“YOUNG kids have it easy these days.”

“I AM a coach. I’m not Harry Potter. He is magical, but in reality, there is no magic. Magic is fiction and football is real.”

AS a school-going kid, I always wondered why my Muslim friends would not join us at the canteen during the month of Ramadan.

KIDS, as they grow up, have wishes, filled with lots of dreams and hopes. As someone who writes about sports, I am sometimes like a kid, too – with visions for the future, especially for the Malaysia Super League.

FOR almost a year now, I’ve stopped biting my nails. But on two occasions in the Hockey World Cup, I had a hard time keeping my fingers away from my teeth.

IF there was one man who made Brazil truly global, it has to be Edson Arantes do Nascimento.

THE World Cup ended more than a week ago but one of the most talked about subjects remain the debate about who’s the greatest of all time (GOAT).

MOST people’s usual routine in the morning is to brush their teeth and shower first – but mine is going straight to the Twitter feed before anything else.

WHEN Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) confirmed their ninth consecutive Super League title two weeks ago, a friend of mine paraphrased English legend Gary Lineker, complete with a Malaysian twang.

ALL I wanted to do was watch a great game of football between two sides filled with some of the nation’s best youngsters.