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The Air Force Bike Ride, which will be held in conjunction with the 72nd anniversary of the Sri Lanka Air Force, is scheduled to be held on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of March. Nippon Paint is the main sponsor for this cycle ride, which is being held for the 24th consecutive time.

The cycle ride consisting of three stages will begin on March 2 from the Colombo Air Force Base and will cover a distance of 125 kilometres and finish the race in Kandy on that day. On the second day, the race will start near Pallekele International Cricket Stadium and the cycle ride will reach Polonnaruwa after covering a distance of 154 km passing Mahianganaya, Dehiattakandia.

On the third day, the race will start from Kaduruwela Bus Station and pass through the cities of Habarana and Dambulla and cover a distance of 131 kilometres to reach the Anuradhapura Salgado Stadium where the race ends. The women’s event will start from Habarana on the morning of 4th March and the event will also finish at Anuradhapura Salgado Stadium.

This year, the champion of Air Force Cycling will be awarded a cash prize of 4 lakh rupees and the organizers of the women’s event have planned to award a cash prize of 1 lakh rupees. More than 2.5 million in prize money will be awarded to the winners of the tournament and it is expected that 180 male players and more than 40 female players will participate in the tournament. This year also the Air Force bike ride is going to be broadcast live on the Eye TV channel.

ගුවන් හමුදා පාපැදි සවාරිය හෙට !!

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාවේ 72වන සංවත්සර සැමරුමට සමගාමීව පැවැත්වෙන ගුවන් හමුදා පාපැදි සවාරිය එළඹෙන මාර්තු මස 2, 3 හා 4 යන තෙදින තුළදී පැවැත්වීමට නියමිතය. අඛණ්ඩව 24වන වරටත් පැවැත්වෙන මෙවර පාපැදි සවාරිය වෙනුවෙන් ප්‍රධාන අනුග්‍රාහකත්වය Nippon Paint ආයතනය විසින් සපයනු ලබයි.

අදියර තුනකින් සමන්විත පාපැදි සවාරිය මාර්තු මස 2 වනදා කොළඹ ගුවන් හමුදා පරිශ්‍රයෙන් ආරම්භ වන අතර කිලෝමීටර් 125ක දුර ප්‍රමාණයක් ගෙවා අවසන් කරමින් එදින මහනුවරින් තරගය අවසන් කිරීමට නියමිතය. දෙවන දිනයේදී පල්ලෙකැලේ ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාංගණය අසලින් තරගය ආරම්භ වන අතර මහියංගනය, දෙහිඅත්තකණ්ඩිය පසුකරමින් කිලෝමීටර් 154ක දුරක් ගෙවා පොළොන්නරුව වෙත පාපැදි සවාරිය ලගාවනු ඇත.

තෙවන දිනයේදී කදුරුවෙල බස්නැවතුම්පළ අසලින් ආරම්භ වන තරගය හබරණ, දඹුල්ල යන නගර පසුකරමින් කිලෝමීටර් 131ක දුර ප්‍රමාණයක් ගෙවා තරග අවසාන වන අනුරාධපුර සල්ගාදු ක්‍රීඩාංගණය වෙත ලගාවනු ඇත. කාන්තා තරග ඉසව්ව මාර්තු මස 4වනදා උදෑසන හබරණ නගරයෙන් ආරම්භ වන අතර එම ඉසව්ව ද අනුරාධපුර සල්ගාදු ක්‍රීඩාංගණයෙන් නිමාවට පත් වනු ඇත.

මෙවර ගුවන් හමුදා පාපැදි සවාරියේ ශූරයාට රුපියල් ලක්ෂ 4ක මුදල් ත්‍යාගයක් පිරිනැමෙන අතර කාන්තා ඉසව්වෙහි ශූරියට රුපියල් ලක්ෂයක මුදල් ත්‍යාගයක් පිරිනැමීමට තරග සංවිධායකයන් සැලසුම් කොට ඇත. තරගාවලියේ ජයග්‍රාහකයන් වෙනුවෙන් මිලියන 2.5කට වඩා වැඩි මුදල් ත්‍යාග පිරිනැමෙන අතර තරගාවලිය වෙනුවෙන් පිරිමි ක්‍රීඩකයන් 180ක් හා කාන්තා ක්‍රීඩිකාවන් 40කට අධික ගණනක් සහභාගී වනු ඇතැයි අපේක්ෂා කෙරේ. මෙවර ද ගුවන් හමුදා පාපැදි සවාරිය රූපවාහිනී Eye නාලිකාව ඔස්සේ සජීවී ව විකාශය කිරීමට නියමිතය.

விமானப்படை சைக்கிள் பந்தயம் நாளை !!!

இலங்கை விமானப்படையின் 72வது ஆண்டு நிறைவை முன்னிட்டு நடத்தப்படும் விமானப்படை பைக் சவாரி மார்ச் 2, 3 மற்றும் 4 ஆம் திகதிகளில் நடைபெற உள்ளது. தொடர்ந்து 24வது முறையாக நடைபெறும் இந்த சைக்கிள் சவாரிக்கு நிப்பான் பெயின்ட் முக்கிய அனுசரணை வழங்கியுள்ளது.

மூன்று நிலைகளைக் கொண்ட சைக்கிள் சவாரி மார்ச் 2 ஆம் திகதி கொழும்பு விமானப்படை தளத்தில் இருந்து ஆரம்பமாகி 125 கிலோமீற்றர் தூரத்தை கடந்து அன்றைய தினம் கண்டியில் போட்டியை நிறைவு செய்யும். இரண்டாவது நாளில் பல்லேகல சர்வதேச கிரிக்கெட் மைதானத்திற்கு அருகாமையில் ஆரம்பமாகவுள்ள இந்த சைக்கிள் சவாரி மஹியங்கனை தெஹியத்தகண்டியை கடந்து 154 கிலோமீற்றர் தூரத்தை கடந்து பொலன்னறுவையை சென்றடையும்.

மூன்றாம் நாள், கதுருவெல பேருந்து நிலையத்தில் இருந்து ஆரம்பமாகவுள்ள இப்போட்டியானது ஹபரணை மற்றும் தம்புள்ளை நகரங்களைக் கடந்து 131 கிலோமீற்றர் தூரத்தை கடந்து அனுராதபுரம் சல்காடு மைதானத்தை சென்றடையும். பெண்களுக்கான போட்டிகள் மார்ச் 4 ஆம் திகதி காலை ஹபரணையில் ஆரம்பமாகி அனுராதபுரம் சல்காடு விளையாட்டரங்கில் நிறைவடையும்.

இவ்வருடம் விமானப்படை சைக்கிள் ஓட்டத்தில் சம்பியனான வீராங்கனைக்கு 4 இலட்சம் ரூபா ரொக்கப்பரிசு வழங்கப்படவுள்ளதுடன், மகளிருக்கான நிகழ்வின் ஏற்பாட்டாளர்கள் 1 இலட்சம் ரூபா ரொக்கப்பரிசு வழங்க திட்டமிட்டுள்ளனர். போட்டியில் வெற்றி பெறுபவர்களுக்கு 2.5 மில்லியனுக்கும் அதிகமான பரிசுத் தொகை வழங்கப்படும் என்பதுடன், 180 ஆண் வீரர்களும், 40க்கும் மேற்பட்ட பெண் வீராங்கனைகளும் இப்போட்டியில் பங்கேற்பார்கள் என எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகிறது. இந்த ஆண்டும் விமானப்படையின் பைக் சவாரி ஐ டிவி சேனலில் நேரடியாக ஒளிபரப்பு செய்யப்படுகிறது.

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Ceylon Masters Badminton Championships 2026 Entry Deadline Extended Until June 3

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The Organizing Committee of the Ceylon Masters International Badminton Championships 2026 has announced an extension of the tournament entry deadline, giving players additional time to register for one of the region’s premier masters badminton events.

According to the organizers, the revised closing date for entries is June 3, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. The extension is expected to provide greater flexibility for players who have yet to complete their registration process.

The championship is set to attract a large number of masters badminton players from around the world, who will converge in Colombo, Sri Lanka, for a highly competitive international tournament. The event has steadily grown in stature and is now regarded as a key fixture on the global masters badminton calendar.

Tournament officials have encouraged interested players to take advantage of the extended deadline and secure their participation before entries officially close. They emphasized that the championship offers competitors a valuable opportunity to test their skills against international opponents while experiencing Sri Lanka’s renowned hospitality and sporting culture.

With strong local and overseas interest already evident, organizers expect another successful edition of the tournament and have urged players not to miss the opportunity to be part of this exciting international badminton championship.

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Virat Kohli half-century and bowlers help RCB retain IPL title

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru successfully defended their IPL crown with a composed five-wicket victory over Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2026 final, powered by a masterful unbeaten 75 from Virat Kohli and a disciplined bowling performance.

After being asked to bat first, Gujarat Titans struggled to build momentum against a relentless RCB attack and were restricted to 155 for 8 in their allotted 20 overs.

The Titans lost both openers early as Bhuvneshwar Kumar removed Sai Sudharsan and skipper Shubman Gill inside the first four overs. Nishant Sindhu briefly resisted with 20, but wickets fell at regular intervals as RCB tightened their grip on the contest.

Washington Sundar stood firm amid the collapse, producing a fighting unbeaten 50 off 37 deliveries that featured five boundaries. However, he received little support from the middle order. Rasikh Salam emerged as the pick of the bowlers with impressive figures of 3 for 27, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood claimed two wickets apiece. Krunal Pandya also chipped in with a crucial scalp as Gujarat finished below a par total.

In reply, RCB got off to a flying start through Venkatesh Iyer, who blasted 32 from just 16 balls. Although the defending champions lost a few quick wickets in the middle overs, Kohli anchored the chase with another vintage innings under pressure.

The veteran star struck nine fours and three sixes in his unbeaten 75 off 42 balls, controlling the innings with a blend of aggression and composure. Rajat Patidar contributed 15, while Tim David added a valuable 24 before falling with the target in sight.

Kohli then guided RCB home alongside wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma, who remained unbeaten on 11, as Bengaluru reached 161 for 5 in just 18 overs.

The victory secured back-to-back IPL titles for RCB and once again highlighted Kohli’s enduring class on the biggest stage.

Brief Scores:
Gujarat Titans 155/8 in 20 overs (Washington Sundar 50; Rasikh Salam 3/27, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/29, Josh Hazlewood 2/37) lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru 161/5 in 18 overs (Virat Kohli 75, Venkatesh Iyer 32, Tim David 24; Rashid Khan 2/25) by five wickets.

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Tarushi Abisheka Wins Gold for Sri Lanka at Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships

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Sri Lankan athlete Tarushi Abisheka secured a gold medal in the girls’ 1500m event at the Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships currently being held in Hong Kong on Thursday (May 28).

Abisheka delivered an impressive performance to finish first with a timing of 4 minutes and 31.41 seconds, bringing glory to Sri Lanka on the international stage.

Iran’s Maryam Baluoutaki claimed the silver medal, while South Korea’s Song Dawson finished in third place to secure the bronze.

The talented Sri Lankan middle-distance runner is also competing in the 800m event at the championship.

The Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships has attracted athletes from 40 countries, competing across 46 events.

Sri Lanka has fielded a 22-member contingent for the tournament, consisting of 15 male athletes and seven female athletes.

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