10 Oct

The journey in the nation’s quest to capture sepak takraw gold medal as hosts of the 2017 SEA Games begins tomorrow when the Sepak Takraw League Malaysia (STL Malaysia) gets underway at Sports Arena Sentosa, in Petaling Jaya. Filtered through a comprehensive selection process, 120 players will light up STL Malaysia which runs through a six-week period from Oct 10 until Nov 22. The semi-finals will be held on Dec 12 and final on Dec 13. A strategic partnership between Persatuan Sepaktakraw Malaysia (PSM) and Singapore-based Asia Sports Ventures (ASV), STL Malaysia is a continuation of STL 2014/15. There will be eight...

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05 Oct

India and Philippines will join a host of elite nations in the ISTAF SuperSeries Finals 2014/15 THAILAND from Oct 20-23 at the Nakhom Pathom Municipal Gymnasium near Bangkok. Two-time overall champions Thailand will lead the challenge in the eight-team men’s division tournament which will decide the overall champion. Hot on the heels of the formidable Thais will be Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Myanmar, Japan and newcomers, Philippines and India. The Malaysians won silver medals in the 2011/12 and 2013/14 SuperSeries Finals while Korea and Japan picked bronze medals respectively. India and Philippines are replacements for Indonesia and China which featured prominently in the last...

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30 Apr

Defending champions Malaysia bounced back from a preliminary round defeat against Singapore to turn the tables on their neighbours following a 2-0 victory in the third-fourth placing playoff match in the ISTAF SuperSeries KOREA 2-14/15 at Wolmyeong Arena. National head coach Abdul Ahmad Talib benched Sahidan Ali (tekong) and KhairolZaman(striker) in the starting line-up and instead introduced HairulHazizi(tekong), team captain ZuleffendiSumari(feeder) and MohdZamree as the striker against the Singaporeans. On the opposite end, Singapore replaced AfifSafiee(striker) who played in the shocking win over Malaysia on Thursday with AsfandiJa’al but maintained FarhanAmran as tekong and Farhan Amin in his feeder role. The strategy worked...

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18 Feb

Malaysia defeated reigning champions Thailand 2-0 in the final of the ISTAF SuperSeries MALAYSIA 2014/15 MELAKA at the Malacca International Trade Centre today. It was Malaysia’s first ever ISTAF SuperSeries victory, created in this 753-year-old historical city of Malacca which is also where the game of sepak takraw originated in the 15th century according to written records in the Malay Annals or Sejarah Melayu. The Malaysians won 21-7, 21-19 in 50 minutes to capture the coveted trophy in this second round of the ISTAF SuperSeries 2014/15, witnessed by the Malacca State Executive Councillor for Sports and Health, Datuk Hj Ab Rahaman Ab...

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15 Nov

NAY PYI TAW (2 NOVEMBER 2014): Landing their first ISTAF SuperSeries title is proving to be as slippery as catching an eel in water for Malaysia as they lost 20-22, 21-18,-21-23 to Thailand after coming within a point of winning ISTAF SuperSeries MYANMAR 2014/14. The deciding set saw the national team leading 20-18 and poised on the verge of a historic win at the Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium here before Thai striker Thawisak Thongsai struck twice to force deuce. With the first team going two points clear emerging winner, Thailand hit the first blow before Malaysia came back with a typical...

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04 Sep

The Myanmar Sepaktakraw Federation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) to host the ISTAF SuperSeries MYANMAR 2014/15. The contingent from Myanmar visited the offices of Asia Sports Ventures, in Singapore, home to the ISTAF Secretariat. The ISTAF SuperSeries MYANMAR 2014/15 will be held in Naypyitaw at the end of October 2014. Following a short meeting regarding the hosting responsibilities, U Soe Naing, President of Myanmar Sepaktakraw Federation, and Dato’ Abdul Halim Kader, Secretary-General of ISTAF, signed the MOU cementing Naypyitaw, Myanmar, as the host for the first-leg of the ISTAF SuperSeries 2014/15. Venu Ramadass, Chief Operating...

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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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02 Jan

THE rating system for national associations has been amended with new scores and is now awaiting approval from Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. The amended rating system was submitted to Ismail, who had earlier called for improvements, last week. Ismail had expressed dissatisfaction with the earlier rating system as he felt it was flawed as certain associations which had not been delivering obtained high marks while those who have, received low scores. The rating system has many associations worried as how they perform will determine the amount of government funding they will receive in future. "We have submitted...

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