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An investigation by the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Shakib Al Hasan…
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has taken steps to start an investigation regarding Shakib Al Hasan, an all-rounder of the Bangladesh cricket team. Shakib has promoted a betting website called Betwinner news through his Instagram and Twitter accounts and the website is ready to sponsor him.
After the loss of the third T20 match between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, Shakib twitted a statement to promote betwinner news on his official account.
Bangladesh Cricket Board Chairman Nazmul Hussain who commented in this regard said that “Shakib Al Hasan has not asked for permission from the Cricket Board to get the sponsorship of such a website. He mentioned that even if permission is requested, no approval will be given for it according to Bangladeshi law.”
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has announced that it has started an investigation into Shakib to find out if he has entered into a contract with betwinner news.
Shakib has been making headlines for his undisciplined behaviour. Shakib was also banned from cricket for one year in 2019 after pleading guilty to three charges of breaching the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Code.
ශකීබ් අල් හසන් සම්බන්ධව බංග්ලාදේශ ක්රිකට් පාලක මණ්ඩලයෙන් විමර්ශනයක්..
බංග්ලාදේශ ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායමේ තුන් ඉරියව් ක්රීඩකයකු වන ශකීබ් අල් හසන් සම්බන්ධව විමර්ශනයක් ආරම්භ කිරීමට බංග්ලාදේශ ක්රිකට් පාලක මණ්ඩලය පියවර ගෙන තිබේ. ශකීබ් සිය Instagram සහ twitter ගිණුම් ඔස්සේ Betwinner news නම් ඔට්ටු ඇල්ලීමේ වෙබ් අඩවියක් ප්රවර්ධනය කිරීමත් එම වෙබ් අඩවිය ඔහුට අනුග්රහය දැක්වීමට සුදානම් වීමත් මේ සඳහා හේතු වී තිබේ.
බංග්ලාදේශය සහ සිම්බාබ්වේ අතර පැවති තුන්වන විස්සයි විස්ස තරගය පරාජයට පත්වීමෙන් පසුව, ෂකීබ් Twitter ගිණුම ඔස්සේ මුලින් ම betwinner news සම්බන්ධව ප්රකාශක් සටහන් කර තිබේ.
මේ සම්බන්ධව අදහස් දැක්වූ බංග්ලාදේශ ක්රිකට් පාලක මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපති නස්මුල් හුසේන් කියා සිටියේ මෙවන් වෙබ් අඩවියක අනුග්රහය ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා ශකීබ් අල් හසන් ක්රිකට් පාලක මණ්ඩලයෙන් අවසර ඉල්ලා නොමැති බවයි. අවසර ඉල්ලුව ද ඒ සඳහා බංග්ලාදේශ නීතියට අනුව කිසිදු ඉඩක් නොලැබෙන බවත් ඔහු සඳහන් කළේ ය.
ශකීබ් betwinner news සමග කොන්ත්රාත්තුවකට එළැඹී ඇත්දැයි සොයා බැලීම සඳහා ඔහූ සම්බන්ධව විමර්ශනයක් ආරම්භ කළ බව බංග්ලාදේශ ක්රිකට් පාලක මණ්ඩලය ප්රකාශ කර ඇත.
ශකීබ් ඔහුගේ විනය විරෝධි ක්රියාකලාපය හේතුවෙන් දිගින් දිගට ම පුවත් මවන්නෙකු බවට පත් වී තිබේ. ICCහි දූෂණ විරෝධී සංග්රහය උල්ලංඝණය කිරීමේ චෝදනා තුනක් පිළිගැනීමෙන් පසුව 2019 දී ශකීබ්ට වසරක ක්රිකට් තහනමක් ද පනවා තිබුණි.
ஷகிப் அல் ஹசன் தொடர்பில் பங்களாதேஷ் கிரிக்கெட் சபையின் விசாரணை..
பங்களாதேஷ் கிரிக்கெட் அணியின் சகலதுறை ஆட்டக்காரரான ஷகிப் அல் ஹசன் தொடர்பில் விசாரணைகளை ஆரம்பிக்க பங்களாதேஷ் கிரிக்கெட் சபை நடவடிக்கை எடுத்துள்ளது. ஷாகிப் தனது இன்ஸ்டாகிராம் மற்றும் ட்விட்டர் கணக்குகள் மூலம் Betwinner news என்ற பந்தய இணையதளத்தை விளம்பரப்படுத்தியுள்ளார், மேலும் அவருக்கு ஸ்பான்சர் செய்ய இணையதளம் தயாராக உள்ளது என தெரியவந்துள்ளது.
வங்காளதேசம் மற்றும் ஜிம்பாப்வே அணிகளுக்கு இடையிலான மூன்றாவது டி20 போட்டியில் தோல்வியடைந்த பிறகு, ஷாகிப் ட்விட்டரில் பிட்வின்னர் செய்திகள் குறித்து ஒரு அறிக்கையை வெளியிட்டார்.
இது தொடர்பில் கருத்து தெரிவித்த பங்களாதேஷ் கிரிக்கெட் சபையின் தலைவர் நஸ்முல் ஹுசைன், அவ்வாறான இணையத்தளத்தின் அனுராசனையை பெறுவதற்கு ஷாகிப் அல் ஹசன் கிரிக்கெட் சபையிடம் அனுமதி கோரவில்லை. அனுமதி கோரப்பட்டாலும் பங்களாதேஷ் சட்டப்படி அதற்கு இடமளிக்கப்பட மாட்டாது என அவர் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளார்.
ஷாகிப் பிட்வினர் செய்திகளுடன் ஒப்பந்தம் செய்துள்ளாரா என்பதை அறிய அவரிடம் விசாரணையை தொடங்கியுள்ளதாக பங்களாதேஷ் கிரிக்கெட் வாரியம் அறிவித்துள்ளது.
ஷாகிப் தனது ஒழுக்கமற்ற நடத்தைக்காக தொடர்ந்து தலைப்புச் செய்திகளை உருவாக்கியுள்ளார். ஐசிசியின் ஊழல் எதிர்ப்பு சட்டத்தை மீறியதாக மூன்று குற்றச்சாட்டுகளில் குற்றத்தை ஒப்புக்கொண்ட பின்னர் 2019 ஆம் ஆண்டில் ஷாகிப் ஒரு வருடம் கிரிக்கெட்டில் இருந்து தடை செய்யப்பட்டார்.
Football
Sri Lanka U20 Women’s Football Hits Rock Bottom at SAFF Championship Amid Continued National-Level Crisis
The Sri Lanka U20 Women’s Team endured a disappointing campaign at the SAFF U20 Women’s Championship 2025, suffering two heavy defeats with one group match left to play. In their opening encounter, Sri Lanka was thrashed 9 -1 by Bangladesh, followed by a 5-0 loss against Bhutan, indicating a deeper crisis in the country’s women’s football structure.


These back-to-back losses highlight the grim state of the women’s football program, especially when placed alongside the senior team’s exit from the AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualifiers earlier this year without a single win. This trend reflects not just a lack of preparation, but an institutional failure to establish a developmental pipeline or strategic plan.

What’s even more concerning is the absence of visible recovery mechanisms from the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL). Instead of addressing systemic issues—such as lack of coaching standards, insufficient grassroots investment, and poor player welfare—key decision-makers appear more focused on the upcoming FFSL elections. Behind-the-scenes politics continue to stall any meaningful progress in women’s football development.

Despite the promising young talent in Sri Lanka, the gap in fitness, tactical training, and match readiness compared to regional rivals is growing wider. Without immediate technical reforms and leadership that prioritizes performance over politics, the future of women’s football in the country remains uncertain.
With one more match against a strong Nepal side, the prospects of a comeback look bleak, unless there is a radical shift in how the game is managed from the ground up.
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South Asian Karate Championship 2025: India and Sri Lanka Shine as Karate Celebrates 50 Years in Sri Lanka
Colombo, July 5–6, 2025 – The 9th South Asian Karate Championship and the 1st South Asian Youth Karate Championship successfully concluded at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, marking a landmark moment in Sri Lanka’s martial arts history as the nation celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Karate Federation.
This prestigious two-day event was jointly organized by the South Asian Karate Federation and the Sri Lanka Karate Federation, which is registered under the Ministry of Sports as one of the seven official sports federations in the country.
Day 1 (July 5) – Youth Championship Dominated by India and Sri Lanka
The opening day featured intense youth-level competition with over 700 athletes from seven South Asian nations – Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the Maldives – competing in age categories below 14.
🥇 Youth Medal Standings (U-14 Category):
- India – 22 Medals (1st Place)
- Nepal – 20 Medals (2nd Place)
- Sri Lanka – 10 Medals (3rd Place)
📺 Watch Day 1 Highlights:
Final Day (July 6) – Sri Lanka Takes Youth Title, India Clinches Senior Crown
The second day of the tournament featured both senior and youth finals. In a historic achievement, Sri Lanka emerged champions in the Youth Division, while India secured the Senior Team Championship, continuing their regional dominance.
Final Team Standings:
- Senior Category:
- 🥇 India (Champions)
- 🥈 Nepal (Runners-up)
- 🥉 Sri Lanka (Third Place)
- Youth Category:
- 🥇 Sri Lanka (Champions)
- 🥈 India (Runners-up)
- 🥉 Nepal (Third Place)
Watch Final Day Highlights:
Special Guests & Recognition
The event was graced by His Excellency Akio Isomata, the Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, who attended as the Chief Guest, acknowledging Sri Lanka’s long-standing contribution to the growth of karate in South Asia.
Also present was Bharat Sharma, President of the South Asian Karate Federation, who praised the standard of competition and Sri Lanka’s organizing excellence.
Karate in Sri Lanka – 50 Years of Legacy
This championship coincided with the 50th Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Karate Federation, which has played a vital role in shaping karate talent nationally and internationally. With continued support from the Ministry of Sports, karate remains one of Sri Lanka’s fastest-growing combat sports.
Football
Sri Lanka Women Finish Qualifiers with 0 Goals, 20 Conceded – Who Will Take Responsibility?
Colombo, July 3 – Sri Lanka Women’s National Football Team wrapped up their AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers campaign with a third straight defeat — a 2-0 loss to Laos — confirming their position at the bottom of Group F, with 0 wins, 0 goals scored, and 18 conceded in just three games.
But beyond the scorelines lies a far more serious issue: a complete collapse of women’s football development in Sri Lanka. And this time, the blame does not lie on one individual — but on a system that has failed the sport, from top to bottom.

Match-by-Match Recap
Match 1: Sri Lanka 0 – 10 Uzbekistan
- Possession: 30%
- Shots on Target: 0
- xG: 0.0 vs Uzbekistan’s 3.60
- A game that exposed a lack of preparation, structure, and fitness from the very start.
Match 2: Sri Lanka 0 – 8 Nepal
- Possession: 50%
- Defensive errors gifted goals, including a hat-trick by Sabitra Bhandari.
- xG: Nepal 3.76 vs Sri Lanka 0.60
- Tactical breakdown: Midfield collapsed under pressure, backline failed to close space.
Match 3: Sri Lanka 0 – 2 Laos
- Possession: 50%
- Shots on Target: 5
- xG: 2.56 (Laos) vs 1.08 (Sri Lanka)
- A more balanced performance, but defensive lapses in the 73rd and 90+2 minutes led to defeat. Sri Lanka couldn’t convert chances despite their best game statistically.
Final Group Standings – Group F
Team | MP | GF | GA | GD | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
🇳🇵 Nepal | 2 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 6 |
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 2 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 6 |
🇱🇦 Laos | 2 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 0 |
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 20 | -20 | 0 |
Tactical Issues Across All Matches
- No clear formation or transition play.
- Lack of defensive coordination — players failed to track runners, especially on the flanks.
- No attacking identity — only 1.08 xG across three games.
- In-game management absent — few substitutions or tactical shifts despite being outplayed.
While public criticism often targets the President of the Football Federation, this decline in women’s football runs deeper:
Who Is Accountable? Not Just the President
Women’s Football Committee:
- Failed to organize any domestic tournament in recent years.
- Selected the squad via open trials, with no league performance data to back selections.
- No consistent training camps or fitness programs.
Executive Committee:
- Remains silent on the recurring failures.
- No inquiries, reviews, or structural reforms have followed Sri Lanka’s repeated humiliations — including the U20 Women’s SAFF defeat earlier this year.
Technical & Development Staff:
- No tactical framework or youth development.
- No modern coaching methods or international exposure for players.
The Bigger Problem: Silence and Stagnation
Sri Lanka is not just losing matches — it’s losing direction. The current state of women’s football is not the result of one bad campaign. It’s the product of years of neglect, political appointments, and a failure to treat women’s football with equal priority.
Even now, there is no explanation from the Executive Committee on how the women’s team was prepared or what plans exist for recovery.
Time for a Reset, Not Excuses
If Sri Lanka is serious about competing in international football, the following must be addressed:
- ✅ A national women’s league
- ✅ Provincial and school-level competitions
- ✅ Professional coaching staff and structured fitness programs
- ✅ Regular international friendlies and camps
- ✅ Transparent selection processes based on performance, not politics
🔚 Conclusion
Sri Lanka’s 2026 AFC campaign should not just be remembered for the scorelines — but as a call for change. It is time for every stakeholder — from the Women’s Committee to the Executive — to reflect, respond, and rebuild.
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