Fair Play

Vietnam hosts the play-offs

2012-01-26T14:26:00.000+08:00

The AFC Competitions Committee has confirmed Vietnam as the neutral venue for the playoff round of the AFC Asian Qualifiers for the 2012 London Games, which is scheduled to be played from March 25 to 31. Malaysia had originally been chosen but renovations to the proposed stadium as well as the unavailability of other venues due to the scheduling of domestic fixtures meant that a new destination

Global Players campaign

2012-01-19T18:56:00.002+08:00

For those of you with facebook pages, please support this Global Players Campaign to allow girls to wear the headscarf when they play (and conversely for girls not have to wear the headscarf when they play in countries where it is compulsory) by liking it and spreading the word to as many people as possible. The newly designed headscarves are safe and it comes back to football being a game for

Shahidan's call

2012-01-19T08:58:00.000+08:00

Perlis Football Association president Shahidan Kassim wants the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) to carry out a thorough investigation into allegations of bribery in football to safeguard the image of the nation. Shahidan said allegations that Perlis players were involved in football bribery needs to be looked at from a whole perspective instead of just one case. He told reporters in

FIFA fed up with Indonesia

2012-01-18T12:20:00.003+08:00

After supporting its leadership change, it appears FIFA is fed up with the unending internal conflicts at the Indonesian Football Association. The world football governing body sent an official letter, a copy of which was obtained by the Jakarta Globe, on Jan. 13 to the association known as the PSSI. In it, FIFA urged the PSSI to hold an ordinary congress “to ensure compliance with its statutes

Winners at FIFA Ballon d'Or 2011

2012-01-10T11:42:00.003+08:00

Argentina’s Lionel Messi collected the FIFA Ballon d’Or, his third consecutive title while Japan’s Homare Sawa claimed her first FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year award at the FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala held at the Zurich Kongresshaus, Monday (9/1/12). Pep Guardiola, the Spanish coach of FC Barcelona, and Japan’s women’s national team coach Norio Sasaki were the respective winners of the FIFA

Basketball lessons

2012-01-09T08:47:00.000+08:00

100 Year Vision

2012-01-05T15:06:00.000+08:00

There is plenty of talk about football leagues. Today, I had the oppurtunity to read the J-League Profile, which the organizers sent to me. Really impressive, they put their achhievements - which the world knows - on paper and most importantly their vision. I am sure many of us have heard about J-League's 100 Year Vision. This is their explanation about the 100 Year Vision. "Professional sport

Cambodian champs in M-League

2011-12-29T23:52:00.000+08:00

The Cambodian FA Cup champion, Preach Khan Reach FC will replace Harimau Muda B (the national under-19 squad) in the Malaysia FA Cup Championship. This was decided by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) Local Competition Committee as Harimau Muda B would be taking part in the Triangular Championship in Singapore from Feb 17 to 21 front and the Hassanal Bolkiah Cup in Brunei from Feb 25 to

CEO Dr. Ramlan Aziz

2011-12-28T16:32:00.000+08:00

Sukacita dimaklumkan, Institut Sukan Negara (ISN) ingin mengumumkan Ketua Pengarah ISN yang di sandang oleh Dato' Dr Ramlan Abd Aziz kini telah bertukar nama kepada Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif (KPE) Institut Sukan Negara (ISN) atau Chief Executive Officer (CEO)National Sports Institute of Malaysia (NSI). Menurut satu kenyataan ISN, Pertukaran nama itu sejajar dengan ISN sebagai satu entiti

Spurs on the move

2011-12-28T08:42:00.000+08:00

LONDON – Tottenham established itself as the likeliest challenger to the dominance of the Manchester clubs in the Premier League this season, beating Norwich 2-0 on Tuesday to tighten its grip on third place. A classy second-half double by winger Gareth Bale lifted Spurs to within seven points of City and United, with the London club still holding a game in hand – at home to Everton next month.

Move aside, amateurs

2011-12-26T09:55:00.002+08:00

Over the years (or decades), I always had some New Year wishes for sports in our beloved country. For 2012, I just have one (maybe two) - that the amateurs would move aside and let the professionals run the show. It's a joke to see events that are of professional status, participated by professionals but bogged down by ridiculous organizational blunders. Obviously, they don't see the blunder

Moulding a new Malaysia generation

2011-12-19T09:08:00.001+08:00

Here is an interesting interview with Allan Harris, posted on December 18, 2011. Malaysia is a country in which English football is king. Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal have all visited Southeast Asia on pre-season tours in recent years, with tens of thousands of Malaysian supporters flocking to see their Premier League heroes in the flesh. But while the country adores

Tough Mariners

2011-12-14T16:44:00.000+08:00