Former deputy youth and sports minister Steven Sim Chee Keong today criticised the ministry's current leadership over the resignation of national badminton player Lee Zii Jia, an incident which he said showed that the country's sports crisis is worsening.

Sim, who is Bukit Mertajam MP, said the current Youth and Sports Minister Ahmad Faizal Azumu had been silent about issues surrounding the welfare of athletes and the development of the country's sports industry.

He urged the National Sports Council and National Sports Association to...