Minister of Sports Faiszer Mustapha yesterday said he will call for a report from team officials on Sri Lanka’s defeats at the hands of Bangladesh and Afghanistan at the ongoing Asia Cup cricket tournament being played in the UAE.
The Minister made these remarks at the felicitation ceremony held for the Sri Lanka netball team who were crowned Asian champions at the recent tournament held in Singapore.
The Minister further said that winning and losing is common for every sport and compared with other countries and other sports in Sri Lanka we have established facilities for the players.
“I will call all the coaching staff and team officials to give the reasons for our losses. We need to consider our players’ mentality as well because when they win we cheer them and when we lose as a fan we should back them to bounce back,” said the Minister.
“Our team I hope will perform well in the forthcoming England series. Our players will be mentally stressed after these defeats and as fans we should back them,” he said.
Minister Mustapha also mentioned that he regretted Sri Lanka losing to a team like Afghanistan.
The Minister of Sports arranged a felicitation and lunch for the Asian netball team and the respective sports federation officials at the National Olympic Committee premises yesterday.
The Minister promised to arrange financial grants to the players who enabled the team to emerge champions of Asia in netball.
“It is our duty to arrange the financials grants for players and I will submit to the cabinet a paper by next week. As a minister I am very proud about the team who achieved such a milestone with lack of resources. The Sports Ministry has done all the arrangements for the team prior to the championship,” the Minister stated.
The Minister of Sports also emphasised hat current coach Thilaka Jinadasa will continue as coach until the netball World Cup next year.
“I was requested by Sri Lanka Netball Federation to change their constitution regarding the head coach’s appointment or I will revise the Sports Law regarding the coach’s appointment. All sports bodies come under the Sports Law,” the Minister said.
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