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A local football observer said that the country needs more high-quality local players. - Photo credit: Football Association of Malaysia

Shah Firdaus (right) is ready to be Azizulhasni's successor in bringing glory to the nation on the world stage. Photo credit: Facebook Shah Firdaus

Malaysian athletes during the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony along the Seine River on July 27, 2024. (Photo from Olympic Council of Malaysia)

The hopes of Malaysians to see Pearly-Thinaah advance to the final were crushed when they lost 12-21, 21-18, 15-21 after a 78-minute battle. Photo by Bernama

Japan's Wakana Nagahara reacts on the ground behind the net next to Malaysia's Muralitharan Thinaah in the women's doubles badminton group stage match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Porte de la Chapelle Arena in Paris on July 28, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

Malaysian badminton pair Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah put on a great show against Indonesia’s Rahayu Apriyani and Ramadhanti Siti Fadia Silvia at the Paris 2024 Olympics, held at the Arena Porte De La Chapelle today. - Photo by Bernama

Tang Jie-Ee Wei defied all odds to defeat China’s world number two pair Feng Yan Zhe-Huang Dong Ping. - Photo by Bernama

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Ranked world No. 13, Pearly-Thinaah then went on to make history as the first Malaysian women’s doubles pair to win the French Open in Paris in 2022, which was the country’s best achievement after Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui emerged as runners-up in 2008. - Photo by Bernama