NSC will step in to find solution after national sprinters boycott training


Man in charge: Robert Ballard is the MAF technical director.

PETALING JAYA: Problems are brewing in Malaysian athletics once again.

This time though, the National Sports Council (NSC) have chosen to be proactive and are stepping in to mediate tensions between national sprinters and Malaysia Athletics Federation (MAF) technical director Robert Ballard that had come to light recently.

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