05 Oct

Mengekalkan gaya hidup yang seimbang dapat menjadi aspek penting di dalam membentuk tubuh badan dan minda yang sihat. Dan pemikiran seperti inilah yang dua perenang kebangsaan, Khoo Cai Lin dan Phee Jing En berharap dapat ditanam dalam diri semua rakyat Malaysia menerusi sambutan Hari Sukan Negara 2015 pada 10 Oktober depan. Menurut laporan The Lancet, jurnal perubatan British pada 2014, 49% wanita dan 44% lelaki di negara ini adalah dalam kategori lebih berat badan. Statistik yang cukup membimbangkan. Tetapi ia diburukkan dengan fakta bahawa Malaysia mempunyai kadar obesiti dan diabetes tertinggi di Asia Tenggara dan di kedudukan keenam di rantau Asia Pasifik...

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05 Oct

The Youth and Sports Ministry has further raised the bar leading up to the National Sports Day with the launch of an exclusive National Sports Day Sale at Mid Valley Megamall and Sunway Pyramid today. Targeted at sports enthusiasts and everyday people, the National Sports Day Sale initiative encourages more Malaysians to gear up for the October 10 event by giving them a window to purchase sporting goods at a discounted rate of up to 50%. The National Sports Day Sale was officiated by Youth and Sports Minister, YB Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar, and will run for a duration of almost...

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05 Oct

Sekeras mana seseorang itu cuba menafikan, penampilan tubuh badan memainkan peranan penting di dalam mencorakkan kehidupan seseorang. Penampilan tubuh badan boleh diliputi dari aspek luaran seperti ciri-ciri wajah, bau badan, dan sifat-sifat fizikal yang lain, contohnya sifat yang tampak terserlah di mata kasar. Di Malaysia, kemelut dengan berat badan bukanlah satu konsep baru, dengan Malaysia dikenalpasti sebagai satu dari negara Asia yang mempunyai kadar obesiti tinggi. Dengan angka mereka yang mengalami obes di dalam negara semakin meningkat, Hari Sukan Negara diwujudkan sebagai inisiatif kerajaan untuk memacu ke arah negara yang lebih sihat. Begitupun, perjuangan atau cabaran untuk mengatasi masalah berat badan seseorang...

07:43 / Local / Sports
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05 Oct

The Malaysian Hockey Confederation unveiled a grand four-year blueprint that includes a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hockey Australia aimed at Malaysia’s qualification to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The MoU with Hockey Australia is said to contain the most comprehensive partnership between any two hockey-playing nations. It covers a range of topics and devised towards reciprocal arrangement from grassroots development, umpires, officials, administrative staff, coaches and player exchange. Malaysia will continue to invite Australia to the annual Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and Sultan of Johor Cup tournaments while Australia will extend an invitation to our men and women national teams to their...

03:07 / International / Local / Sports
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05 Oct

India and Philippines will join a host of elite nations in the ISTAF SuperSeries Finals 2014/15 THAILAND from Oct 20-23 at the Nakhom Pathom Municipal Gymnasium near Bangkok. Two-time overall champions Thailand will lead the challenge in the eight-team men’s division tournament which will decide the overall champion. Hot on the heels of the formidable Thais will be Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Myanmar, Japan and newcomers, Philippines and India. The Malaysians won silver medals in the 2011/12 and 2013/14 SuperSeries Finals while Korea and Japan picked bronze medals respectively. India and Philippines are replacements for Indonesia and China which featured prominently in the last...

03:07 / Local / Sports
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05 Oct

Tunku Mahkota Sports School Thunderbolts (SSTMI) from Johor delivered a stunning blow to defending champions Armed Forces Pernama by carving a 4-1 win in the semi-finals of the TNBMHL 2015 Women’s League at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil on Thursday. A brace from Liyana Aquilah Mohd Sepawi (20th and 45th), Khairun Najwa Khairuddin (42nd) and Nur Adriana Mohd Nawawi (48th) sealed STTMI a spot in Saturday’s final against Ministry of Education Centre for Sports Excellence (PKS-KPM). ATM Pernama, who sorely missed the services of national captain Siti Noor Amarina Ruhaini who is recuperating from an appendicitis surgery, replied through Izzuin...

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05 Oct

The Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) has named 35 players for the senior men’s national training squad that will begin training on Oct 5 under national head coach Stephen Van Huizen and assisted by Lim Chiow Chuan. However, only 21 players will report to camp on the first day of training on Monday while the rest will join at a later date as they have personal obligations to attend. Of the selected 35, three players are currently with the National Junior squad in preparation for the upcoming Junior Asia Cup which will be held from Nov 12-22 in Kuantan, Pahang while another three...

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05 Oct

Lebih 30 badan korporat akan menyertai jutaan rakyat Malaysia dalam meraikan sambutan sulung Hari Sukan Negara. Hari Sukan Negara bertujuan menyemai gaya hidup sihat di kalangan rakyat Malaysia daripada semua lapisan masyarakat dengan menganjurkan pelbagai acara sukan yang akan diraikan pada 10 Oktober di seluruh negara. Ianya telah dilancarkan oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak pada 24 Mac, 2015 dengan anggaran tiga juta rakyat Malaysia dijangka mengambil bahagian dalam sambutan di seluruh negara. Kerajaan juga telah mewartakan Sabtu kedua pada Oktober setiap tahun sebagai Hari Sukan Negara. Hari Sukan Negara adalah satu inisiatif yang dipacu oleh Kementerian Belia dan Sukan sebagai langkah...

01:55 / Local / Sports
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05 Oct

If there is one organization that can understand the National Sports Day (HSN) initiative well, it would have to be Sports, Competition and Outdoor Recreational Experience (SCORE). As the team responsible for several fitness mega events and organizers of the FitMalaysia, an initiative by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, it was surprising that SCORE will be hyped for the inaugural HSN on Oct 10. "No doubt it is an exciting time for sports and fitness in Malaysia," said its strategic director James Tan. "The birth of this programme (HSN) will create a greater awareness of our need to be fitter, which...

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05 Oct

In conjunction with the highly anticipated National Sports Day, the Ministry of Youth and Sports has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) to accept the challenge of taking the first step in turning Malaysia into a sporting nation via the Garmin MP Steps Challenge. At its official launch in Parliament on Thursday, the Garmin MP Steps Challenge will have participating MPs competing against each other, not in politics, but in a "survival of the fittest" test to see who will emerge the strongest, healthiest and most active MP. From Friday, Sept 11 - Oct 2, participating MPs will be provided their very...

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