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Olympic champion and World Championship silver medalist Neeraj Chopra returned to the tournament by winning the Lausanne Diamond League. He confirmed his place in the Diamond League finals to be held in Zurich in the first week of September. Friday was the first time Chopra finished first in a Diamond League event and he will now have a chance to become a Diamond League champion in the javelin.

Chopra’s first attempt was 89.09m, his third-best throw. He scored overall 8 points for first place. Chopra – who participated in two Diamond Leagues (four events javelin) – finished fourth with 15 points. The top six athletes qualify for the finals.

Chopra’s second attempt was 85.18m, after which he failed in his third, fourth and fifth attempts. Chopra cleared 80.04 meters in his final throw.

But by that time he had secured his place in the finals.

Chopra had missed the Commonwealth Games after suffering an injury in his fourth throw at the World Championships.

But his opening throw in Lausanne showed he is close to his best in the return. Chopra’s national record is 89.94 meters which he threw in the Stockholm Diamond League. Diamond League events have no award medals and athletes are awarded points based on where they finish.

Neeraj Chopra ඩයමන්ඩ් ලීග් තරගාවලියේ දක්ෂතා අතරට…

ඔලිම්පික් ශූර සහ ලෝක ශූරතාවලියේ රිදී පදක්කම්ලාභී නීරාජ් චොප්රා ලෝසැන් ඩයමන්ඩ් ලීගය ජයග්‍රහණය කරමින් නැවත තරගාවලියට පැමිණියේය. සැප්තැම්බර් මුල් සතියේ සූරිච් හි පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත ඩයමන්ඩ් ලීග් අවසන් මහා තරගයේදී ඔහු සිය ස්ථානය තහවුරු ගත්තේය. සිකුරාදා චොප්රා ඩයමන්ඩ් ලීග් ඉසව්වක පළමු ස්ථානයට පත් වූ පළමු අවස්ථාව වන අතර ඔහුට දැන් හෙල්ල විසි කිරීමේ ඩයමන්ඩ් ලීග් ශූරයෙකු වීමට අවස්ථාවක් ලැබෙනු ඇත.

චොප්රාගේ පළමු උත්සාහය මීටර් 89.09, මෙය ඔහුගේ තුන්වන හොඳම විසි කිරීම වේ. ඔහු පළමු ස්ථානයට ලකුණු 8ක් ලබා ගත්තේය. සමස්තයක් වශයෙන්, ඩයමන්ඩ් ලීග් දෙකකට සහභාගී වූ චොප්රා (ඉසව් හතරක් හෙල්ල විසි කිරීම) – ලකුණු 15 ක් ලබා සිව්වන ස්ථානයේ රැඳී සිටියේය. හොඳම ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන් හය දෙනා අවසන් මහා තරගයට සුදුසුකම් ලබයි.

චොප්රාගේ දෙවැනි උත්සාහය මීටර් 85.18ක් වූ අතර ඉන් පසුව ඔහු තම තෙවැනි, සිව්වැනි සහ පස්වැනි උත්සාහයන් අසාර්ථක විය. ඔහුගේ අවසන් විසිකිරීමේදී චොප්රා මීටර් 80.04ක් ලබා ගත්තේය.

එහෙත් ඒ වන විට ඔහු අවසන් මහා තරගයේ ස්ථානය තහවුරු කරගෙන සිටියේය.

චොප්රා ලෝක ශූරතාවලියේදී ඔහුගේ සිව්වන විසිකිරීමේදී අබාධයකට ලක්වීමෙන් පසු පොදුරාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩලීය ක්‍රීඩා උළෙල මඟ හැර තිබුණි.

නමුත් ලෝසාන් හි ඔහුගේ ආරම්භක විසි කිරීම පෙන්නුම් කළේ ඔහු ආපසු පැමිණීමේදී ඔහුගේ උපරිමයට ආසන්න බවයි. චොප්රාගේ ජාතික වාර්තාව ඔහු ස්ටොක්හෝම් ඩයමන්ඩ් ලීගයේ විසිකල කළ මීටර් 89.94 කි. ඩයමන්ඩ් ලීග් ඉසව්වලට පදක්කම් නොමැති අතර ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන්ට ඔවුන් අවසන් කරන ස්ථානය අනුව ලකුණු ලබා දේ.

டயமண்ட் லீக்கில் நீரஜ் சோப்ரா மீண்டும் ஃபார்முக்கு…

ஒலிம்பிக் சாம்பியனும், உலக சாம்பியன்ஷிப் வெள்ளிப் பதக்கம் வென்றவருமான நீரஜ் சோப்ரா லொசேன் டயமண்ட் லீக்கை வென்று போட்டிக்குத் திரும்பினார். செப்டம்பர் முதல் வாரத்தில் சூரிச்சில் நடைபெறவுள்ள டயமண்ட் லீக் இறுதிப் போட்டியில் அவர் தனது இடத்தை உறுதிப்படுத்தினார். வெள்ளிக்கிழமை சோப்ரா டயமண்ட் லீக் நிகழ்வில் முதல் இடத்தைப் பிடித்து அவர் டயமண்ட் லீக் சாம்பியனாகும் வாய்ப்பைப் உருவாக்கியுள்ளார்.

சோப்ராவின் முதல் முயற்சி 89.09 மீ, அவரது மூன்றாவது சிறந்த எறிதல். அவர் ஒட்டுமொத்தமாக 8 புள்ளிகள் பெற்று முதலிடம் பெற்றார். சோப்ரா – இரண்டு டயமண்ட் லீக்களில் (நான்கு ஈட்டி எறிதல்) பங்கேற்றார் – 15 புள்ளிகளுடன் நான்காவது இடத்தைப் பிடித்தார். முதல் ஆறு தடகள வீரர்கள் இறுதிப் போட்டிக்கு தகுதி பெறுவார்கள்.

சோப்ராவின் இரண்டாவது முயற்சி 85.18 மீ, அதன் பிறகு அவர் தனது மூன்றாவது, நான்காவது மற்றும் ஐந்தாவது முயற்சிகளில் தோல்வியடைந்தார். சோப்ரா தனது கடைசி எறிதலில் 80.04 மீட்டர் தூரத்தை எட்டினார்.

ஆனால் அதற்குள் அவர் இறுதிப் போட்டிக்குத் தகுதி பெற்றிருந்தார்.

உலக சாம்பியன்ஷிப்பில் நான்காவது எறிதலில் காயம் அடைந்த சோப்ரா காமன்வெல்த் விளையாட்டுப் போட்டியில் பங்கேற்கவில்லை.

ஆனால் லொசானில் அவரது தொடக்க த்ரோ, அவர் திரும்பியதில் தனது சிறந்த நிலைக்கு அருகில் இருப்பதைக் காட்டியது. ஸ்டாக்ஹோம் டயமண்ட் லீக்கில் சோப்ராவின் தேசிய சாதனை 89.94 மீட்டர். டயமண்ட் லீக் நிகழ்வுகளில் பதக்கங்கள் இல்லை மற்றும் விளையாட்டு வீரர்களுக்கு புள்ளிகள் அடிப்படையில் அவர்கள் முடிக்கும் இடம் வழங்கப்படும்.

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Sri Lanka U-19 Players Face Charges Over Alleged Hotel Recording Incident

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Two players from Sri Lanka’s Under-19 cricket squad have been taken into custody allegations that they covertly recorded individuals inside a hotel in the Narahenpita area, according to police.

The arrests came after multiple complaints were lodged by female medical professionals attending a conference at the hotel. The complainants reported that they had been secretly filmed while bathing in their rooms, allegedly using mobile phones.

Authorities revealed that preliminary investigations suggest the suspects may also have captured footage involving male guests at the same premises. Police are continuing inquiries to determine whether any of the recordings were distributed through online platforms.
The suspects were presented before the Aluthkade Magistrate’s Court and subsequently released on personal bail set at Rs. 500,000 each. Further investigations are ongoing.

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SunRisers Hyderabad Sri Lankan Trio Returns Home from IPL

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Three Sri Lankan players representing Sunrisers Hyderabad — Kamindu Mendis, Dilshan Madushanka and Eshan Malinga — have left the Indian Premier League as the tournament approaches its final stages.

The trio returned to Sri Lanka on Thursday morning to complete visa formalities ahead of the national team’s upcoming tour of the West Indies in June, which will feature matches across all formats. According to reports, their brief return is solely to complete biometric requirements for the visa process.

Despite their absence, the players are expected to rejoin the squad in India shortly after completing the necessary procedures. With sufficient time before their next fixture, all three are likely to be available for selection.

Sunrisers Hyderabad are scheduled to play their next match on May 3 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium against Kolkata Knight Riders.

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Sri Lanka Women too strong for Bangladesh in second T20I

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Sri Lanka Women produced a polished all-round performance to defeat Bangladesh Women by 21 runs in the second T20I, sealing the series with a game to spare.

After being put into bat, the visitors posted a competitive 154 for 4 in their 20 overs, built on key contributions from skipper Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama. The innings began cautiously, with Hasini Perera falling early, but Athapaththu steadied the innings with a fluent 42 off 37 balls, striking six boundaries.

The momentum shifted significantly during the latter half as Samarawickrama played an aggressive knock of 49 off just 29 deliveries, including two sixes. She found good support from Imeesha Dulani (27) and Nilakshika Silva, who remained unbeaten on 22, ensuring Sri Lanka finished strongly at a healthy run rate of 7.70. Bangladesh’s bowlers shared the wickets, with Fariha Trisna, Sultana Khatun, Nahida Akter, and Ritu Moni picking up one apiece.

Chasing 155, Bangladesh made a steady start through Dilara Akter and Juairiya Ferdous, who added 46 for the opening wicket. However, regular breakthroughs and sharp fielding dented their progress. Ferdous scored a brisk 29, while Sharmin Akhter anchored the innings with an unbeaten 44, but lacked sufficient support from the middle order.

Sri Lanka’s discipline in the field proved decisive, effecting three crucial run-outs. Kavisha Dilhari was the standout with the ball, claiming 2 for 15 in her four overs, while Sugandika Kumari maintained excellent control, conceding just 14 runs.
Bangladesh eventually finished on 133 for 5, falling short despite a late push.

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