South-East Asian countries will find medals hard to come by

BANGKOK: Shoddy management and a lack of funds look set to condemn South-East Asia to yet another dismal Olympics, with one expert warning the region’s sport even faces “collapse” without a drastic re-think.

Home to around 600 million people, surging economies and a massive sporting fanbase, the group of nations stretching from Myanmar to Indonesia ought to be catching the eye at the world’s greatest sporting event.