About Us

Who We Are

Empowering Communities Through Sports Excellence

At the Department of Sports, Dakshinapaya Labuduwa , we are committed to transforming lives through the power of sports. Our mission is to inspire healthier lifestyles, instill discipline, and unite communities by cultivating a strong and vibrant sporting culture in the Southern Province.

  • Identifying and nurturing young talent to excel locally and globally.
  • Providing modern training facilities, infrastructure, and innovative programs.
  • Building champions who embody teamwork, leadership, respect, and national pride.
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Our Key Focus

Empowering youth through action, service, and impact

Principles

Purpose-driven growth

Competitions

Drive excellence

Performance

Results that matter

Evaluation

Transparent progress

Mission & Vission



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    Our Vision

    ක්‍රීඩා සංවර්ධනය තුලින් කයින් මනසින් පිරිපුන් දක්ශිණ ජනතාවක් !

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    Our Mission

    දකුණූ පලාතේ සැමට ක්‍රීඩාවට ප්‍රවේශය හා ප්‍රතිඵල අත්කර ගැනීම සදහා භෞතික හා මානව සම්පත් සංවර්ධනය, කුසලතා සහිත නවකයන් හඳුනා ගැනීම , ක්‍රීඩකයන්ට අවශ්‍ය පුහුණුව ලබාදීම හා අවශ්‍යතා සපුරාලමින්, තරග පවත්වමින් ඒ සදහා යොමු කිරීම හා ජයග්‍රාහකයින් සහ පුහුණුකරුඅන් අගයීම , ප්‍රජාව ක්‍රීඩාවට හා ශරීර සුවතාවයට යොමු කිරීම හා විනෝදය ක්‍රීඩාව යොදාගැනීමට අනුබල දීම මගින් සේවාලාභී සත්කාරය සිදුකිරීම .

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Sports Development Goals

Empowering students through discipline, equality, and innovation in sports across the Southern Province.

01

Conducting Sports Competitions & Evaluation

Conducting divisinal, District & Provincial sports festivals with the participation of sportsmen & sportswomen representing sports clubs.

02

Conducting Training For Sportsmen & Sportswomen

Conducting coaching camps for the sportsmen & sportswomen participating in National Sports Festival. Holding training for the sports coaches & sports officers.

03

Empowering Sports Clubs

Conducting programs to empower the sports clubs.

04

Development Of Sports Infrastructure Facilities, Providing Sports Clothes Goods & Instrument

Development/ Constructing playgrounds/ stadiums/ sports training centers in each division. Providing sports clothes, shoes & sports goods to the sportsmen sportswomen.

05

Motivating General Public To Participate In Community Sports Activities & Excercises For Healty Living

Holding excercises, arabis, yoga programs & other recreational sports programs for general public.

06

Conducting Capacity Development Programs

Conducting Inter-Provincial experience sharing programs.

Objectives

Strategic goals and initiatives of the Southern Province Sports Department

Performance Targets

  • Increasing the number of good medals won at the National Sports Festival by 15% annually.
  • Establishing 02 provincial records annually at provincial sports festival.

Sports Competitions

  • Increasing the participation in Divisional, District & Provincial sports festival by 5% annually.
  • Increasing the participation of Government officers in Government sports festival by 10% annually.

Sports Infrastructure Facilities

  • Increasing the number of playgrounds & stadiums developed by 5% annually.
  • Providing sports clothes, shoes, goods & instrument for all sportsmen & sportswomen participating in Provincial sports festival.

Training & Improving Healthy Living

  • Increasing the number of Excercise/ Yoga programs conducted for general public by 5% annually.