Football: SriLankan 'B' retain TTSC 7s Cup

Sri Lankan Airlines ‘B’ retained the Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) Football Sevens Cup Championship, when they convincingly beat Cinnamon Red 4-0 nil, in the fourth installation of the tournament sponsored by Traveller Global and held at the Henry Pedris Stadium on Sunday (21).

The goal scorers for the winning team were Rajith Dinesh, Mahesh Kumara, Vijay Weerasinghe and P.L.T. Priyadarshana.

Walkers Tours ‘A’ won the Plate title while and Paradise Beach Hotel Negombo won the Bowl championship.

A total of 13 teams participated in four groups, in two stages consisting 26 matches including the three finals.

At the completion of the group round-robin stage, the first two teams of each group advanced to the Cup and Plate championships, while the third placed teams played in the Bowl segment.

Results:

Cup final: SriLankan Airlines 'B' beat Cinnamon Red 4/0 after leading 1/0 at half time; the goal 

Semi-finals: SriLankan Airlines ‘B’ beat Traveller Global 1/0; Cinnamon Red beat Walkers Tours ‘A’ 3/2 on penalties, as the match ended in a 1/1 draw

Quarter-finals: SriLankan Airlines ‘B’ beat Cinnamon Grand Colombo 4/3 on penalties, as the match ended in a 0/0 draw; Traveller Global beat Hotel J Negombo 4/0; Walkers Tours ‘A’ beat Kingsbury 2/1; Cinnamon Red beat SriLankan Airlines ‘A’ 2/1 on penalties, as the match ended in 0/0 draw

The two losing semi-finalists played in the Plate final: Walkers Tours ‘A’ beat Traveller Global 2/0

Bowl final: Paradise Beach Hotel Negombo beat Classic Travels 2/0

Special Awards: 

Most Outstanding Player: Mahesh Kumara from SriLankan Airlines ‘B’

Most Promising Player: Heshan Wickramasuriya from Walkers Tours ‘A’

Most Up and Coming Player: Pravintha Fernando from Paradise Beach Hotel Negombo