How I Outfoxed Them
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S.Sabapathy: I was nearly outfoxed by ‘athletics politics’ for a place in the 4 x 400m relay team to the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.
The relay...
My World Of Journalism
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Lazarus Rokk: My first ambition in life, since my upper secondary days in St John’s Institution, has always been to be a lawyer, a litigating...
Politician’s Folly
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Terence Netto: Sixty-five nations, Malaysia included, declined to send their athletes to the 1980 Moscow Olympics as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan....
Thorns & Thistles
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Tony Mariadass: Contrary to the common belief that the life of sports journalists is a bed of roses, it is indeed laden with thorns.
Having been...
Shattered Dream
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N.Sri Shanmuganathan: The preparation of the 1972 Munich Hockey team was unique as it was the unhidden hands of Zain Azahari, the President of the...
The ‘Tragic Games’
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R.Pathmarajah: The 1972 Munich Olympics Games will forever be remembered as the “Tragic Games”. The body count was 11 members of the Israel team. Germany...
Hello Shan, Bye Tara
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R.Yogeswaran: Till this very day a former national hockey captain says, “thank you” to me. Here is the untold story…..
Malaysian Hockey had qualified to participate...
Extra Bags In Munich
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S.Balasingam: We went to the 1972 Munich Olympic Games with too many forwards. Why the Malaysian Hockey Federation selectors made such a poor selection baffled...
The Trails Blazers
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Wilfred ‘Freddy’ Vias: It was our first time playing in the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956. In fact it was a first time that a...
Discard to Mastercard
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Yang Siow Meng: The headlines screeched ‘Yang Siow Ming axed from Olympic squad’ that fateful day after the selection was announced. My disappointment was acute.
Yes,...
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