A national event to celebrate ‘International Day for Sports’ was held under the auspices of the Minister of Sports Navin Dissanayake at the Nuwara Eliya Municipal Council – Indoor Stadium.

At the event a fitness programme for schools and encouragement to engage in sports to prevent non-communicable diseases were reintroduced.

Minister states that he is prepared to take policy-based decisions for the betterment of sports, without any personal agendas.

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