The day the underdogs hog the limelight


(From left) The winning team of Rachel Arnold, Teh Min Jie, S. Sivasangari, and Delia Arnold at the Asian Team Squash Championships in Taipei.

IN A football-mad nation like ours, sometimes the achievement of other sports barely make the back pages of the newspapers.

Apart from football, the other sport which gets more airtime and write-ups is badminton.

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