Sri Lanka named a well balanced Women’s squad for the South Asian Games (SAG) Women's Hockey Championship which will be held in Guwahati, India.
The Sri Lanka Women’s stickers will leave for India this week where they are set to play two first round matches before moving into the knockout stage.
The side is coached by G.G. Dharmaratne who feels that the team is strong in all departments.
The team has been practicing at the Astro Turf in Colombo under the watchful eyes of consultant coach Mohammed Akhlaq from Pakistan.
The Sri Lanka Women’s Hockey squad: Geethani Abeyratne, Yamuna Wijesuriya, Jeewanthi Keerthiratne (GK), Buddhika Gunaratne, Pradeepa Nilmini, Harshani Wickremasinghe, Shanika Upeksha, Geethika Damayanthi, Nawanjana Ekanayake, Sandaruwani Jayaratne, Sakuntala Illeperuma (GK), I.D. Weerabahu, Chathurika Wijesuriya, Madhushani Jayanetti, C.T. Themiyadasa, C.D. Premasiri.
Officials: G.G. Dharmaratne (Coach), H.M.P.C. Lanerolle (Asst. Coach), Sunethra Ruapsinghe (Managress), T.A.D. Gamage (Physio)
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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
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