Maris Stella College, Hameed al Husseine College Colombo, St. Joseph’s College Colombo and St. Patrick’s College Jaffna qualified for the semi-finals of the Sri Lanka Schools Under-20 Invitation Football Tournament by winning their respective quarter-final matches worked off at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo on Saturday (24).
In the first quarter-final St. Joseph’s beat their traditional rivals St. Peter’s 2-1 with Chamath Rashmith and Kavinda Rupasinghe scoring a goal each.
S. Rasonia netted the solitary goal for the Peterites.
In the second quarter-final, St. Patrick’s edged-out Zahira College, Colombo 5-4 in a penalty shootout after the match ended in a 3-3 draw.
In the third quarter-final, Maris Stella defeated Mahajana College, Jaffna 2-0 with P.R.M. Fernando and M.N.T. Silva scoring a goal each.
In the fourth quarter-final, Hameed al Husseine College beat Zahira College, Gampola 2-0 with M.A.T.M. Rishan and M.S.M. Aman doing the scoring.
Meanwhile, the semi-finals of the tournament will be worked off on December 14 at the same venue.
St. Patrick’s will meet Hameed al Husseine College while St. Joseph’s will confront Maris Stella in the two semi-finals.
The final of the tournament will be played on December 16 at the same venue.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Auspicious times widely followed by candidates keeping with traditions will be taken into consideration by the Election Commission in fixing the date and time for the conduct on the Presidential polls.
The Cabinet of Ministers has granted policy approval to change the wording “exceeding six years” in paragraph (b) of Article 83 of the Constitution to “exceeding five years” with reference to the President’s tenure.
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