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Players who missed this year’s football world cup due to injuries
The details of the last players who missed this year’s football world cup due to injuries have been mentioned.
- Marcus Reus (Germany)
Marcus Roos, unfortunately, had to withdraw from this year’s World Cup.
The 33-year-old also missed the 2014 World Cup due to injury and his team went on to win the trophy. Reus was coming back from injury and was set to be part of the 2022 World Cup squad when he suffered an acute ankle injury that forced him out of the tournament.
- Diogo Jota (Portugal)
Portugal’s main attacking player Diogo Jota was expected to play in their World Cup opener, but Jota picked up an injury during a league match for Liverpool in October.
Although Jota did not need surgery, his injury took time to heal and forced him out of the World Cup. The loss of Jota could have a huge impact on the Portugal team.
- Paul Pogba (France)
Paul Pogba can be known as one of the most important players of the French team and he will also miss the World Cup this year due to an injury.
Pogba underwent surgery on a knee injury in September and is uncertain of his recovery ahead of France’s title defence against Australia on November 22.
- Sadio Mane (Senegal)
Senegalese forward Sadio Mane was included in this year’s World Cup squad but was forced to withdraw two days before the opening day of the tournament on Sunday. Mane suffered a foot injury while playing for his club Bayern Munich earlier this month.
The news did not go down well with Senegalese sports fans. Senegal will play their first match against the Netherlands on November 21.
- Arthur Melo (Brazil)
Melo, who was a strong midfielder in Brazil, suffered a left thigh injury during training with the Liverpool team.
The injury occurred in October and Melo was left out of the World Cup squad.
The 22-year-old said in an Instagram post: “It comes after a lot of effort and a lot of hard work, I’m ready to establish myself in my new team and I’m playing at the World Cup without giving up fighting for my dream.”
The 22-year-old Melo has a great opportunity to play in the upcoming World Cup.
ආබාධ හේතුවෙන් මෙවර පාපන්දු ලෝක කුසලානය අහිමි වූ ක්රීඩකයන්
ආබාධයන් හේතුවෙන් මෙවර පාපන්දු ලෝක කුසලානය අහිමි වූ අවසනාවන්ත ක්රීඩකයන් පිළිබද විස්තර සදහන් කර ඇත.
- Marcus Reus (Germany)
මාකස් රූස් මෙවර ලෝක කුසලානයෙන් අවාසනාවන්ත ලෙස ඉවත් වීමට සිදු විය.
33 හැවිරිදි ඔහුට ආබාධයක් හේතුවෙන් 2014 ලෝක කුසලානයද අහිමි වූ අතර ඔහුගේ කණ්ඩායම කුසලානය ලබා ජයග්රහණය කිරීමට සමත් විය. රියස් තුවාලයෙන් පසු නැවත පැමිණීම සහ 2022 ලෝක කුසලානු කණ්ඩායමේ කොටසක් වීමට සූදානම්ව සිටියේ ඔහුට ඔහුගේ වළලුකරේ ඇති වූ උග්ර ආබාධයක් හේතුවෙන් ඔහුට තරගාවලියෙන් ඉවත් වීමට සිදු විය.
- Diogo Jota (Portugal)
පෘතුගාලයේ ප්රධානතම attacking තරගකරුවෙකු වන ඩියෝගෝ ජෝටා ඔවුන්ගේ ලෝක කුසලාන ආරම්භක තරගයේදීම දීම ක්රීඩා කිරීමට නියමිතව තිබූ ක්රීඩකයෙකු වූ නමුත් ජෝටා ඔක්තෝම්බර් මාසයේදී ලීග් තරඟයක් අතරතුර ලිවර්පූල් කණ්ඩායම නියෝජනය කරමින් පැවැත්වූ තරගයකදී ඔහු ආබාධයක්ට ලක් විය.
ජෝටාට ශල්යකර්මයක් අවශ්ය නොවූවත්, ඔහුගේ ආබාධය සුව වීමට කාලය අවශය බැවින් ඔහුව ලෝක කුසලානයෙන් ඉවත් කිරීමට සිදු විය. ජෝටා අහිමි වීම පෘතුගාලය කණ්ඩායමට විශාල බලපෑමක් ඇති කළ හැකිය.
- Paul Pogba (France)
ප්රංශ කණ්ඩායමේ වැදගත්ම ක්රීඩකයෙකු ලෙස Paul Pogba හැදින්විය හැකි අතර ඔහුටද අබාධ තත්වයක් හේතුවෙන් මෙවර ලෝක කුසලාන තරගාවලිය මග හැරී යනු ඇත.
දණහිසේ ආබාධයක් හේතුවෙන් පොග්බා සැප්තැම්බර් මාසයේදී ශල්යකර්මයකට භාජනය වූ අතර ප්රංශය ඔස්ට්රේලියාවට එරෙහිව නොවැම්බර් 22 වැනිදා තරග වැදීමට නියමිත අතර සිය ශූරතා ආරක්ෂා කරගැනීමේ තරගාවලියට පෙර ඔහු සුව වීම අවිනිශ්චිතය.
- Sadio Mane (Senegal)
සෙනගාලයේ සුපිරි ඉදිරිපෙළ ක්රීඩක Sadio Mane මෙවර ලෝක කුසලාන සංචිතයට ඇතුළත්ව සිටි නමුත් ඉරිදා තරඟාවලියේ ආරම්භක දින දෙකකට පෙර ඉවත් වීමට සිදුවිය. මේ මස මුලදී ඔහුගේ ක්රීඩා සමාජය Bayern Munich සඳහා ක්රීඩා කරමින් සිටියදී මානේ පාදයේ ආබාධයකට ලක් විය.
මෙම ප්රවෘත්තිය සෙනගාල ක්රීඩා ලෝලීන්ට එතරම් ප්රිය කළේ නැත. සෙනගාලය ඔවුන්ගේ පළමු තරගය නෙදර්ලන්තයට එරෙහිව නොවැම්බර් 21 වැනිදා පැවැත්වේ.
- Arthur Melo (Brazil)
බ්රසීලයේ මැදපෙළ ප්රබල ක්රීඩකයෙතු වූ මෙලෝ ලිවර්පූල් කණ්ඩායම හා පුහුණුවීම් අතරතුර වම් කලවයේ ආබාධයකට ලක්විය.
ආබාධය ඔක්තෝම්බර් මාසයේදී සිදු වූ අතර මෙලෝ ලෝක කුසලාන සංචිතයෙන් ඉවත් කර ඇත.
22 හැවිරිදි ඔහු ඉන්ස්ටග්රෑම් සටහනකක් තබමින් ප්රකාශ කර සිටියේ “එය පැමිණෙන්නේ විශාල උත්සාහයකින් සහ බොහෝ වෙහෙස මහන්සි වී වැඩ කිරීමෙන් පසුව, මම මගේ නව කණ්ඩායම තුළ ස්ථාපිත වීමට සූදානම් වූ අතර මගේ සිහිනය වෙනුවෙන් සටන් කිරීම අත්නොහරී මම ලෝක කුසලානයට ක්රීඩා කරනවා.”
වයස අවුරුදු 22 මෙලෝ හට ඉදිරි ලෝක කුසලාන ක්රීඩා කිරීමට විශාල අවස්ථාවක් පවතී.
காயம் காரணமாக இந்த ஆண்டு கால்பந்து உலகக் கோப்பையை தவறவிட்ட வீரர்கள்
உபாதை காரணமாக இவ்வருட உதைபந்தாட்ட உலகக் கிண்ணத் தொடரை தவறவிட்ட கடைசி வீரர்களின் விபரம் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளது.
- மார்கஸ் ரியஸ் (ஜெர்மனி)
துரதிர்ஷ்டவசமாக இந்த ஆண்டு உலகக் கோப்பையில் இருந்து மார்கஸ் ரூஸ் விலகினார்.
33 வயதான அவர் காயம் காரணமாக 2014 உலகக் கோப்பையையும் தவறவிட்டார், மேலும் அவரது அணி கோப்பையை வென்றது. காயத்தில் இருந்து மீண்டு வந்த ரியஸ், 2022 உலகக் கோப்பை அணியில் இடம்பிடித்திருந்தார்.
- டியோகோ ஜோட்டா (போர்ச்சுகல்)
போர்ச்சுகலின் முக்கிய தாக்குதல் வீரர் டியோகோ ஜோட்டா அவர்களின் உலகக் கோப்பை தொடக்க ஆட்டத்தில் விளையாடுவார் என்று எதிர்பார்க்கப்பட்டது, ஆனால் அக்டோபரில் லிவர்பூலுக்கான லீக் போட்டியின் போது ஜோட்டாவுக்கு காயம் ஏற்பட்டது.
ஜோட்டாவுக்கு அறுவை சிகிச்சை தேவையில்லை என்றாலும், அவரது காயம் குணமடைய நேரம் எடுத்தது மற்றும் உலகக் கோப்பையிலிருந்து அவரை வெளியேற்றியது. ஜோட்டாவின் இழப்பு போர்ச்சுகல் அணிக்கு பெரும் பாதிப்பை ஏற்படுத்தும்.
- பால் போக்பா (பிரான்ஸ்)
பால் போக்பா பிரெஞ்சு அணியின் மிக முக்கியமான வீரர்களில் ஒருவராக அறியப்படுகிறார், மேலும் அவர் காயம் காரணமாக இந்த ஆண்டு உலகக் கோப்பையையும் இழக்கிறார்.
செப்டம்பரில் போக்பா முழங்காலில் ஏற்பட்ட காயத்தில் அறுவை சிகிச்சைக்கு உட்படுத்தப்பட்டார் மற்றும் நவம்பர் 22 அன்று ஆஸ்திரேலியாவுக்கு எதிரான பிரான்சின் பட்டத்தை பாதுகாப்பதற்கு முன்னதாக அவர் குணமடைவார் என்பது நிச்சயமற்றது.
- சாடியோ மானே (செனகல்)
செனகல் முன்கள வீரர் சாடியோ மானே இந்த ஆண்டு உலகக் கோப்பை அணியில் சேர்க்கப்பட்டார், ஆனால் ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை போட்டியின் தொடக்க நாளுக்கு இரண்டு நாட்களுக்கு முன்பு விலக வேண்டிய கட்டாயம் ஏற்பட்டது. இந்த மாத தொடக்கத்தில் மானே தனது கிளப்பான பேயர்ன் முனிச்சிற்காக விளையாடும் போது காலில் காயம் ஏற்பட்டது.
இந்தச் செய்தி செனகல் விளையாட்டு ரசிகர்களுக்குப் பிடிக்கவில்லை. செனகல் அணி தனது முதல் போட்டியில் நெதர்லாந்தை நவம்பர் 21ஆம் தேதி எதிர்கொள்கிறது.
- ஆர்தர் மெலோ (பிரேசில்)
பிரேசிலில் வலுவான மிட்ஃபீல்டராக இருந்த மெலோ, லிவர்பூல் அணியுடன் பயிற்சியின் போது இடது தொடையில் காயம் அடைந்தார்.
அக்டோபரில் காயம் ஏற்பட்டது மற்றும் மெலோ உலகக் கோப்பை அணியில் இருந்து வெளியேறினார்.
22 வயதான அவர் இன்ஸ்டாகிராம் பதிவில், “இது நிறைய முயற்சி மற்றும் கடின உழைப்புக்குப் பிறகு வருகிறது, எனது புதிய அணியில் என்னை நிலைநிறுத்த நான் தயாராக இருக்கிறேன், நான் கைவிடாமல் உலகக் கோப்பையில் விளையாடுகிறேன். என் கனவுக்காக போராடுகிறேன்.”
22 வயதான மெலோவுக்கு எதிர்வரும் உலகக் கோப்பையில் விளையாட சிறந்த வாய்ப்பு கிடைத்துள்ளது.
News
Dinara and Aahil Reach Finals at SSC ITF J30 Week 2
Sri Lanka’s Dinara de Silva and Aahil Kaleel advanced to the girls’ and boys’ singles finals respectively at the ITF J30 Week 2 Junior Tennis Tournament being held at the SSC Courts from 2 to 8 June.
Dinara secured a dominant semifinal victory over the Maldives’ Karin Saizan, while Aahil battled through a tough three-set encounter against India’s Vivaan Mirdha to keep Sri Lankan hopes alive in the boys’ competition.

In the girls’ singles semifinals, Dinara produced an impressive display to defeat Karin Saizan 4-1, 4-0. Fellow Sri Lankan Yuhansa Peiris also booked her place in the final after overcoming India’s Aahida Singh 5-4, 4-0. Their victories set up an all-Sri Lankan championship clash.
The boys’ singles semifinals featured a thrilling contest between Aahil and Vivaan Mirdha. After winning the first set 4-2 and dropping the second 2-4, Aahil held his nerve to claim the match tie-break 10-7. In the other semifinal, India’s Shiok Chauhan defeated compatriot Punith Manchira 5-3, 4-2 to reach the final.

The girls’ final will see Dinara face Yuhansa, while Aahil will take on Chauhan in the boys’ title match.
Dinara enters the final in outstanding form, having won the Week 1 singles title. She also teamed up with Yuhansa to capture the Week 1 girls’ doubles championship. The tournament is particularly significant for Dinara as it marks her final ITF Junior tournament appearance on Sri Lankan soil before embarking on the next stage of her international tennis journey.
Cricket
Cricket Transformation Committee Pledges Greater Support for Women’s Game
Sri Lanka Cricket’s Cricket Transformation Committee recently engaged in a productive dialogue with the country’s leading women cricketers, reaffirming its commitment to elevating the status and development of women’s cricket across all levels.
The meeting brought together players representing the national team, Sri Lanka ‘A’, and the Under-19 women’s squad. It was chaired by Cricket Transformation Committee Chairman Eran Wickramaratne and attended by several prominent figures in Sri Lankan cricket administration and former international stars.
Among those present were Sri Lanka Cricket Honorary Secretary Prakash Schaffter, Cricket Committee Chairman Sidath Wettimuny, former national captains Kumar Sangakkara and Roshan Mahanama, as well as committee members Dinal Phillips PC, Upul Kumarapperuma PC, Avanthi Colombage and Thushira Raddella. Sri Lanka Cricket CEO Ashley De Silva and Sri Lanka Women’s Head Coach Jamie Siddons also participated in the discussions.
Addressing the gathering, Wickramaratne praised the remarkable strides made by Sri Lanka’s women cricketers in recent years, highlighting their historic Asia Cup victory as a defining moment for the sport in the country.
He described the achievement as a milestone that had “rewritten the history of women’s cricket in Sri Lanka” and commended the players for their dedication, discipline and commitment to excellence.
Wickramaratne assured the players that the Cricket Transformation Committee would work towards creating a more equitable cricketing environment, ensuring that women’s cricket receives greater opportunities, recognition and support in line with the men’s game.
Looking ahead, he extended his best wishes to the national women’s team as they prepare for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, expressing confidence in their ability to continue making the nation proud on the international stage.
The session also featured motivational addresses from Sangakkara, Wettimuny and Mahanama, who shared insights from their own distinguished careers. They encouraged the players to remain focused on both their sporting ambitions and personal development while embracing the values of discipline, teamwork and responsibility.
The cricketing legends emphasized that sustained success is built on collective effort, urging every member of the squad to understand and execute their role effectively for the benefit of the team.
The meeting forms part of Sri Lanka Cricket’s broader efforts to strengthen the women’s game and ensure that the country’s emerging female talent is equipped with the resources and guidance needed to thrive at the highest level.
Athletics
Pathirage Rewrites Record Books with Historic 92.62m Throw in Rome
Sri Lankan javelin sensation Rumesh Pathirage produced the performance of a lifetime at the Rome Diamond League, launching the spear an astonishing 92.62 metres to become the second-best javelin thrower in Asian history and move to eighth place on the world all-time rankings.
The 23-year-old delivered the remarkable throw with his second attempt in the men’s javelin competition, sending shockwaves through the athletics world and cementing his place among the sport’s elite.
Pathirage’s record-breaking effort not only shattered his previous personal best but also established a new Sri Lankan national record and the world-leading mark for the 2026 season.
Adding to the significance of the achievement, the Sri Lankan star eclipsed the long-standing Rome Diamond League meet record of 90.34 metres, which had stood for two decades and was set by Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen.
The historic throw marks a major milestone for Sri Lankan athletics, with Pathirage becoming the first athlete from the island nation to surpass the coveted 90-metre barrier in international competition.
His performance places him among the greatest javelin throwers of all time and further strengthens his credentials as a leading contender for major global championships in the years ahead.
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