The claim
The Sports Minister made a statement about athlete Fathima Shafiya Yamick being left out of Sri Lanka's Asian Games squad.
Original review summary
Fact Crescendo reports that a fabricated news card falsely attributed to Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage a claim that Yamick was dropped at the request of Muslim community and religious leaders. The outlet says the minister and his media office confirmed the card was fake, and it found no record of him making the remark. Yamick was genuinely left out of the squad, but the review says selections were made by Sri Lanka Athletics.[S1]
Additional context
The review says Sri Lanka entered no athletes in the women’s 100m and 200m, Yamick’s events. It reports that Sri Lanka Athletics said her 2026 times fell short of the qualifying standard. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka original review
Original review · Retrieved October 15, 2026