10 Jul

NATIONAL Coach K.Rajagopal celebrates his 53rd Birthday today, and the year is full with challenges for these former Selangor player. He had to face many challenges in his career as a footballer and coach since he started being involved in football as a student.  His biggest challenge came when he was unceremoniously dropped as the Selangor coach after the 2000 season. It was more painful as the former international had steered the Red Giants to the Premier I league title in the M-League. Under Rajagopal, Selangor also qualified for the semi-finals of the Malaysia Cup and were quarter-finalists in the FA Cup competition. And...

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08 Jul

A former bookie yesterday claimed he had suspected football players could be throwing matches as bookies began giving odds on the games last year. The ex-bookie, who wanted to be identified as Lau, said bookies were warned off giving "hang cheng" (handicapped odds) on local football matches in the mid 1990s, following the crackdown on match fixing by police and the Anti-Corruption Agency. "Today (yesterday), I read in the newspapers that several players have been detained for match fixing and several more are being investigated. "I believe the numbers should be a lot higher than that, and that there should also...

07:18 / Local / Sports
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06 Jul

THE Sports Minister has have given green light for athletes to travel, which means FAM can surely take the cue and organise the Merdeka Tournament which is schedueld for next month. I was told the actual reason for the cancelatation has nothing to do with the Influenza A virus. It's FAM's financial standing has contracted the H1N1 Virus. While FAM President Sultan Ahmad Shah, has always claimed that the national association has strong financial support, the recent activities in the building, does not justify that statement. According to a realiable source, sometime in October 2008 certain amount money was taken out from...

06:26 / Local / Sports
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03 Jul

The race to buy Newcastle was hotting up today as rival consortia responded to a formal bid from a Malaysian group Press Association Sport understands the party of businessmen from Malaysia, who were shown around St James' Park and the club's Darsley Park training headquarters during a flying visit to Tyneside yesterday, have tabled an offer. It is understood that offer does not equate to current owner Mike Ashley's £100million asking price and may be nearer to £80million, but that the prospective buyers are prepared to take on a working overdraft of up to £40million. However, while the Malaysians have put themselves in...

08:29 / International / Local / Sports
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03 Jul

Indonesia's soccer chiefs are to clamp down on clubs after a shambolic season during which teams played without home grounds and rules regarding coaching qualifications were flouted. All Super League clubs for the 2009-2010 season will need to have a proper home ground, professional management, an under-21 squad and a fully licensed head coach, the Indonesian League Body (BLI) said. "There will be no wandering clubs for next season ...

02:45 / International / Local / Sports
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29 Jun

The Malaysian League, now in the doldrums, needs to pull back its fans as the sport did in its earlier days being a big public entertainment draw, said 'Football King' Datuk Abdul Ghani Minhat. He said as entertainment it needed icons or idols and stars like the late Mokhtar Dahari who was very much respected and idolised by football fans."Fans do not want to see just one level of skills and ability in the league, there need to be stars even if such stars are in a defensive position," the national football legend told Bernama Saturday. Abdul Ghani said this when asked...

08:05 / Local / Sports
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24 Jun

Listen to the flip flop press conference that was held on February 1st, 2009, all the decisions that was made on that day during the council meeting, has not been carried out .. that is how pathetic FAM is. But then again are we suprise. The Asian Cup debacle report was not even sent to the Cabinet Committee for Sports, so who are we kidding here ! 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0br5-toREg&NR=1 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pksnKhJ_1rU&feature=related After every council meeting only annoucements are made, all talk but no action. !...

07:57 / Local / Sports
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22 Jun

Somehow I think the FAM President, is not aware of what has transpired during "Sessi Perbincangan" that was conducted last October at the National Sports Council. Close to 80 Individuals attended this two day session which was chaired by Datuk Che Mat Jusoh. A total of 15 resolutions was passed and presented to the EXCO two months later. So I dont understand what is Datuk Redzuan talking about.. can some one enlighten me, either the Sultan is misinformed or Redzuan is not aware of the decision or even the proposal given by the competitions committee. It is also learnt that the Malaysian...

09:56 / Local / Sports
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21 Jun

The government will study the contribution of the sports industry to the economy especially after hundreds of millions of ringgit had been spent on sportS development, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek said today. He said right now the industry was seen more as a field to generate good health and glory. "We don't know how much the industry has contributed to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) because we don't have the guidelines and data about that," he told reporters after attending the National Fitness Month 2009 celebration, here. He said it was high time for the sports industry to...

09:52 / Local / Sports
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19 Jun

Early this year I told a few people that North Korea and South Korea will be in 2010 World Cup. Some of my friends laughed at me and told me, that I must be joking. The story below explains everything about North Korea, their dedication , commitment and discipline of wanting to be in the World Cup. Let's forget about South Korea.. I think FAM must now learn from North Korea, national team should be training in North Korea, instead of China, Slovakia, Singapore and Indonesia. Maybe the Under-16 team should be placed in North Korea for 3 years. Why Not! They...

09:50 / Uncategorized
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