Rapturous welcome for football team.

PETALING JAYA: The national football team returned from their triumphant AFF Suzuki Cup campaign to a rapturous welcome by thousands of ecstatic fans at the KL International Airport in Sepang.

The roar was deafening as the fans surged forward cheering and chanting the names of their favourite players.

Striker Safee Sali being swarmed by fans of the national football team upon their arrival at the KL International Airport in Sepang yesterday. — AZHAR MAHFOF / The Star

In other developments yesterday:

> Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wants Malaysians to back national sports teams at all times and not only when they win;

> The Government has called on employers to pay their employees public holiday rates if they work today.
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