KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17 (Bernama) -- Kabaddi Association of Malaysia (KAM) president Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim will do his best to ensure that kabaddi is included as a competition sport at Sukma 2010 in Melaka.
He told Bernama that although Kabaddi was included as a demo game in the recent Sukma in Kuala Terengganu with the participation of almost all the states, the traditional sport was not in the competition sports list for the 2010 games.
"I was again given the mandate unopposed as the chairman of KAM at the annual general meeting held in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday and I have promised the delegates and observers from all over the nation that Kabaddi will be listed as a competition sport at Sukma 2010 or else I will reconsider my position as KAM chairman," said Shahidan, the former Perlis Mentri Besar.
He noted that there was no point in him helming a sport that was given recognition at the Asian level but not at the national level.
"The whole world plays kabaddi so can't Sukma include this game which can be played by all Malaysians.
"The Iranians, Japanese, Thais, Indonesians, Turkmenistans, Koreans, apart from the people from the Indian subcontinent, where the game orginated, play this game. I also understand that the Europeans too are interested in kabaddi so it's time for the officials here to start thinking of this game seriously," Shahidan said.
During the AGM on Sunday, Shahidan retained his post unopposed along with Maniam Manikam, as the deputy president, and Mohd Imran Abdullah, V.Krishnan and B.Sathasivam as vice-presidents. M.K.Jacob and Abdullah Zawawi Mohd Nor were elected as the remaining vice-presidents.
Afandi Abdullah and Ravindran Duraisamy were reappointed as honorable secretary and assistant secretary respectively.
On the poor performance of the Malaysian kabaddi team at the Asian Women's Championships in Madurai, India, and in the First Asian Beach Games in Bali, Indonesia, Shahidan said that Sukma was the answer to reverse the situation because there would definitely be more talented players if the game became a competition event.
He does not believe that the Malays would shun kabaddi, going by the big number of Malay players at the last Sukma in Terengganu.
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