Baseball: Japan pledges funds for SL stadium

COLOMBO: Japan and Sri Lanka reached an agreement which would see the former provide funds to the latter for the construction of the South Asian region’s first-ever baseball ground on the island state. According to the terms agreed upon in Colombo between representatives of the two countries, Japan would release $111,607 of grant assistance to Sri Lanka. The initiative aims to promote baseball among the youth in South Asia as part of the Japanese Cultural Grassroots Projects.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 14^th, 2012.