The United States embassy and the Indian embassy won the cricket and football tournaments respectively at the 7th Diplomatic Cup championships for diplomatic missions and UN agencies held at the Wesley College ground in Colombo last week.
The participating teams for cricket were Qatar Embassy, World Foot Program team, Indian Embassy, IOM team, Australian Embassy, US Embassy A, US Embassy B, UN team, Canada Embassy, European Combination team,British Council, South African Embassy, ICRC team, Asian team, Gulf team and Mofa team.
The participating teams for football were the Indian Embassy, World Food Programme, Canadian Embassy, British Council, US Embassy, Oman Embassy, ICRC, Gulf Combination team and Saudi Arabia Embassy.
High Commissioner of South Africa Sandile Edwin Schalk along with Saudi Arabia Ambassador Khalid Hamoud Nasser Aldasam Al Khatani and Australia Ambassador Paul Stephens were present at the opening ceremony.
Captain of the US Embassy cricket team Udara Perera and captain of the Indian Embassy football team S. Elilventhan received the champion trophy from High Commissioner of South Africa Sandile Edwin Schalk.
