28 Aug

Siapa pilihan utama jurulatih Jamaluddin Hassan sebagai tekong Malaysia dalam Siri Super ISTAF 2013-14, bakal ditentukan berdasarkan tahap lawan yang ditemui satu persatu. Dengan sistem pertukaran pemain yang lebih terbuka, maksimum dan fleksibel, Ahmad Aizat Mohd. Nor Azmi dan Izurin Refin pasti perlu sentiasa bersedia menghadapi segala kemungkinan asalkan mampu memastikan kemenangan Malaysia. Hanya pengalaman antarabangsa, memisahkan mereka dengan pencapaian juara Piala EGAT di Lampang, Thailand, bulan lalu sebagai sandaran Ahmad Aizat. Izurin, tekong kidal pula menimba pendedahan dengan kelab Chonburi dan Kalasin dalam Liga Sepaktakraw Thailand (TTL), baru-baru ini selain pernah menikmati aksi Piala Raja Thai, tahun lalu. Pusingan pertama Siri Super ISTAF di Kompleks Sukan Indira Gandhi, New Delhi yang bermula Khamis ini,...

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28 Aug

Nasib skuad Malaysia dianggap jauh lebih mudah dan baik berbanding tiga seteru utamanya, Thailand, Korea Selatan dan Indonesia atau mungkin Myanmar mulai Khamis ini. Undian Siri Super ISTAF 1 di New Delhi, India, hanya menemukan anak buah Jamaluddin Hassan itu dengan Iran dan Amerika Syarikat dalam Kumpulan B yang tidak pernah menewaskan mereka dan berkedudukan dunia jauh lebih rendah. Tuah besar itu ternyata mencerahkan peluang Malaysia, pilihan kedua, mencapai sasaran jurulatihnya untuk ke separuh akhir yang bakal menemukannya dengan sama ada India atau Singapura mahupun bertembung semula salah satu lawan peringkat kumpulan tadi. Amat berbeza buat juara bertahan dan Piala Dunia, Thailand yang perlu berentap dengan Myanmar...

07:23 / International / Local / Sports
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05 Aug

WINDSOR Paul John has been appointed Deputy General Secretary of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). He will now assist AFC General Secretary Dato Alex Soosay in all administrative matters. Prior to his latest appointment, Windsor was the Executive Director of AFC, a position he has held since 2012. This latest move by AFC is seen by the Asian governing body recognizing Windsor’s ability in the administrative field as the man has been performing his jobs rather diligently, and with so much passion. Of recent, football’s world governing body, FIFA, had so much of faith in Windsor’s ability too. He was appointed by Fifa...

07:48 / Local / Sports
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12 Jun

Royal Brunei Armed Forces Sports Council (MS ABDB), and Indera Sports Club Futsal took cautious steps as they prepare for the Red Bull Futsal Tri-Nations Cup 2013 which begins in Kuala Terengganu on Friday. As the countdown to the second edition of the Red Bull Futsal Tri-Nations Cup gets underway with ground staff working round-the-clock at the Kuala Terengganu Indoor Stadium, the mood in both the Brunei teams is that of jovial. “Except for Indera SC Futsal, the other team from Brunei, we have no knowledge of the strength of the four other opponents.  I guess we will know once the tournament...

07:54 / International / Sports
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12 Jun

Juan Mata has set his sights on lifting the Barclays Premier League trophy in the 2013/14 season. The playmaker, who has been voted Player of the Year in each of his two seasons at Chelsea, has already sampled continental success with both the Champions League and Europa League trophies but is yet to win a domestic league title. He is hoping Jose Mourinho will be able to lead the side to that success on his return to Stamford Bridge. Mata identifies a strong start to the season, following our pre-season trips to Asia and America, as the key. Last season we began...

07:51 / International / Local / Sports
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08 Jun

While Football fans continue to attack the FA of Malaysia (FAM) over so many issues, ranging from stadium management, calling for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) as requested by Kelantan FA president Tan Sri Annuar Musa to issues of bookies rigging into the Malaysian League, it all seems that nothing is going right for the national football governing body. However, despite all the sad episodes that have engulfed the local scene; there is still that one piece of good news coming out of the incinerator - one man continues to keep the Malaysian flag flying high at the world stage. He...

07:59 / Local / Sports
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06 Jun

Persatuan Bolasepak Angkatan Tentera Malaysia mengucapkan setinggi takziah di atas pemergian Allahyarham Kamarudin Mohd Nor, pembantu jurulatih pasukan yang meninggal dunia pada 4 Jun kerana sakit jantung. Antara tonggak senior pasukan, Irwan Fadzly Idrus berkata dia masih lagi terkilan dengan pemergian mengejut arwah yang disifatkannya sebagai seorang individu yang sangat rapat dan mesra sebagai ‘Che Din’ di kalangan para pemain. “Tidak saya nafikan, pemergian beliau amat mengejutkan. Even pada hari beliau sakit, beliau masih lagi meluangkan masa untuk bersama-sama pemain di padang latihan. Seorang yang sangat tegas, susah untuk tengok beliau senyum di atas padang, tetapi di luar kami semua mesra bagai...

08:10 / Local / Sports
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16 Apr

Backed by the might of Datuk Lee Chong Wei, and the strong support from Datin Seri Paduka Rosmah Mansor, Malaysia lifted the second edition of the Axiata Cup with a 3-1 demolition of Thailand at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium in Cheras today. The World No 1 answered the clarion call by the BA of Malaysia and National singles head coach Rashid Sidek on the eve of the final clash, just 48 hours after becoming a father with the birth of his son Kingston Lee. His return to help the nation subdue the formidable Thais, who had dethroned defending champions Indonesia in...

08:13 / International / Sports
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13 Apr

After almost a two-month search, the Axiata Cup 2013 “Up Your Game” Challenge, held in line with the world’s richest badminton team event in Surabaya (Indonesia), and Kuala Lumpur, has found three worthy winners. The overall champion is Joaan Foo Pui Yan, whose video entry titled ‘Lean on Me’ – Xpression (Up your game Malaysia), was adjudged the best among the entries received. She received the winner’s purse of RM5, 000. Mufrizal Akmal Zaenal Abidin came in second for his entry titled ‘Rise up your spirit and up your game’ and received ed a cheque for RM3,000 while Harbinder Singh s/o Waldev Singh...

08:39 / Local / Sports
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12 Apr

Dato’ Hamidin Hj Mohd Amin might be appointed as the new general secretary of the national football governing body, replacing Dato’ Azzuddin Ahmad who will step down from his current position on May 1. According to reliable sources within the hallowed walls of FAM, the choice of appointing Hamidin comes with certain conditions - he has to resign from all other positions in FAM, the FA of Selangor. Apart from being a vice-president of the FAM, Hamidin is also the competitions committee chairman, general-secretary of Selangor FA, and, also a member of the AFC Standing Committee. It is reliable learned that FAM president...

08:42 / Local / Sports
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