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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
Chamari Athapaththu Named to WCA Advisory Board
Sri Lanka has earned a proud moment on the global cricketing stage as national women’s captain Chamari Athapaththu has been appointed to the Player Advisory Board of the World Cricketers’ Association (WCA).
The latest reshuffle of the board brings together some of the most influential voices in international cricket. Athapaththu joins a distinguished lineup that includes Pat Cummins, Jason Holder, Heather Knight, Aiden Markram, Scott Edwards, and Laura Wolvaardt.
She also joins newly inducted members such as Rashid Khan, Wayne Madsen, Daryl Mitchell, and Maddy Green. The new appointments come as former board members Tim Southee and Sophie Devine step down from their roles.
Speaking about her appointment, Athapaththu described the opportunity as both a personal honour and a milestone for Sri Lankan cricket as a whole. She emphasized that her inclusion reflects growing recognition for players from Asia on the global stage.
The experienced all-rounder expressed her eagerness to bring her international insights to the table, highlighting the importance of ensuring that players from all regions have a meaningful voice in shaping the future of the sport. She particularly stressed the need for stronger representation from Asian cricketing nations in global decision-making.
Athapaththu also reaffirmed her commitment to collaborating with fellow board members to enhance player welfare, support the development of the game, and contribute to a more balanced and inclusive global cricket structure.
According to the WCA, the refreshed Player Advisory Board comes at a crucial time for international cricket. The body aims to strengthen player representation and ensure that athletes play a central role in guiding the long-term direction and sustainability of the game.
Cricket
LSG Rope in George Linde After Hasaranga Injury Blow
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have signed South African allrounder George Linde as a replacement for injured Sri Lanka spinner Wanindu Hasaranga in IPL 2026.
Hasaranga, bought for INR 2 crore, was ruled out after suffering a hamstring injury during Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup opener in February and never joined the LSG squad. His absence left LSG short of spin options early in the season.
Linde joins the franchise at his base price of INR 1 crore. The 33-year-old left-arm spinner is set for his first IPL stint, but arrives with extensive global T20 experience, having featured in leagues such as SA20, The Hundred, PSL and Major League Cricket over the past year.
Across 250 T20 matches, Linde has taken 218 wickets at an economy of 7.42 and scored 2,746 runs at a strike rate of 136.68, adding depth as a bowling allrounder.
LSG, who began IPL 2026 with a loss to Delhi Capitals, have since bounced back with two narrow wins to climb to fifth place on the points table. The addition of Linde is expected to further strengthen their balance ahead of a key phase in the tournament.
LSG next face Gujarat Titans on Sunday in Lucknow, where Linde could be in line for his debut.
Cricket
Thushara Seeks Reconciliation with Sri Lanka Cricket, Offers to Drop Legal Case
Sri Lanka fast bowler Nuwan Thushara has moved to ease tensions with Sri Lanka Cricket by issuing a formal apology and indicating his readiness to withdraw legal proceedings over the denial of a No Objection Certificate (NOC).
In a communication addressed to CEO Ashley de Silva, with copies sent to President Shammi Silva and other officials, Thushara clarified that legal action was never intended to undermine the board or create conflict. Instead, he emphasized that his actions were driven by a desire to address what he believed was unfair treatment.
The pacer acknowledged that the situation may have caused concern within the governing body and expressed regret over any inconvenience or misunderstanding. He reaffirmed his respect for Sri Lanka Cricket and its leadership, stressing his commitment to resolving the matter constructively.
Significantly, Thushara stated he is now willing to abandon court action in favor of a mutually agreeable solution. He expressed optimism that both parties could move forward positively through dialogue.
The dispute arose after Sri Lanka Cricket declined to grant Thushara the required NOC to participate in overseas franchise tournaments, including the Indian Premier League. The board cited the player’s failure to meet newly introduced fitness benchmarks as the reason for its decision.
In response, Thushara had filed a petition before the Colombo District Court seeking legal intervention to secure clearance for participation in international leagues.
During recent proceedings, Sri Lanka Cricket informed the court that it would submit formal objections. The case is scheduled to be heard again on April 23, though Thushara’s latest statement signals a possible out-of-court resolution.
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