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A promotion for Yupun Abeykoon!!!
Army Sergeant H.G. Palitha Bandara, who won a silver medal in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games (Para) discus throw, and Corporal V.D.I, who won a bronze medal in the 55 kg weight category. Kumara players met the Army Commander Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage yesterday.
The meeting was held at the Army Commander’s office, and they were also given financial incentives.
37 contestants participated in athletics, weight lifting, para discus throwing and other sports events representing the Army in this year’s Commonwealth Games.
In addition, a bronze medal in the 100m race was won for Sri Lanka by Sergeant Yupun Abeykoon of the Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Corps.
During the friendly meeting, the Lt. General appreciated the achievement of the medalists, praised them for their performance in an international sports festival and assured them of the necessary support for their future sports careers.
The Commander of the Army also informed that Sergeant Yupun Abeykoon will be promoted to the next rank.
Brigadier Nalin Bandaranaike, Director of the Directorate of Army Sports, and Colonel Sri Rajapaksa, Senior Officers of Military Services, also joined the occasion.
යුපුන් අබේකොන් හට උසස් වීමක්!!!
පසුගිය දා අවසන් වූ පොදුරාජ්ය මණ්ඩලීය ක්රීඩා (පැරා) කවපෙත්ත විසි කිරීමෙන් රිදී පදක්කමක් දිනා ගත් යුද්ධ හමුදාවේ සැරයන් එච්.ජී පාලිත බණ්ඩාර හා කිලෝග්රෑම් 55 බර කාණ්ඩයේ ලෝකඩ පදක්කමක් දිනා දුන් කෝප්රල් වයි.ඩී.අයි. කුමාර යන ක්රීඩකයන් ඊයේ දින යුද්ධ හමුදාපති ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් විකුම් ලියනගේ මහතා හමු විය.
එම හමුව යුද්ධ හමුදාධිපති කාර්යලයේදී පැවති අතර, ඔවුන් හට මූල්යමය දිරි ගැන්වීම් ප්රදානයන්ද ලබා දෙන ලදී.
මෙවර පොදුරාජ්ය මණ්ඩලීය ක්රීඩා උළෙලට යුද්ධ හමුදාව නියෝජනය කරමින් මලළ ක්රීඩා, බර ඉසිලීම, පැරා කවපෙත්ත විසි කිරීම හා අනෙකුත් ක්රීඩා තරග සදහා තරගකරුවන් 37 දෙනෙකු සහභාගී විය.
මීට අමතරව මීටර් 100 ධාවන ඉසව්වේ ලෝකඩ පදක්කමක් ශ්රී ලංකා විදුලි හා යාන්ත්රික ඉංජිනේරු බලකායේ මාණ්ඩලික සැරයන් යුපුන් අබේකෝන් ශ්රී ලංකාව වෙනුවෙන් දිනා දෙන ලදී.
එම සුහද හමුවේදී ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් වරයා පදක්කම් ලාභීන්ගේ ජයග්රහණය ඇගයීමට ලක් කල අතර, ජාත්යන්තර ක්රීඩා උළෙලකදී ඔවුන් දැක්වූ දක්ෂතා පිළිබදව ප්රශංසා කරමින්, ඔවුන්ගේ ඉදිරි ක්රීඩා ජීවිතයට අවශ්ය සහය ලබා දෙන බවටද සහතික විය.
එහිදී යුද්ධ හමුදාපති තුමා විසින් මාණ්ඩලික සැරයන් යුපුන් අබේකෝන් මීලග නිලයට උසස් කරන ලෙසද දැනුම් දෙන ලදී.
මෙම අවස්ථාවට යුද්ධ හමුදා ක්රීඩා අධ්යක්ෂක මණ්ඩලයේ අධ්යක්ෂක බ්රිගේඩියර් නලින් බණ්ඩාරනායක සහ යුධ සේවා සහකාර කර්නල් ශ්රී රාජපක්ෂ යන ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ නිලධාරීන්ද එක් වූහ.
யுபுன் அபேகோனுக்கு பதவி உயர்வு!!!
அண்மையில் நிறைவடைந்த பொதுநலவாய விளையாட்டுப் போட்டியில் (பரா) வட்டு எறிதலில் வெள்ளிப் பதக்கம் வென்ற இராணுவ சார்ஜன்ட் எச்.ஜி.பாலித பண்டார மற்றும் 55 கிலோ எடைப் பிரிவில் வெண்கலப் பதக்கம் வென்ற கோப்ரல் வி.டி.ஐ. குமார வீரர்கள் நேற்று இராணுவத் தளபதி லெப்டினன்ட் ஜெனரல் விக்கும் லியனகேவை சந்தித்தனர்.
இராணுவத் தளபதி அலுவலகத்தில் நடைபெற்ற இந்த சந்திப்பு அவர்களுக்கு நிதியுதவியும் வழங்கப்பட்டது.
37 போட்டியாளர்கள் தடகளம், பளு தூக்குதல், பாரா டிஸ்கஸ் எறிதல் மற்றும் இந்த ஆண்டு காமன்வெல்த் விளையாட்டுகளில் இராணுவத்தை பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்தும் மற்ற விளையாட்டு நிகழ்வுகளில் கலந்து கொண்டனர்.
மேலும், 100 மீற்றர் ஓட்டப் போட்டியில் வெண்கலப் பதக்கத்தை இலங்கை மின் மற்றும் இயந்திர பொறியியல் படையணியின் பணியாளர் சார்ஜன்ட் யுபுன் அபேகோன் வென்றார்.
சிநேகபூர்வ சந்திப்பின் போது, லெப்டினன்ட் ஜெனரல் பதக்கம் வென்றவர்களின் சாதனையைப் பாராட்டியதுடன், சர்வதேச விளையாட்டு விழாவில் அவர்களின் திறமையைப் பாராட்டியதுடன், அவர்களின் எதிர்கால விளையாட்டு வாழ்க்கைக்கு தேவையான ஆதரவையும் உறுதியளித்தார்.
ஸ்டாஃப் சார்ஜன்ட் யுபுன் அபேகோன் அடுத்த தரத்திற்கு பதவி உயர்வு பெறுவார் என்றும் இராணுவத் தளபதி தெரிவித்தார்.
இராணுவ விளையாட்டுப் பணிப்பாளர் பிரிகேடியர் நளின் பண்டாரநாயக்க மற்றும் இராணுவ சேவைகளின் சிரேஷ்ட அதிகாரிகள் கேணல் ஸ்ரீ ராஜபக்ஷ ஆகியோரும் இந்நிகழ்வில் கலந்துகொண்டனர்.







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Ajith De Silva Elected MHA President at 70th AGM
The Mercantile Hockey Association successfully held its 70th Annual General Meeting on March 28, 2026, at the Burgher Recreation Club.
Veteran sportsman Dennis de Rosayro presided over the meeting, where Ajith De Silva of Brown & Company PLC was elected as President for the 2026–2027 term.
He succeeds outgoing President Vengadasalam Balagobi of Deloitte Sri Lanka, who completed three successful terms.
🔹 Office Bearers – 2026/2027
Patron:
Rohitha Silva (IDAC Pvt Ltd)
Vice Patrons:
Deva Ellepola, Ramesh Schaffter, Tharaka Ranwala, Manjula Wijemanne, Iqram Cuttilan, Kumar De Silva, Juragen Majid, Vengadasalam Balagobi
Trustee:
Deva Ellepola
President:
Ajith De Silva (Brown & Company PLC)
Vice Presidents:
Sumith Jayasena, Chandana Weragama, Sadique M. Hanas, Charitha Senanayake
Honorary Secretary:
Yogendren Suganthan
Assistant Secretary:
Vishwa Prabhath
Honorary Treasurer:
Sameera Ushantha
Assistant Treasurer:
Deepika Kariyawasam
🔹 Executive Committee
M.J.M. Irshad, Thilina Perera, G. Jayaprakash, Priyan Senevirathna, Laknath Guruge, Inthiqhab Majid, Roger Vijayakumar, Janitha Jayawardana, Gihan Peiris, Marlon De Alwis
Cricket
Tragedy Halts 66th Battle of the Babes in Kandy
The 66th edition of the “Battle of the Babes” big match between St. Sylvester’s College and Vidyartha College was abruptly called off on Wednesday after a tragic road accident claimed the lives of two St. Sylvester’s students.
The incident occurred as the students were on their way to witness the much-anticipated encounter at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. According to police, the motorcycle they were travelling on collided head-on with a bus.
One of the victims, Sachith Karunaratne, died at the scene. The other student, Nethula Nimdinu, was rushed to the Kandy National Hospital but later succumbed to his injuries.
The shocking news cast a shadow over the annual fixture, prompting authorities to take swift action. Central Province Governor Sarath Abeykoon reportedly suggested halting the match, after which the principals of both schools jointly agreed to call off the game midway.

St. Sylvester’s College confirmed the untimely deaths, paying tribute to the two students as committed and valued members of their school community.
Meanwhile, Kandy Police have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the fatal accident.
Cricket
Sri Lanka Women’s U19 Squad Named for Australia Tri-Series Tour
Sri Lanka Cricket has announced a 15-member Women’s Under-19 squad for the upcoming Tri-Series tour of Australia, which will also feature England. The tour is set to provide valuable international exposure for the young Sri Lankan side as they prepare to face two strong cricketing nations in both One Day and T20 formats.

The team, led by captain Chamodi Praboda of Pagnagnanda MV, Monaragala, includes a promising mix of talent drawn from leading schools across the island. Several players from Devapathiraja College, Rathgama including Sanjana Kavindi, Nethagi Isuranjali, and Shashini Gimhani have earned selections, reflecting the school’s continued contribution to women’s cricket development.
Other notable inclusions are Vimoksha Balasuriya from Sinhala MV, Trincomalee, Umayangana Peiris of Princess of Wales College, Moratuwa, and Nethmi Upeksha from Maliyadeva Balika, Kurunegala. The squad also features players such as Aseni Thalagune (Mahamaya Girls School, Kandy), Chamodi Herath (Anura College, Matara), and Daria Dissanayake of Ladies College, Colombo, showcasing a diverse representation of emerging talent.

The team will play a total of six matches during the tour, including two One Day Internationals and four T20 games, scheduled on April 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, and 18. The squad is set to depart for Australia on April 3, 2026.

This tour is expected to play a key role in shaping the future of Sri Lanka’s women’s cricket, offering these young players a platform to gain crucial international experience.
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