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Deputy Sports Minister to lead World Badminton Day Walk tomorrow

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July 04, 2025

FORMER decorated sprinter, Olympian and current Deputy Sports Minister Sugath Thilakaratne will lead the World Badminton Day Walk, which falls tomorrow.

The World Badminton Day Walk 2025, organised by Sri Lanka Badminton (SLB), headed by Roshan Gunawardena, and its Regional Development Committee (RDC), chaired by Buddhika de Silva, is expected to see the involvement of majority of the local badminton fraternity.

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यह कहानी Daily FT के July 04, 2025 संस्करण से ली गई है।

हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।

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