After dominating the first session and facing a tough resistant in the turnaround, Navy SC overcame Army SC as they won the Dialog Clifford Cup Knockout Championship quarterfinal battle by 35-25 at the Racecourse ground on Sunday (19).
With the win Navy SC sealed their place in the Dialog Clifford Cup semi-final and they will Havelocks SC on Thursday (23) at the Racecourse in Colombo.
The Sailors collected their points through five converted tries while leading the halftime by a commanding 28-3.
Despite playing poorly, the Soldiers bounced back in the second half to scare their opponents but ended up in the losing end with a tally of three tries, two conversions and two penalties.
Former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pilleyan has been arrested by the CID in Batticaloa.
A person who carried a nine millimeter fire arm to the departure terminal of the Bandaranike International airport was arrested by airport police yesterday.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been summoned by the Bribery Commission following a statement he made supporting MP Chamara Sampath Dissanayake who is in custody.
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