Old Vijayans Sports Club posted a thrilling one goal to nil win over Zahira SC to emerge champions in the Matale District Inter-Club Knockout Hockey Tournament concluded at Edward Park in Matale.
In the third minute of play forward H.S.B Costa fired the one and only goal to seal 1-0 win for Old Vijayans SC.
In the run up to the final old Vijayans SC (Kalana Ananda 3, Sapugasgodage and Milan Ariyawansha 2 each and H.S.B. Costa 1) beat Christ Church SC (T.K. Wickremaratne 1) by 8-1 while Zahira SC (M. Arshad and R.T Ahamed 1 each) beat Matale sports club (E.D. Wijeyrathna 1) by 2-1 in the respective semi-finals.
Six teams -- Malwaththa SC, Park SC, Christ Church SC, Zahira SC, Old Vijayans SC and Matale SC -- participated in the inter club hockey tournament conducted by Matale Hockey Association.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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