PETALING JAYA: The seniors have to be on their toes in their fight for places in the national team for the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Championships, which will be held in December.
National coach B. Sathianathan said the Under-23 boys were fast moving up the ranks as seen in their spirited performances in the Inter-Continental Cup [...]

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KUALA LUMPUR: Umno MPs have pledged support to party president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi a day after former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad shocked the nation by quitting the party.
In a special meeting with Abdullah at the Parliament House here on Tuesday, the MPs gave their commitment to Abdullah that none of them [...]

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Giggs wants to beat Charlton’s all-time United appearance record of 758.
LONDON: A dejected George Best had left the stands at the Nou Camp. Bayern Munich’s colours were being pinned to the trophy. UEFA president Lennart Johansson left his seat to present it to the German club.

The scoreboard [...]

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Terry will turn his attention to leading Chelsea to victory over United in Moscow tomorrow.
LONDON: Chelsea defender John Terry has vowed to give Rio Ferdinand a week to forget by beating Manchester United in the Champions League final and then reclaiming the England captaincy.

Terry lost the England [...]

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PUTRAJAYA: MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu today met Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan to appeal on behalf of 187 Malaysian Indian high achievers who were denied Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships this year.

Samy Vellu said of the 187 students, three had scored 12A1, seven 11A1, 68 10A1, [...]

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CHENGDU, Wed.:
Despite the overwhelming odds against finding any more survivors under the rubble, rescue workers yesterday saved a 60-year-old woman, Wang Youqun, nearly 200 hours after the earthquake, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.

Wang was in a temple in the town of Pengzhou when the earthquake, 8.0 on the Richter scale, hit on [...]

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KUALA LUMPUR:
Parti Keadilan Rakyat de factor chief Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s quit decision showed Umno’s worsening crisis.

He said the welfare of ordinary Malaysians was increasingly neglected because of the leadership crisis.
“Nonetheless, we must avoid being trapped by personal agendas,” he said in a statement. He urged Malaysians [...]

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KUALA LUMPUR, Wed:
Two days after Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced his shock resignation from Umno, his second son, Datuk Mokhzani, followed suit today. The 46-year-old businessman also made the same demand as his father that the Prime Minister and Umno president steps down.

Dr Mahathir’s third son, Datuk Mukhriz, is, however, not following into his [...]

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KUALA LUMPUR: The decision of former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to quit Umno is upsetting but it may actually be a blessing in disguise because a “thorn in the flesh” has been removed from the party, said his former deputy Tun Musa Hitam.
“The news of Dr Mahathir’s decision is indeed upsetting, especially now [...]

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Karpal Singh says the ex-PM should remain in Umno until he clears his name.
KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed is ruining the party which kept him in power for 22 years, DAP national chairman Karpal Singh said.

The Bukit Gelugor member of parliament said Dr Mahathir was “unabashedly” showing [...]

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