Certain events at the 20th Malaysia Games (Sukma), to be held from Sept 16-24, have to be dropped as they do not meet the requirement of having a minimum of six states competing.

National Sports Council (NSC) director-general Ahmad Shapawi Ismail said this could be avoided if the states who had registered their athletes early did not pull them out at the last minute before the closing date.

However, he said the Sukma Supreme Committee, chaired by...