24 Apr

Debutant France arrived for the Pahang Hockey Champions Challenge 1 hoping to create ripples of waves in this seaside city of Kuantan, beginning with the Group B tie against hosts Malaysia at the Wisma Belia Hockey Stadium on Saturday. French coach Frederic Soyez said they have included 12 players from the Junior World Cup squad that claimed silver in New Delhi, India, last December, and hopes to reach their target of at least a fifth finish among the eight teams participating. “We just finished playing test matches against Belgium. Although we lost in these matches it gave us good account before coming...

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04 Apr

Recognition comes in many ways and nothing is far more meaningful and appreciated than to receive awards and medals conferred in conjunction with the birthday of a state ruler. Asian Football Confederation (AFC) General Secretary Dato’ Alex Soosay will receive the Darjah Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang (DSAP) and his immediate assistant, Windsor Paul John, the Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (DIMP), both of which carry the title 'Datuk'. They will be among 172 recipients of various awards tomorrow in recognition of their contributions to society. Tengku Mahkota of Pahang, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, will present the medals at an investiture ceremony at...

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14 Jan

Malaysia Cup champions Pahang signed a three-year sponsorship deal today worth in the region of close to RM1 million per year with one of the world’s leading Sports Brands PUMA Pahang ended a 21-year drought to emerge 2013 Malaysia Cup champions following a 1-0 win over defending champions Kelantan in the final, watched by an estimated 85,000 fans at the Shah Alam Stadium. Describing the sponsorship deal for three seasons with PUMA as a really ‘significant boost’, Pahang Football Association president, Tengku Abdul Rahman Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, said it will only spur the players and management to greater heights for...

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12 Dec

The Red Bull Female Rookies Drivers Search 2014 unveiled its first batch of 14 potential drivers on the sideline of the Sepang 1,000km Endurance Race today.Forty enthusiasts attended the ‘by invitation only’ selection process with Hypertune, Shift and MYC! This also includes fans from the Red Bull Facebook page. Among those selected by four independent judges were Ili Syazana Jamal Azmi, a University of Malaya final-year medical student, Putri Mardiana Zainal Abidin, a single mother with a ‘burning passion’ for motorsports, Daphne Choo Lynn-Wey and Penang-born Jessica Ann Selvadurai. Red Bull Malaysia Executive Director, Jyn Wee, said these 14 female drivers were...

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27 Nov

Pasukan hoki remaja kebangsaan menerima suntikan menjelang Piala Dunia Remaja bulan depan menerusi tajaan Lembaga Kemajuan Tanah Persekutuan (FELDA). FELDA tampil sebagai penaja pasukan kebangsaan dengan sumbangan RM500,000 bagi Piala Dunia Remaja yang bakal dilangsungkan mulai 6-15 Disember di Stadium Hoki Major Dhyan Chand di New Delhi, India, manakala pakaian rasmi pasukan ditaja oleh Kuckreja & Co. Pengarah Besar FELDA, Datuk Faizoull Ahmad menyampaikan cek bernilai RM500,000 kepada Presiden MHC, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah pada majlis penyampaian penajaan di Hotel Royale Chulan di Kuala Lumpur. Majlis itu turut disaksikan oleh pegawai-pegawai teratas FELDA, MHC dan anggota pasukan remaja kebangsaan. “FELDA berbangga...

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24 Nov

After a three-week search for the most talented badminton players amongst our youth, the Axiata Cup Juniors screened 24 winners who will now take on a bigger stage in next month’s National Finals. The Axiata Cup Juniors Talent Search journeyed its way through 12 states from up north Perlis to the southern tip of the peninsula, Johor, and the east coast states of Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang. An estimated 1,300 students from government, private institutions and badminton academies paraded their skills after going through a filtration process led by former international Cheah Soon Kit, who won the men’s doubles silver medal at...

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31 Oct

As expected, Thailand registered straight set wins over Japan and Germany in their opening Group B matches at ISTAF SuperSeries MALAYSIA 2013/14, taking only a total of 42 minutes to finish off their opponents. Despite giving three new players their first shot at an international action, the second seeds only needed 24 minutes to defeat Japan 15-2, 15-9 in their first match and 18 minutes to overcome Germany 15-1, 15-3 in their second at the Likas Sports Complex here. Coach Somporn Sanyabut, who is keeping star tekong Siriwat Sakha and striker Pornchai Kaokaew for the SEA Games in December, took the opportunity...

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31 Oct

Every year, multi-talented Malaysian football administrators are being wooed by foreign clubs and nations to chart their fortunes. Such brain-drainage of Malaysians with technical skills and knowledge simply has no ending. This is not only a big loss to the nation in terms of human capital but indeed a tragic one. Tragic because while their ‘expertise’ is well recognized and capitalized on by foreign nations local football governing bodies at state and national levels seems to have turned a blind eye on them. Three Malaysians have so far made the exodus before this and now 51-year-old Jeysing Gnana Kannu Muthiah, a former...

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09 Sep

The ‘Red Bull-Campaign for a Lane’ (CFAL) got off to a rousing start with the participation of 3,200 cyclists and ended with a great flourish at the Esplanade today. The fifth edition of CFAL was clearly the biggest cycling event held in the state, covering a distance of 82km around the island without any hitches, as cyclists from all walks of life, young and old, including several from neighboring states and Southeast Asian nations graced the occasion. Penang Chief Minister, Lim Guan Eng, had earlier in the morning flagged off the cyclists at the Esplanade to mark an awareness campaign to promote...

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29 Aug

Malaysia faced unexpected resistance from the United States in their ISTAF SuperSeries INDIA 2013/14 opening match but did enough when it mattered most to carve out a somewhat scrappy win. Playing on an elevated court for the first time, the Malaysian first regu of Norshahruddin Mad Ghani, Ahmad Aizat Nor Azmi and Farhan Adam defeated the US trio of Jeremy Nathan, Tanakorn Tony and Tru A Cha 15-9, 15-9, 15-4 in their Group B fixture at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex here today. “We really did not have a chance to practice on the elevated court and this was reflected in our...

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