Kuala Lumpur - The National Sports Council (NSC) is disappointed that men's singles badminton coach Datuk Misbun Sidek has not made any decision whether he still wants to continue training the national squad.
NSC director-general Datuk Zolkples Embong said Misbun's silence complicated the matter.
Misbun resigned abruptly from the post in January believed to be due to dissatisfaction over the new training structure lined up by the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM).
Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek, BAM president Datuk Seri Mohd Nadzmi Salleh and Zolkples had met Misbun to discuss the impasse soon after the coach announced the resignation.
Zolkples told reporters here that Misbun should cooperate with the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) to resolve the problem and give priority to the nation.
He said however that the NSC would not make any follow up on the matter as long as it did not affect Misbun's protege Datuk Lee Chong Wei's performance.
He nevertheless hoped that the conflict would see a solution soon.
On the request for allocations by the Sabah Sports Board to improve the facilities at the Ranau Sports Complex, Zolkples said the NSC had to say no to it because the council had no fund for the purpose.
"It's not that we don't want to help but even here, the facilities are far from sufficient," he said, adding that the Ranau Sports Complex was under the jurisdiction of the board and not the NSC.
He also said that the NSC had approved the training programmes for 15 athletes at the sports complex but so far only two of them -- walkers Teoh Boon Lim and Yuan Yufang -- had begun the training there.
-- BERNAMA
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NSC director-general Datuk Zolkples Embong said Misbun's silence complicated the matter.
Misbun resigned abruptly from the post in January believed to be due to dissatisfaction over the new training structure lined up by the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM).
Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek, BAM president Datuk Seri Mohd Nadzmi Salleh and Zolkples had met Misbun to discuss the impasse soon after the coach announced the resignation.
Zolkples told reporters here that Misbun should cooperate with the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) to resolve the problem and give priority to the nation.
He said however that the NSC would not make any follow up on the matter as long as it did not affect Misbun's protege Datuk Lee Chong Wei's performance.
He nevertheless hoped that the conflict would see a solution soon.
On the request for allocations by the Sabah Sports Board to improve the facilities at the Ranau Sports Complex, Zolkples said the NSC had to say no to it because the council had no fund for the purpose.
"It's not that we don't want to help but even here, the facilities are far from sufficient," he said, adding that the Ranau Sports Complex was under the jurisdiction of the board and not the NSC.
He also said that the NSC had approved the training programmes for 15 athletes at the sports complex but so far only two of them -- walkers Teoh Boon Lim and Yuan Yufang -- had begun the training there.
-- BERNAMA
Source: http://www.bernama.com