Yupun Abeykoon won the bronze medal in the 100 meter event at the Commonwealth Games clocking 10.14 seconds this morning.
He earlier qualified for the finals by recording a time of 10.20 seconds.
The Gold medal was won by Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala recording a time of 10.02 seconds and the silver by South African Akani Simbine who clocked 10.13 seconds.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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