School them in sports, it’s not too late


United States' forward Megan Rapinoe poses with the Golden Ball after the France 2019 Women’s World Cup football final match between USA and the Netherlands, at the Lyon Stadium in Lyon, central-eastern France. - Filepic

THEY say short girls cannot play netball. Well, I did – and I am just 149cm (4ft 11in). I played for the four years that I was in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in Bangi. What’s more, I took part in middle distance events during the university’s sports day.

Rain or shine, some of us would put on our running shoes to jog around the campus while others played football, hockey, basketball and badminton.

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