Foul!

Having spent a day asking around and speaking to various folks - from writers, Youth and Sports Ministry insiders to observers, here are some of the names that could turn out to be the new Sports Commissioner (in no particular order) - as published on the backpage of The Malay Mail today. 1. Ab Jalil Abdullah, National Sports Council (NSC) sports management director    - it will be seen as a promotion for the S54 grade officer. Has the expertise but mainly on elite sports. Sports Commissioner's Office is also about mass sports. It would finally be the break he deserves as time (or rather age) is not on his side. 2. Madzrib Ibrahim, Registrar of Youth Societies    - an unknown among those outside the ministry but Madzrib was apparently "groomed for bigger things" only to be placed in cold storage as he does not click well with certain top officials. He once served as a deputy director general for the sports development division within the ministry and is curren...

"We thought no company would take what rightfully belonged to the government. We didn't expect this to happen." Those were the words of Sports Ministry secretary-general Mohid Mohamed during the trial over the ownership of the design, between NSC and Mesuma Sports Sdn Bhd, at the Intellectual Property High Court, on Thursday. Read the full story 'NSC claims ignorance over jersey ownership' published in The Malay Mail here . And it looks like the trial got a little too 'cold' for Mohid - as seen here . For those unaware of the issue, refer here , here and here . L-R: Mohid and NSC lawyer Mohamad Bustaman Abdullah - pic by Razak Ghazali, The Malay Mail.  HD says: Oh well...

National Sports Institute chief executive officer Dr Ramlan Aziz has been asked to leave the hot seat - yet again. Apparently he was supposed to be the Sports Medicine Division Director on June 15. The letter was said to be signed by Sports Ministry's secretary-general Mohid Mohamed ( pic ), who apparently felt a little "cold" when he was called as a witness in the first day of the National Sports Council-Mesuma case (tiger-stripe issue) at the Jalan Duta courtroom yesterday. It is learnt that Dr Yeo Wee Kian has been asked to stand in as the temporary CEO. Ramlan confirmed the re-designation on Astro Awani's (501) 1pm bulletin yesterday but declined to speak further. He believes he is still the CEO until he receives a direction from the Sports Minister, Ahmad Shabery Cheek, as stated in the NSI Act 2011. However, Ramlan believes he has "not exhausted all options." It remains unclear to why Ramlan is being ask to vacate the seat for there has n...