Curtain comes down of the 28th Mercantile Basketball League Tournament 2018 with the finals of eight divisions of Men's and Women's scheduled to be worked off from Monday (26) to Thursday (29) at the 'HSC Blues' Edward Henry Pedris Sports Complex, Colombo 4.
Conducted by the Mercantile Services Basketball Association the tournament was worked off in five Men's Divisions and three Women's Divisions.
Fifty two teams, (the largest in the history of the Mercantile Services Basketball Association) and a total number of 123 matches in 54 days were played from September 19 at two venues-Sir Edward Henry Pedris Stadium and Sky Rim Arena-St. Joseph's College, Colombo.
Like last year all Most Valuable Player awards will be dedicated to late Ranil Ganewatta.
Schedule of finals to be played:
November 26 at 6.00pm:
Men's 'E' Division - Hayleys Group vs. Aitken Spence
November 26 at 7.30pm:
Men's 'C' Division - Sampath Bank vs. Akbar Brothers
November 27 at 6.00pm:
Women's-'A L2' Division - Seylan Bank vs. Nations Trust Bank
November 27 at 7.30pm:
Women's 'A L1' Division - Commercial Credit & Finance vs. Hatton National Bank
November 28 at 6.00pm:
Women's 'B' Division - MAS Holdings vs. David Pieris Group
November 28 at 7.30pm:
Men's 'D' Division - CDB Finance vs. David Pieris Group
November 29 at 6.00pm:
Men's 'B' Division - Standard Chartered Bank vs. SriLankan Airlines 'A'
November 29 at 7.30pm:
Men's 'A' Division - Commercial Credit vs. FairFirst Insurance
Results of the last set of matches played Day 52 to 54:
'A' Division Men's:
Semi-final matches
(1) FairFirst Insurance 70 (Praneeth Udumalagala 21, Nimesh Fernando 12, Nichula Liyanage 11) beat DFCC Bank 62 (Charith Perera 12, Dasun Mendis 11, Kasun Uyangoda 9)
Player of the Game: Praneeth Udumalagala (FairFirst)
(2) Commercial Credit & Finance 81 (Clinton Thevakumar 13, Sameera Senerath 15, Thimothi Nithushan 13) beat Dialog Axiata 'A' 30 (Shanaka Weerasinghe 12, Dhanuka Muthukudaarachchi 10)
Player of the Game: Sameera Senerath (CCF)
FairFirst Insurance 85 (Nimesh Fernando 30, Nichula Liyanage 23) beat Dialog Axiata 'A' 36 (Dhanuka Muthukudaarachchi 12, Asela Perera 10)
Player of the Game: Nimesh Fernando (FairFirst)
'B' Division Men's:
Semi-final matches
(1) Standard Chartered Bank 61 (Sandeepa Ratnayake 17, Jared Fernando 11, Chenud Weerawarnasuriya 10) beat Seylan Bank 52 (Dhananjaya Polkotuwa 16, Naveen Bandara 12, Viraj Nandana 12)
Player of the Game: Sandeepa Ratnayake (SCB)
(2) SriLankan Airlines 'A' 66 (Andre Jayakody 12, Sanjaya Wanasekera 16, Aaron Gomes 8) beat Nations Trust Bank 'Blacks' 62 (Mithila Abeysekera 16, Jude Perera 9, Dilan Kirindiwela 8) Player of the Game: Andre Jayakodi (SriLankan Airlines)
Women's:
Standard Chartered Bank 31 (Piumi Smith 13, Danusha Silva 9, Ruwani Weerasekera 9) beat Virtusa Colombo 15 (Chinta De Silva 6, Purnima Menikarachchi 3)
Player of the Game: Piumi Smith (SCB)
'E' Division Men's
Semi-final:
Hayleys Group 61 (Shelan Fernando 20, Rakitha De Silva 20) beat WNS Global 54 (Rifkhan Nilafir 23, Inam Ismail 17)
Player of the Game: Shelan Fernando (Hayleys)
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Auspicious times widely followed by candidates keeping with traditions will be taken into consideration by the Election Commission in fixing the date and time for the conduct on the Presidential polls.
The Cabinet of Ministers has granted policy approval to change the wording “exceeding six years” in paragraph (b) of Article 83 of the Constitution to “exceeding five years” with reference to the President’s tenure.
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