Sri Lanka Sports Ministry to ban administration for 10 years for officials that submitted false information to AAA

Sri Lanka Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage said in the parliament yesterday that a 10 year ban on administration would be imposed on the two former administrative officials who are suspected of providing false information to the Asian Athletics Association (AAA).

Answering a query raised by the United National Party (UNP) MP Sajith Premadasa, the Minister of Sports said that a committee has been appointed under the chairmanship of specialist doctor Maiya Gunasekara to probe the incident.

The Minister further stated that the secretary of the AAA Morris Nicolas will arrive in Sri Lanka again to look into the organizing of the 15th Asian Junior Athletics Championships 2012.

AAA has given the green light for Sri Lanka to host the 15th Asian Junior Athletics Championships 2012, as scheduled from June 09 to June 12 at Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. Earlier, it was announced by the Secretary of the Asian Athletic Association Maurice R. Nicholas that the event was cancelled indefinitely due to a petition received by the AAA from several former officials of Sri Lanka Athletic Association (SLAA) stating that the SLAA election which was held early this month was not free and fair.

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