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India is set to host the 2036 Olympics.
The Indian Sports Minister said that he will apply to host the Olympic Games to be held in 2036.
India has gained a lot of fame globally through sports and the current Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is trying hard to improve that reputation. For that, his government is spending a lot of money on sports field infrastructure.
Mr Anurag Thakur, Sports Minister of the Indian Central Government, told the Times of India newspaper that it is the right time to bring the world’s biggest sports event to India.
“If India is making so much effort to promote sports, I can assure you that we will not only host the Olympics but also organize it in the highest possible manner,” the Indian Sports Minister said in an interview. This interview was published on Wednesday 28th).
Thakur said a preliminary plan on how to prepare Ahmedabad to host the Games, with the full support of the Indian government, will be presented at the International Olympic Committee meeting in Mumbai next September.
2036 ඔලිම්පික් උළෙලේ සත්කාරකත්වය ලබා ගැනීමට ඉන්දියාව සැරසේ.
2036 වසරේ පවැත්වීමට නියමිත ඔලිම්පික් ක්රීඩා උළෙල සදහා සත්කාරකත්වය ලබා ගැනීම සදහා ඉල්ලුම් කරන බව ඉන්දීය ක්රීඩා අමාත්යවරයා පැවසීය.
ඉන්දියාව ගෝලීය වශයෙන් ක්රීඩාවෙන් විශාල වශයෙන් කීර්තියක් අත්කරගෙන ඇති අතර එම කීර්තිය වැඩි දියුණු කිරීමේ අරමුණ වර්ථමාන අග්රාමාර්ථ නරේන්ද්ර මෝදිගේ රජය දැඩි ලෙස උත්සහ ගනිමින් සිටී. ඒ සදහා ඔහුගේ රජය විශාල වශයෙන් ක්රීඩා ක්ෂ්රේත්රයේ යටිතල පහසුකම් සදහා මුදල් යොදවමින් සිටී.
ඉන්දීය මධ්යම රජයේ ක්රීඩා අමාත්ය අනුරාග් ඨාකූර් මහතා ‘ටයිම්ස් ඔෆ් ඉන්දියා පුවත්පතට පැවසුවේ ලොව විශාලතම ක්රීඩා ඉසව්ව ඉන්දියාවට ගෙන ඒමට සුදුසුම කාලය එය බවයි.
“ක්රීඩාව ප්රවර්ධනය කිරීම සඳහා ඉන්දියාව මෙතරම් උත්සාහයක් දරන්නේ නම්, අපි ඔලිම්පික් උළෙලට සත්කාරය දක්වනවා විතරක් නෙමේ එය උසස්ම ආකාරයෙන් සංවිධානය කරන බවටත් මට සහතික විය හැකියි” යයි ඉන්දීය ක්රීඩා අමාත්යවරයා සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡාවකදී පවසා තිබේ. මෙම සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡාව බදාදා 28 වැනිදා) ප්රකාශයට පත්විය.
තාකූර් පැවසුවේ, ක්රීඩා උළෙල පැවැත්වීම සඳහා අහමදාබාද් නගරය සූදානම් කරන ආකාරය පිළිබඳ මූලික සැලැස්මක්, ඉන්දීය රජයේ පූර්ණ අනුග්රහය ඇතිව, ලබන සැප්තැම්බරයේ මුම්බායි හි පැවැත්වෙන අන්තර්ජාතික ඔලිම්පික් කමිටු රැස්වීමේ දී ඉදිරිපත් කරන බවයි.
2036 ஒலிம்பிக் போட்டிகளை நடத்த இந்தியா தயாராக உள்ளது.
2036ல் நடைபெறவுள்ள ஒலிம்பிக் போட்டிகளை நடத்த விண்ணப்பிப்பதாக இந்திய விளையாட்டுத்துறை அமைச்சர் தெரிவித்தார்.
இந்தியா விளையாட்டு மூலம் உலகளவில் நிறைய புகழைப் பெற்றுள்ளது, தற்போதைய பிரதமர் நரேந்திர மோடியின் அரசாங்கம் அந்த நற்பெயரை மேம்படுத்த கடுமையாக முயற்சிக்கிறது. அதற்காக, விளையாட்டுத் துறை உள்கட்டமைப்பிற்காக, அவரது அரசு பெருமளவு பணம் செலவழித்து வருகிறது.
இந்திய மத்திய அரசின் விளையாட்டுத்துறை அமைச்சர் திரு. அனுராக் தாக்கூர், டைம்ஸ் ஆஃப் இந்தியா செய்தித்தாளிடம், உலகின் மிகப்பெரிய விளையாட்டு நிகழ்வை இந்தியாவுக்குக் கொண்டு வர இதுவே சரியான நேரம் என்று கூறினார்.
“விளையாட்டை ஊக்குவிக்க இந்தியா இவ்வளவு முயற்சிகளை மேற்கொண்டால், நாங்கள் ஒலிம்பிக்கை நடத்துவது மட்டுமல்லாமல், அதை மிக உயர்ந்த முறையில் ஏற்பாடு செய்வோம் என்று நான் உங்களுக்கு உறுதியளிக்கிறேன்” என்று இந்திய விளையாட்டு அமைச்சர் ஒரு பேட்டியில் கூறினார். இந்த நேர்காணல் புதன்கிழமை 28 ஆம் தேதி வெளியிடப்பட்டது).
இந்திய அரசின் முழு ஆதரவுடன், வரும் செப்டம்பரில் மும்பையில் நடைபெறும் சர்வதேச ஒலிம்பிக் கமிட்டி கூட்டத்தில், விளையாட்டுப் போட்டிகளை நடத்துவதற்கு அகமதாபாத்தை எவ்வாறு தயார்படுத்துவது என்பது குறித்த பூர்வாங்கத் திட்டம் முன்வைக்கப்படும் என்று தாக்கூர் கூறினார்.
Cricket
Sunil Kumara Gamage Accepts SLC Resignations, Ministry Steps In
Sri Lanka’s cricket administration has entered a period of transition after the government stepped in to take temporary control of the sport’s governing body.
Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage has accepted the resignation of Shammi Silva and the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, marking a significant shift in leadership.
Following the resignations, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced that it would assume oversight of cricket administration under the authority granted by the Sports Law No. 25 of 1973. The decision places all operational and administrative matters of SLC under ministerial supervision with immediate effect.
Authorities indicated that the arrangement is temporary and part of a broader effort to stabilise the sport’s administration. A new committee is expected to be appointed in the coming days to examine existing issues and propose structural reforms aimed at improving governance and accountability.
The leadership’s decision to step down was communicated to the government earlier, prompting swift action to ensure continuity in the management of Sri Lanka’s most prominent sport.
Cricket
SLC President Shammi Silva and Executive Committee Step Down Effective Today
The President of Sri Lanka Cricket, Shammi Silva, has officially resigned from his position with immediate effect, according to an announcement released by the board today (29).
In a significant development, all office-bearers and members of the Executive Committee have also stepped down from their respective roles, signaling a complete leadership transition within the governing body.

Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that the decision has been formally conveyed to Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.
No further details were immediately provided regarding the reasons behind the mass resignation or the process for appointing new leadership.
Cricket
Sri Lanka Cricket Grants Rs. 10 Million to Rising Javelin Athlete Rumesh Tharanga
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today provided a financial grant to rising javelin thrower Rumesh
Tharanga Pathirage.
This support was extended under the direction of the SLC President Mr. Shammi Silva and
the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, following a request made by the Minister of
Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.
Rumesh Tharanga received the grant this evening at the SLC headquarters.
This initiative is part of SLC’s ongoing efforts to support and promote sports beyond cricket,
as well as to assist promising athletes in achieving success at the international level.
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