Ministry of Youth & Sports

Cabinet Ministry :

Hon. Roshan Ranasinghe

Dr. Amal Harsha De Silva

To make Sports an integral part of Sri Lankan Culture and Society.
To utilize Sports to enrich the quality of life, physical wellbeing and health of all Sri Lankans.
To provide knowledge, access and the opportunity for everyone to participate in Sports and enjoy its benefits.
To make available resources and appropriate infrastructure for the overall development of Sport.
To assist every Sri Lankan to achieve optimum potential in Sport and ensure that Sri Lanka’s international image as a successful sporting nation is both viable and sustainable.
To develop a Sports Industry in Sri Lanka, create new employment and contribute to the promotion of economic growth.
To utilize the field of sports as one of the main foreign exchange earner of Sri Lanka.
To bring peace and communal harmony through the sports.

Formulation of policies, relevant subjects of Departments and statutory institutions in relation to the subject of sport.
Taking necessary action to encourage sports activities and provision of necessary infrastructure facilities in order to achieve desired tasks.
Promotion of sports education.
Work out new methodologies and programmes in order to make use of the sport to build Sri Lanka’s image internationally.
Promotion of necessary facilities and coordination whch is imperative for physical fitness of the general public.
All other activities relevant to the subjects assigned to the associate Departments, statutory bodies and public corporations affiliated to the Ministry of Sports.
Supervision of associated departments, statutory bodies and public corporations affiliated to the Ministry of Sports.