Adithya Karunaratne, the Sri Lankan tennis player based in Hong Kong, broke into the top 300 of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) ranking after winning the Under-18 Singles and Doubles titles at the 8th Kenya International Junior Tennis Championship.
Adithya beat Serbian Draginja Vukovic in the Singles finals 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 in the Under-18 Grade V Junior Circuit Event held in Kenya before clinching the Doubles title.
The 14-year-old becomes the first Sri Lankan to break into the top 300 ITF Junior Circuit Rankings and is currently ranked at 270 in the world.
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.
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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