Fighting the big C


Spending quality time: A file picture of Datuk Namat Abdullah playing with his grandson at his home in Sungai Petani, Kedah, in 2011.

PETALING JAYA: Datuk Namat Abdullah is used to taking everything in his stride – just like he did during his glory days in Malaysian football.

The Butterworth-born footballer has been diagnosed with intestinal cancer but like the way he kept attackers at bay as one of the Malaysian team’s best defenders, he is doing all he can to fight back.

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