07/07/2008 14:18, Report by Communications Department
Ronaldo surgery ’successful’

Cristiano Ronaldo underwent surgery today (Monday  7 July) on his right ankle.
The operation was performed by Professor C. Niek van Dijk at The Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam and initial indications are that the procedure was successful.
Cristiano will begin his convalescence under the direction of club medical staff and [...]

Hunter claims United interest

Ajax striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has told Dutch media that he dreams of a potential move to United.
The highly-rated 24-year-old claims that the Reds have voiced an interest in securing his services, following his decision to reject a new contract at the Amsterdam giants.
“I know certain English clubs are following me, like Manchester [...]

MOSCOW: Zenit St Petersburg have rejected a 15mil euro (US$23.51mil) offer from Barcelona for playmaker Andrei Arshavin, the Russian champions said yesterday.
“Barcelona had failed to improve their original offer of 15mil euros, thus we decided to end our negotiations with the Spanish club,” Zenit said on their website.
“We have not received any offers for Arshavin [...]

AMSTERDAM: Miralem Sulejmani will play at Ajax next season, transferring from Heerenveen for a Dutch league record US$25.47mil.
Ajax confirmed on Sunday they had acquired the Serbian teenager, who scored 15 goals in 34 matches for Heerenveen last season.
The club and former Holland national team coach Marco van Basten hope the acquisition will enable it to [...]

PETALING JAYA: Perak defender Azlan Ahmad has been called up to replace the injured Nasriq Baharom for the friendly match against the Chinese Olympic team in Yanbian on July 13.
National coach B. Sathianathan said that Selangor coach Dollah Salleh informed him that Nasriq had picked up a hamstring injury in the Malaysia Cup match against [...]

PETALING JAYA: UPB-MyTeam’s towering Brazilian striker Edvaldo Goncalves Pereira is seeking a last hurrah.
The 34-year-old football nomad said that he had reached the tail end of his playing career and was contemplating to call it a day after having plied his trade in Portugal, Mexico, Switzerland and China.
“Things are going pretty well for me since [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: National singles coach Misbun Sidek has never played in the Olympic Games.
And he is now bent on achieving what he has failed to accomplish as a player – guiding his charges to achieve the best-ever results for Malaysia in the Games, which will be held in Beijing next month.
“As a player, I wanted [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Singapore and Indonesian Open champions Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif-Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari may have not qualified for the Olympics but they will get to go to Beijing after all.
The request by doubles coach Rexy Mainaky to bring them along as sparring partners for the two pairs in the fray – Choong Tan Fook-Lee [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, dalam kenyataan bagi mempertahankan Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, hari ini mendakwa tuduhan yang dilemparkan terhadap Timbalan Perdana Menteri itu hanya berdasarkan dengar cakap dan bermotifkan politik.
“Saya tidak tahu kenapa beliau (Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim) menjadikan Datuk Najib sebagai sasaran. Bukan Datuk Najib yang melaporkan perbuatannya. Saya fikir beliau [...]

SIBU: Perang mulut antara Hakim Ian Chin dan bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad berterusan  kini hakim itu meminta Timbalan Pendaftar Mahkamah Tinggi di sini membuat laporan polis terhadap Dr Mahathir bagi komen dalam blog bekas perdana menteri itu.
Dalam kenyataan kepada media semasa mengendalikan prosiding perbicaraan petisyen pilihan raya bagi kerusi Parlimen Sarikei di [...]