Amana Takaful ‘B’ beat LB Finance by 5-4 on penalties to win the Mercantile Fustal Championship played at the Futsal World Indoor Stadium, Darley Road on Sunday (4).
After a close battle both sides scored four goals each at the final whistle of the Cup final and had to go for a penalty shootout to determine the winner.
Sri Lanka player Mohamed Rifnas scored a hat-trick and Fasool Rahman scored a goal for Amana Takaful ‘B’ while for the losers Mohamed Hakeem, Faizer, Safras and Yogaraja scored a goal each.
John Keells finished at third place overall after overcoming Amana Takaful ‘A’ by 4-2.
Sanjula Thiku and Darall Alvaran scored two goals each for John Keells while M.M. Suhail and Mohamed Irshard scored a goal each for Amana 'A'.
In the semi-finals LB Finance beat John Keells 3-0 while Amana Takaful ‘B’ beat their ‘A’ team by 8-3.
The tournament, organised by Mercantile Services Football Association, attracted 24 teams from the mercantile sector.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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