Make sports a culture, says Najib

SHAH ALAM: Malaysians must make sports a culture said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

He said if sports were made as a culture and lifestyle, the country would be able to churn out great champions in the eyes of the world.

"Today, we have number one players in badminton and squash but who will succeed them after (Datuk) Lee Chong Wei and (Datuk) Nicol David...this is the question.

"If we are active, (the question on) sports culture will be answered by itself because hundreds of young people will come forward to participate at the top level in the world," he said when officiating the National Sports Day which was attended by about 20,000 people at the Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) parade ground on Saturday.

Also present were his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin and Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh. - Bernama