08 Dec

Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) president Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah wants his players to be prepared for do-or-die missions during the Asia Cup and Commonwealth Games next year in efforts to earn a ticket to the 2012 London Olympic Games. Tengku Abdullah said the MHF have placed high hopes on the players to perform well and earn a ticket to London especially after failing to make the cut for the World Cup."The team must do well in the Asia Cup in China and the Commonwealth Games in India. That is the do-or-die mission for the team," he told reporters after handing contributions...

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08 Dec

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced that Malaysia will be hosting the prestigious golf competition, the PGA Tour, next year."It was my childhood ambition to see the PGA Tour brought to Malaysia and now it will become a reality...

02:59 / Local / Sports
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08 Dec

National Sports Council (NSC) director-general Datuk Zolkples Embong described the action of the men's football team to manhandle match officials after their 1-3 loss to Vietnam, as a disgrace to the country. He added that the reason offered by head coach K. Rajagobal that the incident was triggered by bias and controversial decisions made by the referee against Malaysia, cannot be accepted."To me, the referee was fair and indeed a number of decisions made by him favoured the Malaysian team," said Zolkples who was among those who watched the match on Sunday. In the match held at the Main Stadium of the...

02:55 / Local / Sports
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06 Dec

Malaysia's hopes of making it to the semi-finals of the Laos SEA Games men's football competition, suffered a major setback after a 1-3 loss to Vietnam, at the Laos National Stadium here Sunday. Malaysia who beat Timor Leste 11-0 on Wednesday, were not able to find their scoring boots today, in a match dominated by the fitter and faster Vietnamese and even the solitary goal was a result of an own goal by Vo Hoang Quang who headed the ball into his own net. It was the second consecutive time Malaysia suffered a defeat at the hands of Vietnam in the SEA...

02:48 / Local / Sports
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02 Dec

THE delay in flying to Laos did not stop K.Rajagopal's boys in thrashing Timor Leste in a 11-0 opening of the Group A match at the National Stadium in Vientiane. Striker Ahmad Fakri Saarani scored a hat-trick, while Norshahrul Talaha scored a brace. Zaquan Adha Abdul Razak, Baddrol Baktiar, Amirulhadi Zainal, Amar Rohidan, Safiq Rahim and Aidil Zafuan Abdul Razak contributed a goal each. "The boys played well and we took the chances. It will be a good motivation for the players for the next match." said K.Rajagopal after the game. Timor Leste ranked 198 in the world, surely are not a real...

02:34 / Local / Sports
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30 Nov

MALAYSIAN Under-23 team were unable to take off from the RMAF Air Base, Subang. The team was at the airport since 9.30am, and were brought back to Wisma FAM at 4 pm. "There was a delay in flight arrangement, we wrote to the necessary agencies and approval was given 10 days ago, but it was unfortunate that this has happened." said an official. This delay in travelling to Laos is surely not good news for K.Rajagopal as they will take on Timor Leste on Wednesday in the opening match. Many may wonder why the national team is travelling in a private chartered flight?...

08:11 / Local / Sports
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30 Nov

Arsenal now have it all to do in the title race.Sunday’s 3-0 defeat to Chelsea at Emirates Stadium leaves Arsène Wenger’s side 11 points adrift of the Premier League leaders.It is still only November of course and Arsenal have a game in hand but they have to claw back ground quickly if they are to stay in touch with top two. This game was an indication of the task they face. The home side had the majority of possession and were on the foot front for most of the 90 minutes but they were picked off twice just before half-time and...

08:10 / International / Sports
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24 Nov

Asian soccer chief Mohamed Bin Hammam signed a $1 billion dollar rights deal with World Sports Group on Tuesday.The deal gives Singapore-based sports marketing, event management and media group WSG rights to Asian Football Confederation (AFC) events up until 2020."Asian football is scaling new heights," Hammam told reporters in the Malaysian capital." It is AFC's pleasure to renew our tight relationship with WSG, who were the first ones to recognise the incredible potential of the Asian game." WSG have been commercial partners of the AFC since 1993."They came to support us when our revenues (from rights) were close to zero. We...

08:09 / Local / Sports
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24 Nov

AN excellent column written by my former boss Datuk Syed Nadzri, Group Editor of NST. A former sports writer, a man with humility and wisdom, he has given his side of the story of what is wrong with Malaysian Football. Read it here  REMEMBER the name: Elizabeth Lambert. The American girl has epitomised, through dirty play in a football match earlier this month, the reality of the world -- about how things are sometimes not what they appear to be. She has shown, in split seconds of utterly bad sporting behaviour, everything about the dangers lurking around us and the deceptive, stealthy moments...

08:08 / Local / Sports
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