Association hopes to produce star athletes
KUCHING: Sarawak Athletics Association (SAA) hopes to produce track and field athletes in the likes of the Flying Dayak Watson Nyambek and track queen Datuk Paduka Mumtaz Jaafar. Its president Datuk Dr Jerip Susil said the association must identify and pool local talents in order to polish them into star athletes. “I hope that the […]
Sports associations, bodies encouraged to hold AGMs online
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sports Commissioner’s Office (PPS) is encouraging sports associations or bodies to hold their Annual General Meeting (AGM) and the election of committee members online, in order to meet the requirements of their respective constitutions. In a statement released yesterday, PPS recommended the associations and bodies to prepare the mechanism for the implementation […]
Boost competitive spirit of OKU athletes
KUCHING: Sports associations for people with disabilities (OKU) should plan ways to boost and maintain the competitive spirit and resilience of OKU athletes, such as through organising small-scale local competitions. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah noted that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, large-scale competitions could not be […]
Sports associations advised to hold off trips to China
KUALA LUMPUR: The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) has advised sports associations (SAs) in the country not to make plans for training or join any competitions in China in the wake of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. If there are Malaysian athletes already in China, OCM president Datuk Seri Mohamad Norza Zakaria urged the […]
