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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 Footballer Faces Disciplinary Action Over Palestine Support Message

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Colombo, June 11 – The Sri Lanka Football Federation (FFSL) is set to take disciplinary action against a national team squad member following a controversial post-match incident during the AFC Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers against Chinese Taipei.

After Sri Lanka’s 3-1 historic win against 166th-ranked Chinese Taipei on June 10, an unused substitute player, Mohamed Thilham, was seen displaying a shirt bearing the message “PRAY FOR FREE PALESTINE”. The incident occurred during the post-match celebrations at the Colombo Race Course Stadium.

FFSL President Jaswar Umar, responding to media queries, stated that the act was not sanctioned by the federation, calling it “an unnecessary action that violates international football disciplinary norms.”

“This was not something done with the knowledge or approval of the FFSL. Even though it happened after the match, it is still an act that goes against the FIFA Code of Conduct. It was a politically sensitive message displayed on an international platform, which we cannot condone,” said Jaswar.

While many in the public and online community have expressed solidarity with the player’s message, the FFSL is viewing the matter strictly from a governance standpoint.

Thilham, a talented youngster from a remote region and relatively new to the national setup, has shown great promise. However, the FFSL President stressed that

“no personal motivations or emotions can justify violations of international sports protocols.”

Editorial Note:

While some fans hailed Tilham’s act as courageous and principled, others criticized the Sri Lankan Sports TV. Our own Sri Lankan Sports TV team had previously hidden the slogan in our match coverage out of respect for international sporting protocols and to safeguard the player’s future. However, it appears that a section of social media users intentionally spotlighted the statement, which may have contributed to the federation’s decision.

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Sri Lanka I-League: The Ultimate Battle of Club Football Begins!

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Colombo: The Sri Lanka I-League, hailed as the nation’s premier club football showdown, kicks off with a mission to redefine elite football on the island. Featuring eight top-tier football clubs from across the country, the I-League promises high-octane action, drama, and moments of brilliance as teams clash for national glory.

This year’s tournament introduces a dynamic two-stage format designed to test skill, resilience, and strategy. In the first round, teams are split into two groups where each club competes in three crucial matches. The top two from each group advance to the electrifying play-offs, paving the road to the Grand Final—the ultimate showdown where champions rise.

Participating Teams:

  • Renown Football Club
  • Red Star Sports Club
  • Blue Star Football Club
  • New Star SC
  • Sounders Sports Club
  • Java Lane Sports Club
  • Moragasmulla SC
  • Maligawatta United SC

All matches will be held at the Sugathadasa Stadium, providing a centralized battleground that maximizes fan engagement and showcases footballing talent under one iconic venue.

The second round features a knockout-style play-off format:

  • First Qualifier: Group champions lock horns for the first Grand Final slot.
  • Eliminator: Runners-up fight for survival.
  • Second Qualifier: A last chance duel to decide the final Grand Finalist.
  • Grand Final: A title clash where the best of the best face off.

This prestigious tournament not only fosters competitive football but also reflects a new era for Sri Lankan club football, where professionalism, performance, and passion take center stage.

Stay tuned to Sri Lankan Sports TV and our digital platforms for exclusive updates, behind-the-scenes stories, and expert insights throughout the tournament. Let the battle for the crown begin—Where Champions Rise!

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Sri Lanka Set to Face South Korea in Asia Rugby Men’s Championship – Skipper Nigel in Doubt

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Colombo | Friday, 13 June 2025 | Kickoff: 4:00 PM (IST)

Sri Lanka will kick off their Asia Rugby Emirates Men’s Championship 2025 Pool A campaign this Friday (13th June) at ARMC #1 in Colombo, taking on higher-ranked South Korea in a crucial Round 1 encounter.

This marks South Korea’s first match of the tournament, while Sri Lanka enters the game high on confidence, following a resounding 59-19 win against Malaysia on April 19 at the Racecourse Ground, Colombo.

However, the Lankan Lions face a potential setback, with skipper Nigel Ratwatte possibly missing the match due to illness. Sources close to the team confirm that Nigel is recovering from a fever and remains a game-time decision. His absence could leave a leadership gap as Sri Lanka look to challenge a technically sound South Korean outfit.

World Rugby Rankings Ahead of the Clash:

  • South Korea: Ranked 35th, 50.77 points
  • Sri Lanka: Ranked 39th, 47.99 points

The upcoming match is not only vital for tournament progression but also crucial for World Rugby ranking points, with Sri Lanka having a golden opportunity to close the gap on their Pool A rivals.

With the home crowd behind them and recent form in their favour, Sri Lanka will be hoping for a strong start—even without their inspirational skipper.

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