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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
Cricket
Sri Lanka U19 Women’s Team Set for Australia Tour 2026 Tri-Nation Series
The Sri Lanka Under-19 Women’s Cricket Team is set to tour Australia in April 2026 for an exciting tri-nation series that will also feature England. This tour represents an important opportunity for the young Sri Lankan players to gain international exposure and compete against strong opposition in both limited-overs formats. The team is scheduled to depart on 3rd April 2026 and will play a total of six matches during the tour, including two 50-over games and four T20 matches.
The series will begin on 7th April 2026 with a 50-over match against England at Ian Healy Oval in Brisbane, starting at 9:30 AM. Sri Lanka will then face Australia in another 50-over encounter on 8th April 2026 at the same venue and time. The action will shift to the Gold Coast for the T20 leg of the tour, where Sri Lanka will meet England on 12th April 2026 at Bill Pippen Oval at 9:00 AM, followed by a match against Australia on 13th April 2026 at the same ground and time. The final phase of the tour returns to Brisbane, with Sri Lanka playing England on 17th April 2026 and Australia on 18th April 2026 in two early morning T20 matches at Ian Healy Oval, both starting at 5:30 AM.
Match Schedule
• 7th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs England (50-over)
Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane – 09:30 AM
• 8th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs Australia (50-over)
Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane – 09:30 AM
• 12th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs England (T20)
Bill Pippen Oval, Gold Coast – 09:00 AM
• 13th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs Australia (T20)
Bill Pippen Oval, Gold Coast – 09:00 AM
• 17th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs England (T20)
Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane – 05:30 AM
• 18th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs Australia (T20)
Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane – 05:30 AM
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Mahela Jayawardena President Captain of Royal Colombo Golf Club
The Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) has announced the appointment of Mahela Jayawardena as its Captain for the 2026–2027 term. The decision was formally confirmed at the Club’s Annual General Meeting held yesterday (March 26).
Jayawardena, widely regarded as one of Sri Lanka’s greatest sporting icons, brings a wealth of leadership experience to the prestigious role. A former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team, he earned global recognition for his sharp tactical insight, calm demeanor under pressure, and exemplary sportsmanship throughout his career.
During an international career spanning nearly two decades, Jayawardena featured in more than 650 matches and amassed over 25,000 runs across all formats of the game. Since retiring from international cricket, he has remained an influential figure in the sport, contributing through coaching, mentorship, and leadership roles at both domestic and international levels.
Founded in 1879, the Royal Colombo Golf Club stands among the oldest golf institutions in Asia and has played a central role in fostering the growth of golf in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka Dominates Saudi Arabia in Junior Davis Cup Qualifying!
In the ongoing Junior Davis Cup Tennis Qualifying Tournament currently being held in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka had a great weekend by defeating Saudi Arabia 3-0.
The team showed their dominance by winning both singles matches and then winning both doubles matches with comfortable margins.
Sri Lanka won the first singles match when Ashlin de Silva beat Mahdi Al Ibrahim 6-2, 7-5.
In the second singles match, Mayuran Kubern came back after losing the first set to defeat Ahmed Baha Sarouji 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
Sri Lanka then continued their momentum into the doubles matches where Mayuran Kubern and Ashlin de Silva defeated the Saudi pair 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
In the other doubles match, the Sri Lankan duo was ahead in the second set 4-6 when the Saudi pair of Mahdi Al Ibrahim and Souhail ElFarouki retired from the match.
With this comprehensive win, Sri Lanka is now in a very strong position within the tournament.
The team will have a day off on Monday and is scheduled to play in the Championship on Thursday.
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