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2022 FIFA World Cup Brazil Team Preview and Squad

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November 8, 2022

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Brazil FIFA World Cup 2022 Squad – In every FIFA World Cup ever seen, Brazil has a maximum fan base compared to other teams. This is largely due to their records that make them favourites in every edition. Brazil is the only team in the world to have participated in all FIFA World Cup tournaments. Moreover, they have become world champions five times, making it the most by any country. The last time Brazil became champions was in 2002. After 20 years of waiting for Brazil, fans are now nervous. Fans in Brazil and around the world are expecting their team to perform well in the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2022.

Brazil team’s World Cup past

It will be exciting as the team that became the most successful team in the FIFA World Cup will discuss past performances. Brazil has been part of the FIFA World Cup since 1930.

Brazil became world champions for the first time in 1958. Brazil won the World Cup in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002 and has claimed the crown five times. No other team has managed to surpass or equal this feat. Moreover, Brazil has participated in every FIFA World Cup so far.

The 2022 World Cup match schedule

Brazil is participating in its 22nd FIFA World Cup. They have been drawn into Group G with Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon. Brazil will open their FIFA World Cup campaign on November 24 against Serbia at the Lusail Iconic Stadium. Brazil will then take on Switzerland on November 28 at the 974 Stadium. The final group match of Group G will be played on December 2, when Brazil take on Cameroon at the Lusail Stadium.

FIFA has announced the Brazil squad for the 2022 World Cup. The official list of 26 players has been released to the media by the Brazilian Football Association.

Here is the complete list of Brazil’s 26 Men Players who will travel to Qatar for the FIFA World Cup 2022.

Goalkeepers: Alisson – Liverpool (ENG), Ederson – Manchester City (ENG), Weverton – Palmeiras (BRA)

Defenders: Alex Sandro – Juventus (ITA), Alex Telles – Seville (ESP), Dani Alves – Pumas (MEX), Danilo – Juventus (ITA), Bremer – Juventus (ITA), Éder Militao – Real Madrid (ESP), Marquinhos – Paris Saint Germain (FRA), Thiago Silva – Chelsea (ENG)

Midfielders: Bruno Guimaraes – Newcastle (ENG), Casemiro – Manchester United (ENG), Everton Ribeiro – Flamengo (BRA), Fabinho – Liverpool (ENG), Fred – Manchester United (ENG), Lucas Paquetá – West Ham United (ENG)

Forwards: Antony – Manchester United (ENG), Gabriel Jesus – Arsenal (ENG), Gabriel Martinelli – Arsenal (ENG), Neymar Jr. – Paris Saint Germain (FRA), Pedro – Flamengo (BRA), Raphinha – Barcelona (ESP), Richarlison – Tottenham (ENG), Rodrygo – Real Madrid (ESP), Vinicius Jr. – Real Madrid (ESP)

2022 පාපන්දු ලෝක කුසලානයේ බ්‍රසීලය කණ්ඩායමේ පෙරදැක්ම හා සංචිතය

බ්‍රසීල FIFA ලෝක කුසලාන 2022 සංචිතය – මෙතෙක් දැක ඇති ඇති සෑම FIFA ලෝක කුසලානයක්ම, අනෙකුත් කණ්ඩායම් හා සසඳන විට බ්‍රසීලයට උපරිම රසික පිරිසක් සිටී. මෙයට බොහෝ දුරට හේතුව ඔවුන් සෑම සංස්කරණයකම ප්‍රියතමයන් බවට පත් කරන ඔවුන්ගේ වාර්තා නිසාය. සියලුම FIFA ලෝක කුසලාන තරඟාවලි සඳහා සහභාගී වූ ලොව එකම කණ්ඩායම බ්‍රසීලයයි. එපමණක් නොව, ඔවුන් පස් වතාවක් ලෝක ශූරයන් බවට පත් වී ඇති අතර එය ඕනෑම රටක් විසින් වැඩිම ශූරයන් බවට පත් කර ඇත. අවසන් වරට බ්‍රසීලය 2002 වසරේදී ශූරිය බවට පත් විය. එය වසර 20 ක් බ්‍රසීලය බලා සිටීමෙන් පසුව දැන් රසිකයන් නොසන්සුන් වී ඇත. බ්‍රසීලයේ සහ ලොව පුරා සිටින රසිකයන් ඔවුන්ගේ කණ්ඩායම එළඹෙන FIFA ලෝක කුසලාන 2022 දී හොඳින් ක්‍රීඩා කරනු ඇතැයි අපේක්ෂා කරති.

බ්‍රසීල කණ්ඩායමේ ලෝක කුසලාන අතීතය

FIFA ලෝක කුසලානයේ සාර්ථකම කණ්ඩායම බවට පත් වූ එම කණ්ඩායම අතීත දස්කම් පිළිබඳව සාකච්ඡා කිරීමට යන බැවින් එය උද්වේගකර වනු ඇත. බ්‍රසීලය 1930 සිට FIFA ලෝක කුසලානයේ කොටසක් විය.

බ්‍රසීලය ප්‍රථම වරට ලෝක ශූරිය බවට පත් වූයේ 1958 දීය. බ්‍රසීලය 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 සහ 2002 වසරවල ලෝක කුසලානය දිනාගෙන පස් වතාවක් කිරුළට හිමිකම් කීමට සමත්ව ඇත. වෙනත් කිසිදු කණ්ඩායමක් මෙම දස්කම අභිබවා යාමට හෝ සම කිරීමට සමත් වී නැත. එපමණක් නොව, මේ දක්වා පැවති සෑම FIFA ලෝක කුසලාන තරඟයකම බ්‍රසීලය සහභාගී වී ඇත.

2022 ලෝක කුසලානයේ තරග සැලැස්ම

බ්‍රසීලය සිය 22 වැනි FIFA ලෝක කුසලානයට සහභාගී වේ. ඔවුන් G කාණ්ඩයෙන් සර්බියාව, ස්විට්සර්ලන්තය සහ කැමරූන් සමඟ සංචිත වී ඇත. බ්‍රසීලය ඔවුන්ගේ FIFA ලෝක කුසලාන ව්‍යාපාරය නොවැම්බර් 24 වැනිදා සර්බියාවට එරෙහිව Lusail Iconic Stadiumහිදී ආරම්භ කිරීමට නියමිතය. අනතුරුව, බ්‍රසීලය නොවැම්බර් 28 වැනිදා ස්විට්සර්ලන්තයට එරෙහිව 974 ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේදී තරග වදිනු ඇත. G කාණ්ඩයේ අවසන් කාණ්ඩයේ තරගය දෙසැම්බර් 2 වැනිදා බ්‍රසීලය කැමරූන් පිල සමඟ ලුසේල් ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේදී පැවැත්වේ.

FIFA ලෝක කුසලාන 2022 සඳහා වන බ්‍රසීල සංචිතය ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කර ඇත. නිල වශයෙන් නිකුත් කළ ක්‍රීඩකයන් 26 ලැයිස්තුව බ්‍රසීල පාපන්දු සංගමය විසින් මාධ්‍යට නිකුත් කර ඇත.

Here is the complete list of Brazil’s 26 Men Players who will travel to Qatar for the FIFA World Cup 2022.

Goalkeepers: Alisson – Liverpool (ENG), Ederson – Manchester City (ENG), Weverton – Palmeiras (BRA)

Forwards: Antony – Manchester United (ENG), Gabriel Jesus – Arsenal (ENG), Gabriel Martinelli – Arsenal (ENG), Neymar Jr. – Paris Saint Germain (FRA), Pedro – Flamengo (BRA), Raphinha – Barcelona (ESP), Richarlison –Tottenham (ENG), Rodrygo – Real Madrid (ESP), Vinicius Jr. – Real Madrid (ESP)

2022 FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை பிரேசில் அணி முன்னோட்டம் மற்றும் அணி

பிரேசில் FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை 2022 அணி – இதுவரை கண்டிராத ஒவ்வொரு FIFA உலகக் கோப்பையிலும், மற்ற அணிகளுடன் ஒப்பிடும்போது பிரேசில் அதிகபட்ச ரசிகர் பட்டாளத்தைக் கொண்டுள்ளது. ஒவ்வொரு பதிப்பிலும் அவர்களுக்குப் பிடித்தமான பதிவுகளே இதற்குக் காரணம். அனைத்து ஃபிஃபா உலகக் கோப்பை போட்டிகளிலும் பங்கேற்ற உலகின் ஒரே அணி பிரேசில். மேலும், அவர்கள் ஐந்து முறை உலக சாம்பியனாகி, எந்த நாட்டிலும் அதிக சாதனை படைத்துள்ளனர். கடைசியாக 2002ல் பிரேசில் சாம்பியன் ஆனது. பிரேசிலுக்காக 20 வருட காத்திருப்புக்குப் பிறகு, ரசிகர்கள் இப்போது பதற்றத்தில் உள்ளனர். பிரேசில் மற்றும் உலகெங்கிலும் உள்ள ரசிகர்கள் வரவிருக்கும் FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை 2022 இல் தங்கள் அணி சிறப்பாக செயல்படும் என்று எதிர்பார்க்கிறார்கள்.

பிரேசில் அணியின் உலகக் கோப்பை கடந்த காலம்

ஃபிஃபா உலகக் கோப்பையில் மிகவும் வெற்றிகரமான அணியாக மாறிய அணி கடந்த கால செயல்பாடுகளைப் பற்றி விவாதிக்கும் என்பதால் இது உற்சாகமாக இருக்கும். பிரேசில் 1930 முதல் FIFA உலகக் கோப்பையின் ஒரு பகுதியாக இருந்து வருகிறது.

1958 இல் பிரேசில் முதல் முறையாக உலக சாம்பியன் ஆனது. பிரேசில் 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 மற்றும் 2002 ஆகிய ஆண்டுகளில் உலகக் கோப்பையை வென்றுள்ளது மற்றும் ஐந்து முறை மகுடத்தை வென்றுள்ளது. வேறு எந்த அணியும் இந்த சாதனையை முறியடிக்கவோ அல்லது சமன் செய்யவோ முடியவில்லை. மேலும், இதுவரை நடந்த ஒவ்வொரு ஃபிஃபா உலகக் கோப்பையிலும் பிரேசில் பங்கேற்றுள்ளது.

2022 உலகக் கோப்பை போட்டி அட்டவணை

பிரேசில் தனது 22வது ஃபிஃபா உலகக் கோப்பையில் பங்கேற்கிறது. அவர்கள் செர்பியா, சுவிட்சர்லாந்து மற்றும் கேமரூன் அணிகளுடன் ஜி பிரிவில் இடம் பெற்றுள்ளனர். பிரேசில் தனது ஃபிஃபா உலகக் கோப்பை பிரச்சாரத்தை நவம்பர் 24 அன்று லுசைல் ஐகானிக் ஸ்டேடியத்தில் செர்பியாவுக்கு எதிராகத் தொடங்குகிறது. பின்னர் நவம்பர் 28ஆம் தேதி 974 ஸ்டேடியத்தில் சுவிட்சர்லாந்தை எதிர்கொள்கிறது பிரேசில். G குழுவின் இறுதிப் போட்டி டிசம்பர் 2 ஆம் தேதி லுசைல் ஸ்டேடியத்தில் பிரேசில் கேமரூனை எதிர்கொள்கிறது.

2022 உலகக் கோப்பைக்கான பிரேசில் அணியை ஃபிஃபா அறிவித்துள்ளது. 26 வீரர்களின் அதிகாரப்பூர்வ பட்டியலை பிரேசில் கால்பந்து சங்கம் ஊடகங்களுக்கு வெளியிட்டுள்ளது.

FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை 2022 க்காக கத்தாருக்குச் செல்லும் பிரேசிலின் 26 ஆண்கள் வீரர்களின் முழுமையான பட்டியல் இதோ.

கோல்கீப்பர்கள்: அலிசன் – லிவர்பூல் (ENG), எடர்சன் – மான்செஸ்டர் சிட்டி (ENG), வெவர்டன் – பால்மீராஸ் (BRA)

டிஃபெண்டர்கள்: அலெக்ஸ் சாண்ட்ரோ – ஜுவென்டஸ் (ITA), அலெக்ஸ் டெல்லெஸ் – செவில்லே (ESP), டானி ஆல்வ்ஸ் – பூமாஸ் (MEX), டானிலோ – ஜுவென்டஸ் (ITA), ப்ரெமர் – ஜுவென்டஸ் (ITA), எடர் மிலிடாவ் – ரியல் மாட்ரிட் (ESP), மார்க்வினோஸ் – பாரிஸ் செயின்ட் ஜெர்மைன் (FRA), தியாகோ சில்வா – செல்சியா (ENG)

மிட்ஃபீல்டர்கள்: புருனோ குய்மரேஸ் – நியூகேஸில் (ENG), காசெமிரோ – மான்செஸ்டர் யுனைடெட் (ENG), எவர்டன் ரிபெய்ரோ – ஃபிளமெங்கோ (BRA), Fabinho – லிவர்பூல் (ENG), ஃப்ரெட் – மான்செஸ்டர் யுனைடெட் (ENG), லூகாஸ் Paquetá – வெஸ்ட் ஹாம் யுனைடெட் (ENG)

முன்கள வீரர்கள்: ஆண்டனி – மான்செஸ்டர் யுனைடெட் (ENG), கேப்ரியல் ஜீசஸ் – அர்செனல் (ENG), கேப்ரியல் மார்டினெல்லி – அர்செனல் (ENG), நெய்மர் ஜூனியர். – பாரிஸ் செயின்ட் ஜெர்மைன் (FRA), பருத்தித்துறை – ஃபிளமெங்கோ (BRA), ரபின்ஹா – பார்சிலோனா (ESP), ரிச்சர்லிசன் – Tottenham (ENG), Rodrygo – Real Madrid (ESP), Vinicius Jr. – ரியல் மாட்ரிட் (ESP)

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Sri Lanka Set for White-Ball Leadership Change as Kusal Mendis Emerges Favourite

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4 hours ago

May 11, 2026

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Sri Lanka Cricket is reportedly preparing for a major leadership overhaul in the national white-ball teams, with Kusal Mendis tipped to become captain of both the ODI and T20I sides ahead of the upcoming West Indies tour.

According to a report by The Sunday Times, the experienced wicketkeeper-batter is expected to replace Charith Asalanka as ODI captain and take over the T20I leadership from Dasun Shanaka.

The reported decision comes as Sri Lanka seeks to strengthen its limited-overs structure and build momentum ahead of a packed international schedule. Cricket officials are believed to view Mendis as a dependable senior figure capable of guiding a relatively young squad through the next phase of development.

Having represented Sri Lanka for several years across all three formats, Mendis has established himself as one of the team’s key performers in white-ball cricket. His experience and consistency are expected to play a crucial role if the appointment is confirmed.

Meanwhile, the report stated that Dhananjaya de Silva will continue to lead the Test side, ensuring stability in the longer format.

Sri Lanka Cricket has yet to make an official announcement regarding the captaincy changes.

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Angelo Mathews sparks debate over England’s proposed Test tour reductions

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2 days ago

May 9, 2026

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Former Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has strongly criticised reports that England may reduce future Test tours of Sri Lanka to a single match, warning that such a move risks undermining the fairness and integrity of the World Test Championship structure.

According to reports, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is reviewing its Future Tours Programme, with discussions suggesting that overseas red-ball series against nations such as Sri Lanka and Bangladesh could be trimmed to just one Test, alongside white-ball fixtures. The shift is being linked to scheduling pressures and a push to prioritise longer home series against top-tier opposition.

We should not play one off test with anyone! If any country doesn’t want to play more than one so be it! There’s nothing called bigger nations and test status is equal to all test playing nations .You can’t have 1 team playing 20 games and another playing 10 games in the same…
— Angelo Mathews (@Angelo69Mathews) May 9, 2026

However, Mathews has pushed back firmly against the idea, arguing that Test cricket must not be reshaped around commercial convenience or unequal participation between nations.
“We should not play one off test with anyone! If any country doesn’t want to play more than one so be it!” Mathews said, expressing clear frustration at the proposal.

He further stressed that all Test nations must be treated equally within the format, warning against creating an imbalance in match opportunities across the championship cycle.
“There’s nothing called bigger nations and test status is equal to all test playing nations,” he said.

Mathews also questioned the logic of restructuring series length while maintaining a unified global competition, pointing out the contradiction in workload and fairness.
“You can’t have 1 team playing 20 games and another playing 10 games in the same championship cycle!” he added.

His strongest criticism came when addressing the reasoning behind the proposed changes, which have been partly linked to revenue generation and broadcast appeal.

“Generating revenue and keeping test cricket alive is two different things and you should not mix up the two!” Mathews said, drawing a clear line between financial priorities and the preservation of the longest format.

The reported ECB discussions come amid wider debates within the International Cricket Council (ICC) over potential reforms to the World Test Championship, including proposals to expand participation and possibly allow single-Test series to contribute to standings for the first time.

The ICC is expected to review the proposals in upcoming meetings, with the future structure of Test cricket under increasing scrutiny as scheduling demands continue to grow across formats.

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Sri Lanka Juniors Ready for Billie Jean King Cup Challenge in Kazakhstan

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2 days ago

May 9, 2026

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Sri Lanka’s emerging tennis players are set to represent the country at the 2026 Billie Jean King Cup Juniors – Asia/Oceania under-16 Final Qualifying tournament, which will be held in Shymkent, Kazakhstan from May 11 to 15, 2026.

The prestigious junior competition will bring together leading teams from across the region, including Australia, China, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Thailand, Singapore, and Sri Lanka, among others, all competing for regional supremacy and qualification progress.

Sri Lanka will be led by top-ranked junior player Annaya Norbet of Holy Family Convent Bambalapitiya, who will take the position of number one player in the squad. She will be joined by Akeesha Silva of Newstead College, Negombo, selected as the second player, while Bovindee Jithsara from Bishop’s College completes the main trio.

Sandithi Usgoda Arachchi of Musaeus College has been named as the standby player, providing additional support to the team if required during the competition.

The squad will be coached by Anupa Maththamagoda, an experienced figure tasked with guiding the young team through the demanding international event.