Western Province beat Central Province by 17-12 to win the Rugby 7s Cup Championship of the National Sports Festival at the Racecourse ground in Colombo on Sunday (11).
Western Province collected their points from two converted tries and a penalty while Central Province recorded two tries and made a conversion for their points.
The Women's Cup title was won by Southern Province, who beat Sabaragamuwa Province by 17 to 12.
The winner scored from two converted tries and a penalty to two tries and a conversion recorded by the losers as Western Province secured the third place in the Women’s Championship.
Western Province's Rukmal Fernando won the award for the Men’s Best Player while Southern Province's P. Dulani won the Women’s Best Player title.
In the Men’s Plate Championship final Southern Province beat Sabaragamuwa Province 10-7 in a hard-fought game to emerge victorious.
North Western Province thrashed North Central Province by 31-10 to win the Men’s Bowl title as Northern Province secured the Shield Championship, beating Uva Province by 5-0.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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