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Dialog Schools Rugby League 2022 Second Day Victory for Royal and Isipathana.
Two Group A matches of the first leg of the 2022 Dialog Schools Rugby League will be played on June 24. One match was between Royal College, Colombo and St. Anthony’s College, Kandy and the other was between Mount Lavinia Science College and Isipathana College, Colombo.
Royal College beat Anthony 22-15 in a thrilling match played at the Royal College Sports Complex.
The Colombo Royal was leading the first half by 10-5 and in that 10 points included one goal and three tries.
Throughout the match, Royal College recorded 4 tries and Anthony College 2 tries.
Royal College Colombo won the last Inter-School Rugby Championship in 2019 and they have won the Inter-School Rugby Championship in 1973, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2015, 2017 and 2018 in past as well.
The third match of the Dialog schools rugby league between Mount Lavinia Science College and Isipathana College, Colombo was played at Havelocks Stadium. In that Isipathana College beat Science, College by 18-9 points and Isipathana College’s 18 runs included three tries.
Isipathana College is a strong team in inter-school rugby and also won the All Island Schools Rugby Championship in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2012, 2014 and 2016.
Dialog Schools Rugby League 2022 දෙවන දිනයේ ජය රාජකීයට සහ ඉසිපතනට….
2022 Dialog Schools Rugby Leagueහි පළමු අදියරේ A කාණ්ඩයේ තරග දෙකක් ජූනි මස 24වන දා පැවැත්විණි. ඉන් එක් තරගයක් කොළඹ රාජකීය විද්යාලය සහ මහනුවර සාන්ත අන්තෝනි විද්යාලය අතර ද අනෙක් තරගය ගල්කිස්ස විද්යා විද්යාලය සහ කොළඹ ඉසිපතන විද්යාලය අතර ද පැවැත් වුණි.
රාජකීය විද්යාලයීය ක්රීඩා සංකීර්ණයේ පැවැති තරගයේදී අන්තෝනිවරුන්ට එරෙහිව ලකුණු 22-15ක ජයක් වාර්තා කිරීමට කොළඹ රාජකීය විද්යාලයේ රග්බි ක්රීඩකයෝ සමත් වූහ.
ලකුණු 10-5ක් වශයෙන් තරගේ මුල් අර්ධයේ ද ඉදිරියෙන් සිටියේ කොළඹ රාජකීයන් ය. රාජකීයන්ගේ එම ලකුණු 10ට එක් ගෝලයක් සහ උත්සාහක දිනුම් තුනක් ද ඇතුළත් විය.
සමස්ත තරගය පුරාවට රාජකීය විද්යාලයට උත්සාහක දිනුම් 4ක් ද අන්තෝනි විද්යාලයට උත්සාහක දිනුම් 2ක් ද වාර්තා කිරීමට හැකි විය.
අවසන් වරට 2019දී පැවැති අන්තර් පාසැල් රග්බි තරගාවලියේ දී ශූරයන් බවට පත් වූ රාජකීය විද්යාලය 1973, 1978,1979, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2015, 2017 සහ 2018 යන වර්ෂවල දී ද අන්තර් පාසැල් රග්බි ශුරතාවය දිනා ගැනීමට සමත් වී ඇත.
Dialog schools rugby leagueහි තෙවන තරගය ලෙස ගල්කිස්ස විද්යා විද්යාලය හා කොළඹ ඉසිපතන විද්යාලය අතර තරගය හැව්ලොක්ස් ක්රීඩාංගණයේදී පැවැත්වුණි. එහිදි ඉසිපතන විද්යාලය විද්යා විද්යාලයට එරෙහිව ලකුණු 18-9ක ජයක් ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. ඉසිපතන විද්යාලයේ ජයග්රාහී ලකුණු 18ට උත්සාහක දිනුම් තුනක් ද ඇතුළත් විය.
අන්තර් පාසැල් රග්බි පිටියේ ප්රබල කණ්ඩායමක් වන ඉසිපතන විද්යාලය ද 1984, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2012, 2014 සහ 2016 යන වර්ෂවලදී සමස්ත ලංකා පාසැල් රග්බි ශුරතාවය දිනා ගෙන තිබේ.
டயலொக் ஸ்கூல்ஸ் ரக்பி லீக் 2022 இரண்டாம் நாள் ரோயல் மற்றும் இசிபதன அணிகளுக்கு வெற்றி.
2022 டயலொக் ஸ்கூல்ஸ் ரக்பி லீக்கின் முதல் லெக் போட்டியின் இரண்டு குரூப் ஏ போட்டிகள் ஜூன் 24 அன்று நடைபெற்றது. ஒரு போட்டி கொழும்பு ரோயல் கல்லூரி மற்றும் செயின்ட். அந்தோனி கல்லூரி, கண்டி மற்றும் மற்றொன்று கல்கிசை அறிவியல் கல்லூரி மற்றும் கொழும்பு இசிபதன கல்லூரிக்கு இடையில் இருந்தது.
றோயல் கல்லூரி விளையாட்டு வளாகத்தில் நடைபெற்ற பரபரப்பான ஆட்டத்தில் றோயல் கல்லூரி 22-15 என்ற புள்ளிக்கணக்கில் அந்தோணியை வீழ்த்தியது.
கொழும்பு ரோயல் அணி முதல் பாதியில் 10-5 என முன்னிலை வகித்ததுடன், அதில் ஒரு கோல் மற்றும் 3 முயற்சிகள் அடங்கிய 10 புள்ளிகள் அடங்கும்.
போட்டி முழுவதும் றோயல் கல்லூரி 4 ட்ரைகளையும் அந்தோனி கல்லூரி 2 ட்ரைகளையும் பதிவு செய்தன.
கொழும்பு றோயல் கல்லூரி கடந்த 2019 ஆம் ஆண்டு பாடசாலைகளுக்கிடையிலான ரக்பி சம்பியன்ஷிப்பை வென்றதுடன், 1973, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2001, 2001, 2001 ஆகிய ஆண்டுகளில் பாடசாலைகளுக்கு இடையிலான ரக்பி சம்பியன்ஷிப்பை வென்றுள்ளனர்.
டயலொக் பாடசாலைகளுக்கான றக்பி லீக் தொடரின் மூன்றாவது போட்டி கல்கிசை விஞ்ஞான கல்லூரி மற்றும் கொழும்பு இசிபதன கல்லூரி அணிகளுக்கு இடையில் ஹெவ்லொக்ஸ் மைதானத்தில் இடம்பெற்றது. அதில் இசிபதன கல்லூரி 18-9 என்ற புள்ளிகள் வித்தியாசத்தில் சயின்ஸ் கல்லூரியை தோற்கடித்ததுடன், இசிபதன கல்லூரியின் 18 ஓட்டங்களுக்கு மூன்று ட்ரைகளும் அடங்கும்.
இசிபதன கல்லூரியானது பாடசாலைகளுக்கிடையிலான ரக்பியில் பலம் வாய்ந்த அணியாகும். மேலும் 1984, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 20142 மற்றும் 2014, 2016 ஆகிய ஆண்டுகளில் அகில இலங்கைப் பாடசாலைகளுக்கான ரக்பி சம்பியன்ஷிப்பை வென்றுள்ளது.
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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.
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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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Sri Lanka Set to Face UAE in Crucial Rugby Clash Tomorrow in Colombo
The Sri Lanka national rugby team will lock horns with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a much-anticipated international rugby encounter set to take place today (July 4) at the iconic Racecourse Ground, Colombo.
As part of their final preparations, the Sri Lankan team held an intensive training session today under the watchful eyes of the coaching staff. The team looked sharp, focused, and ready to bring their A-game to home soil.
This clash promises to be a key test for the Tuskers as they look to strengthen their footing in the regional rugby scene and gain momentum ahead of upcoming international competitions. UAE, a rising force in Asian rugby, will also be eyeing a big performance away from home.
Both teams are expected to field strong lineups, and the match is anticipated to draw significant interest from local fans eager to witness top-tier rugby action.
📍 Match Info
🗓️ Date: July 4, 2025
📍 Venue: Racecourse Rugby Grounds, Colombo
🕒 Kick-off: TBA
Stay tuned for live updates, photos, and post-match coverage on Sri Lankan Sports TV.
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