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Sri Lanka name Strong 16-member squad for Netball World Cup
Asian Champions Sri Lanka has named a strong 16-member squad for the upcoming Netball World Cup 2023 scheduled to begin in July in Cape Town, South Africa.
The squad includes some top names in netball circles, including Tharjini Sivalingam, Chathurangi Jayasooriya, Dulangi Wannithilake, Gayanjali Amarawansha and Semini Alwis to name a few.
A couple of new faces from the squad took part in the Asia Cup last year, with Gayathri Kawshalya, Shanika Perera, Chamudhi Wickramaratne, Rukshala Happuarachchi and Tisala Algama making the cut.
A notable exclusion is Hasitha Mendis.
After winning the 2022 Asian Championships, Sri Lanka will come into the World Cup with a lot of confidence but will need to show a great deal of resilience to pick themselves up after the pool stages and the impact of coming up against some of the world’s top teams.
Sri Lanka is slotted in Group ‘C’ along with Jamaica, host South Africa and Wales. The Asian Champions will kick off their campaign against Jamaica on 28 July followed by South Africa on the 29th and Wales on the 30th.
The islanders received a boost with the return of Thilaka Jinadasa as the head coach, and the World Cup will be her first assignment.
Squad:
Chathurangi Jayasooriya, Gayani Dissanayaka, Bashini de Silva, Gayathri Kawshalya, Shanika Perera, Gayanjali Amarawansha, Dulangi Wannitilaka, Chamudhi Wickramaratne, Rukshala Happuarachchi, Tisala Algama, Semini Alwis, Imasha Perera, Tarushi Perera, Malmi Hettiarachchi, Rashmi Perera, Tharjini Sivalingam
නෙට්බෝල් ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා 16 දෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් ශක්තිමත් ශ්රී ලංකා සංචිතය නම් කෙරේ
ජුලි මාසයේ දකුණු අප්රිකාවේ කේප්ටවුන්හිදී ආරම්භ වීමට නියමිත 2023 නෙට්බෝල් ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා ආසියානු ශූර ශ්රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම 16 දෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් ශක්තිමත් සංචිතයක් නම් කර තිබේ.
තර්ජිනී සිවලිංගම්, චතුරංගි ජයසූරිය, දුලංගි වන්නිතිලක, ගයාංජලී අමරවංශ සහ සේමිණී අල්විස් ඇතුළු නෙට්බෝල් කවයේ ප්රමුඛ පෙළේ නම් කිහිපයක් සංචිතයට ඇතුළත් වේ.
පසුගිය වසරේ පැවති ආසියානු කුසලාන තරගාවලියට සංචිතයේ නවක මුහුණු යුවලක් සහභාගී වූ අතර ගයත්රි කව්ෂල්යා, ශානිකා පෙරේරා, චමුධි වික්රමරත්න, රුක්ෂලා හප්පුආරච්චි සහ තිසාලා අල්ගම එම කණ්ඩායමට ඇතුළත් විය.
සැලකිය යුතු බැහැර කිරීමක් වන්නේ හසිත මෙන්ඩිස් ය.
2022 ආසියානු ශූරතාවලිය ජයග්රහණය කිරීමෙන් පසු ශ්රී ලංකාව ලෝක කුසලානයට පැමිණෙන්නේ දැඩි විශ්වාසයකින් නමුත් සංචිතයේ අදියරෙන් පසුව සහ ලෝකයේ ප්රමුඛ පෙළේ ක්රීඩකයින් කිහිප දෙනෙකුට එරෙහිව පැමිණීමේ බලපෑමෙන් පසුව තමන්ව ගොඩ ගැනීමට විශාල ඔරොත්තු දීමේ හැකියාවක් පෙන්වීමට ශ්රී ලංකාව අවශ්ය වනු ඇත. කණ්ඩායම්.
ශ්රී ලංකාව ජැමෙයිකාව, සත්කාරක දකුණු අප්රිකාව සහ වේල්සය සමඟින් ‘සී’ කාණ්ඩයට ඇතුළත්ව සිටී. ආසියානු ශූරයින් ජැමෙයිකාවට එරෙහිව ජූලි 28 වැනිදා ද, දකුණු අප්රිකාවට එරෙහිව 29 වැනිදා ද, වේල්සයට එරෙහිව 30 වැනිදා ද තරග වැදීමට නියමිතය.
තිලකා ජිනදාස ප්රධාන පුහුණුකාරිනිය ලෙස නැවත පැමිණීමත් සමඟ දිවයිනේ වැසියන්ට දිරියක් ලැබුණු අතර ලෝක කුසලානය ඇයගේ පළමු පැවරුම වනු ඇත.
සංචිතය:
චතුරංගි ජයසූරිය, ගයනි දිසානායක, භාෂිනි ද සිල්වා, ගයාත්රි කෞෂල්යා, ශානිකා පෙරේරා, ගයාංජලී අමරවංශ, දුලංගි වන්නිතිලක, චමුධි වික්රමරත්න, රුක්ෂලා හප්පුආරච්චි, තිසාලා අල්ගම, සේමිණී අල්විස්, ඉමාෂා රමිෂලිංග පෙරේරා, ටල්ජිවාර්ලිං පෙරේරා,
வலைப்பந்து உலகக் கோப்பைக்கான வலுவான 16 பேர் கொண்ட இலங்கை அணியை அறிவித்தது
ஆசிய சம்பியனான இலங்கை எதிர்வரும் 2023 ஆம் ஆண்டுக்கான நெட்பால் உலகக் கிண்ணத்திற்கான வலுவான 16 பேர் கொண்ட அணியை தென்னாபிரிக்காவின் கேப்டவுனில் ஜூலை மாதம் ஆரம்பிக்கவுள்ளது.
தர்ஜினி சிவலிங்கம், சதுரங்கி ஜயசூரிய, துலங்கி வன்னிதிலகே, கயாஞ்சலி அமரவன்ஷா மற்றும் செமினி அல்விஸ் உட்பட நெட்பால் வட்டாரங்களில் சில முன்னணி பெயர்கள் இந்த அணியில் அடங்கும்.
அணியில் இருந்து இரண்டு புதிய முகங்கள் கடந்த ஆண்டு ஆசிய கோப்பையில் பங்கேற்றன, காயத்திரி கவுசல்யா, ஷானிகா பெரேரா, சமுதி விக்கிரமரத்ன, ருக்ஷலா ஹப்புஆராச்சி மற்றும் திசாலா அல்கம ஆகியோர் வெட்டப்பட்டனர்.
ஒரு குறிப்பிடத்தக்க விலக்கு ஹசித மெண்டிஸ்.
2022 ஆசிய சாம்பியன்ஷிப்பை வென்ற பிறகு, இலங்கை அதிக நம்பிக்கையுடன் உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு வரும், ஆனால் குளம் கட்டங்களுக்குப் பிறகு தங்களைத் தாங்களே அழைத்துச் செல்ல அதிக பின்னடைவைக் காட்ட வேண்டும் மற்றும் உலகின் சில முன்னணி வீரர்களுக்கு எதிராக வரும் அணிகள்.
ஜமைக்கா, தென்னாபிரிக்கா மற்றும் வேல்ஸ் ஆகிய அணிகளுடன் இலங்கை அணி ‘சி’ பிரிவில் இடம்பிடித்துள்ளது. ஆசிய சாம்பியன்கள் ஜமைக்காவுக்கு எதிராக ஜூலை 28ஆம் தேதியும், தென்னாப்பிரிக்காவை 29ஆம் தேதியும், வேல்ஸுடன் 30ஆம் தேதியும் தங்கள் பிரச்சாரத்தைத் தொடங்குவார்கள்.
திலகா ஜினதாச தலைமைப் பயிற்றுவிப்பாளராகத் திரும்பியதன் மூலம் தீவுவாசிகள் ஊக்கம் பெற்றனர், மேலும் உலகக் கோப்பை அவரது முதல் பணியாக இருக்கும்.
அணி:
சதுரங்கி ஜயசூரிய, கயானி திஸாநாயக்க, பாஷினி டி சில்வா, காயத்திரி கௌசல்யா, ஷானிகா பெரேரா, கயாஞ்சலி அமரவன்ஷா, துலங்கி வன்னிதிலக, சமுதி விக்கிரமரத்ன, ருக்ஷலா ஹப்புஆராச்சி, திசல அல்கம, செமினி அல்விஸ், இமாஷா பெரேராச், எம்.எஸ்.ரமிஹர்லிங்க பெரேரா.
Football
AIFF Faces FIFA, AFC Ban Threat as October 30 Deadline Looms
Indian football is staring at yet another international suspension as FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have jointly warned the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to ratify its long-pending constitution by October 30, 2025, or risk a complete ban from world football.
In a strongly-worded two-page letter sent on Tuesday (August 26) to AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey, FIFA and AFC expressed “profound concern” over the failure to finalise and implement a revised constitution, a matter pending before India’s Supreme Court since 2017.
If suspended, India’s national teams and clubs would be barred from all international competitions, while the country’s ambitious 2036 Olympic Games bid in Ahmedabad could also be thrown into uncertainty.
FIFA & AFC Ultimatum
The letter, signed by FIFA’s Chief Member Associations Officer Elkhan Mammadov and AFC Deputy General Secretary Vahid Kardany, set out three urgent requirements for the AIFF:
1. Obtain a definitive Supreme Court order approving the revised constitution.
2. Ensure full compliance with FIFA and AFC statutes.
3. Formally ratify the constitution at the next AIFF General Meeting.
Failure to comply, they warned, would trigger sanctions, including full suspension of AIFF membership.
Previous Suspension in 2022
This is not the first governance crisis to hit Indian football. In August 2022, FIFA suspended the AIFF for “third-party interference” after a court-appointed Committee of Administrators temporarily ran the federation. That ban lasted just two weeks, lifted only after fresh elections were held in which Kalyan Chaubey defeated football legend Bhaichung Bhutia.
Domestic Fallout – ISL in Crisis
The deadlock has already disrupted Indian football at the domestic level. The Indian Super League (ISL), India’s top-tier professional league, has been put “on hold” by Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), the AIFF’s commercial partner, due to uncertainty over its Master Rights Agreement, which expires in December 2025.
At least three clubs have suspended operations or delayed salaries, while all 11 ISL clubs have warned of an “existential crisis.” Reports from FIFPRO further highlight cases of players’ contracts being terminated, leaving livelihoods at risk.
The Supreme Court of India will hear the matter again on August 28, a session that could determine the immediate future of the ISL and India’s football calendar.
What’s at Stake
If AIFF fails to meet the October deadline, India could lose:
• Participation in FIFA and AFC tournaments.
• Entry rights for national teams and clubs in international competitions.
• Momentum in its 2036 Olympics bid.
• Credibility with players, fans, and commercial partners.
For now, the football fraternity in India waits anxiously for the Supreme Court’s verdict and AIFF’s ability to steer through yet another governance storm
Football
Heritage Derby Trophy Goes to Hameed Al Husseinie College
Colombo – Hameed Al Husseinie College emerged victorious in the prestigious Heritage Derby Trophy football encounter against Zahira College, Maradana, securing a 3–1 win at the Colombo Racecourse grounds yesterday.
The match kicked off under the patronage of Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, adding special significance to this annual football rivalry.
Hameed Al Husseinie College took control early, leading 2–0 at halftime before sealing the victory with a third goal in the second half. Zahira College managed to pull one back, but it was not enough to challenge the dominant performance of the winners.
The trophy presentation was held soon after the final whistle, with the principals of both schools — Rizvi Marikkar of Zahira College and Mrs. Dain of Hameed Al Husseinie College — present to witness the celebrations.
This latest victory adds another chapter to the rich history of the Heritage Derby, further cementing Hameed Al Husseinie College’s reputation in school football.
Football
Exclusive: AFC Fines Sri Lankan Footballer Over “Free Palestine” Message
Colombo – June 13
Sri Lankan national footballer Mohamed Thilham, who recently made headlines after displaying a “PRAY FOR FREE PALESTINE” message on his undershirt during post-match celebrations, has now been officially penalized by international football authorities.
Following Sri Lanka’s 3-1 victory over Chinese Taipei in the AFC Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers on June 10 at the Colombo Racecourse Stadium, Thilham—a non-playing substitute—unveiled the message, drawing both praise and criticism from various quarters.

⚠️ AFC Sanctions Player with USD 2,000 Fine
FIFA, in coordination with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), has now issued a formal disciplinary notice to the player, imposing a USD 2,000 fine. This letter, according to sources within the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL), was sent addressing to Thilham, underscoring AFC stance on politically charged expressions at official matches.
According to FIFA’s Disciplinary Code, players are prohibited from displaying political, religious, or personal slogans during matches or official ceremonies. While Thilham’s gesture occurred after the final whistle, FIFA and AFC treat any action within the stadium environment as part of official conduct.
⚽ FFSL Under Scrutiny for Disciplinary Action
FFSL President Jaswar Umar previously stated that the act “was not authorized by the federation” and “violates international football disciplinary norms.” He also confirmed that the FFSL would take internal disciplinary action against the player.
However, this incident has reignited public debate over the role of athletes in social advocacy and the limits imposed by international sports law. While some supporters see Thilham’s actions as courageous and morally driven, others have raised concerns about the player’s career stability and future opportunities under increasing scrutiny.
📝 Editorial Insight
At Sri Lankan Sports TV, we initially chose to withhold the content of the message in our match coverage—out of responsibility to the player’s career and to respect global sports protocol. However, the message went viral after several social media users circulated the full image, seemingly with the intention of sparking controversy.
The resulting spotlight has unfortunately led to a formal penalty, underscoring the real-world consequences that athletes may face when international regulations intersect with personal conviction.
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