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Ministry of Education leaves Asian Youth Games hopefuls in the lurch

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October 12, 2025

Sri Lanka's hundred strong contingent of young athletes for the Asian Youth Games are left in the lurch with just days ahead of their scheduled departure as the Ministry of Education continues to delay the approval for reasons best known to them.

- BY REEMUS FERNANDO

Ministry of Education leaves Asian Youth Games hopefuls in the lurch

Most of the top officials of the department of sports of the Ministry of Education are heavily engaged in the ongoing All Island Schools Games.

Sources close to the athletes said that the department of sports of the Ministry of Education is yet to grant the approval, without which the athletes and the accompanying officials of the Ministry will not be able to proceed.

The Asian Youth Games is a multi discipline event and it will be held from October 22 to 31 in Manama, Bahrain.

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