Mercantile Football League back on track

 The Mercantile Football Association (MFA) League Tournament 2023 which was put on hold for some time due to adverse weather conditions got back on track with their Division I, Division II and Division III second-round matches at three venues, namely the City League Grounds, Colombo 2, Sri Lanka Football  
 Federation Training Centre, Baddegana and Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi Stadium, Maddinnagoda.  

Match Results:: Traveler Global beat Akbar Bros. 3-1 (M. Rifas scored a hat-trick of goals for the winners and M. Mujeeb scored the solitary goal for Akbar Bros).  

 Division One Match  

Division II: HNB v Amana Bank ended in a 2-all draw (Lakshan Perera and G. Ishara scored for HNB and for Amana I. M. Safran scored an own goal). Sampath Bank beat HNB 3-1 (D. Dilshan, S. Sandesh and R. W. Nawood scored for Sampath Bank). J. Mujeer scored the solitary goal for HNB. HNB Assurance beat Amana Bank 1-0. The winning goal was scored by Hirushan Fernando. Sampath Bank beat Amana Bank 2-0. Both goals were scored by S. Sandesh. Division III: HSBC beat Commercial Bank, 1-0. The winning goal was scored by Ajmal Saldeen. Sri Lankan Airlines beat Softlogic Holdings 3-1. MCU Jayatillaka (1) and M. R. M. Riyaz (2) scored for the SLA and D. S. Suranga was the solitary scorer for Softlogic. Commercial Bank v Softlogic Holdings ended in a 0-0 draw. Sri Lankan Airlines beat HSBC 4-0. M. R. M. Riyaz (3) and M. C. V. Jayatillake (1) were the goal scorers for SLA. (BM)