Center half and skipper Sammani Wasundara powered Sri Sumangala Girls school Panadura to wrap up the girls title in the All Island Under-18 Hockey Tournament with a 1-0 win over fancied Vishaka Vidyalaya Bambalapitiya in the girls final which was played prior to the boys final.
The girl’s semi-finals saw Vishakians beating Seetha Devi girls Kandy 1-0 and Sri Sumangala girls Panadura outplaying Janadhipathi Balika Nawala 3-2 on penalties to qualify for the finals.
Seetha Devi won the third place play off beating Janadhipathi Balika Nawala 3-2 on penalties after the match ended nil all draw at full time.
Quarter-finals
Vishaka Bambalapitiya beat Swarnamali girls Kandy 1-0
Seetha Devi Kandy beat Sirimavo Bandaranayake MV Colombo 2-0
Janadhipathi Balika Nawala beat Sri Sangamitta girls Matale 3-2 on penalties
Sri Sumangala girls Panadura beat Musaeus College Colombo 2-1
Girl’s best player: W. Minoli Chamini Soyza, Sri Sumangala Girls Pandura
Girls best goalkeeper Binari Dayarathna, Vishaka Bambalapitiya
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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