Sports
SriLankasports.com to organize age group Bocce Championship
In their inventive progression in developing sports in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka’s first Sports website Srilankasports.com together with the Nation Forum of Women with Disabilities (NFWD) intend organizing an age group Bocce Championship on Sunday 19th January at the Bandaragama Sports Complex with the participation of disabled children.
Bocce, is an Italian bowling game, similar to bowls and boules. Bocce is especially popular in Piedmont and Liguria and is also played in Italian communities in the United States, Australia, and South America. The governing organization is the Federazione Italiana Bocce.
The first world championships were held at Genoa, Italy, in 1951. Many sports at the Paralympics have an Olympic cousin. There are only two without counterparts, one of which is bocce. Bocce has been in the Paralympics since 1984 and has grown in popularity rapidly since then.
The technical support for the event will be provide by Sri Lanka Sports.com Academy for Special needs headed by Nilupa Ediriweera and Dharshana Aththanayake. . The Child Fund-Sri Lanka has joined as the financial partner for this inaugural event.
Approximately 50 athletes will be taking part in the Sri LankaSports.com Bocce Championship. They will be competing in under 20 boys and girls, Under 18 boys and girls and under 16 boys and girls categories with individual, double and mixed doubles.
This event will create an opportunity for the Children with disabilities to showcase their talents in sports and as well as to change the attitudes of social stigma. . The event will also aspire to cultivate and care for the special needs of those children who are underprivileged with their physical movements by organising recreational and community development activities among them.
www.SriLankaSports.com was inaugurated in the year 2000 pioneering a dynamic approach to sports reporting by exploring the avenues in cyber space to create a digital presence to Sri Lanka sports associations and athletes for a global following.
Eventually, the team in their endeavours to promote and develop sports in Sri Lanka diversified their activities into organising various sports events of which some became annual fixtures in the pre-Covid era. Inter-company Netball Championship introduced a seven-a-side format playing for Cup, Plate, Bowl and Shield in a 7-1-7 minute match duration since it’s inaugural championship in 2006. Sri Lanka’s first Under-19 school Futsal event, the Sri LankaSports.com Futsal Challenge, Sri Lanka’s first day-night inter-club beach football tournament, first-ever Under-15 Inter-School Handball Championship are some under their belt.
The BCB has said that they will rely on the Bangladesh government’s directive before finalising their tour to Pakistan later this month. Bangladesh were originally scheduled to play five T20Is there from May 25 to June 3, but the PSLs schedule was revised following cross-border tensions between Pakistan and India.
According to the revised fixtures, the PSL final will now be held on May 25, when Pakistan and Bangladesh were originally scheduled to play the first T20I.
ESPNcricinfo has learned that the PCB has sent a new schedule for the T20Is between Pakistan and Bangladesh, with the first match now slotted for May 27, and the last on June 5.
BCB’s media committee chairman Iftekhar Rahman said they will rely on information from government security agencies and the Bangladesh high commission in Islamabad to take the final decision.
“Once we receive official communication about the dates and venues [of the tour], we will forward it to the government,” Rahman said. “The BCB is not the decision-maker in this matter. If the government agencies and our embassy declare Pakistan safe for travel, only then will we proceed.
“In our previous meeting, we agreed that any such situation would be referred to the foreign and home ministries. Once we get clearance from all relevant bodies, we will finalise the tour. Security concerns were more significant in the past, but Pakistan has proven it can ensure safety. Still, given the current circumstances, we need to assess whether the situation across the country is stable before sending the team.”
Before playing Pakistan, Bangladesh are scheduled to play two T20Is against UAE in Sharjah on May 17 and 19. They were then supposed to fly to Lahore on May 21.
[Cricinfo]
Apna Perera won his third title of the 110th Colombo Championships as he partnered Dhilvan Herath to beat Dumindu Dilum and Chehan Fernando in the open men’s doubles final.
Apna and Dhilvan registered 6-2, 6-2 win in the final.
Apna, the open men’s singles champion, was also the winner of the mixed doubles which was played according to round robin method. In the mixed doubles Apna partnered Inuki Jayaweera.
Results
Men’s doubles semi-finals
Apna Perera and Dhilvan Herath beat Ashen Silva and Lithum Jayabandu 6-1, 6-2
Dumindu Dilum and Chehan Fernando beat Methika Wickramasinghe and Vichinthya Nilaweera 6-3, 2-6, 10-4.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) recently carried out a Fast Bowling Talent Search program in the Polonnaruwa District as part of its ongoing efforts to identify and nurture emerging cricketing talent across the country.
The program, held at the Royal College Ground, Polonnaruwa, attracted over 60 promising young players—both boys and girls—including school cricketers of the district. Each participant underwent skill assessments to evaluate their fast bowling potential.
Following the evaluations, 20 talented bowlers were selected for further development.
The selected players will now receive structured training under the guidance of Provincial coaches of Sri Lanka Cricket, with a focus on refining their techniques and enhancing their overall performance.
Those who continue to demonstrate consistent improvement will be given the opportunity to join SLC’s district squads, thereby becoming part of the official National Pathway Program.
This initiative is a part of SLC’s ‘Cricket Gamata’, program which aims to find talent from rural areas across Sri Lanka.
The talent assessments were conducted by Lasantha Lakmin, SLC Talent Scout for the North Central and North Western Provinces; Lakshitha Herath, North Central Provincial Women’s Coach; and Saman Senanayake, North Central Provincial Fast Bowling Coach.
The event was organized by the North Central Provincial Cricket Association under the guidance of Sri Lanka Cricket. It was managed by Krishan Anandakumar, Manager of the Center of Excellence, Dambulla.
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