KJ speaks on his absence on social media
He has lost none of it, the charm, the smile, the swagger. As he glided into the outlet, heads turned to look at Khairy Jamaluddin or KJ as he is often called. The tall dark and handsome character made time from his busy schedule to catch up a few days ago, more of a chat to catch up on my health condition,...
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Posted on Sep 18, 2019Will the Tun Razak Cup still go on with the haze situation at alarming levels? While it poses a health risk to the players, plans are in place to proceed with the tournament that is scheduled to begin on Friday. The team managers meeting is scheduled for Thursday and...
Hanged before a trial, the mis...
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3 Malaysians apply for Singapo...
Posted on Sep 15, 2019Three Malaysians are amongst the list of 15 candidates that have applied for the position of the Singapore national women team coach, In confirming this, the President of the Singapore Hockey Federation Mathavan Devadas however refused to reveal more details. “ Yes we...
AHF Asian Junior Cup Qualifier...
Posted on Sep 15, 2019Singapore booked a place in the Junior Asia Cup when they defeated Chinese Taipei 4-0 in the Air Asia Women’s Junior Asia Cup Qualifiers at the Sengkang Hockey Stadium in Singapore. With the two top teams assured of a place in the Junior Asia Cup in Japan in April...
AHF Asian Junior Qualifiers: U...
Posted on Sep 15, 2019Uzbekistan registered a convincing 6-0 win over Bangladesh in the Air Asia Women’s Junior Asia Cup Qualifiers at the Sengkang Hockey Stadium in Singapore. The win gives them a good chance of booking the second spot in the tournament which in turn will enable them to...
AHF Asian Juniors Qualifiers &...
Posted on Sep 15, 2019Hong Kong defeated Sri Lanka 3-0 in the Air Asia Women’s Junior Asia Cup Qualifiers at the Sengkang Hockey Stadium in Singapore. Hong Kong had lost two of their previous three matches , 0-5 to Uzbekistan, 0-2 to Chinese Taipei but defeated Bangladesh 1-p for the only...
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Johor HA create history, first...
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Breaking News: Hockey Olympic ...
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Olympic Qualifiers – Men...
Posted on Sep 8, 2019The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has released the updated FIH World Rankings. This update comes ahead of the rankings-based draw for the FIH Hockey Olympic qualifiers, which will be broadcast live on the FIH Facebook page on Monday 9 September 2019...
Bias Selection for Ju Jitsu? W...
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Hockey: Why neglect the Junior...
Posted on Aug 30, 2019Malaysia’s lack of focus towards the preparation of its juniors men’s and women’s hockey team could well see them miss out of the 2021 Junior World Cup. While the men’s team has the players, their lack of exposure could well derail their qualification chances in the...
FIH release provisional list o...
Posted on Aug 29, 2019The draw to determine the matches of the upcoming FIH Hockey Olympic qualifiers will be held on 9 September at 1pm CET at the headquarters of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in Lausanne, Switzerland. It will be conducted by FIH CEO Thierry Weil and streamed...
Hosting multi sports events, f...
Posted on Aug 29, 2019If there was a world title for bidding of sports events, then Malaysia will be the undisputed champions, no two ways about it. Barely had the euphoria died down on the joint ASEAN bid for the 2034 FIFA World Cup that we now are fed with news of potentially bidding for...
Grandpa’s and Grandma’s at SEA...
Posted on Aug 25, 2019There is a furore with regards to the participation of the Traditional Boat Race team for the Manila SEA Games. But it has been left out of coverage by the print media, ironically despite having their journalist present at the centre of the storm when statements were...
Who cares about sports?
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Hockey: Farewell Lawrence, the...
Posted on Aug 17, 2019The loud, thunderous and booming voice of the famed NS Padang is no more. Lawrence Joseph van Huizen, the doyen of Hockey, be it at school, district, state, national and international level left this earth to be with The Lord at 4.30am this morning after battling a...
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Posted on Aug 16, 2019The new regulation by the organising committee of the 2019 Manila SEA Games could well derail Malaysia’s chances in the men’s football competition. Though the draw has yet to be done, the registration requirement of the final 20 players for the competition, normally...
Hockey: Factual assessment on ...
Posted on Aug 14, 2019Let me make it clear from the start Neither am I an ex- International who has played 80 times for the country, be it field, indoor, underwater or imaginary Hockey. And neither am I am decorated individual with a title ( save for Teo honorific awards that I never used)...
Kim Chun to replace Teong Kim ...
Posted on Aug 10, 2019So the word is that the contract of Lim Teong Kim will not be renewed and indication of such action was told to media in Japan. And further to that, it was revealed that a new Program Director has been identified and the announcement will be made by the Sports...
Hamidin acting Chairman of MFL
Posted on Aug 10, 2019The Football Association of Malaysia President, Dato Hamidin Amin is now said to be appointed as the Chairman of the Malaysian Football League. However efforts to obtain confirmation from MFL were futile but a MFL Board Meeting recently had endorsed the appointment....
Bukit Mertajam Hockey Pitch &#...
Posted on Aug 8, 2019While the Deputy Sports Minister is pretty vocal with regards to many issues governing sports, we wonder what his response is to the long overdue construction of an artificial Hockey pitch in Bukit Mertajam, which is his parliamentary constituency, Two years down,...
MAF General Manager quits
Posted on Aug 6, 2019The Malaysian Athletic Federation has been dealt with a bitter blow. Their General Manager. Lt. Col. (R) Kalaimoney Bathumalay submitted his resignation on Monday, handing his letter to MAF President Dato SM Muthu and his Deputy Dato Mumtaz Jaafar. The former army...
Ice Hockey: Stand Off Continue...
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Hockey Pitches in state of dis...
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Football: Taking credit, denyi...
Posted on Aug 2, 2019Why deny Khairy Jamaludfin his legacy? That is the question I wish to direct to the all powerful Stuart Ramalingam whose carefully crafted “apology” statement made it debut today after the Facebook fiasco by FAM that caused much banter in the social media over the...
Ice Hockey : To play or not yo...
Posted on Aug 2, 2019Firstly to the parents of the ice Hockey players in a standoff with the national body in their kids being left out of the team. Yes, you may have received calls, messages, texts, bad mouthing me, but at the same time ask yourself one question – what have you...
Ice Hockey Meltdown
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Ice Hockey: The other side of ...
Posted on Jul 29, 2019The issue on the Ice Hockey are hotting up. After I had revealed the simmering issues within the two factions in the body, I was contacted by an individual , namely Hazurin Harun on Facebook who introduced himself as the Treasurer of the Association. I offered to...
Petanque – Invited but t...
Posted on Jul 29, 2019They were invited for s Meeting for the OCM Selection Committee. But after turning up on the scheduled time, the officials from the Malaysian Pétanque Federation were told that they were not allowed in to present their views or recommendations to the five man panel....
Writing with fear or favour
Posted on Jul 27, 2019Penning truths has its consequences, Rather then accept truth as it has been reported, those who reveal truths eventually go through loads of mindless tortures, ranging from being shunned, to being called all sorts of names and innuendos and their attempts to write...
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Posted on Jul 27, 2019This was reported by National News Agency BERNAMA on June 11 this year. “ A crisis management committee will be set up by the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) to tackle problems arising in national sports associations (NSAs). “ OCM president Datuk Seri Norza Zakaria...
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Now Pétanque Federation suspen...
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Are we prepared for Manila SEA...
Posted on Jul 24, 2019Indoor Hockey is rather seasonal in Malaysia. After the 2017 SEA Games, a leader made it clear that field Hockey was the focus and that not much attention will be paid to indoor Hockey. And another individual that holds a high position , had before the 2027 games,...
FAM/MFL – Are there two ...
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Farewell Krishnan, you touched...
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Asian Indoor, Malaysian women ...
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Asian Indoor Hockey: Iran a cl...
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HockeyAsian Indoor: Malaysian ...
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AHF Press Release: Indoor Hock...
Posted on Jul 20, 2019Press Release Asian Hockey Federation The stage is set for an exciting semi finals in the AHF Asian Indoor Hockey Tournament In Chonburi , Thailand. Organised by the Thailand Hockey Association under the astute leadership of Dato Seri Chaiyapak Siriwat, the teams are...
Asian Indoor – World Cup...
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FAM/MFL , Let’s start with goo...
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Posted on Jul 15, 2019The Football Association of Malaysia’s decision to impose minimum nomination criteria for a candidate to contest their positions has received irate responses from many in the sports world. While many called it undemocratic, there was one response from a ex senior...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2019China are the dark horses of the World League Finals to be held in Kuala Lumpur from the 26 April to May 4. This assessment comes from Japan’s head coach Siegfried Aikman after watching China in action in the first of five matches against his team in Japan. China...