Connect with us

News

Road to Football Glory: Team Dacshitha Unveils Unwavering Commitment to FFSL

Published

2 years ago

on

In a significant announcement at the “Road to Football Glory” Media Conference, Team Dacshitha has reaffirmed its steadfast resolve to proceed as planned in the upcoming Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) elections. Team Dacshitha will proudly field 13 candidates, presenting a united front to the football stakeholders.

Presidential Candidate Dacshitha Sumathipala: “I am confident that I will take my place as FFSL President on September 30, 2023. It’s crucial to consider the FFSL Statutes and the requests of the Electoral and Appeal Committee, along with the way their interpretations have unfolded. It’s important to note that this election will proceed based on the list, not individual posts.”

Vice Presidential Candidate Rohitha Fernando: “We stand as one cohesive team, fully confident in our ability to secure victory. The football leagues are well aware of the challenges our sport has faced and who is accountable for them.”

Executive Committee Candidate T Suthagar: “Coming from a banking background, I assure you that we will put an end to corruption in football starting September 30.”

Executive Committee Female Candidate Hashini Ariyarathne: “As a former National player, I’m acutely aware of the stagnation in women’s football development. We will implement a comprehensive plan to revitalize women’s football and ensure it follows the right path.”

Executive Committee Candidate U Nihal Perera: “As an Attorney at Law, I must express concerns about the perceived bias in the decisions of the Electoral and Appeal Committee, which appears to favor another individual.”

In a collective statement, Team Dacshitha emphasized their commitment to moving forward with their planned initiatives, highlighting the urgency of reforming Sri Lankan football

The “Road to Football Glory” Media Conference provided a platform for Team Dacshitha to address the football stakeholders and communicate their unwavering dedication to the sport’s betterment. With a unified vision and a determined team, they are poised to lead Sri Lankan football into a new era.

About Team Dacshitha

Team Dacshitha comprises a diverse group of individuals dedicated to rejuvenating Sri Lankan football. Their collective vision and mission aim to bring about a positive transformation within the sport, ensuring its growth, integrity, and success.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාපන්දු සම්මේලනය වෙත යන ගමනේ පෙර ගමන්කරු ලෙස නොසැලෙන කැපවීමෙන් සහ අධිෂ්ඨානයෙන් ඉදිරියටම යන දක්ෂිත කණ්ඩායම

පාපන්දු අභිමානය කරා යන ගමනේ මාධය හමුවේදි සැළකිය යුතු නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් දක්ෂිත කණ්ඩායම එළැඹෙන ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාපන්දු සම්මේලනයේ නිළවරණයේ දි සැළසුම් කර ඇති පරිදි ඉදිරියට යාමට සිය ස්ථිර අධිෂ්ඨානය තහවුරු කර ඇත. ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාපන්දුවේ හෙට දවස උදෙසා තීන්දු තීරණ ගැනීමට දක්ෂ අභිමානවත් අපේක්ෂයන් 13 ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇත.

සභාපති අපේක්ෂක දක්ෂිත සුමතිපාල: 2023 සැප්තැම්බර් 30 වන දින නව සභාපතිවරයා ලෙස මා පත්වන බව මට පූර්ණ විශ්වාසයි. නව ප්‍රඟප්ති හා මැතිවරණ සහ අභියාචනා කමිටුවේ ඉල්ලීම් සහ ඒවායේ අර්ථකතන දිගහැර ඇති ආකරය සලකා බැලීම ඉතා වැදගත් වේ. මෙම නිළවරණය තනි පුද්ගල තනතුරු නොව ලැයිස්තුව මත පදනම් ව සිදුවනු ඇති බව සැලකිල්ලට ගැනීම වැදගත් ය. ගරා වැටුණු පාපන්දුව නගා සිටුවීමේදි මා පසුපස දැවැන්ත කණ්ඩායමක් ඇත. මෙහිදී අප තාවකාලික භාරකරුවන් මිස අයිතිකරුවන් නොවේ. පාපන්දුව පිරිසිදු කර නිසි පරිපාලනයකින් යුතුව ගොඩනගන්නාවූ ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාපන්දුව අනාගත පරපුරට භාරදීමේ වගකීම අප සතුව ඇත.

උප සභාපති අපේක්ෂක රෝහිත ප්‍රනාන්දු: අපි එක ඒකාබද්ධ කණ්ඩායමක් ලෙස නැගී සිටින්නෙමු. ජයග්‍රහණය තහවුරු කර ගැනීමට අපට ඇති හැකියාව ගැන පූර්ණ විශ්වාසයක් ඇත. අපගේ ක්‍රීඩාව මුහුණ දී ඇති අභියෝග සහ ඒවාට වගකිව යුත්තේ කවුරුන්ද යන්න පාපන්දු ලීග හොඳින් දනී.

විධායක කමිටු අපේක්ෂක ටී. සුතාගර්: මම බැංකු වෘතිකයෙක් වෙමි. මා බැංකු ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ ලැබූ අත්දැකීම් තුළ හොරකමේ ආදිනව අත්දැක ඇත. එය ක්‍රීඩාවක් තුලට පැමිණීම ඉතා ඛේදනීයයි. සැප්තැම්බර් 30 වන දින සිට පාපන්දු ක්‍රීඩාවේ දූෂණයට තිත තබන බව මම ඔබට සහතික වෙමි.

විධායක කමිටු කාන්තා අපේක්ෂක හෂිනි ආරියරත්න: හිටපු ජාතික කණ්ඩායම් ක්‍රීඩිකාවක් ලෙස කාන්තා පාපන්දු සංවර්ධනයේ එකතැන පල්වීම පිළිබඳව මම දැඩි ලෙස කනගාටු වෙමි. කාන්තා පාපන්දු ක්‍රීඩාව පුනර්ජීවනය කිරීමට සහ එය නිවැරදි මාවතට යන බවට සහතික කිරීමට අපි පුළුල් සැලැස්මක් ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන්නෙමු.

විධායක කමිටු අපේක්ෂක යූ. නිහාල් පෙරේරා: නීතිඥයෙකු ලෙස මැතිවරණ හා අභියාචනා කමිටුවේ තීරණ වල වෙනත් පුද්ගලයෙකුට වාසිදායක ලෙස පෙනෙන පක්ෂාග්‍රාහිත්වය ගැන මම කනස්සල්ල පළකල යුතුයි. මෙය ක්‍රීඩාවේ ජීව ගුණයට හානිදායක වන බවට මාගේ විශ්වාසයයි.

සාමූහික ප්‍රකාශයක් නිකුත් කරමින්, දක්ෂිත කණ්ඩායම ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාපන්දු ක්‍රීඩාව ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණය කිරීමේ හදිසි අවශ්‍යතාවය ඉස්මතු කරමින් ඔවුන්ගේ සැලසුම් සහගත මූලික අඩිතාලම සමඟ ඉදිරියට යාමට ඔවුන්ගේ කැපවීම අවධාරණය කළේය.

මාධ්‍ය හමුව මඟින් දක්ෂිත කණ්ඩායමට පාපන්දු පාර්ශව කරුවන් ඇමතීමට හා ක්‍රීඩාවේ උන්නතිය සඳහා ඔවුන්ගේ නොසැලෙන කැපවීම සන්නිවේදනය කිරීමට සලසාදෙන ලදී. ඒකාබද්ධ දැක්මක් සහ අධිෂ්ඨානශීලී කණ්ඩායමක් සමඟින් ඔවුන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාපන්දු ක්‍රීඩාව නව යුගයකට ගෙනයාමට සූදානමින් සිටියි.

දක්ෂිත සමඟ කණ්ඩායම විවිධ හැකියාවලින් පෝෂණය වූ පුද්ගලයින් සමූහයකින් සමන්විත වූ අභිමානවත් පිරිසකි. ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාපන්දු මහගෙදරේ කැනිමඩල ගිනිගෙන ඇති මොහොතේ එය නිවා පෝෂණය කරමින් සුපෝෂණය කර ජාතික තලයේ ජයග්‍රහණ රට තුළට ගෙන ඒම අප සමූහයේ එක් විශේෂ අරමුණක් වේ.

கால்பந்தாட்ட சுபிட்சத்தை நோக்கி (“Road to Football Glory” ): இலங்கை கால்பந்து சம்மேளனத்திற்கான அசைக்க முடியாத உறுதிப்பாட்டை தக்க்ஷிதா அணி வெளிப்படுத்துகிறது

“கால்பந்தாட்டத்தின் மகிமைக்கான பாதை” (“Road to Football Glory” ): ஊடக மாநாட்டில் ஒரு குறிப்பிடத்தக்க அறிவிப்பில், இலங்கை கால்பந்து சம்மேளனத்தின் (FFSL) தேர்தலில் திட்டமிட்டபடி தொடரும் உறுதியான தீர்மானத்தை தக்க்ஷிதா அணி மீண்டும் உறுதி செய்துள்ளது. தக்~pத அணி 13 வேட்பாளர்களை பெருமையுடன் களமிறக்கியுள்ளதுடன், கால்பந்து பங்குதாரர்களை ஒன்றிணைக்கும் முகமாக ஐக்கிய முன்னணியை முன்வைத்துள்ளது.

தலைவர் பதவிக்குரிய வேற்பாளர் தக்க்ஷிதா சுமதிபால: “செப்டம்பர் 30, 2023 அன்று குகுளுடு தலைவராக நான் பதவியேற்பேன் என்று நான் உறுதியாக நம்புகிறேன். இதன்போது குகுளுடு சட்டங்கள், தேர்தல் மற்றும் மேல்முறையீட்டுக் குழுவின் கோரிக்கைகள், அவற்றின் விளக்கங்கள் வெளிப்பட்ட விதம் ஆகியவற்றைக் கருத்தில் கொள்வது மிகவும் முக்கியமான விடயமாகும்;. இந்தத் தேர்தல் தனிப்பட்ட பதவிகளுக்குரியதல்ல, இது பட்டியலின் அடிப்படையில் நடைபெறும் என்பதும் குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

உப தலைவர் வேட்பாளர் ரோஹித பெர்னாண்டோ: “நாங்கள் ஒரு ஒருங்கிணைந்த அணியாக நிற்கிறோம், வெற்றியைப் பெறுவதற்கான எங்கள் திறமையில் முழு நம்பிக்கையுடன் இருக்கிறோம். கால்பந்து லீக்குகள் எங்கள் விளையாட்டு எதிர்கொண்ட சவால்கள் மற்றும் அதற்கு யார் பொறுப்பு என்பது பற்றி நன்கு அறியும்.”

செயற்குழு வேட்பாளர் டி. சுதாகர்: “வங்கி பின்னணியில் இருந்து வருவதால், செப்டம்பர் 30 முதல் கால்பந்து ஊழலுக்கு முற்றுப்புள்ளி வைப்போம் என்று நான் உங்களுக்கு உறுதியளிக்கிறேன்.”

நிறைவேற்று செயற்குழு பெண் வேட்பாளர் ஹாஷினி ஆரியரத்ன: “முன்னாள் தேசிய வீராங்கனை என்ற முறையில், பெண்கள் கால்பந்து துறையில் உள்ள பின்தங்கிய நிலையினை நான் நன்கு அறிவேன். மகளிர் கால்பந்தை புத்துயிர் பெறச் செய்வதற்கும், அது சரியான பாதையில் செல்வதை உறுதி செய்வதற்கும் விரிவான திட்டத்தை செயல்படுத்துவோம்.”

நிறைவேற்று செயற்குழு வேட்பாளர் யு நிஹால் பெரேரா: “ஒரு சட்டத்தரணி என்ற வகையில், தேர்தல் மற்றும் மேன்முறையீட்டுக் குழுவின் முடிவுகளில் காணப்படும் சார்புநிலை குறித்து நான் கவலைகளை வெளிப்படுத்த வேண்டும், இது மற்றொரு நபருக்கு சாதகமாகத் தோன்றுகிறது.”

ஒரு கூட்டு அறிக்கையில், இலங்கை கால்பந்தாட்டத்தை சீர்திருத்துவதற்கான அவசரத்தை எடுத்துக்காட்டி, தங்களின் திட்டமிட்ட முன்முயற்சிகளுடன் முன்னோக்கிச் செல்வதற்கான உறுதிப்பாட்டை தச்சித அணி வலியுறுத்தியது.

“சுழயன வழ குழழவடியடட புடழசல” மீடியா மாநாடு, தச்சிதா அணிக்கு கால்பந்து பங்குதாரர்களிடம் உரையாடுவதற்கும், விளையாட்டின் மேம்பாட்டிற்கான அவர்களின் அசைக்க முடியாத அர்ப்பணிப்பைத் தெரிவிப்பதற்கும் ஒரு தளத்தை வழங்கியது. ஒன்றிணைந்த பார்வையுடனும் உறுதியான அணியுடனும் இலங்கை கால்பந்தாட்டத்தை புதிய சகாப்தத்திற்கு இட்டுச் செல்ல தயாராக உள்ளனர்.

தக்க்ஷிதா அணி பற்றி
தக்க்ஷிதா அணியானது இலங்கை கால்பந்தாட்டத்துறைக்கு புத்துயிர் வழங்கும் முகமாக அர்ப்பணிப்புடன் செயற்படக்கூடிய பலதரப்பட்ட நபர்களை உள்ளடக்கியது. அவர்களின் கூட்டு நோக்கு மற்றும் பணியானது விளையாட்டிற்குள் ஒரு நேர்மறையான மாற்றத்தைக் கொண்டுவருவதை நோக்கமாகக் கொண்டமை அதன் வளர்ச்சி, ஒருமைப்பாடு மற்றும் வெற்றியை உறுதி செய்கிறது.

Related Topics:

News

Sri Lankan Bodybuilder Suminda Chamara Idangoda Achieves International Recognition in Canada

Published

22 hours ago

on

May 13, 2025

By

Sri Lankan bodybuilder Suminda Chamara Idangoda has earned notable success on the international bodybuilding stage, showcasing remarkable dedication and perseverance under challenging circumstances.

Competing at the Jim Morris Legacy Cup held in Canada on April 12, 2025, Idangoda secured third place in both the Masters category and the Light Heavyweight division. His preparation for this event involved a three-month training program under the guidance of his coach, Rizan Azoor, with whom he maintained remote training sessions while moving between Sri Lanka and Canada.

Just weeks later, on May 4, 2025, he competed at the Mindio Show, once again in the Light Heavyweight category. Despite having only 18 days to prepare, he went on to win two gold medals. His coach provided detailed and intensive training support throughout the short preparation period.

Idangoda’s path to success was not without obstacles. He faced financial difficulties and career uncertainty while preparing for the events. He even had to drive over 400 kilometers alone to attend the competitions and spent the night in his car due to a lack of accommodation funds. Despite these hardships, he remained focused and committed to his goal.

These victories have now qualified him to participate in NPC (National Physique Committee) bodybuilding competitions, a major milestone in his career.

Idangoda also expressed his appreciation to those who offered support during his time in Canada.

This achievement stands as a testament to his dedication to the sport and the growing presence of Sri Lankan athletes in international bodybuilding competitions.

Continue Reading

Football

Sri Lanka U19 Football Collapse Exposes Deep Flaws in FFSL’s Youth Development and Governance

Published

1 day ago

on

May 13, 2025

By

Sri Lanka’s humiliating 13-goal downfall in just two matches at the SAFF U19 Championship 2025 has laid bare the critical failures in preparation, technical development, and governance by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL).

After suffering an 8-0 loss to India and a 5-0 thrashing at the hands of Nepal, Sri Lanka crashed out of the tournament without scoring a single goal — a result symptomatic of a poorly planned campaign lacking any strategic foresight.

Despite knowing the SAFF U19 tournament would kick off on May 9, FFSL conducted the final player trials only on March 27, 28, and 29 — giving just over a month for squad selection, tactical preparation, and conditioning. To make matters worse, the team departed for India on May 7, leaving no room for acclimatization or final preparations.

Rather than conducting a proper youth tournament to identify the best talent across the country, FFSL relied solely on trials — a flawed approach that fails to account for the natural ups and downs in player performance. One poor day at trials could cost a talented youngster his chance, while truly elite players may never even get scouted.

Adding further concern was the decision to include Sri Lankan-origin players directly into the starting XI without proper assessments or integration into the team structure. This move, seen by many as superficial, was akin to placing icing on a cake that was never baked.

Despite grand public claims, FFSL’s much-hyped “Y19 Tournament” in collaboration with Lyca Gnanam Foundation turned out to be nothing more than a media stunt. No such competition materialized on the ground, leaving local youth players without the competitive platform they were promised.

This is not only a technical failure but a complete collapse in administrative responsibility. The lack of grassroots planning, long-term youth development frameworks, and regional scouting shows FFSL’s hollow commitment to actual football development.

Even more alarming are the disciplinary concerns, with reports emerging that the U19 head coach physically assaulted five players at the team hotel — if it is ture, a severe breach of professional conduct that demands immediate investigation and accountability.

The blame cannot rest solely on the President of FFSL. The 2023 election saw three influential football administrative figures unite to secure victory. Yet, in the face of this collapse, only the President faces criticism, while the others remain conveniently silent.

It is clear: playing international matches alone won’t develop football. What Sri Lanka needs is a structured, grassroots-driven technical program — not public relations campaigns or shortcuts.

Unless FFSL reforms its approach to youth development, embraces merit-based talent identification, and ensures accountability at all levels, Sri Lankan football will continue to languish in mediocrity, both regionally and globally.

Continue Reading

Football

Sri Lanka U19 Football Team Crashes Out of SAFF Championship with Embarrassing Defeats

Published

3 days ago

on

May 11, 2025

By

Sri Lanka’s U19 football team suffered a humiliating exit from the SAFF U19 Championship 2025 after being routed 5-0 by Nepal in their second group stage match, just days after a crushing 8-0 defeat against India. With 13 goals conceded in two matches and none scored, the team’s dismal campaign has raised serious concerns over the Football Federation of Sri Lanka’s (FFSL) preparation and technical planning.

Goals Link: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1ZXQmc7qJL

The back-to-back heavy losses reflect more than just poor on-field performance — they expose a deeper structural failure in Sri Lanka’s football development system. The decision to hurriedly assemble the squad and include overseas-based Sri Lankan-origin players may have been well-intentioned, but it turned out to be a superficial fix — akin to placing icing on an unbaked cake.

Despite individual talent and moments of athleticism, the team lacked cohesion, tactical discipline, and fitness — a direct result of inadequate preparation and the absence of a proper long-term youth development strategy.

This tournament has made it abundantly clear that international match exposure alone cannot bridge the technical and developmental gaps in Sri Lankan football. Grassroots investment, school-level competitions, proper coaching structures, and continuous player development pathways are urgently needed if Sri Lanka is to be competitive at regional or international levels.

It is time the FFSL technical department, its President, and Executive Committee move beyond media optics and press conferences and instead focus on real football development. Structural reforms, professional planning, and technical consistency must replace ad-hoc preparations and cosmetic fixes.

Sri Lanka’s early exit should serve as a wake-up call: the future of Sri Lankan football depends not on imported talent but on nurturing homegrown players through sustained and systematic development.

Continue Reading

Trending