Jangan 'tangkap muat' pemain warisan - Dollah

KUALA LUMPUR: Pemilihan pemain warisan untuk menyarung jersi Harimau Malaya perlu dilakukan secara teliti supaya matlamat memperkuatkan pasukan kebangsaan tercapai.

Legenda bola sepak negara Datuk Dollah Salleh berkata 'dasar' memandang pemain warisan sebagai jaguh juga perlu dihentikan kerana tidak semua pemain terbabit beraksi di peringkat tinggi.

"Ini masalah kita. Bila ada pemain warisan main di kelab luar negara, kita mesti anggap mereka macam bintang. Dia bermain dalam divisyen apa pun kita tidak tahu, kadang-kadang pasukan biasa saja.

"Jangan sebab hanya main di luar kita panggil, dan tiada kesan kepada pasukan. Pemain naturalisasi juga jangan tangkap muat, kita kena ingat pemain tempatan juga banyak tersadai," katanya kepada pemberita.

Pada masa sama, jurulatih skuad Piala Emas Raja-Raja Pulau Pinang 2024 itu berkata sudah tiba masanya pemain tempatan diketengahkan kerana dalam kalangan mereka mempunyai keupayaan jika diberi peluang menyarung jersi kebangsaan.

Khamis lepas, Presiden Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM) Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin mengumumkan skuad Harimau Malaya dijangka menerima pemain warisan dalam masa terdekat iaitu penyerang St Louis City II, Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal di Amerika Syarikat.

-- BERNAMA

Niaga SPOTLIGHT: Costing The Silent Threat of Obesity

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Malaysia are a growing burden on the health system, with a number of associated health issues and economic costs.

The annual cost of healthcare for NCDs is estimated to be over RM 9.65 billion. Meanwhile, the cost of disability and loss of healthy life years is estimated to be around RM 100.79 billion. Absenteeism due to NCDs is estimated to cost the Malaysian economy RM 2.6 billion annually.

From the common NCDs, obesity is one of THE most significant health threats, with nearly 20% of the Malaysian population currently classified as obese.

Additionally, more than half of all adults (54%) are overweight or obese. According to the World Obesity Atlas, this figure could rise to 41% in Malaysia by 2035, if preventive action is not taken.

Niaga Spotlight focuses on immediate strategies to address this growing silent threat of Obesity, which also burdens the national healthcare system as well as national productivity levels with significant impacts and costs.