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Dambulla face Jaffna in the final today

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April 5, 2023

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National Super League Limited Over Tournament

A whopping cash prize of Rs.2 Million will be awarded to the winning team when Dambulla take on Jaffna in the final of the National Super League Limited Over Tournament tomorrow at R. Premadasa Stadium Colombo.

Both teams have star-studded players in their lines up and the two sides have previously met on four occasions, sharing two wins each.

Team Dambulla topped the points table with 33 points in 8 matches while Jaffna ended second with 22 points way behind the table leaders.

Heading into the final Team Dambulla will have a slight edge over Jaffna considering the recent performance. They will look to put on a similar performance as they have done so far in the tournament in order to end on the winning side.

Their batters have played a crucial part in their forward march to the finals and will look to put on a similar performance to bag the title.

Dambulla would be pleased to see opening pair Minod Bhanuka and Pavan Ratnayake give them a solid start. With Kamindu Mendis c Lasith Abeyratne, and Ashan Priyanjan to do the scoring in the middle overs.

In bowling, Asitha Fernando along with Nuwan Thushara will lead the pace attack, while National wrist spinner Lakshan Sandakan will lead the spin attack.

On the other hand, Jaffna will also head into the finals brimming with confidence as they too have had a decent tournament so far.

The main concern for Jaffna will be their unsettled batting line-up, which has failed to produce big scores, with a few of them throwing their wickets away after a good start.

They also have a star-studded team with the likes of skipper Janitha Liyanage, Nishan Madushka, Navod Paranavithana, Lahiru Madushka and Ravindu Fernando to do the talking from the bat.

Earlier Sri Lanka cricket announced, the winners of the Finals will walk away with a whopping Rs.2, 000,000 while the runners-up will receive 1,000,000. The individual awards for the player of the tournament (300,000), Best Batsman (150,000) and Best bowler (150,000) will also receive cash prizes.

The match is scheduled to begin at 2.30 pm with a toss at 2.00 p.m.

The Finals of the National Super League 50-over tournament will be telecast live on “Channel Eye” of the SLRC. The game will also be shown via the Sri Lanka Cricket YouTube Channel within Sri Lanka.

අද අවසන් තරගයේදී දඹුල්ල පිල යාපනයට මුහුණ දෙයි

සීමාසහිත ජාතික සුපර් ලීග් තරඟාවලිය

කොළඹ ආර්. ප්‍රේමදාස ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේදී හෙට පැවැත්වෙන ජාතික සුපර් ලීග් සීමාසහිත ඕවර තරගාවලියේ අවසන් මහා තරගයේදී දඹුල්ල සහ යාපනය අතර තරගයේදී ජයග්‍රාහී කණ්ඩායමට රුපියල් මිලියන 2ක දැවැන්ත මුදල් ත්‍යාගයක් පිරිනැමීමට නියමිතය.

කණ්ඩායම් දෙකේම තරු පිරුණු ක්‍රීඩකයින් සිටින අතර දෙපිල මීට පෙර අවස්ථා හතරකදී මුණගැසී ජයග්‍රහණ දෙක බැගින් බෙදා ගෙන ඇත.

දඹුල්ල කණ්ඩායම තරග 8 කදී ප්‍රසාද ලකුණු 33 ක් ලබා ප්‍රසාද ලකුණු සටහනේ පෙරමුණ ගැනීමට සමත් වූ අතර යාපනය ප්‍රසාද ලකුණු සටහනේ ප්‍රසාද ලකුණු සටහනට වඩා ප්‍රසාද ලකුණු 22 ක් ලබා දෙවැනි ස්ථානයට පත්විය.

දඹුල්ල අවසන් කණ්ඩායමට පිවිසීමේ දී මෑතකාලීන දක්‍ෂතා සලකා බැලීමේදී යාපනයට වඩා තරමක් ඉදිරියෙන් සිටිනු ඇත. ජයග්‍රාහී පැත්තේ අවසන් කිරීම සඳහා ඔවුන් මෙතෙක් තරඟාවලියේ දැක්වූ ආකාරයටම දස්කම් දැක්වීමට අපේක්ෂා කරනු ඇත.

ඔවුන්ගේ පිතිකරුවන් අවසන් මහා තරගය දක්වා ඔවුන්ගේ ඉදිරි ගමනේදී තීරණාත්මක කාර්යභාරයක් ඉටු කර ඇති අතර ශූරතාව දිනා ගැනීම සඳහා සමාන දක්ෂතාවයක් දැක්වීමට බලාපොරොත්තු වනු ඇත.

ආරම්භක පිතිකරු යුගලය වන මිනෝද් භානුක සහ පවන් රත්නායක ඔවුන්ට ශක්තිමත් ආරම්භයක් ලබා දීම ගැන දඹුල්ල සතුටු වනු ඇත. කමිඳු මෙන්ඩිස් සී ලසිත් අබේරත්න, සහ අශාන් ප්‍රියංජන් මැද ඕවරවල ලකුණු ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා.

පන්දු යැවීමේදී නුවන් තුෂාර සමගින් අසිත ප්‍රනාන්දු වේග ප්‍රහාරය මෙහෙයවන අතර ජාතික මැණික් කටුවෙහි දඟපන්දු යවන ක්‍රීඩක ලක්ෂාන් සඳකැන් දඟ ප්‍රහාරය මෙහෙයවනු ලබයි.

අනෙක් අතට, යාපනය ද මේ වන විට හොඳ තරඟාවලියක් පවත්වා ඇති බැවින් විශ්වාසයකින් යුතුව අවසන් මහා තරඟයට පිවිසෙනු ඇත.

යාපනයේ ප්‍රධානතම කනස්සල්ල වනුයේ ඔවුන්ගේ නොසන්සුන් පිතිකරණ පෙළයි, එය විශාල ලකුණු ලබා ගැනීමට අපොහොසත් වී ඇති අතර, ඔවුන්ගෙන් කිහිප දෙනෙකු හොඳ ආරම්භයකින් පසුව ඔවුන්ගේ කඩුලු ඉවතට විසි කරති.

පිත්තෙන් කතා කිරීම සඳහා නායක ජනිත ලියනගේ, නිශාන් මධුෂ්ක, නවෝද් පරණවිතාන, ලහිරු මධුෂ්ක සහ රවිඳු ප්‍රනාන්දු වැනි තරු පිරුණු කණ්ඩායමක් ද ඔවුන්ට සිටිති.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් මීට පෙර නිවේදනය කළේ, අවසන් මහා තරගයේ ජයග්‍රාහකයන්ට රුපියල් 2,000,000 ක අතිවිශාල මුදලක් සමඟින් පිටව යන අතර අනුශූරයන්ට 1,000,000 ලැබෙනු ඇත. තරගාවලියේ ක්‍රීඩකයා (300,000), හොඳම පිතිකරු (150,000) සහ හොඳම පන්දු යවන්නා (150,000) සඳහා වන කේවල සම්මාන සඳහා මුදල් ත්‍යාග ද පිරිනැමේ.

තරගය පස්වරු 2.30ට ආරම්භ වීමට නියමිත අතර කාසියේ වාසිය පස්වරු 2.00ට පැවැත්වේ.

ජාතික සුපර් ලීග් ඕවර 50 තරඟාවලියේ අවසන් තරඟ SLRC හි “Channel Eye” ඔස්සේ සජීවීව විකාශය කෙරේ. මෙම ක්‍රීඩාව ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් YouTube නාලිකාව හරහා ද පෙන්වනු ලැබේ.

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இறுதி அணியில் இடம்பிடித்த தம்புள்ளை அண்மைய செயல்திறனைக் கருத்தில் கொண்டு யாழ்ப்பாணத்தை விட சற்று முன்னிலையில் இருக்கும். வெற்றிபெறும் தரப்பில் முடிவடைய வேண்டும் என்பதற்காக, போட்டியில் இதுவரை செய்ததைப் போன்ற ஆட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்துவார்கள்.

இறுதிப் போட்டிக்கு முன்னேறியதில் அவர்களது பேட்டர்கள் முக்கியப் பங்காற்றியுள்ளனர், மேலும் பட்டத்தை வெல்வதற்கு இதேபோன்ற ஆட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்துவார்கள்.

தொடக்க ஜோடியான மினோத் பானுகா மற்றும் பவன் ரத்நாயக்க ஆகியோர் தங்களுக்கு உறுதியான தொடக்கத்தை வழங்குவதைக் கண்டு தம்புள்ளை மகிழ்ச்சி அடைகிறது. கமிந்து மெண்டிஸ் கேட்ச் லசித் அபேரத்ன, மற்றும் அஷான் பிரியஞ்சன் ஆகியோர் மத்திய ஓவர்களில் ஸ்கோரை அடித்தனர்.

பந்துவீச்சில், நுவான் துஷாரவுடன் அசித பெர்னாண்டோ வேகத் தாக்குதலை வழிநடத்தும் அதேவேளை, தேசிய மணிக்கட்டு சுழற்பந்து வீச்சாளர் லக்ஷான் சந்தகன் சுழல் தாக்குதலை முன்னெடுப்பார்.

மறுபுறம், யாழ்ப்பாணமும் இறுதிப் போட்டிக்கு முன்னேறும், ஏனெனில் அவர்களும் இதுவரை ஒரு நல்ல போட்டியை நடத்தியுள்ளனர்.

யாழ்ப்பாணத்தின் முக்கிய கவலையானது அவர்களின் உறுதியற்ற துடுப்பாட்ட வரிசையாகும், இது பெரிய ஸ்கோரை உருவாக்கத் தவறியது, அவர்களில் சிலர் நல்ல தொடக்கத்திற்குப் பிறகு தங்கள் விக்கெட்டுகளை வீசினர்.

துடுப்பாட்டத்தில் இருந்து பேசுவதற்கு அணித்தலைவர் ஜனித லியனகே, நிஷான் மதுஷ்க, நவோத் பரணவிதான, லஹிரு மதுஷ்க மற்றும் ரவிந்து பெர்னாண்டோ போன்ற நட்சத்திரங்கள் நிறைந்த அணியையும் அவர்கள் கொண்டுள்ளனர்.

முன்னதாக இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது, இறுதிப் போட்டியில் வெற்றி பெறுபவர்கள் ரூ.2,000,000 மற்றும் இரண்டாம் இடத்தைப் பெறுபவர்களுக்கு 1,000,000 வழங்கப்படும். போட்டியின் சிறந்த வீரர் (300,000), சிறந்த பேட்ஸ்மேன் (150,000) மற்றும் சிறந்த பந்துவீச்சாளர் (150,000) ஆகியோருக்கான தனிநபர் விருதுகளும் ரொக்கப் பரிசுகளைப் பெறும்.

ஆட்டம் பிற்பகல் 2.30 மணிக்கு டாஸ் 2.00 மணிக்கு தொடங்கும்.

நேஷனல் சூப்பர் லீக் 50 ஓவர் போட்டியின் இறுதிப் போட்டிகள் SLRC இன் “சேனல் ஐ”யில் நேரடியாக ஒளிபரப்பப்படும். இலங்கை இலங்கையில் உள்ள ஸ்ரீலங்கா கிரிக்கெட் யூடியூப் சேனல் வழியாகவும் இந்த விளையாட்டு காண்பிக்கப்படும்.

Football

European Parliament Members Push for FIFA Inquiry Over Balogun Suspension Decision

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1 week ago

July 11, 2026

Editor

A group of European Parliament members is seeking a formal investigation into FIFA President Gianni Infantino following the controversial decision to allow United States forward Folarin Balogun to play after receiving a red card earlier in the tournament.

The lawmakers argue that the move raises serious concerns about FIFA’s independence and whether political influence played a role in altering a disciplinary decision during the FIFA World Cup.

Balogun, 25, was sent off in the United States’ July 1 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina. Under standard tournament regulations, the dismissal would have ruled him out of his team’s next fixture. However, FIFA’s disciplinary authorities later lifted the suspension, enabling the striker to feature in Monday’s match.

The decision came after U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly appealed directly to Infantino on Balogun’s behalf, prompting criticism from European lawmakers who say football’s governing body compromised the integrity of its own rules.

In a joint statement, Members of the European Parliament Barry Andrews, Lara Wolters and Niels Fuglsang described the decision as “a disgrace and a perversion of justice,” arguing that changing the application of red-card suspensions during an ongoing tournament undermines confidence in the sport’s disciplinary system.

The lawmakers are calling on football associations across European Union member states to urge FIFA’s Ethics Committee to examine Infantino’s conduct. They want investigators to determine whether political pressure from the Trump administration influenced the reversal of Balogun’s suspension and to assess what they describe as other possible violations of FIFA’s principle of political neutrality, including the awarding of the FIFA Peace Prize to Trump.

FIFA has maintained that the decision to overturn Balogun’s suspension was made independently by its disciplinary committee.

According to the lawmakers, support for the initiative is growing, with 35 members of the European Parliament already backing the proposal.

“The beauty of sport lies in the consistent and transparent application of its rules,” the statement said. “When political influence determines who is eligible to compete, the principle of fairness is fundamentally weakened.”

News

Sri Lanka dominate Ceylon Masters with 36 gold medals

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2 weeks ago

July 3, 2026

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Sri Lankan shuttle experts recorded a majestic dominance at the claiming a record overall tally of 137 medals at the CMB Masters International Badminton Championships 2026, successfully held at the AIR Sports Complex in Rajagiriya. Out of the total Sri Lanka won a straight tally of 101 medals through their experienced shuttlers, while the remaining 36 were added from collaborations in Doubles with shuttlers from other nations.

From the tally of 101, Sri Lanka claimed 22 gold, 27, silver and 52 bronze medals to lead the medals tally at the end of the five-day competition held with the participation of over 500 leading Masters’ shuttlers representing 15 countries. India finished overall second with 65 medals – 19 each of gold and silver and 27 bronze medals.

Malaysia finished behind at third with nine medals, three each of gold and bronze and a silver to their tally. Chinese Taipei, China, Nepal, Switzerland, UAE, France, Australia and Indonesia followed in behind one another to complete the medal board, while certain nations claimed medals from Doubles events collaborating with shuttlers from other countries.

Among the standout performers for Sri Lanka were Niroshan Wijekoon, Nadeesha Gayanthi, Renu Chandrika de Silva, Thushari Brahmanage, Niluka Karunaratne, Rohan de Silva, Hasitha Chanaka, Duminda Jayakody and Deshani Bandara, who were among a host of local players to produce outstanding performances throughout the tournament. Many of the leading Sri Lankan competitors are former national players who represented the country during their prime, while several are former national champions. Their continued success highlighted the depth of experience and enduring quality within Sri Lanka’s Masters badminton circuit.

The strong participation of overseas players also reflected the growing appeal of the event on the international calendar. Players from 15 countries competed in the championships, reinforcing Sri Lanka’s potential to develop sports tourism by hosting major international Masters events.

The CMB International Badminton Championships 2026, organised by Ceylon Masters Badminton (CMB), also received strong backing from the corporate sector. Some of the country’s leading companies, including McLarens Group, Mobil, Prime Group, 3M, Cool Max, Iodex, Li-Ning, Hundred, RovinAds, Seylan Bank, Sampath Bank, HNB Finance, Ceylon Biscuits Ltd, Mr. FixIt, McFoil and Elite Badminton, stepped forward as sponsors, playing a key role in the successful staging of the tournament.

Cricket

Sooryavanshi fireworks see India ‘A’ thump Sri Lanka to clinch title

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3 weeks ago

June 28, 2026

Editor

A breathtaking assault from teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi powered India ‘A’ to a commanding 66-run victory over Sri Lanka ‘A’ in the final of the Tri-Series 2026, as the visitors lifted the title in emphatic fashion.

After being asked to bat, India ‘A’ piled up a daunting 377 for 9 in their 50 overs, thanks largely to Sooryavanshi’s explosive 94 off just 29 balls. The left-hander unleashed a stunning display of power-hitting, smashing 10 fours and eight sixes at a remarkable strike rate of 324.13.

Together with Priyansh Arya, who made a brisk 39, he put on 132 runs for the opening wicket in less than nine overs, leaving the Sri Lankan bowlers reeling.

Although Sooryavanshi fell agonisingly short of a century, India maintained the momentum through Ruturaj Gaikwad (40) and captain Tilak Varma, who anchored the middle overs with a well-compiled 67. Kumar Kushagra contributed 36, while Anukul Roy provided a late flourish with an unbeaten 39 from just 15 deliveries, including four sixes.

For Sri Lanka, Wanuja Sahan was the most economical bowler and claimed two wickets, while Ravindu Fernando and Kugathas Mathulan also picked up two scalps each.

Faced with a formidable target, Sri Lanka ‘A’ launched a spirited chase but were eventually bowled out for 311 in 47.1 overs. Sadeera Samarawickrama led the resistance with an attractive 52 off 44 balls, while Wanuja Sahan produced a fighting 62. Captain Sahan Arachchige chipped in with 38 and Vijayakanth Viyaskanth added 39, but the required rate continued to climb.

India’s bowlers struck at regular intervals, with Yash Thakur and Vipraj Nigam claiming three wickets apiece. Anukul Roy supported well with two wickets as Sri Lanka’s challenge faded in the closing stages.