CBL Samaposha is proud to continue its support as the sponsor of the ‘Samaposha Under-14 National Football Championship’ for the 14th consecutive year. Organised by the Sri Lanka School Football Association (SSFA), the championship is scheduled to take place during November and December. The Football Federation is also providing guidance and direction for the tournament. […]
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Colombo, October 17, 2025 – In a significant milestone for the sports journalism community in Sri Lanka, Minister of Sports Sunil Kumara Gamage officially launched the website of the Sri Lanka Sports Journalists Association (SLSJA) during a ceremony held at the Ministry of Sports Auditorium. This initiative aims to enhance the visibility of sports journalism,
The most popular topic in the world of football today is Cape Verde qualifying for the World Cup. An archipelago spread over an area of 4033 square kilometers, they also made history as the smallest country in terms of land area to qualify for the World Cup. How did Cape Verde, a small country, qualify
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මෙම පත්වීම් සදහා ප්රධාන වශයෙන්ම සැලකිල්ලට ගෙන තිබුනේ මෑත කාලයේ පාපන්දු ක්රීඩාවෙන් ශ්රීලංකාව අත් කරගෙන ඇති දියුණුවට ජස්වර් උමාර් මහතාගේ මැදිහත් වීමය. මෙම පත්වීම් දෙක හේතුවෙන් ලෝක මට්ටමේදීත් ආසියානු මට්ටමේදීත් ඉහළම ජාත්යන්තර පිළිගැනීමකට ලක්වූ පළමු ශ්රීලංකා පාපන්දු සම්මේලන සභාපතිවරයා බවට ජස්වර් උමාර් මහතා පත්වෙයි. සීවලී එදිරිවීර
ශ්රී ලංකා පාපන්දු සභාපති ජස්වර් උමාර් මහතාට ජාත්යන්තරය ඉහළින්ම සලකයි. Read More »
FOOTBALL BREAKING NEWS Sri Lankan Football President Jaswar Umar has been appointed to the AFC Development Committee, marking another major international recognition for Sri Lanka’s football leadership. This appointment comes at a time when Sri Lanka is making remarkable progress in the Asian football landscape. Earlier this week, the world governing body FIFA appointed Jaswar
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FIFA Appoints Sri Lankan Football Chief Jaswar Umar to Grassroots and Amateur Football Committee World governing body FIFA has appointed Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) President Jaswar Umar to its Committee for Grassroots and Amateur Football. This prestigious appointment comes at a time when Sri Lankan Football is experiencing rapid growth under the visionary
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Sri Lanka football head coach Abdullah Almutairi had an axe to grind with the local media in the pre-match press briefing held at Football House in Colombo on Wednesday (8). The press conference was held on the eve of the 2027 Men’s AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers encounter between hosts Sri Lanka and Turkmenistan played at
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At the Reid Avenue Racecourse Grounds in Colombo, Sri Lanka secured a narrow 1–0 victory over Turkmenistan in the football match held yesterday (9). This match was conducted as part of Group D qualifiers for the upcoming Asian Championship Football Tournament, scheduled to take place in about 14 months. Although Turkmenistan is ranked 138th and
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සීවලී එදිරිවීර කොළඹ රීඩ් මාවත තුරග තරඟ පිටියේදී ටර්ක්මනිස්තානය හා ශ්රී ලංකාව අතර ඊයේ(09) පැවති පාපන්දු තරගයෙන් ශ්රීලංකා පිලට ගෝල 1-0ක තියුණු ජයක් අත්විය. මෙම තරගය පවත්වන ලද්දේ තවත් මාස දාහතරක ඇවෑමෙන් පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත ආසියානු ශූරතා පාපන්දු තරගාවලිය වෙනුවෙන් සංවිධානය කරන ලද සුදුස්සන් තෝරා ගැනීමේ ඩී කාණ්ඩයේ තරගයක් ලෙසය. පාපන්දු ක්රීඩාවේ ලෝක ශ්රේණි සටහනේ ටර්ක්මෙනිස්තානය
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Sri Lanka pulled off a stunning 1-0 victory over Turkmenistan in the first leg of the AFC Asia Cup 2027 qualifier held at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo on Thursday. Ranked 197th in the FIFA World Rankings, Sri Lanka overcame the 138th-ranked Turkmenistan side in front of an energetic home crowd to gain a crucial
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