He has given Rs. 50,000 to each of these journalists.

Meanwhile, the netball administration has given money to journalists who are covering the netball world cup in Australia.

Journalists covering foreign tournaments usually meet their expenses by finding a sponsor, whose logo is will be on display along with the match reports.

However, this time around, no logos appear in the media reports on this tournament.

Senior players have been omitted from the team for the world cup and the team captain’s mother is the coach.

These issues have not been highlighted in the media, as the journalists covering netball wanted to go on the tour.

Sri Lanka has lost all its games in the world cup that concludes today.