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UWW-KIMBA partnership helps Ahinsa win Sri Lanka’s first CWG medal.

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The Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, which concluded on August 8, saw some exciting wrestling action, with athletes from 10 countries sharing the stage. The opportunity arose to showcase the talents of new contestants and history was rewritten.

Nethmi Ahinsa (SRI) won the bronze medal in the women’s 57 kg category, while Anshu MALIK (IND) won the silver medal. Odunayo ADEKUOROYE (NGR) won the gold medal.

However, the medal will hold special significance for Ahinsa and her country. This was Sri Lanka’s first Commonwealth Games medal in wrestling. And the 18-year-old was the youngest to win a wrestling medal.

The Medal of Ahinsa is also a testament to the success of UWW’s development programs.

Ahimsa has joined the Crysbro Next Champ program run by the Sri Lanka National Olympic Committee. As part of the program, the Northwestern schoolgirl was sent to Hungary, where she was exposed to training and competing with several high-level athletes.

The Sri Lanka National Olympic Committee, which expressed its gratitude to UWW and KIMBA to funding and supporting her three-month training program at its partner centre in Hungary, Kozma István Hungarian Wrestling Academy (KIMBA), through collaboration.

The positive impact of collaboration is visible for all to see and Ahinsa’s medal at the Commonwealth Games underlines the importance UWW places on such development programmes.

UWW-KIMBA හවුල්කාරිත්වය අහිංසාට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පළමු CWG පදක්කම දිනා ගැනීමට උපකාර කරයි

අගෝස්තු 8 වැනිදා අවසන් වූ බර්මින්හැම් හි පැවති පොදුරාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩලීය ක්‍රීඩා උළෙල, රටවල් 10ක ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන් වේදිකාවට ගොඩවීමත් සමඟ, ඉතා උද්වේගකර මල්ලවපොර ක්‍රීඩාවක් දක්නට ලැබුණි. නව තරගකරුවන්ගේ දක්ෂතා ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට අවස්ථාව උදා වූ අතර ඉතිහාසය නැවත ලිවීය.

නෙත්මි අහින්සා (SRI) කාන්තා කිලෝග්‍රෑම් 57 කාණ්ඩයේ ලෝකඩ පදක්කම දිනාගත් අතර, රිදී පදක්කම හිමි වූයෙර් Anshu MALIK (IND) හටය. Odunayo ADEKUOROYE (NGR) විසින් රන් පදක්කම දිනා ගන්නා ලදී.

කෙසේ වෙතත්, අහිංසාට සහ ඇගේ රටට එම පදක්කම විශේෂ වැදගත්කමක් වනු ඇත. පොදුරාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩලීය ක්‍රීඩා උළෙලේ මල්ලවපොර ක්‍රීඩාවෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ලැබූ පළමු පදක්කම මෙය වීය. තවද 18 හැවිරිදි අහිංසා පදක්කමක් දිනූ ලාබාලතමයා විය.

UWW හි සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන්වල සාර්ථකත්වය අහිංසාගේ පදක්කම ද සාක්ෂියකි.

අහිංසා ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික ඔලිම්පික් කමිටුව විසින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන Crysbro Next Champ වැඩසටහන හා සම්බන්ධ වී ඇත. වැඩසටහනේ එක් අංගයක් ලෙස, වයඹ පළාතේ පාසල් සිසුවියක් වූ ඇය හංගේරියාවට යවන ලද අතර, එහිදී ඇය ඉහළ මට්ටමේ ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන් කිහිප දෙනෙකු සමඟ පුහුණුවීම්වලට සහ තරඟ කිරීමට නිරාවරණය විමට හැකියාව ලැබී ඇත.

UWW සහ KIMBA වෙත සිය කෘතඥතාව පළ කළ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික ඔලිම්පික් කමිටුව, තවදුරටත් මෙම සහයෝගීතාවය මගින් හංගේරියාවේ එහි හවුල්කාර මධ්‍යස්ථානය වන Kozma István Hungarian Wrestling Academy (KIMBA) හි ඇයගේ මාස තුනක පුහුණු වැඩසටහන සඳහා අරමුදල් සහ සහය ලබා දෙන ලදී.

සහයෝගීතාවයේ ධනාත්මක බලපෑම සැමට දැකගත හැකි වන අතර පොදුරාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩලීය ක්‍රීඩා උළෙලේ අහිංසාගේ පදක්කම UWW එවැනි සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන් මගින් ලබා දෙන වැදගත්කම අවධාරණය කරයි.

UWW-KIMBA கூட்டாண்மை இலங்கையின் முதல் CWG பதக்கத்தை அஹிம்சா பெற உதவியது.

பர்மிங்காமில் ஆகஸ்ட் 8 ஆம் தேதி முடிவடைந்த காமன்வெல்த் விளையாட்டுப் போட்டிகள், 10 நாடுகளைச் சேர்ந்த மல்யுத்த வீரர்களுடன், சில அற்புதமான மல்யுத்த நடவடிக்கைகளைக் கண்டன. புதிய போட்டியாளர்களின் திறமைகளை வெளிப்படுத்தும் வாய்ப்பு உருவாகி வரலாறு மாற்றி எழுதப்பட்டது.

பெண்களுக்கான 57 கிலோ பிரிவில் நெத்மி அஹின்சா (SRI) வெண்கலப் பதக்கத்தையும், அன்ஷு மாலிக் (IND) வெள்ளிப் பதக்கத்தையும் வென்றனர். ஒடுனாயோ அடேகுரோயே (என்ஜிஆர்) தங்கப் பதக்கத்தை வென்றார்.

இருப்பினும், இந்த பதக்கம் அஹிம்சா மற்றும் அவரது நாட்டிற்கு சிறப்பு முக்கியத்துவம் வாய்ந்ததாக இருக்கும். மல்யுத்தத்தில் இலங்கை பெற்ற முதல் பொதுநலவாய விளையாட்டுப் பதக்கம் இதுவாகும். மேலும் 18 வயது இளைஞன் அகிம்சைப் பதக்கம் வென்ற இளையவர்.

UWW இன் வளர்ச்சித் திட்டங்களின் வெற்றிக்கு அஹிம்சா பதக்கம் ஒரு சான்றாகும்.

இலங்கை தேசிய ஒலிம்பிக் குழுவினால் நடத்தப்படும் Crysbro Next Champ திட்டத்தில் அஹிம்சா இணைந்துள்ளார். நிகழ்ச்சியின் ஒரு பகுதியாக, வடமேற்குப் பள்ளி மாணவி ஹங்கேரிக்கு அனுப்பப்பட்டார், அங்கு அவர் பல உயர்மட்ட விளையாட்டு வீரர்களுடன் பயிற்சி மற்றும் போட்டியை வெளிப்படுத்தினார்.

UWW மற்றும் KIMBA க்கு தனது நன்றியைத் தெரிவித்த இலங்கை தேசிய ஒலிம்பிக் குழு, இந்த ஒத்துழைப்பின் மூலம் ஹங்கேரியில் உள்ள அதன் கூட்டாளர் மையமான Kozma István Hungarian Wrestling Academy (KIMBA) இல் அவரது மூன்று மாத பயிற்சித் திட்டத்திற்கு மேலும் நிதியுதவி அளித்து ஆதரவளித்தது.

ஒத்துழைப்பின் நேர்மறையான தாக்கம் அனைவருக்கும் தெரியும் மற்றும் காமன்வெல்த் விளையாட்டுகளில் அஹிம்சாவின் பதக்கம், UWW இத்தகைய மேம்பாட்டுத் திட்டங்களுக்கு அளிக்கும் முக்கியத்துவத்தை அடிக்கோடிட்டுக் காட்டுகிறது.

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Ajith De Silva Elected MHA President at 70th AGM

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The Mercantile Hockey Association successfully held its 70th Annual General Meeting on March 28, 2026, at the Burgher Recreation Club.

Veteran sportsman Dennis de Rosayro presided over the meeting, where Ajith De Silva of Brown & Company PLC was elected as President for the 2026–2027 term.

He succeeds outgoing President Vengadasalam Balagobi of Deloitte Sri Lanka, who completed three successful terms.

🔹 Office Bearers – 2026/2027

Patron:
Rohitha Silva (IDAC Pvt Ltd)

Vice Patrons:
Deva Ellepola, Ramesh Schaffter, Tharaka Ranwala, Manjula Wijemanne, Iqram Cuttilan, Kumar De Silva, Juragen Majid, Vengadasalam Balagobi

Trustee:
Deva Ellepola

President:
Ajith De Silva (Brown & Company PLC)

Vice Presidents:
Sumith Jayasena, Chandana Weragama, Sadique M. Hanas, Charitha Senanayake

Honorary Secretary:
Yogendren Suganthan

Assistant Secretary:
Vishwa Prabhath

Honorary Treasurer:
Sameera Ushantha

Assistant Treasurer:
Deepika Kariyawasam

🔹 Executive Committee

M.J.M. Irshad, Thilina Perera, G. Jayaprakash, Priyan Senevirathna, Laknath Guruge, Inthiqhab Majid, Roger Vijayakumar, Janitha Jayawardana, Gihan Peiris, Marlon De Alwis

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Tragedy Halts 66th Battle of the Babes in Kandy

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The 66th edition of the “Battle of the Babes” big match between St. Sylvester’s College and Vidyartha College was abruptly called off on Wednesday after a tragic road accident claimed the lives of two St. Sylvester’s students.

The incident occurred as the students were on their way to witness the much-anticipated encounter at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. According to police, the motorcycle they were travelling on collided head-on with a bus.

One of the victims, Sachith Karunaratne, died at the scene. The other student, Nethula Nimdinu, was rushed to the Kandy National Hospital but later succumbed to his injuries.
The shocking news cast a shadow over the annual fixture, prompting authorities to take swift action. Central Province Governor Sarath Abeykoon reportedly suggested halting the match, after which the principals of both schools jointly agreed to call off the game midway.

St. Sylvester’s College confirmed the untimely deaths, paying tribute to the two students as committed and valued members of their school community.

Meanwhile, Kandy Police have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the fatal accident.

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Sri Lanka Women’s U19 Squad Named for Australia Tri-Series Tour

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Sri Lanka Cricket has announced a 15-member Women’s Under-19 squad for the upcoming Tri-Series tour of Australia, which will also feature England. The tour is set to provide valuable international exposure for the young Sri Lankan side as they prepare to face two strong cricketing nations in both One Day and T20 formats.

The team, led by captain Chamodi Praboda of Pagnagnanda MV, Monaragala, includes a promising mix of talent drawn from leading schools across the island. Several players from Devapathiraja College, Rathgama including Sanjana Kavindi, Nethagi Isuranjali, and Shashini Gimhani have earned selections, reflecting the school’s continued contribution to women’s cricket development.

Other notable inclusions are Vimoksha Balasuriya from Sinhala MV, Trincomalee, Umayangana Peiris of Princess of Wales College, Moratuwa, and Nethmi Upeksha from Maliyadeva Balika, Kurunegala. The squad also features players such as Aseni Thalagune (Mahamaya Girls School, Kandy), Chamodi Herath (Anura College, Matara), and Daria Dissanayake of Ladies College, Colombo, showcasing a diverse representation of emerging talent.

The team will play a total of six matches during the tour, including two One Day Internationals and four T20 games, scheduled on April 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, and 18. The squad is set to depart for Australia on April 3, 2026.

This tour is expected to play a key role in shaping the future of Sri Lanka’s women’s cricket, offering these young players a platform to gain crucial international experience.

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