The challenges awaiting new NSC boss Arrifin that go beyond medals

THE appointment of Arrifin Mohd Ghani as the new director-general of the National Sports Council (NSC), arguably the nation’s hottest seat in sports, is more than a routine changing of the guard at Bukit Jalil.

It places at the helm a man who has experienced Malaysian sports from virtually every angle – athlete, team manager, administrator at state and national level, regulator and now chief executive of the nation’s premier high-performance agency.