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Five athletes from Sri Lanka to the World Weightlifting Championship

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The 2022 World Weightlifting Championships organized by the International Weightlifting Federation are scheduled to be held in December. Five athletes are going to participate representing Sri Lanka.

It is reported that a team of three sportsmen and two women is going to join for that. Weightlifter Indika Dissanayake is the captain of this Sri Lankan team and in this tournament, he will compete in the 73 kg weight category. Chathuranga Lakmal’s 61 kg weight class and Dilanka Isuru Kumara’s 55 kg weight class will compete there.

Indika Dissanayake
Chathuranga Lakmal
Dilanka Isuru Kumara

Hansini Gomes and Srimali Samarakoon from the 49-weight class will also represent Sri Lanka in this tournament.

Hansini Gomes
Srimali Samarakoon

Commenting on the preparation of the Sri Lankan team for this tournament, the captain of the team Mr Indika Dissanayake expressed the following opinion. ‘Dilanka Isuru Kumara has a great chance to reach the medals by showing high performance under clean and jerk in this tournament. Also, if he is able to reach his usual performance, Dilanka has the ability to reach the top of the world rankings. There is also the possibility of qualifying for the 2023 Asian Games and the Asian Weightlifting Championship based on their performance at the World Championships. Therefore, our hope is to bring glory to Sri Lanka by performing as a team.

And if Dilanka Isuru Kumar can reach his usual performance, he will be able to reach the top 10 in the world rankings. And we hope that Chaturanga Lakmal will also come forward in the Olympic rankings.

We believe that both Hansini Gomes and Shramalee Samarakoon will perform at their best in their respective weight classes.’

And Indika Dissanayake, who commented on her personal goals in this tournament, said, ‘My main goal is to reach the top of the world rankings in the world championship weightlifting tournament. To qualify for the Olympic Games, you have to face 3 tournaments and this is the first challenge. So I hope to perform at its best.

ලෝක බර ඉසිලීමේ ශූරතාවලියට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවෙන් ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන් පස් දෙනෙක්

ජාත්‍යන්තර බර ඉසිලීමේ සම්මේලනය විසින් සංවිධානය කරනු ලබන 2022 ලෝක බර ඉසිලීමේ ශූරතාවලිය දෙසැම්බර් මාසයේදී පැවැත්වීමට නියමිතය. ඒ සදහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාව නියෝජනය කරමින් ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන් පස් දෙනෙකු සහභාගී වීමට නියමිතය.

ඒ සඳහා ක්‍රීඩකයින් තිදෙනෙකු සහ ක්‍රීඩිකාවන් දෙදෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් කණ්ඩායමක් එක්වීමට නියමිත බවයි වාර්තා වන්නේ. බර ඉසිලීමේ ක්‍රීඩක ඉන්දික දිසානායක මෙම ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමේ නායකයා වන අතර මෙම තරඟාවලියේදී ඔහු තරඟ වදින්නේ කිලෝග්‍රෑම් 73 බර පංතියෙන්. චතුරංග ලක්මාල් කිලෝග්‍රෑම් 61 බර පන්තිය සහ දිලංක ඉසුරු කුමාර කිලෝග්‍රෑම් 55 බර පන්තිය එහිදී තරග වදියි.

එමෙන්ම 49 බර පන්තියෙන් හංසිනි ගෝමස් සහ ශ්‍රීමාලි සමරකෝන් ද මෙම තරඟාවලිය සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාව නියෝජනය කරනු ඇත.

මෙම තරගාවලියට ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම සූදානම් වීම පිළිබඳව අදහස් දක්වමින් කණ්ඩායමේ නායක ඉන්දික දිසානායක මහතා දැක්වූයේ මෙවන් අදහසකි. ‘මෙම තරඟාවලියේ ක්ලීන් ඇන්ඩ් ජර්ක් යටතේ ඉහළ දස්කම් දක්වමින් පදක්කම් වෙත ලඟා වීමට දිලංක ඉසුරු කුමාරට විශාල අවස්ථාවක් තිබේ. එසේම තම සුපුරුදු දස්කම් දක්වා පැමිණීමට හැකි වුවහොත් ලෝක ශ් රේණිගත කිරීම්හි ඉහළට පැමිණීමේ හැකියාව ඩිලංකට තිබේ. එමෙන්ම 2023 වසරේ පැවැත්වෙන ආසියානු ක්‍රීඩා උළෙලට සහ ආසියානු බර ඉසිලීමේ ශූරතාවලියට ලෝක ශූරතාවලියේදී දක්වන දස්කම් අනුව සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ හැකියාවද පවතිනවා. ඒ නිසා කණ්ඩායමක් ලෙස දස්කම් දක්වමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට කීර්තියක් ගෙන ඒමයි අපේ බලාපොරොත්තුව.

එමෙන්ම දිලංක ඉසුරු කුමාරට තම සුපුරුදු දස්කම් දක්වා පැමිණීමට හැකි වුවහොත් ලෝක ශ් රේණිගත කිරීම්වල පළමු 10 දෙනා අතරට පැමිණීමට ඔහුට හැකිවනු ඇත. ඒ වගේම අපි බලාපොරොත්තු වෙනවා චතුරංග ලක්මාල්ත් ඔලිම්පික් ශ් රේණිගත කිරීම්වලින් ඉදිරියට එයි කියලා.

අපි හිතනවා හංසිනි ගෝමස් සහ ශ්‍රමලී සමරකෝන් යන දෙදෙනාම තම තමන්ගේ බර පන්තිවලදී උපරිම දස්කම් දක්වනු ඇතැයි.’

එමෙන්ම මෙම තරගාවලියේ තම පෞද්ගලික ඉලක්ක පිළිබඳව අදහස් දැක්වූ ඉන්දික දිසානායක, ‘මගේ ප්‍රධාන ඉලක්කය ලෝක ශූරතා බර ඉසිලීමේ තරඟාවලියේ ලෝක ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීම්වල ඉහළට පැමිණීමයි. ඔලිම්පික් ක්‍රීඩා උළෙලට සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමට නම් තරගාවලි 3කට මුහුණ දිය යුතු අතර මෙය පළමු අභියෝගයයි. ඒ නිසා ඒකේ උපරිම රංගනයට එන්න මම බලාපොරොත්තු වෙනවා.

உலக பளுதூக்குதல் சாம்பியன்ஷிப் போட்டிக்கு இலங்கையிலிருந்து ஐந்து வீராங்கனைகள்

சர்வதேச பளுதூக்குதல் கூட்டமைப்பு ஏற்பாடு செய்துள்ள 2022 உலக பளுதூக்கும் சாம்பியன்ஷிப் போட்டிகள் டிசம்பரில் நடைபெற உள்ளது. இலங்கை சார்பில் ஐந்து வீராங்கனைகள் பங்கேற்க உள்ளனர்.

அதற்காக மூன்று விளையாட்டு வீரர்கள் மற்றும் இரண்டு பெண்கள் கொண்ட குழு ஒன்று இணையவுள்ளதாக தெரிவிக்கப்படுகின்றது. பளுதூக்கும் வீரர் இந்திக திஸாநாயக்க இந்த இலங்கை அணியின் தலைவராக இருப்பதுடன், இந்தப் போட்டியில் அவர் 73 கிலோ எடைப் பிரிவில் போட்டியிடவுள்ளார். அங்கு சதுரங்க லக்மல் 61 கிலோ எடைப் பிரிவிலும், திலங்க இசுரு குமார் 55 கிலோ எடைப் பிரிவிலும் போட்டியிடவுள்ளனர்.

49 எடைப்பிரிவைச் சேர்ந்த ஹன்சினி கோம்ஸ் மற்றும் ஸ்ரீமாலி சமரகோன் ஆகியோர் இந்தப் போட்டிக்காக இலங்கையைப் பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்துகின்றனர்.

இந்த போட்டிக்கான இலங்கை அணியை தயார்படுத்துவது குறித்து கருத்து தெரிவித்த அந்த அணியின் தலைவர் திரு இந்திக திஸாநாயக்க பின்வரும் கருத்தை வெளியிட்டார். ‘இந்தப் போட்டியில் க்ளீன் அன்ட் ஜெர்க்கின் கீழ் அதிக ஆட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்தி பதக்கங்களை அடைய திலங்க இசுரு குமாரவுக்கு சிறந்த வாய்ப்பு உள்ளது. மேலும், தனது வழக்கமான ஆட்டத்தை எட்ட முடிந்தால், உலக தரவரிசையில் முதலிடத்தை எட்டும் திறன் டிலங்கவுக்கு உள்ளது. உலக சாம்பியன்ஷிப் போட்டிகளில் அவர்களின் செயல்திறன் அடிப்படையில் 2023 ஆசிய விளையாட்டு மற்றும் ஆசிய பளுதூக்குதல் சாம்பியன்ஷிப்பிற்கு தகுதி பெறுவதற்கான வாய்ப்பும் உள்ளது. எனவே, அணியாகச் செயல்பட்டு இலங்கைக்கு பெருமை சேர்க்க வேண்டும் என்பதே எங்கள் நம்பிக்கை.

மேலும் திலங்க இசுரு குமார் தனது வழக்கமான ஆட்டத்தை எட்டினால், உலக தரவரிசையில் முதல் 10 இடங்களுக்குள் வர முடியும். மேலும் சதுரங்க லக்மலும் ஒலிம்பிக் தரவரிசையில் முன்னேறுவார் என நம்புகிறோம்.

ஹன்சினி கோம்ஸ் மற்றும் ஷ்ரமலீ சமரகோன் இருவரும் தத்தமது எடைப் பிரிவுகளில் சிறந்த முறையில் செயல்படுவார்கள் என்று நாங்கள் நம்புகிறோம்.’

மேலும் இந்த போட்டியில் தனது தனிப்பட்ட இலக்குகள் குறித்து கருத்து தெரிவித்த இந்திக திஸாநாயக்க, ‘உலக சம்பியன்ஷிப் பளுதூக்கும் போட்டியில் உலக தரவரிசையில் முதலிடத்தை அடைவதே எனது பிரதான இலக்காகும். ஒலிம்பிக் போட்டிக்கு தகுதி பெற, நீங்கள் 3 போட்டிகளை எதிர்கொள்ள வேண்டும், இது முதல் சவால். எனவே சிறப்பாக செயல்படுவேன் என நம்புகிறேன்.

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Sri Lanka Set for White-Ball Leadership Change as Kusal Mendis Emerges Favourite

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Sri Lanka Cricket is reportedly preparing for a major leadership overhaul in the national white-ball teams, with Kusal Mendis tipped to become captain of both the ODI and T20I sides ahead of the upcoming West Indies tour.

According to a report by The Sunday Times, the experienced wicketkeeper-batter is expected to replace Charith Asalanka as ODI captain and take over the T20I leadership from Dasun Shanaka.

The reported decision comes as Sri Lanka seeks to strengthen its limited-overs structure and build momentum ahead of a packed international schedule. Cricket officials are believed to view Mendis as a dependable senior figure capable of guiding a relatively young squad through the next phase of development.

Having represented Sri Lanka for several years across all three formats, Mendis has established himself as one of the team’s key performers in white-ball cricket. His experience and consistency are expected to play a crucial role if the appointment is confirmed.

Meanwhile, the report stated that Dhananjaya de Silva will continue to lead the Test side, ensuring stability in the longer format.

Sri Lanka Cricket has yet to make an official announcement regarding the captaincy changes.

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Angelo Mathews sparks debate over England’s proposed Test tour reductions

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Former Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has strongly criticised reports that England may reduce future Test tours of Sri Lanka to a single match, warning that such a move risks undermining the fairness and integrity of the World Test Championship structure.

According to reports, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is reviewing its Future Tours Programme, with discussions suggesting that overseas red-ball series against nations such as Sri Lanka and Bangladesh could be trimmed to just one Test, alongside white-ball fixtures. The shift is being linked to scheduling pressures and a push to prioritise longer home series against top-tier opposition.

However, Mathews has pushed back firmly against the idea, arguing that Test cricket must not be reshaped around commercial convenience or unequal participation between nations.
“We should not play one off test with anyone! If any country doesn’t want to play more than one so be it!” Mathews said, expressing clear frustration at the proposal.

He further stressed that all Test nations must be treated equally within the format, warning against creating an imbalance in match opportunities across the championship cycle.
“There’s nothing called bigger nations and test status is equal to all test playing nations,” he said.

Mathews also questioned the logic of restructuring series length while maintaining a unified global competition, pointing out the contradiction in workload and fairness.
“You can’t have 1 team playing 20 games and another playing 10 games in the same championship cycle!” he added.

His strongest criticism came when addressing the reasoning behind the proposed changes, which have been partly linked to revenue generation and broadcast appeal.

“Generating revenue and keeping test cricket alive is two different things and you should not mix up the two!” Mathews said, drawing a clear line between financial priorities and the preservation of the longest format.

The reported ECB discussions come amid wider debates within the International Cricket Council (ICC) over potential reforms to the World Test Championship, including proposals to expand participation and possibly allow single-Test series to contribute to standings for the first time.

The ICC is expected to review the proposals in upcoming meetings, with the future structure of Test cricket under increasing scrutiny as scheduling demands continue to grow across formats.

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Sri Lanka Juniors Ready for Billie Jean King Cup Challenge in Kazakhstan

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Sri Lanka’s emerging tennis players are set to represent the country at the 2026 Billie Jean King Cup Juniors – Asia/Oceania under-16 Final Qualifying tournament, which will be held in Shymkent, Kazakhstan from May 11 to 15, 2026.

The prestigious junior competition will bring together leading teams from across the region, including Australia, China, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Thailand, Singapore, and Sri Lanka, among others, all competing for regional supremacy and qualification progress.

Sri Lanka will be led by top-ranked junior player Annaya Norbet of Holy Family Convent Bambalapitiya, who will take the position of number one player in the squad. She will be joined by Akeesha Silva of Newstead College, Negombo, selected as the second player, while Bovindee Jithsara from Bishop’s College completes the main trio.

Sandithi Usgoda Arachchi of Musaeus College has been named as the standby player, providing additional support to the team if required during the competition.

The squad will be coached by Anupa Maththamagoda, an experienced figure tasked with guiding the young team through the demanding international event.

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