The executive committee meeting of South Asian Federation (SAF) Games Thursday decided to hold the 10th edition of the games in Colombo, Sri-Lanka in 2005, reports from Rawalpindi said.

However, the official announcement regarding the decision will be made only during the closing ceremony, reports said. The meeting is said to have decided to include 19 disciplines in the Colombo Games.

“We made a general acceptance regarding the inclusion of judo and archery and its up to the organizers to suggest two more games on their own choice,” The Katmandu Post quoted Syed Arif Hasan, Chairman of the 9th South Asian Games as saying to the reporters.

Pakistan has included squash and rowing on their own choice during the current SAF Games while Nepal had introduced karate and Taekwondo during the 8th SAF Games in Kathmandu.