Sri Lanka progresses in Asian games

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Sri Lanka has beat Lebanon 54-0, South Korea beat Taipei 35-12, Japan beat Thailand 61-0, Hong Kong beat Philipines 40-0,
The top two teams from each of the three pools will advance to the quarterfinals along with the two best-third placed teams. The teams will be re-seeded from one to eight for the knockout phase based on their pool results which leaves the final draw wide open.

Sri Lanka star player Anurudha Wilwara is well held by a Taipei player in their encounter yesterday at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, Korea. Sri Lanka went on to beat Taipei 24/7

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