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St. Peter’s College and Wesley College also won the first stage of the Schools Rugby League.
The fourth and fifth matches of the Schools Rugby League 2022 were held on 25th June 2022. It is between Wesley College, Colombo and Vidyartha College, Kandy and between St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya and Dharmaraja College, Kandy.
The Wesley – Vidyartha clash at the CR & FC Stadium ended with Wesley’s rugby team winning 38-07.
Wesley’s team were led by 28-00 points in the first half of the game. In the first half, the Wesley team scored 4 tries and Rigesh, Michelle Amat, and Hazeez Thabeeth scored 4 tries.
The players of Vidyartha College, who showed a backward nature in the first half, managed to collect 07 points in the second half. However, Wesley College was able to take the lead in that half as well.
Wesley College also scored two tries in the second half by Sheal Samuel and Nithila Rodrigo scoring the tries.
The only try scored by the Vidyartha Vidyalaya team was scored by Arosh Ratnayake in the second half. The man of the match was Rigesh Muralidaran of Wesley College.
The School Rugby League match between Dharmaraja Vidyalaya and St. Peter’s College was held at St. Peter’s Stadium, Bambalapitiya. In that match, St. Peter’s College was able to record a 27-12 victory against Dharmaraja College.
In the first phase of the match, both teams scored two tries each. Dineth Ranasinghe and Rajith Ekanayake scored tries for St Peters College and Vanuja Mantrige and Vimukti Bandara also scored tries for Dharmaraja Vidyalaya.
However, in the second half, St. Peter’s players scored two more tries and managed to win the game.
Ashan Madugaspe and Vishenka Silva scored two tries for St. Peter’s College in the second half. Vidyartha players failed to score a single try in the second half. The man of the match was Ashan Madugaspe of St. Peter’s College.
සාන්ත පීතර සහ වෙස්ලි විද්‍යාලවලටත් ‘Dialog schools Rugby League’හි පළමු අදියරේ ජය….
2022 පාසල් රග්බි ලීගයේ සිව්වන සහ පස්වන තරඟ 2022 ජුනි 25 වන දින පැවැත්විණි. ඒ කොළඹ වෙස්ලි විද්‍යාලය සහ මහනුවර විද්‍යාර්ථ විද්‍යාලය අතර සහ බම්බලපිටිය ශාන්ත පීතර විද්‍යාලය සහ මහනුවර ධර්මරාජ විද්‍යාලය අතරයි.
CR & FC ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේ පැවැති වෙස්ලි – විද්‍යාර්ථ රග්බි ගැටුම නිමා වූයේ වෙස්ලි ක්‍රීඩකයන් 38-07ක ජයග්‍රහණයක් වාර්තා කරමින් ය.
තරගයේ ප්‍රථම අර්ධයේ වෙස්ලි ක්‍රීඩකයන් ඉදිරියෙන් සිටියේ ලකුණු 28-00 ක් වශයෙන් ය. ප්‍රථම අර්ධයේදී වෙස්ලි කණ්ඩායම උත්සාහක දිනුම් 4ක් වාර්තා කළ අතර රිගෙෂ්, මිශෙල් අමත්, Hazeez Thabeeth එම උත්සාහක දිනුම් 4 වාර්තා කළහ.
පළමු අර්ධයේදී පසුගාමී ස්වභාවයක් පෙන්නුම් කළ විද්‍යාර්ථ විද්‍යාලයේ ක්‍රීඩකයෝ දෙවන අර්ධයේ දී ලකුණු 07ක් රැස්කර ගැනීමට සමත් වූහ. කෙසේවෙතත් එම අර්ධයේද පෙරමුණ ගැනීමට හැකි වූයේ වෙස්ලි විද්‍යාලයටයි.
වෙස්ලි විද්‍යාලය දෙවන අර්ධයේදී ද උත්සාහක දිනුම් දෙකක් වාර්තා කළ අතර Sheal Samuel සහ නිතිල රොද්‍රිගෝ එම උත්සාහක දිනුම් වාර්තා කළහ.
විද්‍යාර්ථ විද්‍යාලයීය පිල ලබා ගත් එක ම උත්සාහක දිනුම දෙවන අර්ධයේදී අරෝෂ් රත්නායක විසින් වාර්තා කරන ලදී. තරගයේ වීරයා බවට පත්වූයේ වෙස්ලි විද්‍යාලයේ රිගේෂ් මුරලිදරන් ය.
Dialog පාසැල් රග්බි ලීගයේ ධර්මරාජ විද්‍යාලය සහ සාන්ත පීතර විද්‍යාලය අතර තරගය බම්බලපිටිය සාන්ත පීතර ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේදී පැවැත්වුණි. එම තරගයේදී ධර්මරාජ විද්‍යාලයට එරෙහිව ලකුණු 27-12ක ජයක් වාර්තා කිරීමට සාන්ත පීතර විද්‍යාලයට හැකි විය.
තරගයේ පළමු අදියරේ දී කණ්ඩායම් ද්විත්වය විසින් ම උත්සාහක දිනුම් දෙක බැගින් වාර්තා කරන ලදී. පීතර විද්‍යාලය වෙනුවෙන් දිනෙත් රණසිංහ සහ රජිත් ඒකනායක ද ධර්මරාජ විද්‍යාලය වෙනුවෙන් වනුජ මන්ත්‍රිගේ සහ විමුක්ති බණ්ඩාර ද උත්සාහක දිනුම් වාර්තා කළහ.
කෙසේවෙතත් දෙවන අර්ධයේදී ක්‍රියාත්මක වූ සාන්ත පීතර ක්‍රීඩකයෝ තවත් උත්සාහක දිනුම් දෙකක් වාර්තා කරමින් තරගය ජය ගැනීමට සමත් වූහ.
අශාන් මදුගස්පේ සහ විශේන්ක සිල්වා දෙවන අර්ධයේදී පීතර විද්‍යාලය වෙනුවෙන් උත්සාහක දිනුම් දෙකක් වාර්තා කළහ. විද්‍යාර්ථ ක්‍රීඩකයන්ට දෙවන අර්ධයේදී එක් උත්සාහක දිනුමක් හෝ වාර්තා කිරීමට නොහැකි විය. තරගයේ වීරයා සාන්ත පීතර විද්‍යාලයේ අශාන් මදුගස්පේ ය.
‘Schools Rugby League’ போட்டியின் முதல் கட்டப் போட்டிகளில் புனித பீற்றர் மற்றும் வெஸ்லி கல்லூரிகள் வெற்றி பெற்றன.
2022 ஸ்கூல்ஸ் ரக்பி லீக்கின் நான்காவது மற்றும் ஐந்தாவது ஆட்டங்கள் 25 ஜூன் 2022 அன்று நடைபெற்றன. இது கொழும்பு வெஸ்லி கல்லூரிக்கும் கண்டி வித்யார்த்த கல்லூரிக்கும் இடையிலும், பம்பலப்பிட்டி புனித பீற்றர் கல்லூரிக்கும் கண்டி தர்மராஜா கல்லூரிக்கும் இடையில் உள்ளது.
CR & FC மைதானத்தில் நடைபெற்ற வெஸ்லி – வித்யார்த்த மோதலில் வெஸ்லி ரக்பி அணி 38-07 என வெற்றி பெற்றது.
ஆட்டத்தின் முதல் பாதியில் வெஸ்லி அணி 28-00 புள்ளிகள் முன்னிலையில் இருந்தது. முதல் பாதியில் வெஸ்லி அணி 4 ட்ரைகளையும், ரிகேஷ், மிச்செல் அமாட், ஹசீஸ் தபீத் ஆகியோர் 4 ட்ரைகளையும் பெற்றனர்.
முதல் பாதியில் பின்தங்கிய சுபாவத்தை வெளிப்படுத்திய வித்யார்த்த கல்லூரி வீரர்கள், இரண்டாவது பாதியில் 07 புள்ளிகளைப் பெற முடிந்தது. எனினும், அந்த பாதியிலும் வெஸ்லி கல்லூரியால் முன்னிலை பெற முடிந்தது.
இரண்டாவது பாதியில் ஷீல் சாமுவேல் மற்றும் நித்திலா ரொட்ரிகோ ஆகியோரால் இரண்டு ட்ரைகளை வெஸ்லி கல்லூரியும் பெற்றது.
வித்யார்த்த வித்தியாலய அணியினர் பெற்ற ஒரேயொரு ட்ரை இரண்டாவது பாதியில் அரோஷ் ரத்நாயக்கவினால் பெறப்பட்டது. போட்டியின் நாயகனாக வெஸ்லி கல்லூரியின் ரிகேஷ் முரளிதரன் தெரிவானார்.
தர்மராஜ வித்தியாலயத்திற்கும் புனித பேதுரு கல்லூரிக்கும் இடையிலான பாடசாலை ரக்பி லீக் போட்டி பம்பலப்பிட்டி புனித பேதுரு விளையாட்டு மைதானத்தில் நடைபெற்றது. அந்தப் போட்டியில், புனித பேதுரு கல்லூரி, தர்மராஜா கல்லூரிக்கு எதிராக 27-12 என்ற கோல் கணக்கில் வெற்றியைப் பதிவு செய்ய முடிந்தது.
ஆட்டத்தின் முதல் கட்ட ஆட்டத்தில் இரு அணிகளும் தலா இரண்டு ட்ரைகளைப் பெற்றன. புனித பீட்டர்ஸ் கல்லூரி சார்பாக தினேத் ரணசிங்க மற்றும் ரஜித் ஏகநாயக்க ஆகியோர் ட்ரைகளை பெற்றுக் கொண்டனர். மேலும் தர்மராஜ வித்தியாலயம் சார்பாக வனுஜா மந்திரிகே மற்றும் விமுக்தி பண்டார ஆகியோரும் ட்ரைகளை பெற்றனர்.
எனினும் இரண்டாவது பாதியில் சென்.பீற்றர்ஸ் வீரர்கள் மேலும் இரண்டு ட்ரைகளை அடித்து ஆட்டத்தை வெற்றிகொள்ள முடிந்தது.
Football
India Crushes Sri Lanka 8-0 in SAFF U-19 Championship Opener: A Wake-Up Call for Football Authorities
Sri Lanka’s U-19 football team suffered a devastating 8-0 defeat at the hands of India in their opening match of the SAFF U-19 Championship 2025 held at the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Arunachal Pradesh, India.
From the opening whistle, Sri Lanka appeared unprepared and disorganized, allowing India to dominate every aspect of the match. The scoreline, split evenly with four goals in each half, highlights the defensive collapse and tactical shortcomings of the Lankan side.
India’s Danny Meitei Laishram netted a hat-trick, while Prashan Jajo added a brace, showcasing the stark contrast in quality and preparation between the two teams. Sri Lanka, meanwhile, failed to register any meaningful threat on goal throughout the match.
This humiliating loss raises serious concerns about the strategic planning and readiness of the national youth setup. Despite months to prepare for the tournament, the team lacked structure, fitness, and cohesion—fundamental aspects of international football. The technical team must face questions about the lack of competitive match exposure, tactical discipline, and defensive organization.
Moreover, the physical conditioning of the squad appeared subpar, and substitutions made during the game had minimal impact. The repeated lapses in positioning, marking, and pressing made it clear that the squad was outclassed not just physically but mentally and tactically.
This result must serve as a wake-up call for the Football Federation of Sri Lanka. Talent alone will not bridge the growing gulf between Sri Lanka and regional rivals unless it’s paired with structured development, professional coaching, and consistent investment in youth football.
Sri Lanka must now regroup quickly as they face Nepal U-19 in their next group match on May 11. The path to redemption begins with accountability—and urgent change.
In a major development impacting global cricket, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been temporarily suspended for a week, while the Pakistan Super League (PSL) has been moved to the UAE due to escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.
The decision by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to pause the IPL was announced on Friday, following heightened military activity along the border in the Kashmir region. The situation has raised significant safety concerns, leading to a precautionary suspension of one of the world’s most-watched sporting events.
“The well-being of players, officials, and fans is paramount. The resumption schedule will be shared after reviewing the evolving situation,” the BCCI said, emphasizing national security as the overriding concern.
This year’s IPL season, which began in March, still had 12 group-stage fixtures remaining before the playoffs. The final, initially scheduled for May 25 in Kolkata, may now face delays or venue changes.
The recent blackout during the match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals in Dharamshala, along with the closure of several airports in northern India, further complicated logistics. Punjab’s upcoming match against Mumbai Indians has already been shifted from Dharamshala to Mumbai as a precautionary measure.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed the relocation of the remainder of the PSL season to Dubai. This move follows increased concerns from foreign players and support staff about their safety.
An incident involving a drone crash near the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium just hours before a scheduled PSL match has heightened security concerns. The match was to feature several international stars from countries including Australia, England, South Africa, and the West Indies.
The ongoing crisis has put the cricketing world on alert, with both cricket boards closely monitoring the geopolitical situation. While cricket holds a significant place in both nations’ cultures, current developments have shifted priorities toward safety and stability.
Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed that the Bangladesh National Men’s Team will tour the island from June 13 to July 16, 2025, for a multi-format bilateral series featuring 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, and 3 T20Is.
The tour kicks off with the Test series, which begins on June 17 at Galle International Stadium, followed by the second Test from June 25 to 29 at the SSC in Colombo. This red-ball series will offer crucial preparation and exposure for both sides ahead of the upcoming ICC events.
Sri Lanka holds a dominant record in Test encounters, having won 20 out of 26 matches against Bangladesh. Bangladesh has managed just one win, with five Tests ending in draws. Their last Test series in April 2024 saw Sri Lanka claim a clean sweep in Bangladesh, 2-0.
The limited-overs leg begins with ODIs on July 2 and 5 at R. Premadasa Stadium, before the third match takes place on July 8 at Pallekele — all day-night games starting at 2:30 PM.
The action continues with the T20I series, starting July 10 in Pallekele, followed by matches in Dambulla (July 13) and a final showdown at R. Premadasa Stadium on July 16.
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Tour Fixtures – 2025:
- June 17–21: 1st Test – Galle
- June 25–29: 2nd Test – SSC, Colombo
- July 2: 1st ODI – R. Premadasa Stadium
- July 5: 2nd ODI – R. Premadasa Stadium
- July 8: 3rd ODI – Pallekele
- July 10: 1st T20I – Pallekele
- July 13: 2nd T20I – Dambulla
- July 16: 3rd T20I – R. Premadasa Stadium
This tour promises exciting cricket as both teams aim to fine-tune their squads across formats.
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