11 Aug

ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) honorary general secretary Dato’ Paul Mony Samuel has lauded Vietnam’s Thanh Nien-sponsored U21 football tournaments. Samuel said Thanh Nien has done an excellent job organizing the U21 national tournament for 13 consecutive years and the U21 for the past three years. That is a great achievement, Samuel said. He made the statement to Thanh Nien reporters before the opening of the U19 Southeast Asian Football Championship finals, which started on Tuesday in Ho Chi Minh City.“It indicates that you are very consistent and have made big contributions to the growth of Vietnamese football. The biggest achievement was the...

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11 Aug

FIFPro Asia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The MOU was specifically designed to reinforce cooperation and dialogue between these international organizations, on the major issues facing professional football in the ASEAN region. The MOU would also foster the development of professional domestic leagues in Southeast Asia with FIFPro’s Asian division providing its expertise on player-related matters, as well as combat doping and racism in the game. Dato’ Seri Paul Mony Samuel, the Honorary Secretary of the AFF welcomed the agreement with FIFPro Asia. “The AFF is extremely happy to have an MOU with the Asian...

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08 Aug

Terror threat has prompted England to pull out of the badminton World Championships scheduled to begin on Monday at Gatchibowl in Hyderabad. Badminton England released a statement saying there had been a reported threat against the championships by the Pakistan-based Islamic militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba. Chief executive Adrian Christy said there was consultation with the British Foreign Office and British High Commission and local police before making the decision to withdraw from the event - second only to the Olympics as badminton's leading tournament. "This was an incredibly tough decision and one we didn't take lightly," Christy said in a statement. "We were...

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08 Aug

Malaysia's first participation in the Olympics history began in 1956, but until today, the sports industry in this country is still considered as a young and emerging sector. And 10 years ago, sports contributed about RM10 million for the country but today, nobody knows about the exact figure of the young industry. Some might say the sports industry today is worth millions of Ringgit but no government agency has statistics of the import, export or other business data related to the industry.That's the finding of Malaysia Sports Industry Convention 2009 (Kismas 09) which was held at Berjaya Times Square Convention Centre here...

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07 Aug

Mighty Egypt squashed Malaysia out of the 13th World Junior Women's Team Squash Championship today, cutting short Malaysia's dream of a podium finish. The Egyptian girls scored a straight 3-0 victory over Malaysia in the quarter-final match, played at the Tamil Nadu Squash Rackets Association hall in Chennai.In the first match, Nour El Sherbini stopped Tan Yan Xin -- 9-11, 11-6, 11-2, 11-1 and Heba El Torky tamed Low Wee Nee 11-5, 11-3, 11-5.In the last match Nour El Tayeb subdued Nessrine Ariffin 11-1, 11-9 without playing the third set. In another crucial match, Canada almost upset second seeded and host India,...

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07 Aug

Arsène Wenger is targeting up to two new players before the transfer window closes – but Patrick Vieira is unlikely to be one of them. Speaking at the launch of Arsenal’s Charity of the Season, the French manager suggested he was interested in “one offensive and one defensive player” to add to his squad.However when asked about the much-rumoured re-signing of his former captain, Wenger replied: "Not at the moment, no.” He went on: "We can still make do with one or two players more. "One could be in the defensive areas, and one in the attacking areas. "We make a few...

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07 Aug

SMK Mohd Nazrul Mazlan was the toast of SMK Putera as the Kelantan school edged former champions SMK Guar Perahu of Penang 1-0 in the final at the Cochrane Sports Excellence Centre to take this year’s 100 PLUS Super Cup Champion Schools title. It was a final that could have gone either way but it was tale of missed chances for the tired teams. However SMK Putera, runners-up to SMK Anderson of Perak last year, were determined not to play second fiddle again. The East Coast side stepped up a gear when it mattered most against the gritty opponents from Penang who failed...

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05 Aug

DATO Sri Paul Mony Samuel celebrates his 64th Birthday today, and for me personally it is a honour to have worked with great individual who has contributed his entire life to football. Thanks to my boss, friend and mentor George Das who gave me the opportunity to be there. Born in Kuala Ketil on August 5, 1945, these inspiring man made excellent contribution to national and international football in several capacities in a career which started in the sixties as a regular player for the state side of Kedah before branching off successfully into administration where he carved out a niche...

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05 Aug

FAM Media Officer Zaid Jamaluddin tendered his resignation on Monday, It is learnt that the former Concorde Hotel Communications Manager will be joining a well known property company as their Regional Director. For Zaid the 12 months span in FAM, was a memorable one and I am sure the experience will be beneficially for him. Personally I had no misunderstandings or arguments with him. My displeasure with the associations was managed at a professional level. Zaid it was great working with you. I wish all the best and may GOD who is great guide every step that you take and grant you...

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05 Aug

The fight is far from over for Malaysia who lost their opening match in the AFF Under-19 Championship here last night. Instead, the Malaysians are determined to push on and claim victory in their remaining group matches against Timor Leste and Myanmar. Prevailing in their last two matches tomorrow and on Saturday will give Malaysia a good chance of making the semi-finals. “There are still two matches to go and we still are in with a chance of qualifying. We must respect all our our opponents. Both Myanmar and Timor Leste will also want to do well,” said Ong Kim Swee...

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