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The 143rd Battle of the Blues ends draw.

The 143rd, the big match between Royal College Colombo and St. Thomas College ended in a draw at the SSC Sports Ground, Colombo.
St. Thomas scored two hundred and forty-two runs in the first innings and were all out, where Senesh Hettiarachchi and Charaka Peiris scored half-centuries to strengthen the innings. Gishan Balasooriya, Sandesh Ramanayaka, Ramiru Perera bowled for the royal team. His performances by taking wickets also stood out. In response to Thomas’s innings, Royal College lost 8 wickets and scored 219 runs, suspending their innings and giving the Thomas team the opportunity to bat again. Uvindu Weerasekara and Ramiru Perera performed well with the bat for the Royal team and Kavindu Dias managed to take 4 wickets for 65 runs for the Thomas team.
The Thomas team started their second innings with an advantage of 23 runs and by the end of the day, they had collected one hundred and forty-two runs with the loss of six wickets, whereas Rayan Fernando managed to collect 64 runs. Royal team Gishan Balasooriya, Sadisha Rajapaksha again showed their skills by taking wickets.
St.Thomas college 1st inning 242/10 (Ov 106.2)
Senesh Hettiarachchi 55 (118)
Charaka Peiris 51 (151)
Mahith Perera 33 (83)
Gishan Balasooriya 56/3 (31.2)
Sandesh Ramanayaka 16/2 (12)
Ramiru Perera 36/2 (9)
Royal College 1st inning 219/8d (70.4)
Uvindu Weerasekara 66 (109)
Ramiru Perera 34 (114)
Sineth jayawardane 32 (38)
Kavindu Dais 65/4 (17.4)
Gunaratnam Caniston 67/2 (23)
St.Thomas college 2nd inning 142/6 (Ov 64)
Rayan Fernando 74 (117)
Senesh Hettiarachchi 26 (65)
Gishan Balasooriya 56/3 (20)
Sadisha Rajapaksha 30/2 (18)
143 වැනි නිල් මහ සටන විසඳුමක් නොමැතිව අවසන් වේ.
143 වැනි වතාවට කොළඹ එස් එස් සී ක්රීඩා පිටියේ ශාන්ත තෝමස් විද්යාලය සහ කොළඹ රාජකීය විද්යාලය අතර පැවැති මහා ක්රිකට් තරඟය ජය පරාජයෙන් තොරව අවසන් වූවා.
ශාන්ත තෝමස් කණ්ඩායම ප්රථම ඉනිමට ලකුණු දෙසිය හතළිස් දෙකක් රැස්කර සිටිය දී සියලු දෙනා දැවී ගිය අතර එහිදී පිතිකරණයෙන් සුවිශේෂී දස්කම් දක්වමින් Senesh Hettiarachchi සහ Charaka Peiris අර්ධ ශතක රැස්කරමින් තෝමස් ඉනිම ශක්තිමත් කිරීමට සමත් වුණා.රාජකීය කණ්ඩායම වෙනුවෙන් පන්දු යැවීමෙන් Gishan Balasooriya, Sandesh Ramanayaka, Ramiru Perera කඩුළු ලබා ගනිමින් දස්කම් දැක්විමද කැපීපෙනිණි. තෝමස් ඉනිමට පිළිතුරු වශයෙන් රාජකීය විද්යාලය කඩුළු 8ක් බිදවැටී ලකුණු 219 ක් ලබා සිටියදී සිය ඉනිම අත්හිටවා නැවතත් තෝමස් කණ්ඩායමට පන්දුවට පහර දීමට අවස්ථාව ලබා දුන්නා. රාජකීය කණ්ඩායම වෙනුවෙන් Uvindu Weerasekara සහ Ramiru Perera පිතිකරණයෙන් දස්කම් දැක් වූ අතර තෝමස් කණ්ඩායම වෙනුවෙන් Kavindu Dias ලකුණු 65 ක ට කඩුළු 4ක් දවාගැනීමට සමත්වුණා.
ලකුණු 23ක වාසියක් ද සමඟින් සිය දෙවන ඉනිම ආරම්භ කළ තෝමස් කණ්ඩායම දිනය අවසාන වන විට කඩුලු හයක් බිදවැටී ලකුණු එකසිය හතළිස් දෙකක් රැස්කර ගෙන සිටි අතර එහිදී Rayan Fernando ලකුණු 64ක් රැස් කරගැනීමට සමත් වුණා. රාජකීය කණ්ඩායමේ Gishan Balasooriya, Sadisha Rajapaksha නැවතත් කඩුළු ලබා ගනිමින් සිය දක්ෂතා පෙන්නුම් කරනු ලැබුවා.
143வது ப்ளூஸ் போர் சமனில் முடிந்தது.
கொழும்பு றோயல் கல்லூரிக்கும் புனித தோமஸ் கல்லூரிக்கும் இடையிலான 143வது பெரிய போட்டி கொழும்பு SSC விளையாட்டு மைதானத்தில் டிராவில் முடிந்தது.
செயின்ட் தோமஸ் முதல் இன்னிங்ஸில் இருநூற்றி நாற்பத்தி இரண்டு ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று ஆல் அவுட் ஆனது, அங்கு செனேஷ் ஹெட்டியாராச்சி மற்றும் சரக பீரிஸ் ஆகியோர் அரை சதங்களைப் பெற்று இன்னிங்ஸை வலுப்படுத்தினர். அரச அணிக்காக கிஷான் பாலசூரிய, சந்தேஷ் ராமநாயக்க, ரமிரு பெரேரா ஆகியோர் பந்து வீசினர். விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தியும் அவரது ஆட்டம் சிறப்பாக இருந்தது. தோமஸின் இன்னிங்ஸுக்கு பதிலடியாக றோயல் கல்லூரி 8 விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்து 219 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று தமது இன்னிங்ஸை இடைநிறுத்தி தோமஸ் அணிக்கு மீண்டும் துடுப்பெடுத்தாடும் வாய்ப்பை வழங்கியது. றோயல் அணி சார்பாக உவிந்து வீரசேகர மற்றும் ரமிரு பெரேரா ஆகியோர் துடுப்பாட்டத்தில் சிறப்பாக செயற்பட்டதுடன் தோமஸ் அணி சார்பாக கவிந்து டயஸ் 65 ஓட்டங்களுக்கு 4 விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தினார்.
23 ஓட்டங்களின் அனுகூலத்துடன் தமது இரண்டாவது இன்னிங்ஸை ஆரம்பித்த தோமஸ் அணி, நாள் முடிவில் ஆறு விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்து நூற்று நாற்பத்தி இரண்டு ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்றிருந்ததுடன், ரயன் பெர்னாண்டோ 64 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற முடிந்தது. றோயல் அணி கிஷான் பாலசூரிய, சதிஷ ராஜபக்ஷ மீண்டும் விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தி தங்களது திறமையை வெளிப்படுத்தினர்.
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Cricket
Kamindu Mendis Shines as Sunrisers Hyderabad Break Chepauk Curse, Crush CSK’s Playoff Hopes | IPL 2025
Sri Lankan all-rounder Kamindu Mendis delivered under pressure, helping Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) script a historic first-ever win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium during the IPL 2025 season.
Chasing a tricky target of 155, Mendis played a composed and crucial unbeaten knock of 32 off 22 balls, stitching an unbroken 49-run partnership with Nitish Kumar to seal a five-wicket victory with eight balls to spare. His calm presence at the crease when the game was delicately poised underlined his growing stature in T20 cricket.
Earlier, the Chennai Super Kings, once invincible at home, continued their disastrous 2025 campaign — suffering a fourth consecutive home defeat. Batting first, CSK stumbled despite a promising start, collapsing to 154 all out. Dewald Brevis impressed briefly on debut with a quickfire 42 runs, but it was Harshal Patel’s brilliant spell (4 wickets for 28 runs) that broke CSK’s backbone.
For CSK, promising youngster Ayush Mhatre shone early, but a middle-order collapse proved costly. Even skipper M.S. Dhoni’s tactical gamble of giving Sam Curran two overs backfired, as SRH batters capitalized to turn the game.
In the SRH chase, despite early hiccups — losing Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head quickly — Ishan Kishan’s fluent 44 and Kamindu Mendis’ finishing touch ensured Hyderabad stayed alive in the playoff race.
Meanwhile, in the updated IPL 2025 points table, Sunrisers Hyderabad now sits 8th with 6 points, while CSK languishes at the bottom with just 4 points from 9 games, effectively ending their playoff dreams.
Mendis’ all-round contribution, including a key wicket earlier, and his coolness in the chase were pivotal. While Harshal Patel deservedly took the Player of the Match award, Sri Lanka can proudly celebrate Kamindu’s evolving prowess on the IPL stage.
Points Table Update (After SRH vs CSK Match):
- GT, DC, and RCB are leading the race with 12 points each.
- PBKS and MI are close behind with 11 and 10 points.
- CSK and RR are at the bottom with just 4 points, all but knocked out of the playoffs.
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Kaya Daluwatte and Reshan Algama Shine at 16th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final in Vietnam
Sri Lanka’s promising golf talents Kaya Daluwatte and Reshan Algama showcased their growing international class with stellar performances at the prestigious 16th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final, held at the stunning Laguna Golf Lang Co in Vietnam.
Facing off against the finest junior golfers from the Asia-Pacific region—including representatives from Australia, England, Japan, India, and Wales—both Kaya and Reshan rose to the occasion, underlining Sri Lanka’s emerging strength in the sport.
Kaya Daluwatte delivered one of her career-best performances, finishing as the runner-up in the Girls’ Under-16 category. After three composed rounds, she posted a remarkable final score of even-par 216, highlighted by an impressive 2-under-par finish in the final round. Despite Japan’s Al Goto clinching the title with a score of 213, Kaya’s climb up the leaderboard captured widespread admiration. Her poise, precision, and birdies during the crucial back-nine holes showcased a maturity well beyond her years.
This runner-up finish at one of Asia’s top junior championships marks a historic achievement for Sri Lankan golf, signaling that the nation’s junior golfers are ready to challenge the region’s traditional powerhouses.
In the Boys’ Under-16 category, Reshan Algama also left his mark by securing a strong fourth-place finish with a gross score of 218. Although his final round did not match the brilliance of his earlier efforts, Reshan displayed commendable composure against a highly competitive international field. His consistency across top-level tournaments reflects his rapid development into a serious contender on the global junior golf circuit.
Vietnam’s Tuan Anh Nguyen dominated the Boys’ division, leading from start to finish to claim the title with a superb score of 205. India’s Arshvant Srivastava and Kanav Chauhan finished second and third, with scores of 214 and 216 respectively.
Kaya and Reshan’s performances not only bring pride to Sri Lanka but also signal a bright future for the country’s junior golfing scene on the Asian stage.
Football
SAFF Championship Postponement Exposes Deeper Issues Within FFSL
The much-anticipated SAFF Championship, originally scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka in July 2025, has now been officially postponed to 2026—a move that has raised serious concerns over the competence and credibility of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL).
According to the SAFF Executive Committee, the decision to delay the tournament stemmed largely from pressure exerted by its marketing partner, Sportfive, which advocated for a home-and-away format to increase commercial value. Furthermore, it is reported that Sportfive preferred the event be hosted in Bangladesh or India, citing better sponsor access and commercial feasibility in those countries if the tournament were to follow a centralized model.
However, beyond external pressure, this development highlights a troubling reality: the FFSL’s inability to effectively organize and defend Sri Lanka’s hosting rights on the international stage. This isn’t merely a scheduling issue—it reflects a deeper pattern of administrative shortcomings, lack of vision, and prioritization of media narratives over tangible development.
As previously reported by Sri Lankan Sports TV, the FFSL continues to focus more on optics and media stunts rather than on the foundational work required to uplift football in the country. The failure to safeguard Sri Lanka’s opportunity to host a major regional tournament not only affects the sport’s growth domestically but also damages the nation’s reputation within South Asian football.
For a federation that has long promised reform and transparency, this latest setback exposes how little progress has actually been made. When commercial partners have more sway than the national football body itself, it’s a clear indication that local football governance is being undermined by weak leadership and poor planning.
This should be a wake-up call—not just for the FFSL, but for every stakeholder invested in the future of Sri Lankan football. The time for slogans and staged announcements is over. Sri Lanka needs action, accountability, and genuine commitment to building a sustainable footballing culture. Until then, headlines like this will only continue to reflect a sport lost in mismanagement.
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