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Air force bicycle race tomorrow!!
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.
Cricket
Sunil Kumara Gamage Accepts SLC Resignations, Ministry Steps In
Sri Lanka’s cricket administration has entered a period of transition after the government stepped in to take temporary control of the sport’s governing body.
Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage has accepted the resignation of Shammi Silva and the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, marking a significant shift in leadership.
Following the resignations, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced that it would assume oversight of cricket administration under the authority granted by the Sports Law No. 25 of 1973. The decision places all operational and administrative matters of SLC under ministerial supervision with immediate effect.
Authorities indicated that the arrangement is temporary and part of a broader effort to stabilise the sport’s administration. A new committee is expected to be appointed in the coming days to examine existing issues and propose structural reforms aimed at improving governance and accountability.
The leadership’s decision to step down was communicated to the government earlier, prompting swift action to ensure continuity in the management of Sri Lanka’s most prominent sport.
Cricket
SLC President Shammi Silva and Executive Committee Step Down Effective Today
The President of Sri Lanka Cricket, Shammi Silva, has officially resigned from his position with immediate effect, according to an announcement released by the board today (29).
In a significant development, all office-bearers and members of the Executive Committee have also stepped down from their respective roles, signaling a complete leadership transition within the governing body.

Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that the decision has been formally conveyed to Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.
No further details were immediately provided regarding the reasons behind the mass resignation or the process for appointing new leadership.
Cricket
Sri Lanka Cricket Grants Rs. 10 Million to Rising Javelin Athlete Rumesh Tharanga
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today provided a financial grant to rising javelin thrower Rumesh
Tharanga Pathirage.
This support was extended under the direction of the SLC President Mr. Shammi Silva and
the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, following a request made by the Minister of
Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.
Rumesh Tharanga received the grant this evening at the SLC headquarters.
This initiative is part of SLC’s ongoing efforts to support and promote sports beyond cricket,
as well as to assist promising athletes in achieving success at the international level.
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