Hambantota, the Candidate City for Commonwealth Games in 2018

Badminton

Badminton is a contest of extraordinary skill, nimbleness and precision, and we would love to have many of the best athletes in the world. Widely hailed as the fastest racquet sport in the world with shuttles travelling at more than 300km/h, Badminton will add colour to 2018 Commonwealth Games in Hambantota .


News and Events

  • Sri Lanka looks to Hambantota for CWG bid boost

    Haiyang, China: The 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, China, in June 2012 are not the only beach games on the mind of R.A.K. Jeewantha, Executive Committee member of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka. Much closer to home, and much sooner in the diary, are the 1st South Asian Beach Games, to be hosted by Sri Lanka at Hambantota from October 8-14.

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Articles

  • Hambantota 2018 Commonwealth Games : Impressions of a foreign friend

    With regard to Hambantota 2018 legacy plan, considering all what has been carried out so far and what will certainly be done in the months ahead, we selected seven letters to summarize implication and motivation of Sri Lankan authorities and Hambantota 2018 bid committee. Those seven letters are P.R.A.C.H.A.L. seven letters like the seven years ahead the d date. Those letters, according to us, represent Hambantota 2018 legacy plan and Sri Lankans’ motivation to host 2018 Commonwealth Games.

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