COMMENT | Ignoring women’s success is not just cricket

COMMENT | To say the fortunes of Malaysian sports are floundering will be a misconception. To say they are fluctuating will be more accurate.

The hockey team which finished fourth in the 1975 World Cup was an achievement which has yet to be repeated. These days, the team is making valiant efforts to qualify for the final rounds.

Incidentally, both our men’s hockey and football teams won the bronze medal in the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran.

Our badminton and squash players have kept the flag flying in the international arena with individual flashes of brilliance.

Football, once a powerhouse in Asia, have been reduced to minnows losing out to Vietnam and Thailand in regional tournaments. But last month, there was something local fans have to shout about...