Former Army Commander General Shavendra Silva will head the National Selection Committee
Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe at a simple ceremony to hand over the new appointments to the National Selection committee yesterday at the Sports Ministry Auditorium.
The newly appointed National Selection committee headed by General Shavendra Silva comprise people with vast experience in sports field. Former Cricket Skipper Sanath Jayasuriya, Former National athlete and Netball player and National Netball coach Thilaka Jinadasa,Former Davis cup tennis player Arjun Fernando ,Former National Rigby player and Rugby administrator Dr Maiya Gunasekera National Olympic Committee (NOC) Secretary Maxwell de Silva (who was absent yesterday as he was overseas) and Prasanna Chandith the additional Secretary to the Sports Ministry are the members of the new National Selection Committee and they received their appointment letters from the Sports Minister yesterday. In fact Dr Maiya Gunasekera earlier was named as a member of the National Sports Council.
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