In a huff over six athletics events dropped from Games


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Ath­letics Federation (MAF) president Datuk Karim Ibrahim is annoyed with the Philippines for scrapping six main events in the SEA Games athletics competition in December.

The events dropped are men’s and women’s 5,000m, men’s and women’s 10,000m and walk events – the men’s 20km and women’s 10km.

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