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Players who missed this year’s football world cup due to injuries
The details of the last players who missed this year’s football world cup due to injuries have been mentioned.
- Marcus Reus (Germany)
Marcus Roos, unfortunately, had to withdraw from this year’s World Cup.
The 33-year-old also missed the 2014 World Cup due to injury and his team went on to win the trophy. Reus was coming back from injury and was set to be part of the 2022 World Cup squad when he suffered an acute ankle injury that forced him out of the tournament.
- Diogo Jota (Portugal)
Portugal’s main attacking player Diogo Jota was expected to play in their World Cup opener, but Jota picked up an injury during a league match for Liverpool in October.
Although Jota did not need surgery, his injury took time to heal and forced him out of the World Cup. The loss of Jota could have a huge impact on the Portugal team.
- Paul Pogba (France)
Paul Pogba can be known as one of the most important players of the French team and he will also miss the World Cup this year due to an injury.
Pogba underwent surgery on a knee injury in September and is uncertain of his recovery ahead of France’s title defence against Australia on November 22.
- Sadio Mane (Senegal)
Senegalese forward Sadio Mane was included in this year’s World Cup squad but was forced to withdraw two days before the opening day of the tournament on Sunday. Mane suffered a foot injury while playing for his club Bayern Munich earlier this month.
The news did not go down well with Senegalese sports fans. Senegal will play their first match against the Netherlands on November 21.
- Arthur Melo (Brazil)
Melo, who was a strong midfielder in Brazil, suffered a left thigh injury during training with the Liverpool team.
The injury occurred in October and Melo was left out of the World Cup squad.
The 22-year-old said in an Instagram post: “It comes after a lot of effort and a lot of hard work, I’m ready to establish myself in my new team and I’m playing at the World Cup without giving up fighting for my dream.”
The 22-year-old Melo has a great opportunity to play in the upcoming World Cup.
ආබාධ හේතුවෙන් මෙවර පාපන්දු ලෝක කුසලානය අහිමි වූ ක්රීඩකයන්
ආබාධයන් හේතුවෙන් මෙවර පාපන්දු ලෝක කුසලානය අහිමි වූ අවසනාවන්ත ක්රීඩකයන් පිළිබද විස්තර සදහන් කර ඇත.
- Marcus Reus (Germany)
මාකස් රූස් මෙවර ලෝක කුසලානයෙන් අවාසනාවන්ත ලෙස ඉවත් වීමට සිදු විය.
33 හැවිරිදි ඔහුට ආබාධයක් හේතුවෙන් 2014 ලෝක කුසලානයද අහිමි වූ අතර ඔහුගේ කණ්ඩායම කුසලානය ලබා ජයග්රහණය කිරීමට සමත් විය. රියස් තුවාලයෙන් පසු නැවත පැමිණීම සහ 2022 ලෝක කුසලානු කණ්ඩායමේ කොටසක් වීමට සූදානම්ව සිටියේ ඔහුට ඔහුගේ වළලුකරේ ඇති වූ උග්ර ආබාධයක් හේතුවෙන් ඔහුට තරගාවලියෙන් ඉවත් වීමට සිදු විය.
- Diogo Jota (Portugal)
පෘතුගාලයේ ප්රධානතම attacking තරගකරුවෙකු වන ඩියෝගෝ ජෝටා ඔවුන්ගේ ලෝක කුසලාන ආරම්භක තරගයේදීම දීම ක්රීඩා කිරීමට නියමිතව තිබූ ක්රීඩකයෙකු වූ නමුත් ජෝටා ඔක්තෝම්බර් මාසයේදී ලීග් තරඟයක් අතරතුර ලිවර්පූල් කණ්ඩායම නියෝජනය කරමින් පැවැත්වූ තරගයකදී ඔහු ආබාධයක්ට ලක් විය.
ජෝටාට ශල්යකර්මයක් අවශ්ය නොවූවත්, ඔහුගේ ආබාධය සුව වීමට කාලය අවශය බැවින් ඔහුව ලෝක කුසලානයෙන් ඉවත් කිරීමට සිදු විය. ජෝටා අහිමි වීම පෘතුගාලය කණ්ඩායමට විශාල බලපෑමක් ඇති කළ හැකිය.
- Paul Pogba (France)
ප්රංශ කණ්ඩායමේ වැදගත්ම ක්රීඩකයෙකු ලෙස Paul Pogba හැදින්විය හැකි අතර ඔහුටද අබාධ තත්වයක් හේතුවෙන් මෙවර ලෝක කුසලාන තරගාවලිය මග හැරී යනු ඇත.
දණහිසේ ආබාධයක් හේතුවෙන් පොග්බා සැප්තැම්බර් මාසයේදී ශල්යකර්මයකට භාජනය වූ අතර ප්රංශය ඔස්ට්රේලියාවට එරෙහිව නොවැම්බර් 22 වැනිදා තරග වැදීමට නියමිත අතර සිය ශූරතා ආරක්ෂා කරගැනීමේ තරගාවලියට පෙර ඔහු සුව වීම අවිනිශ්චිතය.
- Sadio Mane (Senegal)
සෙනගාලයේ සුපිරි ඉදිරිපෙළ ක්රීඩක Sadio Mane මෙවර ලෝක කුසලාන සංචිතයට ඇතුළත්ව සිටි නමුත් ඉරිදා තරඟාවලියේ ආරම්භක දින දෙකකට පෙර ඉවත් වීමට සිදුවිය. මේ මස මුලදී ඔහුගේ ක්රීඩා සමාජය Bayern Munich සඳහා ක්රීඩා කරමින් සිටියදී මානේ පාදයේ ආබාධයකට ලක් විය.
මෙම ප්රවෘත්තිය සෙනගාල ක්රීඩා ලෝලීන්ට එතරම් ප්රිය කළේ නැත. සෙනගාලය ඔවුන්ගේ පළමු තරගය නෙදර්ලන්තයට එරෙහිව නොවැම්බර් 21 වැනිදා පැවැත්වේ.
- Arthur Melo (Brazil)
බ්රසීලයේ මැදපෙළ ප්රබල ක්රීඩකයෙතු වූ මෙලෝ ලිවර්පූල් කණ්ඩායම හා පුහුණුවීම් අතරතුර වම් කලවයේ ආබාධයකට ලක්විය.
ආබාධය ඔක්තෝම්බර් මාසයේදී සිදු වූ අතර මෙලෝ ලෝක කුසලාන සංචිතයෙන් ඉවත් කර ඇත.
22 හැවිරිදි ඔහු ඉන්ස්ටග්රෑම් සටහනකක් තබමින් ප්රකාශ කර සිටියේ “එය පැමිණෙන්නේ විශාල උත්සාහයකින් සහ බොහෝ වෙහෙස මහන්සි වී වැඩ කිරීමෙන් පසුව, මම මගේ නව කණ්ඩායම තුළ ස්ථාපිත වීමට සූදානම් වූ අතර මගේ සිහිනය වෙනුවෙන් සටන් කිරීම අත්නොහරී මම ලෝක කුසලානයට ක්රීඩා කරනවා.”
වයස අවුරුදු 22 මෙලෝ හට ඉදිරි ලෝක කුසලාන ක්රීඩා කිරීමට විශාල අවස්ථාවක් පවතී.
காயம் காரணமாக இந்த ஆண்டு கால்பந்து உலகக் கோப்பையை தவறவிட்ட வீரர்கள்
உபாதை காரணமாக இவ்வருட உதைபந்தாட்ட உலகக் கிண்ணத் தொடரை தவறவிட்ட கடைசி வீரர்களின் விபரம் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளது.
- மார்கஸ் ரியஸ் (ஜெர்மனி)
துரதிர்ஷ்டவசமாக இந்த ஆண்டு உலகக் கோப்பையில் இருந்து மார்கஸ் ரூஸ் விலகினார்.
33 வயதான அவர் காயம் காரணமாக 2014 உலகக் கோப்பையையும் தவறவிட்டார், மேலும் அவரது அணி கோப்பையை வென்றது. காயத்தில் இருந்து மீண்டு வந்த ரியஸ், 2022 உலகக் கோப்பை அணியில் இடம்பிடித்திருந்தார்.
- டியோகோ ஜோட்டா (போர்ச்சுகல்)
போர்ச்சுகலின் முக்கிய தாக்குதல் வீரர் டியோகோ ஜோட்டா அவர்களின் உலகக் கோப்பை தொடக்க ஆட்டத்தில் விளையாடுவார் என்று எதிர்பார்க்கப்பட்டது, ஆனால் அக்டோபரில் லிவர்பூலுக்கான லீக் போட்டியின் போது ஜோட்டாவுக்கு காயம் ஏற்பட்டது.
ஜோட்டாவுக்கு அறுவை சிகிச்சை தேவையில்லை என்றாலும், அவரது காயம் குணமடைய நேரம் எடுத்தது மற்றும் உலகக் கோப்பையிலிருந்து அவரை வெளியேற்றியது. ஜோட்டாவின் இழப்பு போர்ச்சுகல் அணிக்கு பெரும் பாதிப்பை ஏற்படுத்தும்.
- பால் போக்பா (பிரான்ஸ்)
பால் போக்பா பிரெஞ்சு அணியின் மிக முக்கியமான வீரர்களில் ஒருவராக அறியப்படுகிறார், மேலும் அவர் காயம் காரணமாக இந்த ஆண்டு உலகக் கோப்பையையும் இழக்கிறார்.
செப்டம்பரில் போக்பா முழங்காலில் ஏற்பட்ட காயத்தில் அறுவை சிகிச்சைக்கு உட்படுத்தப்பட்டார் மற்றும் நவம்பர் 22 அன்று ஆஸ்திரேலியாவுக்கு எதிரான பிரான்சின் பட்டத்தை பாதுகாப்பதற்கு முன்னதாக அவர் குணமடைவார் என்பது நிச்சயமற்றது.
- சாடியோ மானே (செனகல்)
செனகல் முன்கள வீரர் சாடியோ மானே இந்த ஆண்டு உலகக் கோப்பை அணியில் சேர்க்கப்பட்டார், ஆனால் ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை போட்டியின் தொடக்க நாளுக்கு இரண்டு நாட்களுக்கு முன்பு விலக வேண்டிய கட்டாயம் ஏற்பட்டது. இந்த மாத தொடக்கத்தில் மானே தனது கிளப்பான பேயர்ன் முனிச்சிற்காக விளையாடும் போது காலில் காயம் ஏற்பட்டது.
இந்தச் செய்தி செனகல் விளையாட்டு ரசிகர்களுக்குப் பிடிக்கவில்லை. செனகல் அணி தனது முதல் போட்டியில் நெதர்லாந்தை நவம்பர் 21ஆம் தேதி எதிர்கொள்கிறது.
- ஆர்தர் மெலோ (பிரேசில்)
பிரேசிலில் வலுவான மிட்ஃபீல்டராக இருந்த மெலோ, லிவர்பூல் அணியுடன் பயிற்சியின் போது இடது தொடையில் காயம் அடைந்தார்.
அக்டோபரில் காயம் ஏற்பட்டது மற்றும் மெலோ உலகக் கோப்பை அணியில் இருந்து வெளியேறினார்.
22 வயதான அவர் இன்ஸ்டாகிராம் பதிவில், “இது நிறைய முயற்சி மற்றும் கடின உழைப்புக்குப் பிறகு வருகிறது, எனது புதிய அணியில் என்னை நிலைநிறுத்த நான் தயாராக இருக்கிறேன், நான் கைவிடாமல் உலகக் கோப்பையில் விளையாடுகிறேன். என் கனவுக்காக போராடுகிறேன்.”
22 வயதான மெலோவுக்கு எதிர்வரும் உலகக் கோப்பையில் விளையாட சிறந்த வாய்ப்பு கிடைத்துள்ளது.
Bangladesh Women edged out Sri Lanka Women in a tense finish during the first ODI of the Sri Lanka Women’s tour of Bangladesh 2026, chasing down 206 with just nine balls to spare in a match that swung dramatically in the final overs.
Put into bat, Sri Lanka Team posted a competitive 205/9 from their 50 overs, built on steady contributions rather than a single dominant innings. Imesha Dulani (52 off 77) and Hansima Karunaratne (54 off 71) anchored the innings with a crucial middle-order stand after early setbacks. Captain Hasini Perera made a brisk 27, but Sri Lanka struggled to accelerate in the final 10 overs, losing wickets at regular intervals.
Bangladesh’s bowling attack kept things tight throughout. Ritu Moni was the standout performer, claiming 3 for 36 and breaking key partnerships, while Nahida Akter and Marufa Akter maintained pressure with disciplined spells.
In reply, Bangladesh got off to a disastrous start, losing two wickets within the first two overs. However, Sharmin Akhter produced a match-defining innings, scoring a composed 86 off 127 balls to anchor the chase. She found support from Sobhana Mostary, who made 41 before retiring hurt, and later Shorna Akter, whose 35 added momentum in the middle overs.
Despite being in control for much of the chase, Bangladesh nearly stumbled at the finish. A late burst from Sri Lanka’s bowlers saw Dewmi Vihanga pick up three crucial wickets, triggering a collapse that left Bangladesh at 200/7 after being comfortably placed at 199/3.
The match briefly tilted back in Sri Lanka’s favor, but Bangladesh held their nerve. Extras proved decisive, with 21 wides significantly easing the chase. Eventually, Bangladesh crossed the target in 48.3 overs, sealing a hard-fought three-wicket victory.
Sri Lanka will rue their inability to capitalize on key moments, particularly in the death overs with both bat and ball. The absence of star player Chamari Athapaththu was evident, as they lacked the firepower to push their total beyond reach.
Sri Lanka has reportedly finalized its squad for the upcoming U85kg rugby encounter against New Zealand, marking an exciting chapter for the nation’s emerging rugby talent. The squad, highlights a balanced mix of experienced performers and promising young players ready to represent the country on an international stage.
Leading the side is Lasindhu Karunathilake, who has been entrusted with captaincy duties. Known for his leadership and consistency, Karunathilake will play a crucial role in guiding the team through what is expected to be a highly competitive contest. The squad also features key names such as Deshan Vimukthi, Pulasthi Dassanayake, Hansitha De Silva, and Thilina Bandara, all of whom have shown strong form in recent domestic competitions.
The inclusion of players like Naveen Marasinghe, Tharindhu Chathuranga, and Lahiru Thilakarathne adds depth and versatility, while emerging talents such as Thenuka Nanayakkara, Janidu Dilshan, and Yuwan Pathirana will be eager to make their mark. The squad also welcomes Oliver Buckle, adding an interesting dimension to the lineup.
However, the team will have to cope with a few setbacks, as Gayantha Iddamalgoda, Shamika Kawshan, and Omalka Gunarathne have been listed as unavailable due to injuries. Their absence opens opportunities for others like Venura Kodhagoda, Charith Silva, and Daham Hemachandra to step up.
With strong preparation and a determined squad, Sri Lanka will look to put up a spirited performance against New Zealand in this U85kg clash.
Squad:
Deshan Vimukthi, Pulasthi Dassanayake, Hansitha De Silva, Thilina Bandara, Naveen Marasinghe, Tharindhu Chathuranga, Lahiru Thilakarathne, Lasindhu Karunathilake (C), Harsha Maduranga, Murshid Zubair, Diluksha Dange, Akash Madushanka, Thenuka Nanayakkara, Janidu Dilshan, Yuwan Pathirana, Gayantha Iddamalgoda (injury), Shamika Kawshan (injury), Venura Kodhagoda, Charith Silva, Nisal Silva, Omalka Gunarathne (injury), Daham Hemachandra, Vidhuna Amaneth, Manilka Ruberu, Jayathu Rajaratne, Oliver Buckle.
Sri Lanka’s youth table tennis squads delivered an impressive showing at the South Asian Youth Table Tennis Championship held in Shimla, India, with the nation’s Under-19 teams leading the charge by securing silver medals and booking their places at the upcoming Asian Youth Championship.
The Under-19 boys’ team, captained by Akain Bojith and supported by Hareen Nimdinu, Mathila Sasdinu, and Danuk Lamasuriya, emerged as runners-up after a strong campaign, finishing behind Bangladesh. Their performance ensured qualification for the 30th Asian Youth Table Tennis Championship, scheduled to take place in Oman from June 22 to 28.
Matching their male counterparts, the Under-19 girls’ team also clinched silver. Led by captain Tamadi Kavindya, alongside Shamasha Dewmi, Lesanya Sethundi, and Sadinthi Jayasinghe, the team secured a spot at the continental tournament after finishing just behind India.
Sri Lanka’s success extended to the Under-15 category as well. The boys’ team Sanon Duljith (captain), Yenul Abeywickrama, Kenura Silva, and Onel Shammika earned a commendable silver medal. Meanwhile, the girls’ team, captained by Chanuki Akshana and featuring Muthuli Sahanya, Hesanya Sesathmi, and Sithma Sandamini, claimed bronze. Both teams automatically qualified for the Asian Youth Championship.
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