Para athletes get RM5mil backing from takaful operator


Huge boost: Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman (third from left), FWD Takaful Bhd CEO Salim Majid Zain (fourth from left), NSC director general Datuk Ahmad Shapawi Ismail (left) and OCM president Datuk Seri Norza Zakaria (fourth from right) posing with the Malaysian Paralympic team after the sponsorship agreement signing ceremony yesterday. — AZMAN GHANI/ The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian para athletes received their best news in a long time when they landed their biggest ever sponsorship.

They will get a whopping RM5mil to groom more para athletes and identify potential athletes for national circuits and also in international tournaments.

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