Sri Lanka Olympic Committee is planning to place a bid to host the 2017 Asian Youth Games in the country’s developing commercial hub, Hambantota in the South.
The Committee has planned to submit the bid application for obtaining the host status for the international event at the meeting of the Asian Olympic Committee to be held in Kuwait on May 24, Sports Ministry sources said.
Sri Lanka is likely to win the rights to host the games as no other bids have materialized yet. If Sri Lanka wins the bid, the games will be held at the Hambantota Sports Complex that is yet to be built.
Asian Olympic Committee organizes the multi-sport international event that is held in every four years and participated by 44 nations.
The next Asian Youth Games in 2013 will be held in Nanjing, China.
Sri Lanka also bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Hambantota but lost to Gold Coast, Australia.


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