Dulu Lain Sekarang Lain

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It is quite astounding to note that the President of Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM), Datuk Seri Nadzmi Mohd Salleh, was courting for BWF President’s post not long ago before he decided to compromise with his Indonesia counterpart and accepted the offer to helm Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) instead. While I’m not against any Malaysian being ambitious and take up bigger responsibilities, I do think Datuk Seri Nadzmi should pay more attention at home and put its affairs back in order.

At the moment Malaysian badminton is in disarray and if BAM does not do something about it, things could get worse. Save for Datuk Lee Chong Wei, BAM really don’t have any other player that they can rely on. To lose to the Germans at the football or hockey field is expected but to lose to them at the badminton court is really, really, painful. And this is not intended to disrespect the Germans who currently are the European Badminton champion. (more…)