Football: Expolanka retain Mercantile 7s title

Expolanka Group (Expolanka) retained the Mercantile Football Association (MFA) '7s' 2018 title with a comprehensive 4-0 win over Amana Bank (Amana) in the 'Cup' Championship final, at the Racecourse ground in Colombo.
 
The 39th edition conducted in the MFA’ s centenary year was sponsored by Moose Clothing Co. 
LB Finance won the 'Plate' Championship, while Smart Shirts won the 'Bowl' Championship. 

The maiden tournament conducted for Non-MFA members, for the 'Shield', was won by United Tobacco Processing (UTP).
 
'Shield' Championship (Non members) 

Quarterfinals: CW Mackie (CWM) beat PickMe Taxi 2-1, AIA Insurance (AIA) beat Eskimo Fashions 1-0, NoLimit Clothing (NoLimit) beat ITX 360 1-0, UTP beat MAS Holdings, on a toss of a coin (Full time 1-1, Penalties 2-2) 

Semifinals: AIA beat CWM 2-1, UTP beat NoLimit 1-0 

Final: UTP beat AIA 4-0

'Bowl' Championship: 

Quarterfinals: Smart Shirts beat Sampath Bank 3-0, SL Telecom (SLT) beat Nations Trust Bank 3-0, Seylan Bank (Seylan) beat Commercial Credit on penalties (Full time 1-1), Commercial Leasing (ComLease) beat Softlogic 1-0. 

Semifinals: Smart Shirts beat SLT 1-0; Seylan beat ComLease on penalties 6-5 (Full time 0-0) 

Final: Smart Shirts beat Seylan 2-0. 

'Cup' Championship: 

Quarterfinals: Commercial Bank (ComBank) beat HSBC 1-0, Expolanka beat LB Finance 2-1, John Keells beat Virtusa 1-0, Amana beat Ceylinco Insurance (Ceylinco) 2-0 

Semifinals: Expolanka beat ComBank 3-0, Amana beat John Keells on penalties 3-2 (full time 1-1) 

Final: Expolanka beat Amana 4-0, after leading 2-0 at Half-Time. Goal Scorers: M.C.M Rishnas (2), A.D.K de Silva (1) and M.A.S. Jain 

'Plate' Championship: 

Semifinals: LB Finance beat ComBank 3-0, John Keells beat Ceylinco 2-0 

Final: LB Finance beat John Keells-3/1 

Special Awards- 

'Cup' Championship: 
Best Goalkeeper: M. Imran (Expolanka)
Best Player: M. Rishnas (Expolanka) 

'Plate' Championship: 
Best Goalkeeper: Usman Hameen (LB Finance)
Best Player: S.Niresh (LB Finance) 

'Bowl' Championship: 
Best Goalkeeper: Chamika de Soysa (Seylan)
Best Player: Srinath Soysa (Smart Shirts) 

'Shield' Championship: 
Best Goalkeeper: D.M.S. Lakshitha (UTP)
Best Player: Supun Lahiru (UTP) 

Most Senior Player: B.H. Nishantha (Ceylinco)