15 million alone in preparing the teams for the Asian Games, nothing paid off. In his letter of resignation Pathirana explains that the losses incurred at the Asian Games were not a disgrace for a country alone, but for himself as a former player and a responsible administrator. In addition the four coaches -- two head coaches and two assistant coaches -- of the national teams have not followed the guidelines set in coaching and selecting players. The head coach and assistant coach of the Women's team have even take a player or more with injuries for the Asian Games, bypassing the SLKF administrators, giving false endurance reports on players. "These coaches were responsible for degrading Sri Lanka's silver medal to a bronze at the South Asian Games in 2016 and they did the same at the Asian Games by missing a potential bronze medal.

Source: Sunday Times September 10, 2018 03:56 UTC