Sri Lanka swimmer Matthew Abeysinghe qualified for the semi-final of Men's 100m Freestyle event at the Commonwealth Games 2018 today (7).
Matthew clocked 49.11seconds to finish at second place in the Heat 7, behind Canadian Yuri Kisil.
He is pitted to compete in Lane 3 in the Semi-final 1, which will be held at 4.29pm Sri Lanka time.
Two other swimmers Kyle Abeysinghe and Cherantha de Silva also competed in the heats but failed to move forward.
Kyle was placed eighth with a timing of 52.20seconds in Heat 5 while Cherantha was placed eighth in Heat 8 after clocking 52.06seconds.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
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