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Royal dominate day one thanks to Manchanayake, Ramiru centuries

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Centuries from skipper Dasis Manchanayake and Ramiru Perera helped Royal College, Colombo dominate the opening day against arch-rivals S. Thomas’ College at stumps on day one of the 144th ‘Battle of the Blues’ which commenced at SSC Cricket Grounds, Colombo today.

Put into bat first on a green deck on an overcast morning, Royal was off to a poor start losing 4 wickets for just 63 runs.

Despite a shaky start Royal College rebuild their innings thanks to a record-breaking 229-run partnership between skipper Dasis Manchanayake and Ramiru Perera for the fifth wicket to revive their innings and slowly crawl their way back into the game

The 229-run partnership also re-wrote history as the highest partnership for the 5th wicket in the history of the ‘Battle of the Blues’.

Skipper Dasis Manchanayake led from the front, top scoring with a brilliant 137 runs off 150 deliveries including 17 boundaries while Ramiru Perera also played a similar inning as he scored 15 fours and 2 sixes during his 186-ball 128 to help their team go past the 300-run mark.

The duo batted cautiously to take Royal to a decent position until Royal’s skipper was bamboozled by a peach of a delivery from Kavindu Dias, to once again give the advantage to the Thomians.

With the scoreboard reading at 5-292, a desperate effort to score some quick runs towards the end proved fatal as Royal lost a few quick wickets that set batter Ramiru Perera to end day one on 326-8 after 74 overs.

Savindu Seneratharachchi (8) and Bulan Weeratunga (2) were at the crease when umpires called for stumps.

Besides Ramiru’s and Dasis Manchanayake’s knocks, Royal College’s scorecard was not that impressive as none of the other batters was able to pose a threat to the Thomian bowlers.

Right-arm medium pacer Akash Fernando shone with the ball claiming 4-55, while Kavindu Dias bagged 3 wickets.

The match will continue tomorrow for day 2.

මංචනායක, රමිරු ශතකවලට පින්සිදු වන්නට රාජකීය ආධිපත්‍ය දිනය පළමු දිනය

කොළඹ SSC ක්‍රිකට් පිටියේ අද ආරම්භ වූ 144 වැනි ‘බ්ලූස් සටනේ’ පළමු දිනය වූ අද තරගය නතර කරන විට නායක දාසිස් මංචනායකගේ සහ රමිරු පෙරේරාගේ ශතක හේතුවෙන් කොළඹ රාජකීය විද්‍යාලය පළමු දිනයේදී පරම ප්‍රතිවාදී S. තෝමස් විද්‍යාලයට එරෙහිව සිය ආධිපත්‍යය දැරීමට සමත් විය.

වලාකුළු සහිත උදෑසනක හරිත තට්ටුවේ පළමුවෙන් පන්දුවට පහර දුන් රාජකීයයන් ලකුණු 63 කට කඩුලු 4 ක් දැවී දුර්වල ආරම්භයක් ලබා ගත්තේය.

ආරම්භය බිඳවැටුණද රාජකීය විද්‍යාලය සිය ඉනිම යළි ගොඩනැංවූයේ නායක දාසිස් මංචනායක සහ රමිරු පෙරේරා පස්වැනි කඩුල්ලට ගොඩනැගූ වාර්තාගත ලකුණු 229ක සබඳතාවයට ස්තුතිවන්ත වන්නටය.

ලකුණු 229ක සබඳතාව ‘Battle of the Blues’ ඉතිහාසයේ 5 වැනි කඩුල්ල වෙනුවෙන් ගොඩනැගුණු ඉහළම සබඳතාව ලෙස ඉතිහාසය යළිත් ලියැවීය.

නායක දසිස් මංචනායක පන්දු 150කදී හතරේ පහර 17ක් සමඟින් විශිෂ්ට ලකුණු 137ක් ලබා ගනිමින් පෙරමුණේ සිට ඉහළම ලකුණු ලාභියා වූ අතර රමිරු පෙරේරා ද එවැනිම ඉනිමක් ක්‍රීඩා කරමින් පන්දු 186කදී හතරේ පහර 15ක් සහ හයේ පහර 2ක් සමඟින් ලකුණු 128ක් රැස්කරමින් තම කණ්ඩායම පසුකර ගියේය. ලකුණු 300 ලකුණ.

කවිඳු ඩයස්ගේ පන්දුවකට පීච් පහරකින් රාජකීය නායකයා දැවී යන තුරුම ඔවුන් දෙදෙනා ප්‍රවේශමෙන් පන්දුවට පහර දුන්නේ තෝමියානුවන්ට වාසියක් ලබා දෙමිනි.

ලකුණු පුවරුව 5-292 ක් වන විට, අවසානය දක්වා වේගවත් ලකුණු කිහිපයක් ලබා ගැනීමට මංමුලා සහගත උත්සාහයක් මාරාන්තික බව ඔප්පු වූ අතර, රාජකීය විදුහලට ඉක්මන් කඩුලු කිහිපයක් අහිමි වූ අතර එමඟින් පිතිකරු රමිරු පෙරේරා පළමු දිනය නිමා කිරීමට ඕවර 74 කින් ලකුණු 326-8 ක් ලබා ගත්තේය.

විනිසුරුවන් කඩුල්ලට කැඳවන විට සවිඳු සෙනරආරච්චි (8) සහ බුලාන් වීරතුංග (2) ක්‍රීඩාගාරයේ සිටියහ.

රමිරුගේ සහ දසිස් මංචනායකගේ දස්කම් හැරුණු විට රාජකීය විදුහලේ ලකුණු පුවරුව එතරම් ආකර්ෂණීය නොවූයේ සෙසු පිතිකරුවන් කිසිවකුට තෝමියන් පන්දු යවන්නන්ට තර්ජනයක් එල්ල කිරීමට නොහැකි වූ බැවිනි.

දකුණත් මධ්‍යම වේග පන්දු යවන ක්‍රීඩක ආකාෂ් ප්‍රනාන්දු ලකුණු 4-55ක් ලෙසින් පන්දුවෙන් දස්කම් දැක්වූ අතර කවිඳු ඩයස් කඩුලු 3ක් දවා ගත්තේය.

තරගය අද 2 වැනි දිනටත් පැවැත්වේ.

மஞ்சநாயகி, ராமிரு நூற்றாண்டுகளுக்கு ராயல் டாமினியன் நாள் முதல் நன்றி

இன்று கொழும்பு SSC கிரிக்கெட் மைதானத்தில் ஆரம்பமான 144வது ‘Battle of the Blues’ போட்டியின் முதல் நாள் ஆட்டம் முடிவடையும் போது, அணித்தலைவர் தாசிஸ் மஞ்சநாயக்க மற்றும் ரமிரு பெரேராவின் சதங்கள், கொழும்பு ரோயல் கல்லூரிக்கு எதிரான ஆரம்ப நாள் ஆட்டத்தின் போது பரம எதிரிகளான S. Thomas’ கல்லூரிக்கு எதிராக ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்த உதவியது.

ஒரு மேகமூட்டமான காலையில் பச்சை டெக்கில் முதலில் பேட் செய்த ராயல் வெறும் 63 ரன்களுக்கு 4 விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்து மோசமான தொடக்கத்தைத் தந்தது.

ஆட்டமிழந்த ஆரம்பம் இருந்தபோதிலும், ஐந்தாவது விக்கெட்டுக்காக அணித்தலைவர் தாசிஸ் மஞ்சநாயக்க மற்றும் ரமிரு பெரேரா ஆகியோர் இணைந்து 229 ஓட்டங்களை இணைத்ததன் மூலம் றோயல் கல்லூரி மீண்டும் இன்னிங்ஸைக் கட்டியெழுப்பியது.

229 ரன் பார்ட்னர்ஷிப், ‘பேட்டில் ஆஃப் தி ப்ளூஸ்’ வரலாற்றில் 5வது விக்கெட்டுக்கு அதிகபட்ச பார்ட்னர்ஷிப்பாகவும் வரலாற்றை மீண்டும் எழுதியது.

அணித்தலைவர் தாசிஸ் மஞ்சநாயக்க முன்னணியில் இருந்து 150 பந்துகளில் 17 பவுண்டரிகள் அடங்கலாக 137 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று சிறந்த ஸ்கோரைப் பெற்றுக் கொண்டார், அதேபோன்று ரமிரு பெரேராவும் இதேபோன்ற இன்னிங்ஸை விளையாடினார், அவர் தனது 186 பந்துகளில் 128 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று 186 பந்துகளில் 128 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்றார். 300 ரன் மார்க்.

கவிந்து டயஸின் பந்து வீச்சில் ராயல் கேப்டன் மூங்கில் விழுந்து, தோமியன்களுக்கு மீண்டும் சாதகமாக அமையும் வரை, இருவரும் கவனமாக துடுப்பெடுத்தாடி றோயலை ஒரு நல்ல நிலைக்கு கொண்டு சென்றனர்.

ஸ்கோர்போர்டு ரீடிங் 5-292 என்ற நிலையில், இறுதியில் சில விரைவான ரன்களை எடுப்பதற்கான அவநம்பிக்கையான முயற்சி ஆபத்தானது, ஏனெனில் ராயல் சில விரைவான விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்தார், இதனால் பேட்டர் ரமிரு பெரேரா முதல் நாள் முடிவில் 74 ஓவர்களில் 326-8 ரன்களை எடுத்தார்.

நடுவர்கள் ஸ்டம்புகளுக்கு அழைப்பு விடுத்தபோது சவிந்து செனரதாராச்சி (8) மற்றும் புலன் வீரதுங்க (2) ஆகியோர் கிரீஸில் இருந்தனர்.

ரமிரு மற்றும் தாசிஸ் மஞ்சநாயக்கவின் ஆட்டமிழக்க, ரோயல் கல்லூரியின் ஸ்கோர் கார்டு அவ்வளவு சுவாரஸ்யமாக இருக்கவில்லை, ஏனெனில் மற்ற துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்கள் எவரும் தோமியன் பந்துவீச்சாளர்களுக்கு அச்சுறுத்தலாக இருக்க முடியவில்லை.

பந்து வீச்சில் வலது கை நடுத்தர வேகப்பந்து வீச்சாளர் ஆகாஷ் பெர்னாண்டோ 4-55 என பிரகாசிக்க, கவிந்து டயஸ் 3 விக்கெட்டுகளை கைப்பற்றினார்.

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Indian football is staring at yet another international suspension as FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have jointly warned the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to ratify its long-pending constitution by October 30, 2025, or risk a complete ban from world football.

In a strongly-worded two-page letter sent on Tuesday (August 26) to AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey, FIFA and AFC expressed “profound concern” over the failure to finalise and implement a revised constitution, a matter pending before India’s Supreme Court since 2017.

If suspended, India’s national teams and clubs would be barred from all international competitions, while the country’s ambitious 2036 Olympic Games bid in Ahmedabad could also be thrown into uncertainty.

FIFA & AFC Ultimatum

The letter, signed by FIFA’s Chief Member Associations Officer Elkhan Mammadov and AFC Deputy General Secretary Vahid Kardany, set out three urgent requirements for the AIFF:

1. Obtain a definitive Supreme Court order approving the revised constitution.

2. Ensure full compliance with FIFA and AFC statutes.

3. Formally ratify the constitution at the next AIFF General Meeting.

Failure to comply, they warned, would trigger sanctions, including full suspension of AIFF membership.

Previous Suspension in 2022

This is not the first governance crisis to hit Indian football. In August 2022, FIFA suspended the AIFF for “third-party interference” after a court-appointed Committee of Administrators temporarily ran the federation. That ban lasted just two weeks, lifted only after fresh elections were held in which Kalyan Chaubey defeated football legend Bhaichung Bhutia.

Domestic Fallout – ISL in Crisis

The deadlock has already disrupted Indian football at the domestic level. The Indian Super League (ISL), India’s top-tier professional league, has been put “on hold” by Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), the AIFF’s commercial partner, due to uncertainty over its Master Rights Agreement, which expires in December 2025.

At least three clubs have suspended operations or delayed salaries, while all 11 ISL clubs have warned of an “existential crisis.” Reports from FIFPRO further highlight cases of players’ contracts being terminated, leaving livelihoods at risk.

The Supreme Court of India will hear the matter again on August 28, a session that could determine the immediate future of the ISL and India’s football calendar.

What’s at Stake

If AIFF fails to meet the October deadline, India could lose:

• Participation in FIFA and AFC tournaments.

• Entry rights for national teams and clubs in international competitions.

• Momentum in its 2036 Olympics bid.

• Credibility with players, fans, and commercial partners.

For now, the football fraternity in India waits anxiously for the Supreme Court’s verdict and AIFF’s ability to steer through yet another governance storm

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Heritage Derby Trophy Goes to Hameed Al Husseinie College

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Colombo – Hameed Al Husseinie College emerged victorious in the prestigious Heritage Derby Trophy football encounter against Zahira College, Maradana, securing a 3–1 win at the Colombo Racecourse grounds yesterday.

The match kicked off under the patronage of Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, adding special significance to this annual football rivalry.

Hameed Al Husseinie College took control early, leading 2–0 at halftime before sealing the victory with a third goal in the second half. Zahira College managed to pull one back, but it was not enough to challenge the dominant performance of the winners.

The trophy presentation was held soon after the final whistle, with the principals of both schools — Rizvi Marikkar of Zahira College and Mrs. Dain of Hameed Al Husseinie College — present to witness the celebrations.

This latest victory adds another chapter to the rich history of the Heritage Derby, further cementing Hameed Al Husseinie College’s reputation in school football.

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Exclusive: AFC Fines Sri Lankan Footballer Over “Free Palestine” Message

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Colombo – June 13
Sri Lankan national footballer Mohamed Thilham, who recently made headlines after displaying a “PRAY FOR FREE PALESTINE” message on his undershirt during post-match celebrations, has now been officially penalized by international football authorities.

Following Sri Lanka’s 3-1 victory over Chinese Taipei in the AFC Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers on June 10 at the Colombo Racecourse Stadium, Thilham—a non-playing substitute—unveiled the message, drawing both praise and criticism from various quarters.

⚠️ AFC Sanctions Player with USD 2,000 Fine

FIFA, in coordination with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), has now issued a formal disciplinary notice to the player, imposing a USD 2,000 fine. This letter, according to sources within the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL), was sent addressing to Thilham, underscoring AFC stance on politically charged expressions at official matches.

According to FIFA’s Disciplinary Code, players are prohibited from displaying political, religious, or personal slogans during matches or official ceremonies. While Thilham’s gesture occurred after the final whistle, FIFA and AFC treat any action within the stadium environment as part of official conduct.

⚽ FFSL Under Scrutiny for Disciplinary Action

FFSL President Jaswar Umar previously stated that the act “was not authorized by the federation” and “violates international football disciplinary norms.” He also confirmed that the FFSL would take internal disciplinary action against the player.

However, this incident has reignited public debate over the role of athletes in social advocacy and the limits imposed by international sports law. While some supporters see Thilham’s actions as courageous and morally driven, others have raised concerns about the player’s career stability and future opportunities under increasing scrutiny.

📝 Editorial Insight

At Sri Lankan Sports TV, we initially chose to withhold the content of the message in our match coverage—out of responsibility to the player’s career and to respect global sports protocol. However, the message went viral after several social media users circulated the full image, seemingly with the intention of sparking controversy.

The resulting spotlight has unfortunately led to a formal penalty, underscoring the real-world consequences that athletes may face when international regulations intersect with personal conviction.

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