The Indian team of Seniior athletes arrived early this morning (12) at Bandaranaike International Airport to compete in the International Senior Indoor Sports Tournament in Sri Lanka.
This tournament will be held on January 14 and 15 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo, and 1,000 senior athletes from Sri Lanka will compete, according to Tissa Samarasinnghe, President of the Sri Lanka Senior Athletes Association.
A team of 44 senior Indian athletes arrived today to compete in the tournament. Aside from that, another six Indian players will travel to Sri Lanka to compete in this tournament.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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