Malaysia is moving to overhaul how sporting talent is identified and developed, with the National Sports Institute (NSI) testing 15,000 schoolchildren under the National Sports Talent Plan (MyTP) as experts warn that early specialisation and excessive coaching may be preventing future champions from emerging
Malaysia’s cycling future faces a growing crisis as technical director John Beasley accuses the National Sports Council of bureaucratic gridlock, leaving funded talent identification programmes idle and junior coaches without a pipeline of new riders
Malaysian Medical Association president says decades of suppressed consultation rates forced clinics to rely on medicine sales — but warns patients will still bear rising healthcare costs despite long-overdue reforms
