From bronze-winning Olympian to gold-standard coach
As an athlete, Cheah Liek Hou achieved the highest accolade in para-badminton by winning gold at the Tokyo Paralympics yesterday.
As an athlete, Cheah Liek Hou achieved the highest accolade in para-badminton by winning gold at the Tokyo Paralympics yesterday.
While many avoid coaching para-athletes, former international Rashid Sidek has taken up the challenge to turn his charges, Cheah Liek Hou and Didin Taresoh, into Paralympic champions.
National track cycling coach John Beasley is willing to relocate to Malaysia if offered a long-term contract by the National Sports Council (NSC).
CAN we call Malaysia’s Tokyo Olympics campaign a disaster? It was definitely a mixed bag of performances, though, from the national athletes at the closed-door Games.
TOKYO: National track cyclist Datuk Mohd Azizulhasni Awang was a picture of calm and poise after the men’s keirin final on the last day of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the Izu Velodrome in Shizuoka today.
Former National Sports Council director general Datuk Mazlan Ahmad once said that he and his men were only entrusted to hand out government’s money to athletes and sports associations. And the checks and balances on athletes’ success and failure are written by journalists.
KUALA LUMPUR: Waterskier Aaliyah Yoong Hanifah will not participate in next month’s World Junior Championships in Florida after testing positive for Covid-19.
Sports Minister Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican has admitted he is concerned about the latest new Covid-19 cases at the Tokyo Olympics.