Mayor’s XI, Saunders, Colombo FC and Renown reached the semi-final stage of the Mayor’s Cup Football Championship which is scheduled to be played on Saturday (12) at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo.
In the quarter-finals played on Sunday (6) Mayor’s XI, a team of combined players from top clubs not invited for the tournament, beat Java Lane by 4-1 while Saunders defeated Blue Star by 4-2.
Colombo FC edged out Super Sun by 4-3 in a thrilling quarter-final played on Tuesday (8) after Renown had to fight hard for their win against Crystal Palace 3-2.
The first semi-final will be played between Renown and Mayor’s XI at 3.00pm followed by the game between Colombo FC and Saunders at 5.00pm.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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