Do not pamper and mollycoddle our elite athletes


AT the pinnacle of his career, Datuk Lee Chong Wei rarely gave television interviews at the studio, live or recorded.

By chance, I was handed this privilege in Astro Arena’s sports talk show called Kafe Sukan, co-hosted by this writer and Akbar Sahari many moons ago.

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