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Sri Lanka and Australia Signing a Memorandum of Understanding on Sports Cooperation.
Hon. Roshan Ranasinghe, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs ceremonially signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today (10th October 2023) with Hon. Tim Watts, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia at the Sri Lanka Cricket in order to enhance the cooperation in sports between Sri Lanka and Australia.
This MoU will strengthen the bilateral relations between the two countries by identifying the fields of sports that need to be developed to showcase talents, exchange information, and exchange programs for athletes and sports personnel. Further, this bilateral cooperation will provide mutual benefits for training, coaching, improving sports science and medicine, developing sports discipline and good practices, and promoting gender equality in sports.
Moreover, this will facilitate taking part in training programs and sports competitions in Australia and exchange experiences for the future development of Sri Lankan athletes, coaches, and sports officers.
The High Commissioner of Australia in Sri Lanka, the Secretary Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, and senior officials of the Ministry and Department of Sports Development participated in the ceremony.
Quote attributable to the Hon. Roshan Ranasinghe, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs:
“The signing of the MoU on sports cooperation between Sri Lanka and Australia is a remarkable moment for sportsmen and sportswomen of Sri Lanka in our journey to a Sports Economy”.
Quote attributable to the Hon. Tim Watts, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Australia:
“I am pleased to renew the Memorandum of Understanding in Sports Cooperation between Australia and Sri Lanka. Sports is a shared passion and links us together, highlighted by our friendly but fierce rivalry on the cricket field”.
ශ්රී ලංකාව හා ඔස්ට්රේලියාව අතර ක්රීඩා සහයෝගීතාව පිළිබඳ අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුමක් අත්සන් කිරීම.
ශ්රී ලංකාව සහ ඕස්ට්රේලියාව අතර ක්රීඩා සහයෝගීතාව වර්ධනය කිරීම උදෙසා ගරු ක්රීඩා හා යෞවන කටයුතු අමාත්ය රොෂාන් රණසිංහ මහතා ඕස්ට්රේලියාවේ ගරු විදේශ කටයුතු පිළිබඳ උප අමාත්ය ටිම් වොට්ස් මහතා සමඟ ද්විපාර්ශ්වික අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුමකට අද දින (2023.10.10) ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රිකට් ආයතනයේ දී අත්සන් කරන ලදී.
මෙම අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුම මඟින් දෙරට අතර මලල ක්රීඩක ක්රීඩිකාවන්ගේ හා ක්රීඩා කණ්ඩායම්හි දක්ෂතා එළිදැක්වීමට, තොරතුරු හා වැඩසටහන් හුවමාරු කරගැනීම දියුණු කිරීමට අවශ්ය ක්රීඩා ක්ෂේත්රය හඳුනා ගනිමින් ද්වීපාර්ශ්වික සබඳතා ශක්තිමත් කිරීමට හැකි වේ. තවද, මෙම ද්වීපාර්ශ්වික සහයෝගීතාව මඟින් පුහුණුවීම, පුහුණු කිරීම, ක්රීඩා විද්යාව හා වෛද්යවේදය වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම, ක්රීඩා විනය හා යහපැවැත්ම සංවර්ධනය කරලීම සහ ක්රීඩාවේ ස්ත්රී-පුරුෂ සමානාත්මතාව ප්රවර්ධනය කිරීම සඳහා අන්යෝන්ය ප්රතිලාභ ලබා ගත හැකි වේ.
තවද, ඕස්ට්රේලියාවේ පුහුණු වැඩසටහන් සහ ක්රීඩා තරග සඳහා සහභාගී වීමට මෙන්ම ශ්රී ලංකාවේ මලල ක්රීඩක ක්රීඩිකාවන්ගේ, පුහුණුකරුවන්ගේ සහ ක්රීඩා නිලධාරීන්ගේ ඉදිරි සංවර්ධනය සඳහා අත්දැකීම් හුවමාරු කරගැනීමට ද මෙමඟින් අවස්ථාව සැලසේ.
මෙම අවස්ථාව සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ඕස්ට්රේලියානු මහ කොමසාරිස් HE.Paul Stephens, එහි දෙවන ලේකම් (දේශපාලන) Ms Lara Sveinsson ඇතුළු ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ නිළධාරීන් පිරිසක් හා ක්රීඩා හා යෞවන කටයුතු අමාත්යාංශයේ ලේකම් කේ. මහේසන් මහතා ඇතුළු අමාත්යාංශයේ හා ක්රීඩා සංවර්ධන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ නිලධාරීන් සහභාගී විය.
ගරු ක්රීඩා හා යෞවන කටයුතු අමාත්ය රොෂාන් රණසිංහ මහතාගේ අදහස:
“ශ්රී ලංකාව සහ ඕස්ට්රේලියාව අතර ක්රීඩා සහයෝගීතාව පිළිබඳ අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුම අත්සන් කිරීම ශ්රී ලංකික ක්රීඩක ක්රීඩිකාවන්ට අපගේ ක්රීඩා ආර්ථිකයක් කරා යන ගමනේ සුවිශේෂී අවස්ථාවක් වේ.”
ඕස්ට්රේලියානු ගරු විදේශ කටයුතු පිළිබඳ උප අමාත්ය ටිම් වොට්ස් මහතාගේ අදහස:
ඕස්ට්රේලියාව සහ ශ්රී ලංකාව අතර ක්රීඩා සහයෝගීතාව පිළිබඳ අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුම අලුත් කිරීමට ලැබීම පිළිබඳ මම සතුටු වෙමි. ක්රීඩාව යනු පොදු අරමුණු හා අපව එකට බැඳ තබන්නක් වන අතර ක්රිකට් පිටියේ දරුණු එදිරිවාදිකම් සිදු වුවත් අපගේ මිත්රශීලී බව ඉස්මතු කරනු ලබයි.
Sri Lanka Cricket could be on the verge of a major leadership shake-up, with reports suggesting that President Shammi Silva is expected to resign from his post on Wednesday, potentially ending a seven-year tenure at the helm of the governing body.
According to a report published by Daily Mirror, Silva’s anticipated resignation follows a request from the government, signaling possible political involvement in the administration of the sport.
The report further indicates that former Member of Parliament and State Minister Eran Wickramaratne is likely to be appointed as the Interim President of Sri Lanka Cricket, should Silva step down as expected.
Silva, who was first elected to the position in February 2019, has maintained his leadership through multiple election victories, overseeing Sri Lanka Cricket during a period marked by both challenges and transitions.
While no official confirmation has yet been issued, the reported developments have already sparked widespread discussion within cricketing and political circles, raising questions about the future direction of the country’s cricket administration.
Sri Lanka’s rising javelin sensation Rumesh Tharanga delivered a remarkable performance on the international stage, clinching gold at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi with a stunning meet record throw of 89.28 metres.
Competing against an elite field, Tharanga outshone some of the sport’s biggest names, including Olympic champion Thomas Röhler and Kenya’s celebrated Olympic silver medallist and world champion Julius Yego. His victory marks one of the most significant achievements in Sri Lankan athletics in recent years.
The triumph is further highlighted by Tharanga’s consistency, as this is his second throw exceeding 89 metres within a month. Such performances signal his growing dominance and position him firmly among the world’s top javelin throwers this season.
Asanga Seneviratne was elected as the new President of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka following a decisive vote held today, marking a significant leadership change at a crucial juncture for the nation’s sporting landscape.
Seneviratne, who also heads the Sri Lanka Baseball Softball Association, secured a clear majority with 16 votes. His closest contender, Jaswar Umar, garnered 11 votes, while Shirantha Peiris received 2.
The election outcome places Seneviratne at the helm of the country’s premier Olympic body as Sri Lanka intensifies preparations for a series of upcoming regional and international competitions.
His appointment is expected to play a key role in shaping the direction of national sports development and strengthening the country’s presence on the global stage.
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