Dramatic wins at Mercantile Football Association Div. 1 tournament

A goal scored midway in the first half by M.I.M. Mujeeb gave Akbar Brothers an upset 1/0 win over HNB, in the ongoing Mercantile Football Association (MFA) Division One Tournament opening match, at the City League grounds, Slave Island.

Earlier, four division two matches were played at the same venue and following are the results.

Sampath Bank trounced Standard Chartered Bank, 8/0; Jacob Atkinson (3), Avinda Adikari (2), D.W. Hettiarachchi (1) Dinusha Nanayakkara (1) and Y. Sathanathen (1) were the goal scorers. 

Teejay Lanka snatched 1/0 win over Commercial Bank; the winning goal was booted by Nuzki Razan.

Standard Chartered Bank succumbed to another heavy defeat, this time annihilated by LOLC by 11 goals to 0. The goal scorers were: S.K.M.S. Ahamed (3), Chandra Kumar (1), Shenal Kavinda (3) and Kasun Weerakkody (4).

A penalty converted by Riza Ahamed early in the second half gave Dialog Axiata a thrilling 1/0 win over Teejay Lanka.