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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
Stafford vs. Colombo International: The Second Edition of the Big Match Kicks Off!
Football fever returns as Stafford International School and Colombo International School gear up for the second edition of their highly anticipated Big Match! This year, the rivalry intensifies with four matches across different age and gender categories:
✅ U15 Girls
✅ U15 Boys
✅ U20 Girls
✅ U20 Boys
🏆 Stafford International’s Rising Stars:
- U15 Girls: Defending TISSL U14 and Colombo SLSFA District champions, featuring standout players like Keshalee Ranatunga and Sonja Ratanayake (just 10 years old!).
- U15 Boys: All-Island U14 runners-up out of 462 schools, led by goalkeeper Yash Amarasekara, who was named Best U14 GK in Sri Lanka.
- U20 Girls & Boys: Both teams finished as TISSL runners-up, boasting stars like Raya Rikaz, Yumna Safraz, Adnaan Ameen, and Nidurshan Mohan.
🏆 Colombo International’s Key Players:
- U15 Girls: TISSL U16 runners-up, featuring top defender Khadeeja Niyas and striker Ozra.
- U20 Girls: TISSL U20 runners-up, with Fioni Dedhia named Goalkeeper of the Tournament.
- U20 Boys: Defending Big Match champions, looking to retain their title behind stars like Krishwen and Habib.
👀 Who will come out on top this time? Watch the action LIVE at the link below! 🎥👇
#BigMatch2025 #SchoolFootball #SriLankaFootball #StaffordVsCIS #RivalryRenewed
Cricket
Shammi Silva Re-Elected as Sri Lanka Cricket President for Fourth Consecutive Term
Shammi Silva has been re-elected as the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president for the 2025-27 term, marking his fourth consecutive tenure at the helm of the nation’s cricket governing body. Silva secured the position uncontested at the 64th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Colombo on Monday.
A Controversial Yet Dominant Tenure
Silva’s leadership has not been without controversy. His previous term saw a high-profile clash with former Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe in 2023, which led to an interim committee being appointed after Sri Lanka’s poor performance in the ICC ODI World Cup. This move resulted in ICC suspending SLC, which led to Sri Lanka losing the hosting rights for the U19 Men’s World Cup, which was later held in South Africa.
Despite these setbacks, Silva regained control after a court ruling reinstated his administration, and he was later appointed as the president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in December 2023, replacing Jay Shah.
Challenges & Future Outlook
Sri Lanka Cricket has long been seen as a powerful and influential body, with internal politics often shaping its leadership. With financial mismanagement concerns highlighted in the Auditor General’s report, Silva’s administration faces the challenge of restoring credibility and ensuring better governance.
With the ICC ban lifted, Sri Lanka looks to rebuild its cricketing structure and improve performance on the international stage. The focus now shifts to upcoming bilateral series, the Asia Cup, and preparations for the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Stay tuned for more updates on Sri Lanka Cricket and the latest in the world of sports!
Cricket
Stephen Fleming Defends MS Dhoni’s Batting Position Amid Criticism
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming has defended MS Dhoni’s late entry in the batting order, stating that the legendary wicketkeeper-batsman cannot play an extended innings at full intensity due to lingering knee concerns.
The 43-year-old Dhoni faced criticism after coming in at No. 9 during CSK’s 50-run loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Chepauk. In the next match against Rajasthan Royals on March 30, 2025, he batted at No. 7 when CSK required 54 off 25 balls but managed just 16 off 11 as his team fell short by six runs.
Fleming’s Explanation on Dhoni’s Role
Fleming emphasized that Dhoni carefully assesses the match situation before deciding when to bat.
“It’s all about timing. MS judges his body and situation. His knees aren’t what they used to be, so he can’t bat for 10 overs at full intensity. He will step in based on the game’s demands,” Fleming explained at the post-match press conference.
The CSK coach reiterated that Dhoni remains too valuable to the team for his leadership and wicketkeeping and that sending him in too early could be a strategic misstep.
“From around the 13th or 14th over, he assesses the situation and decides. He trusts other batters early on but steps up when needed.”
CSK’s Struggles in the Powerplay Cost Them the Match
Fleming also pinpointed CSK’s poor powerplay performance as a key reason for their loss against Rajasthan Royals. While RR blasted 79/1 in the powerplay, CSK only managed 42/1,
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