The Sri Lanka 7s Rugby team will face Germany in their opening Group match at 12.05pm, local time, on Saturday (18) at the Rio Olympic Rugby 7s Qualifiers in Monaco.
Sri Lanka is in Group 'B' alongside Germany, Canada and Uruguay in the competition where a total of 16 teams are in contention for the remaining berth of the Rio Olympics Rugby 7s.
Sri Lanka is set to meet their toughest opponent in Canada on the same day later at 3.00pm local time.
Their final match will be up against Uruguay at 6.15pm.
The second round and the knockouts will be played on Sunday (19).
The Sri Lanka 7s team led by Sudarshana Muthutanthri includes Danushka Ranjan, Fazil Marija, Roshan Weeraratne, Srinath Sooriyabandara, Danushka Dayan, Richard Dharmapala, Suhiru Anthony, Kanchana Ramanayake, Kavindu Perera, Rochana Hettiarachchi and Jason Dissanayake.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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