KUALA LUMPUR – The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) will work together with the National Sports Council (NSC) to ensure that the list of sports at the 2027 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur will be synchronised with the 2025 Thailand SEA Games.
OCM president Tan Sri Muhammad Norza Zakaria said that this is to ensure the preparation of athletes will be consistent.
He said OCM’s sports committee, which is led by secretary-general Datuk Mohd Nazifuddin Najib, and NSC will coordinate the list of events and suggest them during the SEA Games Federation (SEAGF) meeting, which will take place next month in Bangkok.
“We would like the same contested sports in Thailand to be in Kuala Lumpur as we want the adaptation to become seamless.
“With this, the athletes will get the right exposure in Thailand and excel in the Kuala Lumpur games.”
“If this coordination is not done, there will be a disconnect, and we don’t want that to happen,” said Norza.
Previously, at the last SEAGF meeting after the conclusion of the Cambodia SEA Games this year, all member nations agreed to amend the SEA Games charter.
The amendment in question is that moving forward, the SEA Games host nation is only allowed to include four traditional or alternative sports in the programme. – December 16, 2023