Only the best will do for sports, but will the minister start the ball rolling?

THE national athletes came home with 39 gold medals from the Vietnam SEA Games – three more than targeted. Some may call that a success story.

But it was also one of the lowest hauls Malaysia has ever managed. And we finished sixth behind the likes of Singapore and the Philippines, and only ahead of Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Brunei and Timor Leste.