No seventh heaven as Malaysia lose again to rivals

Thailand's Varayut Jantarasena (R) kicks the ball as Malaysia's Mohamad Azlan Bin Alias (L) defends in the men's team final of the sepak takraw event during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in Jinhua in China's eastern Zhejiang province on September 29, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

THE Thai wall again proved to be too high for the Malaysians to climb.

The Malaysian sepaktakraw team went down 0-2 to their bitter rivals in the team regu final at the JSC Gymnasium to again settle for silver.