Colombo (News1st): Sri Lanka won the Asian Netball Championship for the fifth time today (September 09) following a 69 – 50 win against hosts Singapore.

Sri Lanka defeated Hong Kong 55 – 46 in the Semi Finals yesterday (September 10) while Earlier this week the Sri Lankan team defeated Singapore 74 – 61 in the second round.

Sri Lanka remained unbeaten in the Championship and they entered the history books as the country with the most number of Asian Netball Championship title wins. They are followed by Singapore that has claimed three championships wins.

The last time Sri Lanka won the Asian Netball Championships was in 2009.

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