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FIFA World Cup Trophy – The FIFA World Cup is the biggest sporting event in the world. Winning the prestigious tournament is something every soccer nation dreams of. But as per history, only eight teams have managed to win the FIFA World Cup. The 2022 FIFA World Cup will be held in Qatar from November 21 to December 18.

FIFA World Cup is the most valuable tournament so the trophy of the World Cup will also be very prestigious. There are many questions regarding the FIFA World Cup trophy. So in this article, we will discuss the FIFA World Cup trophy in detail.

History of the World Cup Trophy

The first edition of the FIFA World Cup was held in 1930. Since then, FIFA has used two trophies. The first FIFA World Cup trophy was created in the first edition and was used until the 1970 World Cup edition. A new trophy was created and presented in 1974 and is still in use today.

Size of Trophy

So how big is the FIFA World Cup trophy? Well, the trophy stands 36.5 cm (14.4 in) tall and weighs 6.175 kg (13.61 lb). The base diameter of the cup is 13 cm (5.1 in). The base has a “FIFA World Cup” engraving.

The material the trophy is made of

Many people ask, is the FIFA World Cup Trophy made of 100% gold? Is the cup solid or hollow? Well here are the answers to all your questions.

The FIFA World Cup trophy is made of 18-carat (75%) gold and is worth around US$161,000 in 2018. The cup also contains two layers of malachite.

The present value of the trophy

Any guesses? The FIFA World Cup trophy is one of the most expensive trophies in the world of sports. The value of the FIFA World Cup trophy is estimated at 20 million dollars. The value is not stated precisely but is an estimate.

පාපන්දු ලෝක කුසලානයේ – Trophy එක ගැන දැනගත යුතු කරුණු

FIFA ලෝක කුසලාන කුසලානය – FIFA ලෝක කුසලානය යනු ලොව විශාලතම ක්‍රීඩා ඉසව්වයි. කීර්තිමත් තරඟාවලියේ ජයග්‍රහණය සෑම පාපන්දු ජාතියක්ම සිහින දකින දෙයකි. නමුත් ඉතිහාසයේ සඳහන් වන පරිදි FIFA ලෝක කුසලානය දිනා ගැනීමට සමත් වී ඇත්තේ කණ්ඩායම් අටක් පමණි. 2022 FIFA ලෝක කුසලානය නොවැම්බර් 21 සිට දෙසැම්බර් 18 දක්වා කටාර්හිදී පැවැත්වේ.

FIFA ලෝක කුසලානය වටිනාම තරඟාවලිය වන බැවින් ලෝක කුසලානයේ කුසලානය ද ඉතා කීර්තිමත් වනු ඇත. FIFA ලෝක කුසලාන කුසලානය සම්බන්ධයෙන් බොහෝ ප්‍රශ්න තිබේ. එබැවින් මෙම ලිපියෙන් අපි FIFA ලෝක කුසලාන කුසලානය ගැන විස්තරාත්මකව සාකච්ඡා කරමු.

ලෝක කුසලාන Trophy හි ඉතිහාසය

FIFA ලෝක කුසලානයේ පළමු සංස්කරණය 1930 දී පැවැත්විණි. එතැන් පටන් FIFA විසින් කුසලාන දෙකක් භාවිතා කර ඇත. පළමු FIFA ලෝක කුසලාන කුසලානය පළමු සංස්කරණයේදී නිර්මාණය කරන ලද අතර එය 1970 ලෝක කුසලාන සංස්කරණය දක්වා භාවිතා කරන ලදී. 1974 දී නව කුසලානයක් නිර්මාණය කර ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද අතර එය අදටත් භාවිතා වේ.

Trophy හි ප්‍රමාණය

ඉතින් FIFA ලෝක කුසලාන කුසලානය කොතරම් විශාලද? හොඳයි, කුසලානය සෙන්ටිමීටර 36.5 (අඟල් 14.4) උසින් යුක්ත වන අතර එය කිලෝග්‍රෑම් 6.175 (රාත්තල් 13.61)කින් සාදා ඇත. කුසලානයේ පාදම විෂ්කම්භය සෙන්ටිමීටර 13 (අඟල් 5.1) වේ. පාදමෙහි “FIFA ලෝක කුසලානය” කැටයමක් යොදා ඇත.

Trophy සාදා ඇති ද්‍රව්‍ය

ගොඩක් අය අහනවා FIFA World Cup Trophy එක 100% රත්තරන් වලින්ද? කුසලානය ඝන හෝ හිස් ද? හොඳයි මෙන්න ඔබේ සියලු ප්‍රශ්නවලට පිළිතුරු.

FIFA ලෝක කුසලාන කුසලානය කැරට් 18 (75%) රත්‍රං වලින් සාදා ඇති අතර, එය 2018 දී ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් 161,000 ක් පමණ වටිනා විය. කුසලානයේ මැලචයිට් ස්ථර දෙකක් ද අඩංගු වේ.

Trophy එකෙහි වර්ථමාන වටිනාකම

කිසියම් අනුමාන තිබේද? FIFA ලෝක කුසලාන කුසලානය ක්‍රීඩා ලෝකයේ වඩාත්ම මිල අධික කුසලාන වලින් එකකි. FIFA ලෝක කුසලාන කුසලානයේ වටිනාකම ඩොලර් මිලියන 20 ක් ලෙස ගණන් බලා ඇත. වටිනාකම නිශ්චිතව ප්‍රකාශ කර නැති නමුත් ඇස්තමේන්තුවකි.

கால்பந்து உலகக் கோப்பை – கோப்பை பற்றி தெரிந்து கொள்ள வேண்டிய விஷயங்கள்

FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை டிராபி – FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை உலகின் மிகப்பெரிய விளையாட்டு நிகழ்வு ஆகும். மதிப்புமிக்க போட்டியில் வெற்றி பெறுவது என்பது ஒவ்வொரு கால்பந்து நாடுகளின் கனவாகும். ஆனால் வரலாற்றின் படி, எட்டு அணிகள் மட்டுமே FIFA உலகக் கோப்பையை வெல்ல முடிந்தது. 2022 ஃபிஃபா உலகக் கோப்பை நவம்பர் 21 முதல் டிசம்பர் 18 வரை கத்தாரில் நடைபெறவுள்ளது.

FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை மிகவும் மதிப்புமிக்க போட்டியாகும், எனவே உலகக் கோப்பையின் கோப்பையும் மிகவும் மதிப்புமிக்கதாக இருக்கும். ஃபிஃபா உலகக் கோப்பை கோப்பை குறித்து பல கேள்விகள் உள்ளன. எனவே இந்த கட்டுரையில் FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை கோப்பை பற்றி விரிவாக விவாதிப்போம்.

உலகக் கோப்பை கோப்பையின் வரலாறு

FIFA உலகக் கோப்பையின் முதல் பதிப்பு 1930 இல் நடைபெற்றது. அப்போதிருந்து, FIFA இரண்டு கோப்பைகளைப் பயன்படுத்தியது. முதல் FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை கோப்பை முதல் பதிப்பில் உருவாக்கப்பட்டது மற்றும் 1970 உலகக் கோப்பை பதிப்பு வரை பயன்படுத்தப்பட்டது. ஒரு புதிய கோப்பை 1974 இல் உருவாக்கப்பட்டு வழங்கப்பட்டது மற்றும் இன்றும் பயன்பாட்டில் உள்ளது.

கோப்பையின் அளவு

எனவே FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை கோப்பை எவ்வளவு பெரியது? சரி, கோப்பை 36.5 செமீ (14.4 அங்குலம்) உயரமும் 6.175 கிலோ (13.61 பவுண்டு) எடையும் கொண்டது. கோப்பையின் அடிப்படை விட்டம் 13 செமீ (5.1 அங்குலம்) ஆகும். அடித்தளத்தில் “FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை” வேலைப்பாடு உள்ளது.

கோப்பை செய்யப்பட்ட பொருள்

FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை 100% தங்கத்தால் செய்யப்பட்டதா என்று பலர் கேட்கிறார்கள். கோப்பை திடமானதா அல்லது குழிவானதா? சரி, உங்கள் எல்லா கேள்விகளுக்கும் பதில்கள் இங்கே உள்ளன.

FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை கோப்பை 18 காரட் (75%) தங்கத்தால் ஆனது மற்றும் 2018 இல் சுமார் US$161,000 மதிப்புடையது. கோப்பையில் மலாக்கிட்டின் இரண்டு அடுக்குகளும் உள்ளன.

கோப்பையின் தற்போதைய மதிப்பு

ஏதேனும் யூகங்கள் உள்ளதா? FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை கோப்பை விளையாட்டு உலகில் மிகவும் விலையுயர்ந்த கோப்பைகளில் ஒன்றாகும். FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை கோப்பையின் மதிப்பு 20 மில்லியன் டாலர்கள் என மதிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. மதிப்பு துல்லியமாக குறிப்பிடப்படவில்லை ஆனால் ஒரு மதிப்பீடாகும்.

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SAFF Championship Postponement Exposes Deeper Issues Within FFSL

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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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Sri Lanka Unveils Balanced Squad for Women’s Tri-Nation ODI Series 2025, Chamari Athapaththu to Lead the Charge

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Sri Lanka Cricket has officially announced a strong and balanced 17-member squad for the Women’s Tri-Nation ODI Series 2025, with star batter Chamari Athapaththu set to lead the team. The series, scheduled for next month, will serve as a key preparatory tournament ahead of the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025.

Athapaththu, a globally respected all-rounder known for her fearless batting and bold leadership, remains the cornerstone of Sri Lanka Women’s cricket. As captain, she brings not only experience but also explosive firepower at the top of the order.

The Sri Lanka Women’s ODI squad for the tri-nation series blends youth with experience, showcasing the selectors’ vision of developing depth across all departments. Emerging talent Vishmi Gunaratne retains her spot following a solid domestic season, while consistent performers like Harshitha Samarawickrama and Nilakshi Silva will provide stability in the middle order.

All-round strength is a key feature of the squad, with the likes of Kavisha Dilhari and Anushka Sanjeewani (who will also don the gloves as the primary wicketkeeper) offering both batting and bowling options. Batters Hasini Perera and Piumi Wathsala strengthen the order, while promising youngsters Manudi Nanayakkara and Dewmi Vihanga are expected to gain valuable international exposure.

On the bowling front, spin remains Sri Lanka’s biggest weapon, spearheaded by veteran Inoka Ranaweera, with support from Inoshi Fernando and Sugandika Kumari. Their ability to control the game in the middle overs will be vital on slower pitches.

The pace unit will be led by Achini Kulasuriya and Rashmika Sewwandi, both known for their early breakthroughs and death-over effectiveness. All-rounders Malki Madara and Hansima Karunaratne round out the squad, providing versatility and tactical flexibility.

This ODI series is more than just preparation—it’s a chance for Sri Lanka to test its combinations, refine strategies, and build momentum ahead of a major global tournament. With Chamari Athapaththu at the helm and a team full of potential, fans can expect a spirited and competitive campaign.

Sri Lanka Women’s Squad for Tri-Nation ODI Series 2025

Chamari Athapaththu (Captain), Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Nilakshi Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani, Hasini Perera, Piumi Wathsala, Manudi Nanayakkara, Dewmi Vihanga, Inoka Ranaweera, Inoshi Fernando, Hansima Karunaratne, Rashmika Sewwandi, Malki Madara, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasuriya

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Sri Lanka Storm Into Asia Rugby Men’s Championship with Dominant Win Over Malaysia

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Sri Lanka has officially qualified for the Asia Rugby Men’s Championship 2025 after a commanding 59-19 victory over Malaysia, marking a major step forward in their journey toward the Rugby World Cup 2027.

The Tuskers came out charging in this crucial qualifying clash, showcasing a blend of power, pace, and precision as they dismantled the Malaysian defense to book their place among Asia’s top rugby nations. With this win, Sri Lanka joins the elite group set to compete for the continent’s sole direct qualification spot for the Rugby World Cup 2027, to be held in Australia.

What’s Next? The Road to Australia 2027

The Asia Rugby Men’s Championship 2025 will be held between June and July 2025, featuring top sides including Hong Kong China, Korea, Malaysia, and the United Arab Emirates. The winner of the tournament will directly qualify for the Rugby World Cup 2027, while the runner-up will get a second chance through the Asia/Africa Play-Off.

Sri Lanka will now look to prepare for this pivotal tournament, with the goal of becoming the first-ever Sri Lankan team to qualify for a Rugby World Cup.

Global Qualification Overview:

  • Europe (4 teams): Semi-finalists from Rugby Europe Men’s Championship 2025.
  • Africa (1 team): Winner of Rugby Africa Men’s Cup 2025.
  • South America (1 team): Winner of Sudamérica Rugby Championship 2025.
  • Pacific (3 teams): Top 3 from the Pacific Nations Cup 2025 (excluding already-qualified Fiji and Japan).
  • Asia (1 team): Winner of the Asia Rugby Men’s Championship 2025 (which now includes Sri Lanka).
  • Final Qualification Tournament (1 team): A round-robin between four remaining contenders from intercontinental play-offs.

As the race to Australia 2027 heats up, Sri Lanka’s emphatic entry into the Asian Championship is a huge statement of intent. The nation’s rugby faithful will be eagerly following the Elephants as they charge toward a historic World Cup debut.

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