06 Oct

Table toppers in the driving seat to secure maiden Division 1 ACPLJ2019 title   AMPANG (6 OCTOBER): Table toppers, Kuantan Synergy Badminton Club (KSBC) continued where they left off in the opening leg when they again displayed their might, winning all three of their matches in the second round of the Aeon Credit Purple League Junior (ACPLJ) 2019 held at The Challenger Sports Centre, Ampang today. Hot on their heels are Bandar Maharani BC with KSBC collecting (1051 - 905) set points, maintaining their 100% record after five games with Bandar Maharani BC collecting (905-754) set points after two victories in the third...

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04 Oct

KUALA LUMPUR (3 OCTOBER 2019): Team Malaysia heads towards glory when they compete in the inaugural FIA Motorsport Games to be held at the Vallelunga Circuit, Rome, Italy from 1st - 3rd November 2019.   The FIA Motorsport Games 2019, which was inspired by a successful event at last year’s GT Festival in Bahrain, is strongly tipped to be an annual affair. Six categories will be featured in this year’s edition namely GT Cup, Touring Car Cup, Formula 4 Cup, Drifting Cup, Karting Slalom Cup and Digital Cup.   Team Malaysia will be competing in two categories. Experienced drivers Adrian D’Silva and Weiron Tan will be behind the...

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19 Sep

GERMANY (18 September 2019): A rookie victory and another solid points weekend for Mitchell Cheah at Rounds 11 & 12 of the ADAC TCR Germany at Hockenheimring, the penultimate race weekend for 2019 season.  Cheah started both races from 11th on the grid after a tough Qualifying session. The Sepang International Circuit Talent Development Program driver started the race well and did not waver in his drive, keeping his head down while trading places with fellow junior driver several times over the race duration. Cheah’s consistent pace allowed him to take the class win, his third of the season.  Round 12 was...

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03 Sep

Aims to promote youth development and healthy living KUALA LUMPUR (3 SEPTEMBER 2019): It is a known fact that we are living in a digital world these days where almost everything is simply a click away. Human interaction and outdoor activities are slowly becoming redundant especially among the younger generation with the emergence of social media and eSports making it increasingly difficult to motivate and sustain a healthy society. With that in mind, AEON Credit Service (M) Sdn Bhd has teamed up with Malaysia Purple League (MPL), the private entity which brought us the nation's first professional badminton league, to launch the AEON...

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02 Sep

PETALING JAYA (1 September 2019): Persoalan siapakah yang bakal muncul  juara sulung kejohanan eRacing Grand Prix SEA Kuala Lumpur telah terjawab apabila Mior Muhammad Hafiz menepati ramalan berjaya mendominasi perlumbaan akhir yang berlangsung di 3 Damansara Shopping Mall semalam. Tanpa berdepan masalah, Mior Muhammad Hafiz, 31 membuktikan bahawa dia adalah raja litar maya perlumbaan eRacing Grand Prix SEA Mior mengungguli carta keseluruhan pemandu apabila berjaya mengumpul seberapa banyak mata meninggalkan 11 pesaing yang lain. Dalam saingan yang melibatkan 7 perlumbaan itu, seramai 15 peserta berentap pada hari Sabtu manakala hanya 12 peserta sahaja beraksi pada Ahad dengan menyaksikan para peserta berlumba di...

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19 Aug

JOHOR BAHRU (19 AUGUST 2019): With the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan only a month away, there is no better way to look forward to it than to join in the rough and tumble at the eagerly awaited Johor Rugby Carnival 2019 as rugby fans from the southern state and nationwide come together to celebrate their love for the sport on 24th and 25th August 2019 at EduCity Sports Complex. Organised by the Johor Rugby Union with the support of the Johor Education Department, Johor Sports Council, Malaysian Rugby Union and Iskandar Puteri City Council, this edition will mark the 10th-year since...

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17 Aug

Fenomena sukan elektronik (esports) yang kian melanda negara sudah berjaya mencipta sensasi baru dalam kalangan remaja di tanah air ini. Daripada dianggap sebagai satu hobi yang membuang masa, ia kini dianggap sebagai suatu cabang sukan yang berkembang pesat dengan satu portal berita perniagaan menyatakan jumlah penonton global eSports sebagai mencecah 400 juta tahun lalu dan dijangka meningkat ke lebih 550 juta pada 2021. Perkembangan positif ini menyaksikan kerajaan menerusi Kementerian Belia dan Sukan (KBS) memperuntukkkan RM10 juta menerusi Bajet 2019 bagi pembangunan esports dalam usaha untuk menjadikan Malaysia sebagai gergasi esports di Asia. Malahan, esports ini sudah diterima sebagai salah satu sukan di...

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07 Aug

JOHOR BAHRU (7 AUGUST 2019): The countdown for the 20th edition of the Malaysia Games (SUKMA XX) has officially kicked off with the unveiling of its logo and mascot at Impiana Hotel, Senai today. Johor will be hosting this biennial event for only the second time since its inauguration in 1986. Johor first hosted for the Games’ fourth edition in 1992. The organizing committee this time round has vowed to put on another impressive show for the SUKMA’s second coming to the southern state. Johor Chief Minister YAB Dato’ Dr. Sahruddin Jamal is confident all Malaysians will experience the hype of SUKMA XX as...

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26 Jul

THE Royal Selangor Club today launched a welfare fund for the 1972 Olympic football team in conjunction with the 19th RSC-Tiger International Soccer 7s and 17th RSC-Milo Under-12 International Soccer 7s 2019. Present at the launch were Malaysian football legends and members of the invincible 1972 Olympic football team, namely Datuk Soh Chin Aun and Rahim Abdullah.  Also present were Datuk Santokh Singh and Datuk Shukor Salleh,  members of the Malaysian football team that qualified for the 1980 Moscow Olympics and Datuk N. Thanabalan whose record of scoring three goals in a Malaysia Cup final in 1968 still stands after 51 years. "We are...

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10 Jun

KUALA LUMPUR (10 June 2019): Fresh off winning his first ‘Honda Rookie Challenge Award last month, Mitchell Cheah clinched his first podium finish after claiming second spot in the third leg of ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship which took place at the Red Bull Ring Circuit, Austria last weekend.  Mitchell, an up and coming racing driver showed his outstanding performance in Spielberg after finishing the Race 1 in the second position which he timed 32:55.853 on Saturday. Mitchell was only left behind by the winner of the race, Harald Procyzk who drove Hyundai of HP Racing International with 32:54.097 while...

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