Fourth CISM World Military Beach Volleyball kicks off today

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The fourth CISM World Military Beach Volleyball Championship will see Sri Lanka hosting the event from today till 17 February at Negombo Beach.

Sri Lankan Military hosts the Championship under the supervision of the President of the Defence Services Sports Board and the Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Council, the Air Force Commander Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana, the Sri Lanka Army Commander Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage and the Sri Lanka Navy Commander Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera.

The World Military Beach Volleyball Championship, organised for the fourth time by the International Military Sports Council (CISM), will be held for the first time in Sri Lanka.

Volleyball players from Colombia, Germany, France, Netherlands, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and the hosts, Sri Lanka with 16 men’s teams and nine women’s teams will participate with the awards ceremony taking place at Goldi Sands Hotel on 17 February at 10 a.m. SJ