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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 Women Finish Qualifiers with 0 Goals, 20 Conceded – Who Will Take Responsibility?

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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

TeamMPGFGAGDPoints
🇳🇵 Nepal2170+176
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan2170+176
🇱🇦 Laos2216-140
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka3020-200

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

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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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Sri Lanka Women Crushed 8-0 by Nepal in AFC Qualifiers – Tactical Collapse Raises Alarm

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Colombo, July 2 – Sri Lanka Women’s National Football Team suffered another brutal defeat in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers, going down 8-0 to a confident and clinical Nepalese side. Coming just days after a 10-0 hammering by Uzbekistan, this latest loss highlights deeper tactical, technical, and structural issues within Sri Lanka’s women’s football system.

Full-Time Score: Sri Lanka 0 – 8 Nepal

Half-Time: 0 – 4
Venue: Group F – AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers

Key Match Statistics

StatSri Lanka WomenNepal Women
Possession50%50%
Total Shots426
Shots on Target318
Shots off Target18
Expected Goals (xG)0.603.76
Corners014
Fouls46
Cards00
Offsides03

Tactical Breakdown – Why Sri Lanka Lost 8-0

Despite the possession being even at 50%, Sri Lanka was thoroughly outplayed. This is a classic case where possession stats mislead the reality on the pitch.

1. Poor Defensive Organization

  • Sri Lanka conceded 14 corners and 18 shots on target, indicating that Nepal constantly penetrated both flanks and delivered into the box unchallenged.
  • There was no compact defensive line, and Nepal exploited space behind Sri Lanka’s fullbacks repeatedly.

2. Ineffective Midfield Structure

  • While Sri Lanka held possession equally, it was largely passive and in non-threatening zones.
  • Nepal, on the other hand, converted their possession into 3.76 xG, showing how effective and vertical their transitions were.

3. Repeated Failures in Closing Down Key Players

  • Sabitra Bhandari scored a hat-trick within 26 minutes (14’, 36’, 40’) and was left unmarked multiple times.
  • Nepal’s attackers were given space and time to shoot – evident from the 18 shots on target.

4. No Offensive Threat

  • Sri Lanka managed only 4 shots in the entire game, with an xG of just 0.60.
  • With no corners and no real pressing, the team offered nothing going forward, allowing Nepal to push numbers up comfortably.

Back-to-Back Heavy Losses: Structural Failures Exposed

This defeat comes after a 10-0 loss to Uzbekistan, meaning Sri Lanka has now conceded 18 goals in two matches without scoring once.

This isn’t just a reflection of players’ on-field performance — it’s a glaring indictment of:

  • FFSL’s failure to conduct any women’s football league in years
  • A rushed team selection based on a short trial, without competitive match practice
  • No structured coaching program or international exposure
  • Lack of scouting, fitness programs, and tactical planning

Nepal, though not an Asian powerhouse, had better coaching structure, player chemistry, and clear tactics, which led to their dominance.

What’s Next for Sri Lanka?

If the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) and the Ministry of Sports continue to ignore these warning signs, Sri Lanka risks becoming irrelevant in women’s football on the Asian stage.

What’s needed:

  • ✅ A proper national women’s league
  • ✅ Regular youth-level competitions and scouting
  • ✅ Appointing qualified coaching staff with modern tactical knowledge
  • ✅ Consistent international exposure for players

Conclusion

An 8-0 defeat to Nepal isn’t just a bad result — it’s a mirror held up to a broken system. Unless real change is implemented beyond symbolic participation, these results will become Sri Lanka’s norm in women’s football.

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