Knockout Punch!

By Tony Francis: Amidst the fog in my memory bank, one experience with Punch Gunalan stands out like a beacon because as someone said, the advantage...

Punch – My Love, My Hero

By Vijeya Gunalan: It all started in early 1970. The badminton team doctor, Dr Ganeson and physical trainer, Mr Nadaraja tried to convince Punch to meet...

Like A War Zone

By Yew Cheng Hoe: It is 1967, and it has been 12 years since the Thomas Cup landed on our shores. Since 1955, we’ve never gotten...

Too Good To Be True

By Semret Singh: One of my sweetest memories in athletics was setting a Malaysian record for the hammer throw at the 1981 Australian Spring Championship in Perth. Not...

I Ran Away From Training

By M.Chandran: I ran away from my first national training camp at Merdeka Stadium in August 1961! I could not imagine this episode would be the start...

My Football Dream

By M.Chandran: In my 13 - year international career, playing in the 1972 Olympic Games was without doubt, my greatest football dream come true. What this 1972 Malaysian...

Nation Before Fame & Fortune

By N. Thanabalan: In the early years of post-independence, it was passion that drove sports, not the lure of fame or fortune. In the late 60s...

My Pass Out of Poverty

By Stanley Gabrielle: My poor mother! When all the gratitude owed by the sons of Adam to their mothers are added up in this world, it...

Lightning Experience

By Qadeer Ahmad: Golf courses are marked with a number of hazards and sometimes while playing you might land into some. But there is one hazard, I...

Let’s Be Humble

By Tracy Yong: Like any child of a famous, or somewhat famous parent, my three sisters and I always thought of my dad as just that –...