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Sri Lanka wins several trophies in the Western Asian Youth Chess Championship…

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4 years ago

June 24, 2022

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The 5th West Asian Youth Chess Championship was held in the Maldives on the 15th. Organized by the Maldives Chess Federation, the tournament was attended by nine countries and the nine countries are Maldives, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

23 young athletes representing Sri Lanka participated in this tournament. Sri Lanka won one gold, five silver and 10 bronze medals in the 12 categories of speed, rhythm and high speed.

Susal de Silva of Nalanda College, Colombo won the only gold medal for Sri Lanka and is currently the National Chess Champion.

In addition, Chenal Goonetileke of Royal College, Colombo, Desandi Gamage of Sirimavo Bandaranaike College, Colombo and Hasandi Sethusma of Sujatha Balika Vidyalaya, Matara won silver medals.

B. Janukshan, Susal de Silva of Nalanda College, Colombo, Dinuwara Seneviratne of Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala and Dulinma Ratnayake of Vihara Maha Devi College, Kiribathgoda won bronze medals for Sri Lanka.

බටහිර ආසියානු යොවුන් චෙස් තරගාවලියේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ජයග්‍රහණ රැසක්…

පස්වැනි බටහිර ආසියානු යොවුන් චෙස් තරගාවලිය ඉකුත් 15 වන දා සිට මාලදිවයින් රාජ්‍යයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. මාලදිවයින් චෙස් සම්මේලනය විසින් සංවිධානය කරන ලද මෙම තරගාවලියට රටවල් 9ක් සහභාගි විය. Maldives, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan සහ Sri Lanka එම රටවල් නවය වේ.

මෙම තරගාවලිය සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාව නියෝජනය කරමින් යොවුන් ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවෝ 23ක් සහභාගි වූහ. වේග, රිද්ම සහ අධිවේගී යනාදි කාණ්ඩ 12ක් යටතේ පැවැති මෙම තරගාවලියේ දී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට රන් පදක්කමක්, රිදී පදක්කම් 5ක් සහ ලෝකඩ පදක්කම් 10ක් දිනා ගැනීමට හැකි විය.

එහිදි ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට හිමි වූ එක ම රන් පදක්කම දිනාගත්තේ කොළඹ නාලන්දා විද්‍යාලයේ සුසාල් ද සිල්වා වන අතර ඔහු වර්තමානයේ ජාතික චෙස් ශුරතාවයට ද හිමිකම් කියයි.

ඊට අමතරව කොළඹ රාජකීය විද්‍යාලයේ ශෙනාල් ගුණතිලක, කොළඹ සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක විද්‍යාලයේ දෙසඳි ගමගේ සහ මාතර සුජාතා බාලිකා විද්‍යාලයේ හසඳි සෙතුස්මා රිදී පදක්කම් දිනා ගැනීමට සමත් වූහ.

B. ජනුක්ෂාන්, කොළඹ නාලන්දා විද්‍යාලයේ සුසාල් ද සිල්වා, කුරුණෑගල මලියදේව විද්‍යාලයේ දිනුවර සෙනෙවිරත්න සහ කිරිබත්ගොඩ විහාර මහාදේවි විද්‍යාලයේ දුලින්මා රත්නායක යන ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන්ට මෙම තරගාවලියේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාව වෙනුවෙන් ලෝකඩ පදක්කම් දිනා ගැනීමට හැකි විය.

மேற்கத்திய ஆசிய இளைஞர் செஸ் சாம்பியன்ஷிப்பில் இலங்கை பல கோப்பைகளை வென்றது …

5வது மேற்கு ஆசிய யூத் செஸ் சாம்பியன்ஷிப் போட்டி மாலத்தீவில் கடந்த 15ம் தேதி நடந்தது. மாலத்தீவு செஸ் கூட்டமைப்பினால் ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்ட இந்த போட்டியில் ஒன்பது நாடுகள் கலந்து கொண்டதோடு, மாலத்தீவுகள், கஜகஸ்தான், கிர்கிஸ்தான், உஸ்பெகிஸ்தான், பங்களாதேஷ், இந்தியா, நேபாளம், பாகிஸ்தான் மற்றும் இலங்கை ஆகிய ஒன்பது நாடுகள் கலந்து கொண்டன.

இந்தப் போட்டியில் இலங்கையை பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்தி 23 இளம் விளையாட்டு வீரர்கள் கலந்துகொண்டனர். வேகம், ரிதம், அதிவேகம் ஆகிய 12 பிரிவுகளில் இலங்கை ஒரு தங்கம், ஐந்து வெள்ளி மற்றும் 10 வெண்கலப் பதக்கங்களை வென்றது.

கொழும்பு நாலந்தா கல்லூரியைச் சேர்ந்த சுசல் டி சில்வா இலங்கைக்கான ஒரேயொரு தங்கப் பதக்கத்தை வென்று தற்போது தேசிய செஸ் சம்பியனாக உள்ளார்.

மேலும், கொழும்பு றோயல் கல்லூரியின் செனல் குணதிலக, கொழும்பு சிறிமாவோ பண்டாரநாயக்க கல்லூரியின் தேசாந்தி கமகே மற்றும் மாத்தறை சுஜாதா பாலிகா வித்தியாலயத்தைச் சேர்ந்த ஹசந்தி சேதுஸ்மா ஆகியோர் வெள்ளிப் பதக்கங்களை வென்றனர்.

பி.ஜனுக்ஷன், கொழும்பு நாலந்தா கல்லூரியின் சுசல் டி சில்வா, குருநாகல் மலியதேவ கல்லூரியின் தினுவர செனவிரத்ன மற்றும் கிரிபத்கொட விஹார மகாதேவி கல்லூரியின் துலின்மா ரத்நாயக்க ஆகியோர் இலங்கைக்காக வெண்கலப் பதக்கங்களை வென்றனர்.

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Sri Lanka U-19 Players Face Charges Over Alleged Hotel Recording Incident

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May 2, 2026

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Two players from Sri Lanka’s Under-19 cricket squad have been taken into custody allegations that they covertly recorded individuals inside a hotel in the Narahenpita area, according to police.

The arrests came after multiple complaints were lodged by female medical professionals attending a conference at the hotel. The complainants reported that they had been secretly filmed while bathing in their rooms, allegedly using mobile phones.

Authorities revealed that preliminary investigations suggest the suspects may also have captured footage involving male guests at the same premises. Police are continuing inquiries to determine whether any of the recordings were distributed through online platforms.
The suspects were presented before the Aluthkade Magistrate’s Court and subsequently released on personal bail set at Rs. 500,000 each. Further investigations are ongoing.

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SunRisers Hyderabad Sri Lankan Trio Returns Home from IPL

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7 hours ago

May 2, 2026

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Three Sri Lankan players representing Sunrisers Hyderabad — Kamindu Mendis, Dilshan Madushanka and Eshan Malinga — have left the Indian Premier League as the tournament approaches its final stages.

The trio returned to Sri Lanka on Thursday morning to complete visa formalities ahead of the national team’s upcoming tour of the West Indies in June, which will feature matches across all formats. According to reports, their brief return is solely to complete biometric requirements for the visa process.

Despite their absence, the players are expected to rejoin the squad in India shortly after completing the necessary procedures. With sufficient time before their next fixture, all three are likely to be available for selection.

Sunrisers Hyderabad are scheduled to play their next match on May 3 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium against Kolkata Knight Riders.

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Sri Lanka Women too strong for Bangladesh in second T20I

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2 days ago

April 30, 2026

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Sri Lanka Women produced a polished all-round performance to defeat Bangladesh Women by 21 runs in the second T20I, sealing the series with a game to spare.

After being put into bat, the visitors posted a competitive 154 for 4 in their 20 overs, built on key contributions from skipper Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama. The innings began cautiously, with Hasini Perera falling early, but Athapaththu steadied the innings with a fluent 42 off 37 balls, striking six boundaries.

The momentum shifted significantly during the latter half as Samarawickrama played an aggressive knock of 49 off just 29 deliveries, including two sixes. She found good support from Imeesha Dulani (27) and Nilakshika Silva, who remained unbeaten on 22, ensuring Sri Lanka finished strongly at a healthy run rate of 7.70. Bangladesh’s bowlers shared the wickets, with Fariha Trisna, Sultana Khatun, Nahida Akter, and Ritu Moni picking up one apiece.

Chasing 155, Bangladesh made a steady start through Dilara Akter and Juairiya Ferdous, who added 46 for the opening wicket. However, regular breakthroughs and sharp fielding dented their progress. Ferdous scored a brisk 29, while Sharmin Akhter anchored the innings with an unbeaten 44, but lacked sufficient support from the middle order.

Sri Lanka’s discipline in the field proved decisive, effecting three crucial run-outs. Kavisha Dilhari was the standout with the ball, claiming 2 for 15 in her four overs, while Sugandika Kumari maintained excellent control, conceding just 14 runs.
Bangladesh eventually finished on 133 for 5, falling short despite a late push.