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Skipper Dasis Manchanayake and Ramiru Perera put on a similar performance in the second innings to help Royal gain a healthy 341-run lead against arch-rivals S. Thomas’ at the end of day two in the 144th ‘Battle of the Blues’ being played at SSC ground.

Royal declared their inning at the overnight score of 326 for 8 and bundled out the Thomians for just 153 runs in 55 overs on day two. The Royalists went straight for the jugular with their bowlers ripping through the Thomian batting lineup, reducing them to 94-4 by lunch.

Apart from Senadhi Bulankulama (40) and Mahith Perera (30) none of the other batters was able to pose a threat to the Royalists, as they continued to dominate with the ball and eventually bowled out the Thomians for 153 runs.

Bulan Weeratunga was the pick of the bowlers taking 3 for 26, with Ranuka Malaviarachchi, Sandesh Ramanayaka and Sineth Jayawardena sharing two wickets apiece.

Royal with a comfortable lead of 173 runs, were off to a similar start in their second innings as in the first innings, losing openers Sineth Jayawardena (4) and Ovina Ambanpola (5) cheaply.

With Royal in some sort of trouble, skipper Dasis Manchanayake once again came to the rescue with another blistering 57 runs off 49 deliveries including 6 boundaries to review the innings to a certain extent.

With things going well for the Royalists, Akash Fernando got the breakthrough to send skipper Manchanayake back to the pavilion with a peach of a delivery to gain back the momentum towards the Thomians.

However, Ramiru Perera continued from where he left off in the first innings with another watchful unbeaten 46 runs off 34 deliveries including 3 boundaries and 2 sixes to steady Royal’s second innings.

With the scoreboard reading at 168-4 umpires called for stumps with Ramiru Perera on 46* and Sanvidu Senartharachchi on 11*.

Akash Fernando shone with the ball claiming all 4 Royal wickets that fell to end with figures of 4-59.

රාජකීය තෝමස්ට වඩා ඉදිරියෙන් සිටී

නායක දාසිස් මංචනායක සහ රමිරු පෙරේරා දෙවැනි ඉනිමේදී ද එවැනිම දස්කම් දැක්වීමට රාජකීය පිලට සහය වූයේ 144 වැනි ‘බ්ලූස් සටන’ තරගයේ දෙවැනි දිනය අවසානයේදී පරම ප්‍රතිවාදී එස්. තෝමස් පිලට එරෙහිව ලකුණු 341ක නිරෝගී ඉදිරියක් ලබා ගැනීමටය. SSC පිටියේදී.

ලකුණු 326කට කඩුලු 8කට ලකුණු 326ක් ලබා සිටියදී රාජකීය විදුහල සිය ඉනිම ප්‍රකාශ කළ අතර දෙවැනි දිනයේ දී තෝමස් පිලට ඕවර 55කදී ලකුණු 153කට දැවී ගියේය. රාජකීයයන් ඔවුන්ගේ පන්දු යවන්නන් සමඟ කෙලින්ම ජුගුලර් වෙත ගිය අතර, ඔවුන් දිවා ආහාරය වන විට ලකුණු 94-4 දක්වා පහත හෙලමින් තෝමියානු පිතිකරු පෙළ ඉරා දැමූහ.

සේනාධි බුලන්කුලම (40) සහ මහීත් පෙරේරා (30) හැරුණු විට සෙසු කිසිදු පිතිකරුවෙක් රාජකීයයන්ට තර්ජනයක් එල්ල කිරීමට සමත් නොවූයේ ඔවුන් දිගින් දිගටම පන්දුවෙන් ආධිපත්‍යය දැරූ අතර අවසානයේ තෝමස් පිල ලකුණු 153කට දවාලීමට සමත් විය.

පන්දු යැවීමේදී බුලාන් වීරතුංග ලකුණු 26 කට කඩුලු 3 ක් දවාගත් අතර රනුක මලවිආරච්චි, සන්දේශ් රාමනායක සහ සිනෙත් ජයවර්ධන කඩුලු 2 බැගින් බෙදී ගියහ.

ලකුණු 173ක පහසු ඉදිරියෙන් සිටි රාජකීය විදුහල පළමු ඉනිමේදී මෙන්ම දෙවැනි ඉනිමේදීද ආරම්භක පිතිකරුවෝ වන සිනෙත් ජයවර්ධන (4) සහ ඕවිනා අඹන්පොළ (5) අඩුවෙන් දැවී ගියහ.

රාජකීය විද්‍යාලය යම් අපහසුතාවයකට ලක්ව සිටියදී, නායක දාසිස් මංචනායක නැවතත් පන්දු 49 කදී හතරේ පහර 6 ක් ඇතුළුව ලකුණු 57 ක් ලබා ගනිමින් තවත් පිබිදීමක් ලබා ගනිමින් ඉනිම යම් දුරකට සමාලෝචනය කිරීමට සමත් විය.

රාජකීය ක්‍රීඩකයන්ගේ තත්ත්වය හොඳින් සිදු වීමත් සමඟ ආකාෂ් ප්‍රනාන්දු නායක මංචනායකව පීච් පහරක් සමඟින් නැවත මණ්ඩපයට යැවීමට පෙරළියක් ලබා ගත්තේ තෝමියානුවන් දෙසට වේගයක් ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා ය.

කෙසේ වෙතත්, රමිරු පෙරේරා ප්‍රථම ඉනිමේ නතර කළ ස්ථානයේ සිට තවත් අවධානයෙන් පසුවූයේ පන්දු 34 කදී හතරේ පහර 3 ක් සහ හයේ පහර 2 ක් ඇතුළුව නොදැවී ලකුණු 46 ක් ලබා ගනිමින් රාජකීය දෙවන ඉනිම ස්ථාවර කිරීමට ය.

ලකුණු පුවරුව 168-4ක් වෙද්දී විනිසුරුවන් කඩුල්ලට කැදවූ අතර රමිරු පෙරේරා ලකුණු 46කින් සහ සංවිදු සෙනාර්ථආරච්චි ලකුණු 11යි.

ආකාෂ් ප්‍රනාන්දු පන්දුවෙන් බැබළුණේ අවසානයේ වැටුණු රාජකීය කඩුලු 4ම 4-59 ලෙස සටහන් කරමිනි.

றோயல் தோமஸ் விட முன்னிலை.

அணித்தலைவர் தாசிஸ் மஞ்சநாயக்க மற்றும் ரமிரு பெரேரா ஆகியோர் இரண்டாவது இன்னிங்ஸில் இதேபோன்ற ஆட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்தினர், 144வது ‘பேட்டில் ஆஃப் தி ப்ளூஸ்’ போட்டியின் இரண்டாம் நாள் முடிவில், பரம எதிரிகளான எஸ். தாமஸுக்கு எதிராக ராயல் ஆரோக்கியமான 341 ரன்கள் முன்னிலை பெற உதவியது. SSC மைதானத்தில்.

8 விக்கெட்டுக்கு 326 ரன்கள் எடுத்திருந்த நிலையில் ராயல் இன்னிங்ஸை டிக்ளேர் செய்து, தோமியன்ஸை 55 ஓவர்களில் 153 ரன்களுக்கு ஆட்டமிழக்கச் செய்தது. தோமியன் பேட்டிங் வரிசையை கிழித்தெறிந்த தங்கள் பந்துவீச்சாளர்களுடன் ராயல்ஸ்டுகள் நேராக ஜுகுலருக்குச் சென்றனர், மதிய உணவுக்குள் அவர்களை 94-4 ஆகக் குறைத்தனர்.

சேனாதி புலங்குளம (40) மற்றும் மஹித் பெரேரா (30) ஆகியோரைத் தவிர மற்ற துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்கள் எவரும் ராயல்ஸ்டுகளுக்கு அச்சுறுத்தலாக இருக்கவில்லை, அவர்கள் தொடர்ந்து பந்தில் ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்தி இறுதியில் தோமியன்ஸை 153 ரன்களுக்கு ஆட்டமிழக்கச் செய்தனர்.

பந்து வீச்சில் புலன் வீரதுங்க 26 ஓட்டங்களுக்கு 3 விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தினார், ரணுக மளவியராச்சி, சந்தேஷ் ராமநாயக்க மற்றும் சினெத் ஜயவர்தன ஆகியோர் தலா 2 விக்கெட்டுகளைப் பகிர்ந்தனர்.

173 ரன்கள் முன்னிலையுடன் ராயல், முதல் இன்னிங்ஸைப் போலவே தனது இரண்டாவது இன்னிங்ஸிலும் தொடக்க ஆட்டக்காரர்களான சினெத் ஜெயவர்தன (4), ஓவினா அம்பன்பொலா (5) ஆகியோரை மலிவாக இழந்தது.

ராயல் ஒருவித சிக்கலில் சிக்கிய நிலையில், கேப்டன் தாசிஸ் மஞ்சநாயக்க மீண்டும் 49 பந்துகளில் 6 பவுண்டரிகள் உட்பட 57 ரன்கள் எடுத்து இன்னிங்ஸை ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட அளவிற்கு மதிப்பாய்வு செய்தார்.

ராயல்ஸ்டுகளுக்கு விஷயங்கள் நன்றாக நடந்ததால், ஆகாஷ் பெர்னாண்டோ, கேப்டன் மஞ்சநாயக்காவை மீண்டும் பெவிலியனுக்கு அனுப்பி, ஒரு பந்து வீச்சில் மீண்டும் தோமியன்களை நோக்கி வேகத்தை பெற செய்தார்.

இருப்பினும், ரமிரு பெரேரா முதல் இன்னிங்ஸில் 34 பந்துகளில் 3 பவுண்டரிகள் மற்றும் 2 சிக்ஸர்கள் அடங்கலாக ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் 46 ரன்கள் எடுத்து முதல் இன்னிங்ஸில் அவர் விட்ட இடத்திலிருந்து தொடர்ந்தார்.

ஸ்கோர்போர்டு ரீடிங் 168-4 என்ற நிலையில் நடுவர்கள் ஸ்டம்புகளுக்கு அழைப்பு விடுத்தனர், ரமிரு பெரேரா 46* ரன்களிலும், சன்விது சென்னார்தாராச்சி 11* ரன்களிலும் இருந்தனர்.

ஆகாஷ் பெர்னாண்டோ பந்தில் பிரகாசித்த 4 ராயல் விக்கெட்டுகளையும் 4-59 என்ற புள்ளிகளுடன் இறுதியில் வீழ்த்தினார்.

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KSCA Officials Resign Over Chinnaswamy Stampede; RCB Faces FIR in Tragic Victory Celebration Fallout

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In a tragic turn of events following Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) historic IPL 2025 title win, a deadly stampede at the celebratory event held at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium claimed 11 lives and injured several others. The aftermath has sparked controversy and accountability issues, leading to major resignations and legal action.

Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) secretary A Shankar and treasurer ES Jairam resigned on Friday, citing “moral responsibility” for the incident. Their resignations were submitted to KSCA president Raghuram Bhat, as questions mount over mismanagement and negligence at the overcrowded venue.

The Bengaluru Police have filed an FIR listing RCB, DNA Entertainment (event partner), and KSCA as accused parties. Police confirmed that the event had not been granted official permission. In a swift move, Nikhil Sosale, RCB’s head of marketing and revenue, was arrested—raising further scrutiny over organizational lapses.

KSCA has filed a writ petition calling the FIR a “knee-jerk” reaction under political pressure. They argued that crowd control and gate management were the responsibilities of RCB and the event organizers, not KSCA.

RCB has announced INR 10 lakh compensation for each victim and committed to covering all medical expenses of the injured. However, the franchise has yet to make a comprehensive public statement.

This incident raises serious concerns about sports event management and safety standards, casting a shadow over what was supposed to be a moment of celebration in Indian cricket

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Asia Leads the Charge as 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Begin to Take Shape

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The road to the historic 2026 FIFA World Cup is gaining momentum, and Asia is already making its mark on football’s grandest stage. With an expanded format featuring 48 teams and co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, this edition promises to be the most inclusive and diverse yet — and Asia is stepping up early.

🇯🇵 Japan Sets the Benchmark for Asia

Japan was the first nation worldwide to book their ticket to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, underscoring their dominance in Asian football. Unbeaten in their qualifying campaign with six wins and one draw, the Samurai Blue continue to be the standard-bearers for the continent.

🇮🇷 Iran Continues Consistent Form

Iran soon followed Japan, securing their seventh overall World Cup appearance and fourth consecutive berth. The team remained undefeated in their group, showcasing the experience and tactical depth that has made them a fixture on the world stage.

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan Makes Historic Debut

In one of the most emotional stories of the qualifiers so far, Uzbekistan qualified for their first-ever FIFA World Cup. A gritty 0-0 draw against the UAE was enough for the Central Asian side to clinch a spot, sparking nationwide celebrations. Their rise highlights the growing strength of second-tier Asian nations on the global stage.

Asia’s Presence Grows in 2026 Format

Asia is guaranteed eight slots in the 2026 World Cup — a significant jump from previous editions — allowing the region to showcase more talent, depth, and emerging football powerhouses. With teams like South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Australia still in the hunt, the continent could make a serious impact come 2026.

Global Context

The tournament’s expanded format and host countries in North America mark a new era for international football. With 104 matches, 16 host cities, and an increased number of participants, it will be a celebration of global diversity — and Asian nations are ready to shine.

Countries Qualified So Far

  • Asia: 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇮🇷 Iran, 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
  • Oceania: 🇳🇿 New Zealand
  • South America: 🇦🇷 Argentina

(Additional qualifiers from other confederations are ongoing.)

As the countdown to 2026 begins, all eyes are on Asia’s rising stars — ready to challenge the world and redefine the future of football.

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Sachithra Senanayake Indicted in Landmark Match-Fixing Case Under Sri Lanka’s Anti-Corruption Law

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Former Sri Lankan cricketer Sachithra Senanayake has been formally indicted before the Hambantota High Court, marking a historic first in Sri Lanka’s efforts to criminalize corruption in sports. The charges stem from an alleged match-fixing attempt during the 2020 Lanka Premier League (LPL), making Senanayake the first player to face prosecution under Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Offences Related to Sports Act No. 24 of 2019.

Senanayake, currently out on bail, is accused of attempting to influence Colombo Kings player Tharindu Ratnayake to underperform during the tournament. The incident reportedly occurred via a WhatsApp message, which was later flagged by a local anti-corruption officer, prompting an official investigation in 2020.

The case falls under the landmark legislation introduced in 2019 by then Sports Minister Harin Fernando, which criminalizes match-fixing and related offenses in the country. If convicted, Senanayake could face a prison term of up to 10 years, a fine reaching Rs. 100 million, or both.

The indictment signals a serious shift in Sri Lanka’s approach to tackling corruption in sports. Authorities hope this high-profile case will serve as a strong deterrent against similar offenses in the future.

Senanayake, once a celebrated off-spinner and a member of Sri Lanka’s victorious 2014 ICC T20 World Cup squad, now faces the grim prospect of being remembered not for his achievements on the field, but for his role in one of Sri Lanka’s most significant match-fixing scandals.

As the case unfolds, it casts a spotlight on the broader issue of corruption in sports and reinforces the urgent need for integrity, vigilance, and transparent governance across all levels of competition in Sri Lanka

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