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Japan Supports Sri Lanka Baseball

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

In a followup to our story here: http://myworldofbaseball.com/wordpress/?cat=61 the President of Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa inaugurated the ground that will be used to build the first true baseball facilities in Sri Lanka.  The inauguaration will be followed by a baseball game between the Sri Lankan baseball team and the Kanagawa High School Baseball Federation Team from Japan.

You can read the full story here: http://www.baseballjapan.org/system/prog/news_content.php?lang=eng&news_serialno=318

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Sri Lanka Building Baseball Facilities

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

http://www.ibaf.org/en/news/2012/02/09/japan-funds-the-construction-of-baseball-ground-fo/a82a5602-9946-4095-a8d6-1ee0e5e4f897 reports that the Government of Japan is providing Sri Lanka $111,000 to assist them in building a baseball facility.  The money would go to the Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Development Foundation to build the facility.  This would be the first baseball dedicated ball park in Sri Lanka and all of South Asia.

Sri Lanka is planning on hosting the 2013 SAARC baseball tournament.  In the 2011 SAARC Sri Lanka finished in second place to Pakistan.  Sri Lanka is ranked 32nd amonth the 72 countries that have competed in baseball tournaments.  It will be interesting how this donation helps promote the growth of baseball in Sri Lanka.

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