SUBANG JAYA - Selangor intends to host the Malaysian Games (SUKMA) edition of 2022 after last hosting it in 1998.
Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari said that with the status of nine-time champion, Selangor is intensifying its efforts to prepare athletes for SUKMA 2020 in Johor.
“The success of organizing the Selangor International Sports Summit (SISS) 2019 is a testimony to our seriousness and willingness to face the bigger challenge of SUKMA," said Amirudin.
"As the top two-time world champion overall, we are ready to face SUKMA next year," he added.
He said this at the opening ceremony of SISS 2019 at Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa here today.
According to Amirudin, Selangor has the potential to be the best organizer after 21 years based on economic development, existing facilities and being the 'Game-Changer' in SUKMA's history.
He noted that Selangor had also dreamt of hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games after Kuala Lumpur did so in 1998.
“The sport is organized at the Federal level, however Selangor intends to host it like Kuala Lumpur before," he said.
"Other countries have done the same thing such as Seoul, South Korea and Atlanta, USA when hosting the Olympics," he added.
At the same event, Amirudin also presented the awards to the Asian Team and Athletes of 2018.
The Japanese women's soccer team was selected as the winner of the Asian Women's Team while the Qatar men's soccer team won the Asian Men's Team category.
South Korea's Tottenham Hotspur striker Son Heung-min was named the Asian Men's Athlete, while Indian boxer M C Mary Kom received the Asian Women's Athletic Award.
