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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02 May

KUALA LUMPUR (2 May 2019): Kuala Lumpur will host the first-ever eRacing Grand Prix SEA this coming June with its target being to help virtual racers develop their potential and become stars in motor racing. eRacing made its Grand Prix debut in Hong Kong last year which inspired Alex Yoong, the founder of Axle Motorsport, to bring this branch of motor racing to this region and develop a regional eRacing championship with the objective of transforming virtual racers into real-life motorsport champions. “eRacing Grand Prix SEA is the best platform for virtual racers to prove that gamers can establish themselves in real-life motorsports successfully,” said Alex. Virtual...

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22 Apr

SHARING decades of football knowledge during a football clinic with local children, visiting a dedicated SEN school and attending a fans’ screening of Sunday’s Premier League match against Cardiff City were some of the highlights the Liverpool Legends enjoyed during their visit to Malaysia for LFC World last week. Jason McAteer, Steve McManaman and Sami Hyypia were in Kuala Lumpur on April 20th  and  21st for LFC World presented by Standard Chartered. The trio met with fans of Liverpool at the LFC World Hub during their stay. They also joined supporters to cheer their team during Sunday’s match against Cardiff City. Fans...

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04 Mar

KUALA KANGSAR (4 Mac 2019): SEKOLAH Menengah Sains Hulu Selangor (SEMASHUR) made history when they ripped the form guide to shreds and outplayed hosts MCKK 24-10 to win their first ever MCKK Premier 7s title in a pulsating final at the MCKK Rugby Field, Kuala Kangsar yesterday. The Cup final, which was played in the scorching Kuala Kangsar heat got even hotter on the field as the two finalists gave it all they had with the title in sight but in MCKK’s case, to end their six-year wait for the championship. But SEMASHUR was not about to let that happen and two...

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