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New Zealand won the Sydney Sevens rugby tournament

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The 5th stage of the World Championship Rugby Championship ended yesterday in Sydney.

The speciality of this tournament was that the New Zealand team managed to win both the men’s and women’s divisions of the tournament.

The New Zealand and South African teams qualified for the men’s final. The South African team was not able to mount any challenge in the final round. By the end of the first half, the New Zealand team managed to score 17 points and the South African team was unable to score any points. In the second half, the New Zealanders managed to score another 21 points. Accordingly, at the end of the match, the New Zealand team won the 5th over with a score of 38-0.

The New Zealand team and the French team qualified for the women’s final, while the women’s team managed to beat the men’s team. By the end of the match, the New Zealand players won easily with a score of 35-0.

Accordingly, New Zealand won the men’s and women’s victories in the 5th round of the World Championship Rugby Championship.

සිඩ්නි සත්සාමාජික රග්බි තරගාවලියේ ජය නවසීලන්තයට

ලෝක ශූරතා සත්සාමාජික රග්බි තරගාවලියේ 5වන අදියර ඊයේ දින සිඩ්නි නුවරදී නිමාවට පත් විය.

මෙම තරාවලියේ විශේෂීත්වය වූයේ තරගාවලියේ පිරිමි හා කාන්තා අංශ දෙකේම ජය හිමි කර ගැනීමට නවසීලන්ත කණ්ඩායම සමත් වීමය.

පිරිමි අවසාන මහා තරගය සදහා නවසීලන්ත කණ්ඩායම හා දකුණු අප්‍රිකානු කණ්ඩායම් සුදුසුකම් ලැබූහ. අවසාන මහා තරයේදි කිසිදු අභියෝගයක් එල්ල කීරීමට දකුණු අප්‍රිකානු කණ්ඩායමට හැකියාව නොලැබුණි. පලමු අර්ධය නිමා වන විට නවසීලන්ත කණ්ඩායම ලකුණු 17ක් ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් වූ අතර දකුණු අප්‍රිකානු කණ්ඩායමට කිසිදු ලකුණක් ලබා ගැනීමට හැකියාව ලැබුනේ නැත. දෙවන අර්ධයේදී තවත් ලකුණු 21ක් රැස් කිරීමට නවසීලන්ත ක්‍රීඩකයෝ සමත් වූහ. ඒ අනුව තරගය නිමා වන විට ලකුණු 38ට – 0ක් ලෙස නවසීලන්ත කණ්ඩායම 5වන අධියරේ ජය හිමි කරගන්නා ලදී.

කාන්තා අවසාන මහ තරගය සදහා නවසීලන්ත කණ්ඩායම හා ප්‍රංශ කණ්ඩායම් සුදුසුකම් ලැබූ අතර පිරිමි කණ්ඩායමට නොදැවෙනි දස්කම් දැක්වීමට කාන්තා කණ්ඩායම සමත් විය. තරගය අවසාන වන විට ලකුණු 35-0ක් ලෙස නවසීලන්ත ක්‍රීඩිකාවෝ පහසු ජයක් ලැබීය.

ඒ අනුව ලෝක ශූරතා සත්සාමාජික රග්බි තරගාවලියේ 5 වන අදිරයේ කාන්තා පිරිමි ජය නවසීලන්තයට හිමි විය.

சிட்னி செவன்ஸ் ரக்பி போட்டியில் நியூசிலாந்து அணி வெற்றி பெற்றது

உலக சாம்பியன்ஷிப் ரக்பி சாம்பியன்ஷிப்பின் 5-வது கட்டம் சிட்னியில் நேற்று முடிவடைந்தது.

இந்தப் போட்டியின் சிறப்பம்சம் என்னவெனில், இந்தப் போட்டியின் ஆண்கள் மற்றும் பெண்கள் பிரிவுகளில் நியூசிலாந்து அணி வெற்றிபெற்றது.

ஆண்களுக்கான இறுதிப் போட்டிக்கு நியூசிலாந்து மற்றும் தென்னாப்பிரிக்க அணிகள் தகுதி பெற்றன. இறுதிச் சுற்றில் தென்னாப்பிரிக்க அணியால் எந்த சவாலையும் எதிர்கொள்ள முடியவில்லை. முதல் பாதியின் முடிவில் நியூசிலாந்து அணி 17 புள்ளிகளைப் பெற, தென்னாப்பிரிக்க அணியால் எந்தப் புள்ளிகளையும் பெற முடியவில்லை. இரண்டாவது பாதியில், நியூசிலாந்து வீரர்கள் மேலும் 21 புள்ளிகளைப் பெற முடிந்தது. அதன்படி, ஆட்ட நேர முடிவில் நியூசிலாந்து அணி 5-வது ஓவரில் 38-0 என்ற கணக்கில் வெற்றி பெற்றது.

பெண்களுக்கான இறுதிப் போட்டிக்கு நியூசிலாந்து அணியும், பிரான்ஸ் அணியும் தகுதி பெற்ற நிலையில், ஆண்கள் அணியை வீழ்த்தி பெண்கள் அணி வெற்றி பெற்றது. ஆட்ட நேர முடிவில் நியூசிலாந்து வீரர்கள் 35-0 என்ற கோல் கணக்கில் எளிதாக வெற்றி பெற்றனர்.

அதன்படி, உலக சாம்பியன்ஷிப் ரக்பி சாம்பியன்ஷிப் போட்டியின் 5வது சுற்றில் ஆடவர் மற்றும் மகளிர் பிரிவில் நியூசிலாந்து வெற்றி பெற்றது.

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Kirsten, a former South African international cricketer, brings with him a wealth of coaching experience and a distinguished playing career. Between 2008 and 2011, he served as head coach of the India men’s national team, guiding them to victory in the 2011 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. He later took charge of the South Africa men’s national team from 2011 to 2013, during which South Africa rose to become the number one ranked team across all formats.

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As a player, Kirsten represented South Africa from 1993 to 2004, amassing 14,087 international runs across Tests and ODIs. His record includes 21 Test centuries and 13 ODI centuries, cementing his reputation as one of South Africa’s most reliable batsmen.

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Sri Lanka Cricket has yet to announce a replacement for the head coach role, but officials confirmed that talks are underway to identify a candidate capable of steering the national side forward.

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