Sri Lankan shuttlers Thilini Hendahewa and Kavindi Sirimannage defeated South Africans Michelle Butler-Emmett and Elsie de Villiers in the Badminton Women's Doubles Round of 16 match at the Commonwealth Games 2018 today (12).
Thilini and Kavindi beat the South African pair in straight sets 21-9 and 21-9 in a match that lasted 22 minutes, to reach the quarterfinals.
They will play the quarterfinals on Friday (13) at 6.00am Sri Lanka time.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
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