MAF finally decide to come down hard on ‘illegal’ road races

Good response: FTAA president Leo Leslie Armstrong (front row, third from left) and (back row from left) OCM assistant secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi, MAF president Datuk Karim Ibrahim and FTAA secretary Datuk S. Vegiyathuman posing for a photograph with sponsors after the FT City Day Run press conference at Wisma OCM in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The run will be held at Padang Merbok on Feb 26. — FAIHAN GHANI / The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF) have had it with “illegal” marathons and road races.

And they have announced that national athletes who take part in such “illegal” runs risk facing suspension.