BERTRAND Rhodict is just 18, and he became one of the first athletes to qualify for the Paris Olympic Games. It was something to shout about.

WHEN I was younger, I used to joke that I was eligible to receive ang pow from my married Chinese friends. In fact, I still go around asking for the red packets, just for the fun of it. After all, I am still single.

MICHAEL Jackson, the King of Pop, churned out many top hits in the 1990s.

IT’S Malaysian Open badminton time again. And although he is no longer in the fray, our former great Datuk Lee Chong Wei still looms large.

JUST this week, three excited communication students from UiTM Shah Alam came over to the office for a podcast interview. They wanted to know about print and digital media, especially post Covid-19 pandemic and how the world of media has evolved.

IN our first one-on-one meeting in late March this year, soft-spoken Hannah Yeoh had shared her aspirations for Malaysian sports.

THIS week has been all about making difficult and good decisions. Let’s start with our controversial shuttler Lee Zii Jia.

HAVE you heard of an association called RESPECT? It’s formed recently and headed by none other than the country’s former national women’s hockey player Prof Datuk Dr S. Shamala.

ACTRESS and Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh is now an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, her fellow actor Hans Isaac is now the Malaysian Stadium Board chairman.

THERE are many types of athletes - those who are bold in setting their short or long-term targets and those who prefer them close to their hearts.

FROM high court to baby cot and plenty of action on the badminton court – this probably sums up Malaysian badminton over the last two weeks.

RULES are rules. It doesn’t matter who you are, jester or king.