DRIVING around Putrajaya, with its wide boulevard and pockets of greenery, can be a pleasurable experience, until my trusty 22-year-old Proton Iswara brought me to the headquarters of the Asean Football Federation (AFF) at Precinct 5 recently.

HIRING people, they say, is an art, not a science.No CVs can tell whether someone can fit into a company’s culture, or in this case, a football club’s DNA.

WE have often been reminded time and again, that nothing can be accepted at face value on social media.

THE biennial SEA Games has always been headline grabbing, with massive media coverage to celebrate the human potential.

I RECEIVED a pleasant Raya gift two weeks before the recent Aidilfitri celebrations.

NOT everyone is blessed with the world-beating talents of Datuk Lee Chong Wei, Datuk Nicol Ann David, Datuk Shalin Zulkifli, Datuk Pandelela Rinong, Datuk Azizulhasni Awang and Al-Jufferi Jamari.

AT the pinnacle of his career, Datuk Lee Chong Wei rarely gave television interviews at the studio, live or recorded.

IT was way past midnight when the familiar figure emerged from the bowels of the PJ Stadium to hand me an autographed c opy of his biography.Singapore’s favourite son Fandi Ahmad was most obliging when I texted him early this year on the possibility of shedding light on his book.

IF you wish to take a sneak preview at the forces which shaped our sporting fortunes, just go the Wisma OCM in Jalan Hang Jebat, or previously known as Jalan Davidson.

THE National Stadium at Bukit Jalil was an architectural marvel when it was officially unveiled to the world on Saturday, July 11, 1998, four months ahead of the 16th Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.

Road to Gold project co-chaired by him and the present Youth and Sports Minister, Hannah Yeoh on Sunday.

Hannah Yeoh, scored 39% in a survey conducted by media organisations on the people’s level of satisfaction with the Cabinet’s first 100 days.