Sri Lanka beat United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 33-17 in the second round match of the Asian Division I Rugby Championship at Ipoh in Malaysia today (17).
The first half of the game was intensely contested by both teams but Sri Lanka managed to lead the halftime by a whisker 18-17.
Sri Lanka scored from four tries, two conversions and three penalties while UAE scored all their points -- two converted tries and a penalty -- in the first half.
Danushka Ranjan, Fazil Marija, Jason Dissanayake and Lee Keegal braced a try each while the two conversions and three penalties were put over by Thilina Wijesinghe.
For UAE Andrew Powell and Glen Moore scored a try each while Andrew Stevenson converted both tries and the penalty.
Sri Lanka will meet Malaysia on the third and final round game on Saturday (20).
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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.
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