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
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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