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National Badminton Championship begins.
The National Grand Badminton Championship organized by the Sri Lanka Badminton Association started yesterday (16) at the Sugathadasa Sports Complex in Colombo.
About 1700 athletes participated in this year’s tournament, which will be held until the 20th of this month. The matches of this year’s tournament will be held at the Sri Lanka Badminton Association Headquarters Stadium and the Trade Services Sports Badminton Stadium.
This year the tournament will be held under many age groups. Competitions will be held mainly under 5 categories: men’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed.
In addition, for the senior contestants. Competitions will be held for age groups of 35 and above, 40 and above, 45 and above, 50 and above, 55 and above, 60 and above and 65 and above.
This year’s tournament has also organized matches for disabled players. Mr Sanjeeva Wijesekera will be the chief referee of the tournament and the sports minister is scheduled to attend the closing ceremony.
ජාතික බැඩ්මින්ටන් ශූරතාවලිය ආරම්භ වේ.
ශ්රී ලංකා බැඩ්මින්ටන් සංගමය විසින් සංවිධානය කරනු ලබන ජාතික මහා බැඩ්මින්ටන් ශූරතාවලියේ ඊයේ දින(16) කොළඹ සුගතදාස ක්රීඩා සංකීර්ණයේදී ආරම්භ විය.
මෙවර තරගාවලිය සදහා ක්රීඩක ක්රීඩිකාවක් 1700ක් පමණ සහභාගී වී ඇති අතර, මෙම තරගාවලිය මේ මස 20 වෙනිදා දක්වා පැවැත්වේ. මෙවර තරගාවලියේ තරග ශ්රී ලංකා බැඩ්මින්ටන් සංගම් මූලස්ථාන ක්රීඩාංගනයේදී හා වෙළද සේවා ක්රීඩා බැඩ්මින්ටන් ක්රීඩාංගනයේදී පැවැත්වේ.
මෙවර තරගාවලිය වයස් කාණ්ඩ රැසක් යටතේ පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත වේ. පිරිමි කේවල, පිරිමි යුගල, කාන්තා කේවල, කාන්තා යුගල හා මිශ්ර වශයෙන් ප්රධාන වශයෙන් කාණ්ඩ 5ක් යටතේ තරග පැවැත්වේ.
ඊට අමතරව ජේෂ්ඨ තරගකරුවන් සදහාද අවු. 35න් ඉහළ, 40න් ඉහළ, 45 න් ඉහළ, 50න් ඉහළ, 55න් ඉහළ, 60ඉ ඉහළ හා 65 ඉහළ ලෙස වයස් කාණ්ඩ සදහා තරග පැවැත්වෙනු ඇත.
ආබාධිත ක්රීඩකයන් සදහාද මෙවර තරගාවලියේ තරග සංවිධානය කොට ඇත. තරගාවලියේ ප්රධාන තරග තීරකවරයා ලෙස සංජීව විජේසේකර මහතා කටයුතු කරන අතර ක්රීඩා අමාත්යවරයා සමාප්ති උත්සවයට පැමිණීමට නියමිතව ඇත.
தேசிய பேட்மிண்டன் சாம்பியன்ஷிப் தொடங்குகிறது.
இலங்கை பூப்பந்து சம்மேளனத்தினால் நடாத்தப்படும் தேசிய கிராண்ட் பேட்மிண்டன் சம்பியன்ஷிப் போட்டி நேற்று (16) கொழும்பு சுகததாச விளையாட்டு வளாகத்தில் ஆரம்பமானது.
இந்த வருடத்திற்கான போட்டியில் சுமார் 1700 வீராங்கனைகள் பங்குபற்றியுள்ளதுடன், இப் போட்டிகள் எதிர்வரும் 20ஆம் திகதி வரை நடைபெறவுள்ளது. இந்த வருடத்திற்கான போட்டிகள் இலங்கை பூப்பந்து சம்மேளன தலைமையக மைதானத்திலும் வர்த்தக சேவைகள் விளையாட்டு பூப்பந்து மைதானத்திலும் நடைபெறவுள்ளது.
இந்த ஆண்டு போட்டிகள் பல வயது பிரிவுகளின் கீழ் நடைபெறும். முக்கியமாக ஆண்கள் ஒற்றையர், ஆண்கள் இரட்டையர், பெண்கள் ஒற்றையர், பெண்கள் இரட்டையர் மற்றும் கலப்பு என 5 பிரிவுகளின் கீழ் போட்டிகள் நடைபெறும்.
கூடுதலாக, மூத்த போட்டியாளர்களுக்கு. 35 வயதுக்கு மேற்பட்டவர்கள், 40 வயதுக்கு மேற்பட்டவர்கள், 45 வயதுக்கு மேற்பட்டவர்கள், 50 வயதுக்கு மேற்பட்டவர்கள், 55 வயதுக்கு மேற்பட்டவர்கள், 60 வயதுக்கு மேற்பட்டவர்கள் மற்றும் 65 வயதுக்கு மேற்பட்டவர்களுக்கு போட்டிகள் நடத்தப்படும்.
இந்த ஆண்டு போட்டிகள் மாற்றுத்திறனாளி வீரர்களுக்கான போட்டிகளுக்கும் ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளன. போட்டியின் பிரதம நடுவராக திரு.சஞ்சீவ விஜேசேகர செயற்படவுள்ளதுடன், விளையாட்டுத்துறை அமைச்சர் நிறைவு விழாவில் கலந்துகொள்ள உள்ளார்.
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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