Four Malaysians will do the country proud when they start their duties in the World Cup today.
School teacher Subkhidin Mohamed Salleh will referee one of the matches, the first Malaysian to referee a game in a World Cup.
He will be assisted by assistant referees Yuxin Mu of China and Jeffrey Gek Pheng of Singapore. Subkhidin refereed a match in the 2007 Fifa Under-20 World Cup in Canada.
Subkhidin will be joined by former Football Assiciation of Malaysia general secretary Datuk Dell Akbar Khan who will be the Fifa Venue Security Officer in Durban.
Windsor John is the general coordinator of all venues while Datuk Dr Gurucharan Singh is a FIfa medical committee member.
While their names may not be known to the younger generation, they all have football made their mark in Malaysian football.
Dell is a former police officer and national footballer, Windsor was previously Fifa’s Development Officer while Dr Gurucharan is Asian Football Confederation’s Medical Committee chairman.
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