Foul!

This ' letter ' appeared on Malay Mail Online yesterday. For the record, Malay Mail (newspaper) and Malay Mail Online are run by two different teams. NOVEMBER 5 — Late last week Datuk Dr Ramlan Aziz of the National Sports Institute (NSI) made a comment that for the failed drug tests that have occurred recently, “we should not blame the only the athletes only”. He said the coaches, managers and the association should also take the blame. What he said is true, but he missed out one important entity. The NSI, the organisation of which he is the head. This is the organisation that is entrusted to scientifically prepare and take care of the athletes. The NSI was given millions ringgit worth of facilities prior to the 1998 commonwealth games in the hope of giving it and the Malaysian athletes a huge boost. Where does it stand now? For a good majority of the past 16 years, he has been the head of NSI ... much longer than the outgoing NSC director. There has not been any major breakt...

As published in Malay Mail today. By Vijhay Vick vijhayvick@mmail.com.my KUALA LUMPUR — First it was the Under-21 athletes, now eight strong men have been implicated in Malaysia’s latest sports doping scandal. Seven of the eight bodybuilders, whose identities have not been revealed, tested for banned substances from samples taken after the Mr Malaysia 2014 contest in June. Another, who was due to compete in the Mr Asia physique class last month, was withdrawn from the competition after out-of-competition tests indicated the use of prohibited substances. “Eleven samples from the Mr Malaysia contest were taken and seven of them were positive,” said Malaysian Anti-Doping Agency (Adamas) unit head Nishel Kumar. “Some had up to four different types of banned substances.” The test results from the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada)-accredited lab in New Delhi were discussed at Adamas’s results management committee earlier this month and the findings were forwa...