National bodies must fix broken promises to ex-athletes as they deserve better


A RECENT report in a news portal that at least 10 ex-national athletes never received their RM5,000 prize money after being named Sportsman or Sportswoman of the Year between 1966 and 1982 has exposed the ills of the Malaysian sporting scene.

Former hockey player M. Mahendran claimed he received just RM170 of his RM5,000 prize while nine athletics icons, including track queen Datuk M. Rajamani, never saw a cent.

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