance! Chandra Schaffter, founder of Janashakthi Insurance PLC and the oldest living First Class Cricketer who represented Ceylon in Hockey and Cricket, turns 95 years today.
Members only On This Day The Bizarre Pitch That Bamboozled Bradman! On this day in 1948, Colombo came to a halt as more than 20,000 spectators surrounded the P Sara Oval to watch Sir Don Bradman score the same number of runs as the pitch!
