Sri Lanka to establish its 1st sports university

Fri, Aug 11, 2023
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SRI Lanka has taken steps to speed up work related to the establishment of the South Asian country’s first sports university.

Rohana Dissanayaka Srilanka’s State Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs said on Friday that this would provide opportunities for youths to complete degrees with expertise in sports.

Dissanayaka said the sports complex in the Colombo suburb would be expanded in the construction of the sports university, which is expected to recognise outstanding athletes both locally and at the school level.

“The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is doing a wide range of work to improve the sporting abilities of the youth of this country to raise them to the national and international levels,” he said.  (Xinhua/NAN)

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– Aug. 11, 2023 @ 16:59 GMT |

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