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Prize money awarded to winners of the 2022 FIFA World Cup

The 22nd edition will be hosted by Qatar and will start on November 20, with the opening match between Qatar and Ecuador on Sunday 20th.
The FIFA World Cup was first held in 1930, when FIFA, the world governing body of football, implemented the idea and decided to hold an international men’s football tournament under the tenure of FIFA President Jules Rimet. The inaugural edition held in 1930 was contested as a final by only thirteen teams invited by the organizers. Since then, the World Cup has undergone expansions and changes, with the current 32 teams participating in a two-year qualification process before the final World Cup, with over 200 teams from around the world participating in these qualifying tournaments. This year the World Cup will be held for the 22nd time and the World Cup will be hosted by Qatar.
FIFA has announced the total prize money fund for the 2022 World Cup with a massive increase of 29%, taking the total to $1 billion. Of that, $440 million will be distributed among the 32 teams depending on how the World Cup ends. The remaining $660 million will be distributed to the least developed federations.
The distribution among the 32 groups is as follows
Participation Fee (for all 32 qualified teams) $2.5 million (each)
Group Stage (16 teams which get eliminated) $8 million (each)
Round of 16 (8 eliminated teams) $12 million (each)
Quarterfinals (4 eliminated teams) $16 million (each)
Fourth place $22 million
Third Place $26 million
Runners-up $32 million
Champions $45 million
2022 පාපන්දු ලෝක කුසලාන ජයග්රහකයින් හට පිරිනමන ත්යාග මුදල
22 වරට කටාර් රාජ්යයේ සත්කාරකත්වය යටතේ නොවැම්බර් 20 වෙනි දින ආරම්භ කිරීමට නියමිත අතර, 20 වැනි ඉරිදා ආරම්භක තරගය ලෙස කරාර් රාජ්යය හා ඉක්වදෝරය තරග වැදීමට නියමිතය.
FIFA ලෝක කුසලානය ප්රථම වරට පැවැත්වුණේ 1930 දී, ලෝක පාපන්දු පාලක මණ්ඩලය වන FIFA විසින් මෙම අදහස ක්රියාත්මක කර FIFA සභාපති Jules Rimet ගේ ධුර කාලය යටතේ ජාත්යන්තර පිරිමි පාපන්දු තරඟාවලියක් පැවැත්වීමට තීරණය කරන ලදී. 1930 දී පවත්වන ලද සමාරම්භක සංස්කරණය සංවිධායකයන් විසින් ආරාධනා කරන ලද කණ්ඩායම් දහතුනකින් පමණක් අවසන් තරඟාවලියක් ලෙස තරඟ කරන ලදී. එතැන් සිට, ලෝක කුසලානය ව්යාප්ත කිරීම් සහ තරග ආති වෙනස් කරමින් ඉදියට එන ලදී, එහි වර්තමාන කණ්ඩායම් 32 අවසන් ලෝක කුසලාන තරඟාවලියට පෙර වසර දෙකක සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ ක්රියාවලියක නිරත වේ, ලොව පුරා කණ්ඩායම් 200කට අධික සංඛ්යාවක් මෙම සිදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ තරගාවලි සදහා සහභාගී වීම සිදු වේ. මෙවර පාපන්දු ලෝක කුසලානය 22 වරට පැවැත්වෙන අතර ලෝක කුසනයේ සත්කාරකත්වය දරන්නේ කටාර් රාජ්ය වේ.
FIFA විසින් 2022 ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා මුළු ත්යාග මුදල් අරමුදල ප්රකාශයට පත් කර ඇත්තේ 29% ක දැවැන්ත වැඩිවීමක් සමඟින් මුළු මුදල ඩොලර් බිලියන 1 දක්වා ඉහල දමමින් ය. එයින් ඩොලර් මිලියන 440 ක් කණ්ඩායම් 32 ක් අතර ලෝක කුසලානය අවසන් වන ආකාරය අනුව බෙදා හරිනු ඇත. ඉතිරි ඩොලර් මිලියන 660 අඩු සංවර්ධිත ෆෙඩරේෂන් සදහා බෙදා දීමට නියමිතය.
කණ්ඩායම් 32 අතරේ බෙදා දෙන ආකරය පහත පරිදිය
Participation Fee (for all 32 qualified teams) $2.5 million (each)
Group Stage (16 teams which get eliminated) $8 million (each)
Round of 16 (8 eliminated teams) $12 million (each)
Quarterfinals (4 eliminated teams) $16 million (each)
Fourth Place $22 million
Third Place $26 million
Runners-up $32 million
Champions $45 million
2022 FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை வெற்றியாளர்களுக்கு வழங்கப்படும் பரிசுத் தொகை
22 வது பதிப்பு கத்தார் நடத்தும் மற்றும் நவம்பர் 20 ஆம் தேதி தொடங்கும், ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை 20 ஆம் தேதி கத்தார் மற்றும் ஈக்வடார் இடையே தொடக்க ஆட்டம்.
FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை முதன்முதலில் 1930 இல் நடைபெற்றது, FIFA, உலக கால்பந்தாட்ட அமைப்பு, இந்த யோசனையை செயல்படுத்தியது மற்றும் FIFA தலைவர் ஜூல்ஸ் ரிமெட்டின் பதவிக்காலத்தின் கீழ் ஒரு சர்வதேச ஆண்கள் கால்பந்து போட்டியை நடத்த முடிவு செய்தது. 1930 இல் நடைபெற்ற தொடக்கப் பதிப்பு, அமைப்பாளர்களால் அழைக்கப்பட்ட பதின்மூன்று அணிகளால் மட்டுமே இறுதிப் போட்டியாகப் போட்டியிட்டது. அப்போதிருந்து, உலகக் கோப்பை விரிவாக்கங்கள் மற்றும் மாற்றங்களுக்கு உட்பட்டுள்ளது, தற்போதைய 32 அணிகள் இறுதி உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு முன் இரண்டு ஆண்டு தகுதிச் செயல்முறையில் பங்கேற்கின்றன, உலகம் முழுவதிலுமிருந்து 200 க்கும் மேற்பட்ட அணிகள் இந்தத் தகுதிப் போட்டிகளில் பங்கேற்கின்றன. இந்த ஆண்டு 22வது முறையாக உலகக் கோப்பையும், உலகக் கோப்பையும் கத்தார் நாட்டில் நடைபெறவுள்ளது.
FIFA 2022 உலகக் கோப்பைக்கான மொத்தப் பரிசுத் தொகையை 29% அதிகரித்து, மொத்தம் $1 பில்லியனாக அறிவித்துள்ளது. அதில், உலகக் கோப்பை எப்படி முடிவடைகிறது என்பதைப் பொறுத்து 32 அணிகளுக்கு $440 மில்லியன் விநியோகிக்கப்படும். மீதமுள்ள $660 மில்லியன் குறைந்த வளர்ச்சியடைந்த கூட்டமைப்புகளுக்கு விநியோகிக்கப்படும்.
32 குழுக்களிடையே விநியோகம் பின்வருமாறு
Participation Fee (for all 32 qualified teams) $2.5 million (each)
Group Stage (16 teams which get eliminated) $8 million (each)
Round of 16 (8 eliminated teams) $12 million (each)
Quarterfinals (4 eliminated teams) $16 million (each)
Fourth Place $22 million
Third Place $26 million
Runners-up $32 million
Champions $45 million
Football
Stafford vs. Colombo International: The Second Edition of the Big Match Kicks Off!
Football fever returns as Stafford International School and Colombo International School gear up for the second edition of their highly anticipated Big Match! This year, the rivalry intensifies with four matches across different age and gender categories:
✅ U15 Girls
✅ U15 Boys
✅ U20 Girls
✅ U20 Boys
🏆 Stafford International’s Rising Stars:
- U15 Girls: Defending TISSL U14 and Colombo SLSFA District champions, featuring standout players like Keshalee Ranatunga and Sonja Ratanayake (just 10 years old!).
- U15 Boys: All-Island U14 runners-up out of 462 schools, led by goalkeeper Yash Amarasekara, who was named Best U14 GK in Sri Lanka.
- U20 Girls & Boys: Both teams finished as TISSL runners-up, boasting stars like Raya Rikaz, Yumna Safraz, Adnaan Ameen, and Nidurshan Mohan.
🏆 Colombo International’s Key Players:
- U15 Girls: TISSL U16 runners-up, featuring top defender Khadeeja Niyas and striker Ozra.
- U20 Girls: TISSL U20 runners-up, with Fioni Dedhia named Goalkeeper of the Tournament.
- U20 Boys: Defending Big Match champions, looking to retain their title behind stars like Krishwen and Habib.
👀 Who will come out on top this time? Watch the action LIVE at the link below! 🎥👇
#BigMatch2025 #SchoolFootball #SriLankaFootball #StaffordVsCIS #RivalryRenewed
Cricket
Shammi Silva Re-Elected as Sri Lanka Cricket President for Fourth Consecutive Term
Shammi Silva has been re-elected as the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president for the 2025-27 term, marking his fourth consecutive tenure at the helm of the nation’s cricket governing body. Silva secured the position uncontested at the 64th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Colombo on Monday.
A Controversial Yet Dominant Tenure
Silva’s leadership has not been without controversy. His previous term saw a high-profile clash with former Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe in 2023, which led to an interim committee being appointed after Sri Lanka’s poor performance in the ICC ODI World Cup. This move resulted in ICC suspending SLC, which led to Sri Lanka losing the hosting rights for the U19 Men’s World Cup, which was later held in South Africa.
Despite these setbacks, Silva regained control after a court ruling reinstated his administration, and he was later appointed as the president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in December 2023, replacing Jay Shah.
Challenges & Future Outlook
Sri Lanka Cricket has long been seen as a powerful and influential body, with internal politics often shaping its leadership. With financial mismanagement concerns highlighted in the Auditor General’s report, Silva’s administration faces the challenge of restoring credibility and ensuring better governance.
With the ICC ban lifted, Sri Lanka looks to rebuild its cricketing structure and improve performance on the international stage. The focus now shifts to upcoming bilateral series, the Asia Cup, and preparations for the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Stay tuned for more updates on Sri Lanka Cricket and the latest in the world of sports!
Cricket
Stephen Fleming Defends MS Dhoni’s Batting Position Amid Criticism
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming has defended MS Dhoni’s late entry in the batting order, stating that the legendary wicketkeeper-batsman cannot play an extended innings at full intensity due to lingering knee concerns.
The 43-year-old Dhoni faced criticism after coming in at No. 9 during CSK’s 50-run loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Chepauk. In the next match against Rajasthan Royals on March 30, 2025, he batted at No. 7 when CSK required 54 off 25 balls but managed just 16 off 11 as his team fell short by six runs.
Fleming’s Explanation on Dhoni’s Role
Fleming emphasized that Dhoni carefully assesses the match situation before deciding when to bat.
“It’s all about timing. MS judges his body and situation. His knees aren’t what they used to be, so he can’t bat for 10 overs at full intensity. He will step in based on the game’s demands,” Fleming explained at the post-match press conference.
The CSK coach reiterated that Dhoni remains too valuable to the team for his leadership and wicketkeeping and that sending him in too early could be a strategic misstep.
“From around the 13th or 14th over, he assesses the situation and decides. He trusts other batters early on but steps up when needed.”
CSK’s Struggles in the Powerplay Cost Them the Match
Fleming also pinpointed CSK’s poor powerplay performance as a key reason for their loss against Rajasthan Royals. While RR blasted 79/1 in the powerplay, CSK only managed 42/1,
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