Sports unites us all!!
Posted by: Avineshwaran Taharumalengam
With days passing by, many things happening in our life... Little do we wonder, the little things in life are the ones that impacts us the most! Sports, to some, it is a just a form of entertainment. There are some people who relate sports to gambling. Established as a way to ensure active lifestyle for the public, now it is deemed as a way to increase our pockets! Gone are those days, where the passion were running for someone to win a tournament. Those days, whenever someone utters Mokhtar Dahari, they would relate him as the person who scored goals for fun and silenced established oppositions like England and Arsenal. Now, what we hear people criticising the current state of sports in our country and do nothing about it!
However, for the past few days, we are seeing a wave of optimism among our people. All of a sudden we are seeing people thronging mamak restaurents or cafes to watch the Thomas Cup and The Sultan Azlan Shah which is going on. When Malaysia faced Japan during the Thomas Cup, many criticse the inability of certain players to conjure points for our country. All of them criticised in unison! Though it can be detrimental towards the athletes but we could see that our people care about our nations progress in sports. After the defeat, Malaysia bounced back by defeating tricky opponents, Denmark and the performance of Hafiz Hashim certainly united the nation. The success of our hockey team in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup has also gained widespread praises and many feel that the successes of these athletes can certainly heed the call of 1 Malaysia.
Implemented By Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak, our premier has gone great lengths to promote the call of 1 Malaysia. The introduction of 1 Malaysia was one of his efforts. Some applauded it but to me it's just a waste of money. F1 is a different ball game. Unity does not play a heavy role in this sport. All that matters in this sport is money and the personality of the drivers. Maybe he had the intention by taking a different approach but Mr. Najib, it will never work. You will hear this one issue from the policymakers...You are wasting taxpayers money! Effort there but criticism rears it's ugly head. He should have gone for a core approach by implementing the concept to core sports like football, hockey, squash and badminton.
From these two tournaments, it certainly showed the 1 Malaysia spirit among our people. There is no need for money to get this. It's all in the patriotism and passion shown towards our county. We can see people from various backgrounds united in supporting our national squad. Many would argue that Malaysians are leaning towards globalisation by supporting international based teams. This can be seen when Manchester United faced Malaysia, Malaysian Based Manchester United fans usurped the attendance of Malaysian National Team football fans. However, this is all bound to change.
This can be seen by the response of people based on our Thomas Cup performances, Azlan Shah Cup heroics and the indomitable form of our national football team during the SEA games. We can see the wave of changes produced by our national athletes. Certainly, we can see the 1 Malaysia spirit shown by athletes and fans alike. Malays, Chinese, Indians, Ibans and Kadazans are united through means of sports. Politics are just a menacing process which promises harmony but ends up being detrimental.
Sports certainly provides us with many avenues to achieve in life. Malaysians realise that sports have the tendency to unite in moments of sorrowfulness or happiness. Many countries have used sport as a form of unity. Countries such as Cote D'Ivoire, Congo Republic and Czech Republic have used sports as mean of uniting their people. Malaysia is following suit and it is certainly reaping rewards at the right time. Leaders might have other perception on sports but to people, sports is one thing that will never fade away in our lives. For better or worse, it will remain in our hearts.
The rise of these athletes is a certainly an encouraging prospect for our nation. Sports certainly unites every everyone regardless of colours or backgrounds. To achieve 1 Malaysia, sports should be the made the core of its development. Who needs an F1 team when we have our local athletes shedding sweat and tears for our country!
Malaysia Boleh!
However, for the past few days, we are seeing a wave of optimism among our people. All of a sudden we are seeing people thronging mamak restaurents or cafes to watch the Thomas Cup and The Sultan Azlan Shah which is going on. When Malaysia faced Japan during the Thomas Cup, many criticse the inability of certain players to conjure points for our country. All of them criticised in unison! Though it can be detrimental towards the athletes but we could see that our people care about our nations progress in sports. After the defeat, Malaysia bounced back by defeating tricky opponents, Denmark and the performance of Hafiz Hashim certainly united the nation. The success of our hockey team in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup has also gained widespread praises and many feel that the successes of these athletes can certainly heed the call of 1 Malaysia.
Implemented By Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak, our premier has gone great lengths to promote the call of 1 Malaysia. The introduction of 1 Malaysia was one of his efforts. Some applauded it but to me it's just a waste of money. F1 is a different ball game. Unity does not play a heavy role in this sport. All that matters in this sport is money and the personality of the drivers. Maybe he had the intention by taking a different approach but Mr. Najib, it will never work. You will hear this one issue from the policymakers...You are wasting taxpayers money! Effort there but criticism rears it's ugly head. He should have gone for a core approach by implementing the concept to core sports like football, hockey, squash and badminton.
From these two tournaments, it certainly showed the 1 Malaysia spirit among our people. There is no need for money to get this. It's all in the patriotism and passion shown towards our county. We can see people from various backgrounds united in supporting our national squad. Many would argue that Malaysians are leaning towards globalisation by supporting international based teams. This can be seen when Manchester United faced Malaysia, Malaysian Based Manchester United fans usurped the attendance of Malaysian National Team football fans. However, this is all bound to change.
This can be seen by the response of people based on our Thomas Cup performances, Azlan Shah Cup heroics and the indomitable form of our national football team during the SEA games. We can see the wave of changes produced by our national athletes. Certainly, we can see the 1 Malaysia spirit shown by athletes and fans alike. Malays, Chinese, Indians, Ibans and Kadazans are united through means of sports. Politics are just a menacing process which promises harmony but ends up being detrimental.
Sports certainly provides us with many avenues to achieve in life. Malaysians realise that sports have the tendency to unite in moments of sorrowfulness or happiness. Many countries have used sport as a form of unity. Countries such as Cote D'Ivoire, Congo Republic and Czech Republic have used sports as mean of uniting their people. Malaysia is following suit and it is certainly reaping rewards at the right time. Leaders might have other perception on sports but to people, sports is one thing that will never fade away in our lives. For better or worse, it will remain in our hearts.
The rise of these athletes is a certainly an encouraging prospect for our nation. Sports certainly unites every everyone regardless of colours or backgrounds. To achieve 1 Malaysia, sports should be the made the core of its development. Who needs an F1 team when we have our local athletes shedding sweat and tears for our country!
Malaysia Boleh!
SOURCE : THE STAR
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