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Dambulla face Jaffna in the final today
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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கொழும்பு ஆர். பிரேமதாச மைதானத்தில் நாளை நடைபெறும் தேசிய சுப்பர் லீக் லிமிடெட் ஓவர் போட்டியின் இறுதிப் போட்டியில் யாழ்ப்பாணத்தை தம்புள்ளை அணி எதிர்கொள்ளும் போது வெற்றி பெறும் அணிக்கு ரூ.2 மில்லியன் பணப்பரிசு வழங்கப்படும்.
இரு அணிகளும் தங்கள் வரிசையில் நட்சத்திர வீரர்களைக் கொண்டுள்ளனர் மற்றும் இரு அணிகளும் இதற்கு முன்பு நான்கு முறை சந்தித்து, தலா இரண்டு வெற்றிகளைப் பகிர்ந்து கொண்டன.
தம்புள்ளை அணி 8 போட்டிகளில் 33 புள்ளிகளுடன் புள்ளிப்பட்டியலில் முதலிடத்தையும், யாழ்ப்பாணம் புள்ளிப்பட்டியலில் 22 புள்ளிகளுடன் இரண்டாம் இடத்தைப் பிடித்துள்ளது.
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
Asia Leads the Charge as 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Begin to Take Shape
The road to the historic 2026 FIFA World Cup is gaining momentum, and Asia is already making its mark on football’s grandest stage. With an expanded format featuring 48 teams and co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, this edition promises to be the most inclusive and diverse yet — and Asia is stepping up early.
🇯🇵 Japan Sets the Benchmark for Asia
Japan was the first nation worldwide to book their ticket to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, underscoring their dominance in Asian football. Unbeaten in their qualifying campaign with six wins and one draw, the Samurai Blue continue to be the standard-bearers for the continent.
🇮🇷 Iran Continues Consistent Form
Iran soon followed Japan, securing their seventh overall World Cup appearance and fourth consecutive berth. The team remained undefeated in their group, showcasing the experience and tactical depth that has made them a fixture on the world stage.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan Makes Historic Debut
In one of the most emotional stories of the qualifiers so far, Uzbekistan qualified for their first-ever FIFA World Cup. A gritty 0-0 draw against the UAE was enough for the Central Asian side to clinch a spot, sparking nationwide celebrations. Their rise highlights the growing strength of second-tier Asian nations on the global stage.
Asia’s Presence Grows in 2026 Format
Asia is guaranteed eight slots in the 2026 World Cup — a significant jump from previous editions — allowing the region to showcase more talent, depth, and emerging football powerhouses. With teams like South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Australia still in the hunt, the continent could make a serious impact come 2026.
Global Context
The tournament’s expanded format and host countries in North America mark a new era for international football. With 104 matches, 16 host cities, and an increased number of participants, it will be a celebration of global diversity — and Asian nations are ready to shine.
Countries Qualified So Far
- Asia: 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇮🇷 Iran, 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
- Oceania: 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- South America: 🇦🇷 Argentina
(Additional qualifiers from other confederations are ongoing.)
As the countdown to 2026 begins, all eyes are on Asia’s rising stars — ready to challenge the world and redefine the future of football.
Cricket
Sachithra Senanayake Indicted in Landmark Match-Fixing Case Under Sri Lanka’s Anti-Corruption Law
Former Sri Lankan cricketer Sachithra Senanayake has been formally indicted before the Hambantota High Court, marking a historic first in Sri Lanka’s efforts to criminalize corruption in sports. The charges stem from an alleged match-fixing attempt during the 2020 Lanka Premier League (LPL), making Senanayake the first player to face prosecution under Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Offences Related to Sports Act No. 24 of 2019.
Senanayake, currently out on bail, is accused of attempting to influence Colombo Kings player Tharindu Ratnayake to underperform during the tournament. The incident reportedly occurred via a WhatsApp message, which was later flagged by a local anti-corruption officer, prompting an official investigation in 2020.
The case falls under the landmark legislation introduced in 2019 by then Sports Minister Harin Fernando, which criminalizes match-fixing and related offenses in the country. If convicted, Senanayake could face a prison term of up to 10 years, a fine reaching Rs. 100 million, or both.
The indictment signals a serious shift in Sri Lanka’s approach to tackling corruption in sports. Authorities hope this high-profile case will serve as a strong deterrent against similar offenses in the future.
Senanayake, once a celebrated off-spinner and a member of Sri Lanka’s victorious 2014 ICC T20 World Cup squad, now faces the grim prospect of being remembered not for his achievements on the field, but for his role in one of Sri Lanka’s most significant match-fixing scandals.
As the case unfolds, it casts a spotlight on the broader issue of corruption in sports and reinforces the urgent need for integrity, vigilance, and transparent governance across all levels of competition in Sri Lanka
Cricket
Harbhajan Singh Criticizes Jayawardene and Malinga for Over-Involvement in MI Dugout During IPL Qualifier
In a surprising turn of events during IPL 2025 Qualifier 2, cricket legend and former Mumbai Indians player Harbhajan Singh has voiced concern over what he termed “excessive involvement” by Mahela Jayawardene and Lasith Malinga during Mumbai Indians’ defeat against Punjab Kings.
Speaking on his YouTube channel after MI’s seven-wicket loss at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Harbhajan took issue with the coaching staff’s frequent instructions from the dugout — especially during tense moments when MI bowlers were under pressure.
Too many signals, too much talking — even with someone like Jasprit Bumrah, who knows exactly what he’s doing,” Harbhajan remarked. “At times, you need a calm and collected environment, especially during high-pressure games. Coaches should guide, not command every move from the sidelines.
Punjab Kings chased down a formidable target of 204, with captain Shreyas Iyer anchoring the innings with an unbeaten 87 to secure a place in the final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Despite Mumbai posting a solid total, their bowlers failed to contain the opposition — a point that Harbhajan feels may have been worsened by the atmosphere in the MI dugout.
Jayawardene, MI’s Head of Global Performance, and Malinga, the bowling coach, were both seen actively engaging with players during the game, a move Harbhajan believes may have unintentionally undermined the confidence of seasoned campaigners like Bumrah.
I’ve been part of that setup. The coaching staff means well, but showing visible desperation can impact player morale,
Harbhajan added.
With this loss, Mumbai Indians miss out on a shot at their sixth IPL title, while discussions surrounding the balance between guidance and over-coaching during matches are sure to continue
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