{"id":9838,"date":"2025-10-09T21:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/?p=9838"},"modified":"2025-10-09T21:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:16:11","slug":"sri-lanka-beats-turkmenistan-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/sri-lanka-beats-turkmenistan-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka beats Turkmenistan for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s football team defeated a higher-ranked Turkmenistan at Colombo Racecourse in the AFC Asian Cup qualification on Thursday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time in the country\u2019s footballing history, Sri Lanka beat Turkmenistan 1-0 to take the win in this Asian Cup qualifier with a great goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The visiting team was unable to even out, giving Sri Lanka the victory and three points in this Asian Cup qualifier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka opened their AFC Asian Cup campaign with a 1-0 overthrow against Thailand in Bangkok, but returned to winning ways on matchday two. 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