Royal with a cool head

By ERIC SAMUEL - Comment

On the ball: Tengku Abdullah checking the turf at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil before the Malaysia Cup final in October 2014. —GLENN GUAN/The Star

“IF YOU have a son ... buy him a pair of boots and a ball!”

I remember vividly this call made by Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah some 30 years ago.

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