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We need respect – not hotheads – in sports

By T. Avineshwaran

ALL I wanted to do was watch a great game of football between two sides filled with some of the nation’s best youngsters.

Instead, the adults stole the limelight with their shameful antics - a 50-something official decided to play “Aci Duduk” (or the game of Tag) with the match referee in the Sukma semi-final between Penang and Kuala Lumpur.

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T. Avineshwaran

T. Avineshwaran

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