Rizal Hashim News Today

JUST slightly over a month ago, this scribe wrote on this column questioning Malaysia’s decision to snub the offer by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, arguing that it was indeed a missed opportunity.

THERE was a time in the early 1980s that when star shuttler Datuk Misbun Sidek decided to do the disappearing act and refused to be found – even the Inspector General of Police could not track him down!

IT was exactly 20 years ago that Bryan Nickson Lomas was interviewed by the renowned Time magazine in a city steeped in Olympic tradition.

THE year 2023 was memorable for the Malaysian football team as Kim Pan-gon and his team basked in the plaudits after ending the year on a high note by becoming the third biggest gainer in FIFA rankings.

FLAIR, creativity, vision and goals – all hallmarks of the beautiful game of football that we celebrate as the No 1 sport in the world.

A COMPREHENSIVE pension scheme is in the offing for the nation’s elite athletes, finally.

BEFORE the final day of action at the KL Masters at Titiwangsa Stadium recently,the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Association (KLBA) held a ceremony to pay tribute to the late Datuk Punch Gunalan.The badminton legend was a player, coach, manager and administrator extraordinaire before passing away in 2012 at the age of 68 due to liver cancer.

ABDUL Rashid Yaakub, the ninth individual to helm the National Sports Council (NSC) as their director-general, is the last of the Mohicans, so to speak.

THE theme for the weekend among the contenders must have been ‘comeback is real!’Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, and Aston Villa were behind in their respective games but turned things around with brilliant substitutions and tactical adjustments.

WHEN I received the sad news of Datuk Seri Dr Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan’s passing at the age of 78 on Wednesday, two incidents that took place decades ago immediately sprang to mind.