• ක්‍රීඩා සංවර්ධන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව

  • விளையாட்டு அபிவிருத்தி திணைக்களம்
  • Department of Sports Development

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Federations

  • YACHTING ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKA

  • Wushu Federation of Sri Lanka

  • Sri Lanka Weightlifting Federation

  • Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation

  • Tug of War Federation of Sri Lanka

About Department

About us Sports Development which was initiated as a small unit during the mid sixties (60) was established as a sports division under the Ministry of People lised Services in 1966. The Department of Sports was instigated 1968 and the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Sports was established in 1970. The Department of Sports Development was taken under the preview of the said Ministry. The Department functioned under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in 1989 and promoted up…

News and Events

  • Institute of Sports Medicine – Three Storey Building Opening

  • A New Three – Story building of the Institute of Sports Medicine was declared open By Honorable Minister Harin Ferenando, The minister of Telecommunication, Foreign Employment and Sports on Friday the 4th October of 2019.    

  • 2019 – 45th National Sports Festival – Hockey

  • 45th National Sports Festival – Hockey Games were held at Torrington Hockey Ground from 21st September, 2019 to 23rd September, 2019  

  • 2019 – 45th National Sports Festival – Swimming

  • 45th National Sports Festival – Swimming competitions was held at Sugadadasa Swimming Pool from 06th September, 2019 to 09th September.  

  • 2019 – 45th National Sports Festival – Gymnastics

  • 45th National Sports Festival Gymnastic games were held at Sugadadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo from 1st of June, 2019 to 3rd of June, 2019  

  • 2019 – 45th National Sports Festival – Badminton

  • 45th National Sports Festival Badminton games held at North Central Indoor Stadium, Anuradapura from 4th May, 2019 to 05th May, 2019    

  • Out Boundary Training Program – 2019

  • An Out Boundary Training program was conducted by Army Special Forces at Maduruoya Army Special Forces Camp on 31st August 2019, 1st and 2nd of September 2019, for officers in the Department of Sports Development.  

  • XLV National Sports Festival – Cross Country 2019

  • Cross country competition was held on the opening sports events of the XLV National Sports Festival 2019, which is conductor by the Department of the sports Development and the ministry of Tele Communication,Foreign Employment and Sports, at Golf Playground in Nuwaraeliya on 2nd and 3rd of March 2019.

  • Symposium 2019

  • With the participation of sports Associations and Federations registered under the Department of Sports Development and affiliated bodies of the Ministry of Telecommunication,Foreign Employments and Sports, a conference was held as “Symposium on Identification and Implementation of Strategies for the Development of Sports” and “2019 Colombo Proclamation for the Progression of Sports” Report was introduced

  • Appointment of new Director General

  • Mr. Dammika Muthugala has been appointed as the new Director General of the Department Of Sports Development with effect from 26.11.2018

  • ක්‍රීඩා සංවර්ධන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව රියදුරු සේවයේ පුරප්පාඩු

  • ක්‍රීඩා සංවර්ධන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව රියදුරු සේවයේ පුරප්පාඩු අයදුම්පත්‍රය- සිංහල

  • Specimen Application Department of Sports Development Recruitment of Supervisory Management Assistant Technological Grade III Officer – 2018 (tamil)

  • Recruitment to post of Supervisory Management Assistant (Tamil) Specimen Application (Tamil)

  • අධීක්ෂණ කළමනාකරණ සහකාර ‍- තාක්ෂණික III වන ශ්‍රේණියේ නිලධාරින් බඳවා ගැනීම

  • අධීක්ෂණ කළමණාකරණ දැන්වීම, සිංහල අයදුම්පත්‍රය- සිංහල

  • Specimen Application Department of Sports Development Recruitment of Supervisory Management Assistant Technological Grade III Officer – 2018

  • Recruitment to post of Supervisory Management Assistant Specimen Application

  • Out Boundary Training Programme

  • An Out Boundary Training Programme was held at Rathnaloka Tourist Inn,Rathnapura on 3rd and 4th of November 2017,for officers in the Dept.of sports Development

  • ක්‍රීඩා සංවර්ධන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව හා අනුබද්ධිත ආයතනවලට පවිත්‍රතා හා කසල බැහැර කිරීමේ සේවාව ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා මිල ගණන් කැඳවීම 2017 /2018

  •                                                                                         ලංසු සඳහා ආරාධනයයි (IFB)              

  • Presidential Sports Award Ceremony 2016

  • The 2016 Presidential Sports Awards Ceremony will be held on May 19 at the BMICH, with President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as Chief Guests. The Sports Ministry and the Department of Sports Development  are conducting this event for the second successive year, with the Sports Ministry making the awards. Altogether, 56 Sports

  • ක්‍රීඩා නිලධාරීන්ගේ සහ ක්‍රීඩා පුහුණුකරුවන්ගේ I/ II/ III වන කාර්යක්ෂමතා කඩඉම් විභාගය – 2017

  • 1986 දරණ හා 2016.09.26 දිනැති ව අනුමත වූ ක්‍රීඩා ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ ඒකාබද්ධ සේවය පිළිබඳ නව සේවා ව්‍යවස්ථා සංග්‍රහය‍ට අනුව ක්‍රීඩා පුහුණුකරුවන්  හා ක්‍රීඩා නිලධාරීන්ගේ I/ II/ III වන කාර්යක්ෂමතා කඩඉම් විභාග 2017 මාර්තු මස 30 වන දින කොළඹ 07, ජාතික ක්‍රීඩා විද්‍යායතනයේදී පැවැත්වීමට කටයුතු සංවිධානය කර ඇත. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් වැඩිදුර තොරතුරු විමසීමට  0112694566 (නදීශා ‍මෙය )

  • 42nd National Sports Festival

  • Sri Lanka hold the first ever National Sports Festival in the North when the 42nd National Sports Festival hold from September 30 to October 2 at Durayappah Stadium in Jaffna amidst the government’s full patronage. Over 1700 Athletes and 900 officials gathered to the capital of the northern peninsula where the finals of Athletics, Basketball,

  • පුරප්පාඩු දැන්වීමයි(භූමි සහායක / මෝටර් රථ රියදුරු )

  • පුරප්පාඩු දැන්වීමයි (භූමි සහායක )  ක්‍රීඩා සංවර්ධන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ ප්‍රාථමික ශිල්පීය නොවන සේවා ගණය සඳහා වන –  භූමි සහායක තනතුරේ පුරප්පාඩු සඳහා බඳවා ගැනීමට මෙහි පහත සඳහන් සුදුසුකම් සපුරාලන ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයින්ගෙන් අයදුම්පත් කැඳවනු ලැබේ.         සුදුසුකම් අධ්‍යාපන සුදුසුකම් : අධ්‍යාපන පොදු සහතික පත්‍ර සාමාන්‍ය පෙළ විභාගයයේදී දෙවරකට නොවැඩි වාර ගණනකදී යටත් පිරිසෙයින් සම්මාන දෙකක් සහිතව විෂයන් හයක්

  • පුරප්පාඩු දැන්වීමයි(භූමි සහායක / මෝටර් රථ රියදුරු )

  • පුරප්පාඩු දැන්වීමයි(මෝටර් රථ රියදුරු) ක්‍රීඩා සංවර්ධන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ  ප්‍රථමික ශිල්පීය සේවා ගණය සඳහා වන ඒකාබද්ධ රියදුරු සේවයේ මෝටර් රථ රියදුරු III ශ්‍රේණියේ තනතුරු වල පවතින පුරප්පාඩු සඳහා බඳවා ගැනීමට පහත සඳහන් සුදුසුකම් සපුරාලන ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයන්ගෙන් අයදුම්පත් කැඳවනු ලැබේ. සුදුසුකම් අධ්‍යාපන සුදුසුකම් – අධ්‍යයන පොදු සහතික පත්‍ර සාමාන්‍ය පෙළ විභාගයේදී දෙවරකට                                                             නොවැඩි වාර ගණනකදී යටත්

  • New Director General has been appointed to Department Of Sports Development

  • Mr. S.E.R.T.M.S.P.Bandara, BA(Hons),PGD. Russian Language(Moscow),PGD(Dev. & Local Gov.),MA(HRD & Planning) India has been appointed as the new Director General of Department Of Sports Development with effect from 22.07.2016. He served in the Sports Ministry since 2013 as an Additional Secretory until he was appointed as the Director General, Department of Sports Development. Mr.Bandara has over

  • Ministry Of Sports marks Poson with “Bethi Gee Poojawaliya”

  • The Ministry of Sports celebrated the sacred Poson Poya with a ‘Poson Bethi Gee Poojawaliya’  on Wednesday 29th June 2016 at its Auditorium, with the participation of all the staff members in Department of Sports Development,Institute Of Sports Medicine,National Institute Of Sports Science,Ministry Of Sports and Sugathadasa National Sports Complex Authority .

  • Jayanthi Kuruutumpala becomes first Sri Lankan woman to summit Everest

  • Summit Success At just before 5:00am on the 21 May 2016, Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala became the first Sri Lankan ever to climb to the top of Mt Everest (29,029ft). She departed from Camp 4 at around 9pm the previous evening with her fellow Sri Lankan and climbing partner Johann Peries. Johann made it to beyond Camp

  • National Sports Festival 2016

  • The National Sports Festival 2016 was started in Nuwaraeliya on the 7th May 2016 with Cross Country events  

  • Talent Identification Programme – Ibbagamuwa Central College

  • National Sports festival Photos -2015

Message of the Minister of Telecommunication,Foreign Employment and Sports

According to definitions nowadays, Sports is a universal subject facts of which reflect in every community from all directions. It is a matter for happiness that the Department of Sports Development has commenced a web site with a view to propagate its dimensions of Sports towards National and International horizons. As a matter of fact, this step should have been taken a long time ago. Sports media is yet to be poised for propagating programmes being implemented all over the…

Department of Sports Development

  • 09, Phillip Gunawardana Mawatha,
    Colombo 07, Sri Lanka.
  • General : +94 112 697934
  • Fax : +94 112 695822
  • info@sportsdev.gov.lk

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