A game that was previously know as Sepak Raga Jaring, used to be a Malay community game and is now being recognized in the world stage and even being included in the Asian Games.

Sepak Takraw is considered Malaysia’s national sport. The word sepak is Malay for kick while the word takraw is of Thai quite literally means ‘to kick a rattan ball’.

It was standardized in the year 1960 at Kuala Lumpur where the officials from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Myanmar met to agree on the name and standard rules.