Sports roundup

Navy down Army

Sri Lanka Navy trounced Sri Lanka Army in their under 23 cricket tournament match played at Panagoda.

B. Alwis (71) and D. Wijeweera (69) scored half tons while S. Perera scored 43 to help their team to get to a first innings total of 299. Dulanjana Mendis’s brilliant effort of 7 for 18 restricted Army’s first innings for 89. Army were 2 for 176 at close.

SL Navy: 299 (B. Alwis 71, D. Wijeweera 69, S. Perera 43)

SL Army: 89 (Dulanjana Mendis 7 for 18) and 2 for 176 (S. Perera 1 for 19, N. Ranasinghe 1 for 31)

Bolt vows to turn on the power in London

Triple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt will use this weekend’s London Grand Prix to underline his credentials as the world’s best sprinter.

Bolt won gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at the Beijing Games last year and holds the 100m world record of 9.69 seconds, but America’s Tyson Gay and fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell both believe they can take his crown.

Gay has already recorded the fastest 100m time this year and won gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at the World Championships in Osaka two years ago, while Commonwealth 100m champion Powell is unbeaten over the distance at Crystal Palace having run under 10 seconds in his previous three races at the venue.

Bolt will compete against Powell in the 100m on Friday, but Gay isn’t running in that race. With Bolt sitting out the 200m, there will be no clash with Gay then either.

But, although head to heads between the rivals may be thin on the ground in south London, Bolt knows dominant displays in the 100m and 4x100m relay would send a message to Gay and Powell ahead of next month’s World Championships in Berlin.

“I’m not sure I will be 100 percent in Berlin, but if I’m 95 percent I’ll be in contention,” said Bolt, who is recovering from injuries suffered in a recent car crash. LONDON, AFP

Sri Lanka clinch three silver medals

Sampath BANDARA

Sri Lanka has won three silver medals in the South Asian Junior Table Tennis Team Championships held in Jaipur, India.

Sri Lanka under 15 (boys), under 15 (girls) and under 18 (boys) teams won Silver Medals in the team finals gainst India while India Clinched the gold medal in this three age categories.

Pakistan, Nepal, Maldives and Bangladesh are the other countries which are taking part in the South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships in Jaipur, India.

Isipatana and Royal joint Under 16 champions

Isipatana and Royal were declared joint champions in the Western Province under 16, 12-a-side rugby championship conducted at Royal College grounds recently. It was 7-all at full time and match went for an extra time but ended in a draw. The tournament was conducted by Western Province Schools Rugby Association.

Cup semi final: Royal beat St. Peter’s 12-0. Isipatana beat St. Joseph 3-0.

Plate final: St. Peter’s beat St. Joseph’s 10-0.

Bowl final:Science College beat Thurstan 17-12 (extra time).

Shield final: Royal Panadura beat D. S. Senanayake 17-0.

Saucer: Mahanama beat Prince of Wales 12-0.

Fingara Club under new management

Beverley JANSZ

Merchant Credit of Sri Lanka Ltd. took over the management of the Fingara Town and Country Club at Rattanapitiya, Boralesgamuwa.

Fingara is one of the most prestigious clubs in Sri Lanka.

The new General Manager, R. P. Pushpakumara is working round the clock to treat all guests as VIPs.

Fingara has a modern Gym, a large and beautiful swimming pool, with a kiddies pool, Badminton, Squash, Tennis, Basket Ball, Bowling Alley, Cricket nets, Pool tables, kiddies play area and a Karaoke Lounge.

On Saturday nights, Fingara Club offers its members and guests an International buffet with live music by the ‘La-Lankans’ calypso band.

Hewawasam excels for Joes

Fine allround efforts by Sachien Hewawasam helped St. Joseph’s College to two good wins against President’s College and Carey College in their inter-school under 15 50 over tournament matches played at Darley Road, recently.

St. Joseph’s 1st innings 210 runs 9 wkt in 50 overs

Sachien Hewawasam 65, Rajindu Rodrigo 29, Stephan Anandappa 15, Yashan Samarasinghe 23, Hanshika Kumarasiri 2 for 42, Jayan Perera 3 for 37.

President’s College 1st innings 100 runs all out in 29 overs.

Niwanthaka Perera 40, J Perera 18, Sachien Hewawasam 3 for 4, Rajindu Rodrigo 2 for 3, Fabian Fernando 2 for 6.

St. Joseph’s College won by 110 runs.

St. Joseph’s 1st innings 100 runs all out in 45.5 overs

Sachien Hewawasam 48 not out, Arawind Fernando 12, Prabudya Nishad 4 for 19, Shehan Nanayakkara 3 for 23, Kavindu Bougard 2 for 18.

Carey College 1st innings 98 runs all out in 31.5 overs

Prabudya Nishad 26, A. S. Nooramith 14, Sachien Hewawasam 3 for 15, Moditha Weerasinghe 3 for 28, Stephan Anandappa 2 for 14. St. Joseph’s College won by 2 runs.

Old Anandians Hockey Wing AGM today

17th AGM of the Old Anandians Hockey Wing will be held on July 24 (Friday) at 6.30 p.m. at the Lions Hall (Chandra Wettasinghe Hall) Sri Jayawardenapura Mawatha, Ethulkotte.

The meeting will be followed by a Fellowship Dinner attended by past Hockey players of Ananda, Lal Dissanayake well-wishers and friends. The Principal of Ananda College, President, Secretary of OBA and Old Anandians Sports Club will grace this occasion.

The committee of the OASC Hockey Wing invites, all past hockey players and Anandians for the event.

Di Luca suspended after failing drug tests

Italian rider Danilo Di Luca has been provisionally suspended by the International Cycling Union (UCI) on Wednesday after failing two drug tests for EPO CERA during the Tour of Italy.

The 33-year-old LPR team leader, who is not competing in the Tour de France, won two stages of the Giro and wore the leader’s pink jersey for eight days. He finished second overall just 41 seconds behind Russian Denis Menchov.

The UCI said that Di Luca, winner of the 2007 Tour of Italy, tested positive for the banned-blood booster erythropoietin (EPO) CERA on May 20 and May 28 following blood tests carried out by a French laboratory. AFP