Amana Takaful recorded a comfortable 6-1 victory over ExpoLanka to clinch the Cup title of the 37th Annual Mercantile Football 7s Championship played at the CR and FC ground in Colombo.
Amana led 3-1 at halftime and went on to extend their lead by adding three more goals to win the final comfortably.
In the semi-final Amana beat Hatton National Bank 3-1 while in the quarter-final they overcame Sri Lanka Telecom 4-0 easily.
In group matches Amana beat Ceylinco by 4-0 and Singer Sri Lanka by 2-0 to finish on top.
Skipper of Amana Takaful, Mohamed Fazal was adjudged the player of the tournament while the winning team's Mohamed Uzman won the best goal keeper award.
Under the captaincy of Mohamed Fazal Amana fielded a strong team that included, S.S. Perera, M.C.M. Rizni, R.A.D. de Silva, Fazul Rahuman, A.H.M. Usman, M.A.F. Ahamed, M.S.M. Irshad, M.A.M. Shifan, M.F.M. Falul, F.M. Nazrullah and M.M.M. Shiyam
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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