All sportsmen and women who are found guilty for doping will be banned for life while coaches and doctors too are to be meted out with stern punishments said the the Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage. He said that while addressing a Sports seminar organized by the sports Ministrry of the North Central Province in [...]

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Sports ministry has planned on spending 700 million on development of grounds in various parts of the country. There will be 52 School playgrounds and public stadia to be developed under this project.   Tholangamuwa Dudley Senanayake Central College, Kegalle central college, Dikwella Vijitha central college, Hambanthota Ruhunu Wijayaba central college, Mahamaya Central college, Thurstan [...]

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Professor Arjuna De Silva has been appointed as the Director General of the Institute of Sports Medicine on Thursday. Professor De Silva is also serving as a professor of Medicine at the medical faculty at University of Kelaniya. Prof. De Silva, a Member of Council at the National Institute of Education, is also a Consultant [...]

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The ministry of sports has set a new ruling that names for approval should be submitted at least 21 days prior to their departure for any team that is taking part in an overseas tournament. Article 25 of the 1973 Sports Act clearly defines the administrative criteria of the sports associations. However, the ministry has [...]

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Contradictory statements by Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage prove that the Minister misled the house when he claimed in parliament on May 25 that there was “no problem” financially at Sri Lanka Cricket and denied a “Daily Mirror” article when answering a supplementary question by opposition MP Ravi Karunanayake.Aluthgamage who claimed everything was fine at SLC [...]

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The marathon, cycling and walking events of the 37th National Sports Festival will commence at Puttalam in the early hours of Saturday, 4th June. The 133km long men's cycling race will commence at 9.30am from the Puttalam bus depot and will return to the starting point, via 10 post, Anamaduwa, Palugaswewa, Nikweratiya, Wariyapola, Kochchikattiya and [...]

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Ministry of Sports has taken steps to appoint Sports Officials to the North and Eastern provinces with a view to develop sports and to identify the talented sportsmen and women, once a war torn area. Due to the war that prevailed in the country for the past 30 years, sports in the north and eastern [...]

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Kandy sports promoter Hafiz Marikar was once again elected as the Chairman of the Kandy Municipal Council Sports Committee.  He became the first Sports Committee Chairman of the Municipal Council, during the Mayorship of former cricketer Harindra Dunuwille, but gave it up during the mayor ship of Kesara Senanayake and came back during L. B. [...]

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Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has promised to introduce several new amendments to the controversial Sports Law (No25) of 1973, which currently governs Sri Lanka’s sports, as early as February. “I hope to introduce the new set of Policy and Regulations for the Sports Law by Febraury. We have already completed a big part of the [...]

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New minister of sports, Mahindananda Aluthgamage has called explanations from the secretary of his ministry for poor showing of the Sri Lankan contingent at the Asian Games in China recently.   Sri Lanka sent a large 107 member contingent to the Asian Games but the team returned without a single medal. In an exclusive interview [...]

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