Malaysia’s seven-gold target for the 2022 Commonwealth Games from July 28 to Aug 8 should be revised downwards, said Youth and Sports Minister Ahmad Faizal Azumu.

Faizal (above) said it is more realistic to aim for five or six gold medals now that badminton singles ace Lee Zii Jia and women’s squash player S Sivasangari have withdrawn from the Birmingham Games.

“(But) I think...