Sports Minister to inquire on pro-golfers at Asian Games contingent View(s):The Sports Ministry has vowed to investigate how the Golf Union deployed four professional golfers to participate at the Asian Games in Indonesia contravening international rules that said only amateurs may be nominated, thereby triggering an arbitration application by six other nations and “bringing Sri Lanka into disrepute”. An official from the Sri Lanka Golf Union confirmed sending four professional golfers for the biennial Games, on the request of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL). “The Panel was informed subsequent to the hearing and in accordance with its direction, that three of the athletes nominated by the Sri Lanka NOC each had professional status. Anura Rohana was the winner of a silver medal at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan subsequently he turned professional. They were replaced by Sachin de Silva, Joseph de Soysa and George Kumara in the team.

Source: Sunday Times August 25, 2018 18:24 UTC