Minister warns national players to cut out indiscipline

On Jul 7, 2021

Minister of Sports Namal Rajapaksa yesterday, warned that the behaviour of national players and their discipline will be considered seriously hereafter, when selecting teams to represent the country at international events.

“We have to give priority to the players’ discipline and we have already given instructions to the sports bodies to be more concerned about their discipline,” he explained.

“We cannot have any excuses for those indiscipline players and the necessary action will be taken against them,” the Minister emphasised.

“Our goal is to develop sports while maintaining good discipline and that is the most important fact for us,” he stressed.

“All sportsmen and women should maintain high discipline if they are to move forward and we should create a good system to produce well disciplined players in the future,” he added.