KUALA LUMPUR: Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi telah mengubah fikiran untuk hanya bertanding jawatan Naib Presiden Umno pada pemilihan parti Mac depan. Beliau, sebelum ini menawarkan diri bertanding jawatan Timbalan Presiden Umno, berkata keputusan itu dibuat demi menjaga perpaduan anggota peringkat akar umbi dan kekukuhan parti serta menghormati Timbalan [...]

KOTA BHARU: Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah yang menawarkan diri bertanding jawatan Presiden Umno menafikan beliau ditawarkan jawatan oleh Pakatan Rakyat jika berjaya membentuk kerajaan pusat yang baru. Malah Ahli Parlimen Gua Musang itu juga menafikan yang beliau diminta Pakatan Rakyat menyertai ikatan pembangkang itu. “Tiada perundingan soal jawatan. Saya adalah ahli Umno seumur hidup. Berapa parti [...]

PUTRAJAYA: Naib Presiden Umno, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin pagi tadi mengumumkan secara rasmi pendiriannya untuk bertanding jawatan Timbalan Presiden dalam pemilihan parti Mac depan. “Saya yakin akan dapat jumlah pencalonan yang cukup untuk layak bertanding jawatan ini,” katanya dalam sidang media khas di sini hari ini. Beliau juga yakin mempunyai peluang untuk memenangi jawatan itu [...]

PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin has denied that he is to blame for the early exit of his father-in-law Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as Prime Minister. He said since the beginning of Abdullah’s premiership, the party leadership had been a “victim of constant and concerted demonisation.” This demonisation took on a [...]

Rejuvenated England forward Emile Heskey hopes he can help to bring the best out of strike partner Wayne Rooney in their World Cup qualifying double header against Kazakhstan and Belarus. Emile Heskey: Has become a fulcrum for England. Heskey proved the perfect foil for the currently out of favour Michael Owen when the pair were [...]

THE efforts to finalise the 2012 London Olympics project squad took a positive turn after the coaches submitted their list of players to coordinator Kenny Goh yesterday. While the singles squad is anybody’s guess, national doubles coach Rexy Mainaky (right) shed more light on the new structure for the his players where he is planning [...]

Girls’ singles player Florah Ng. TITLE hopefuls Mak Hee Chun-Teo Kok Siang will lead Malaysia’s charge in the World Junior Championships in Pune on Oct 24-Nov 2 in an attempt to match their achievement in Auckland last year. Malaysia secured the mixed doubles title through Lim Khim Wah-Ng Hui Lin in Auckland but both players [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, Thu.: Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said he was not suprised with Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s decision to relinquish the prime minister’s post next year as well as not defending the Umno president post. “He (Abdullah) has given this indication in the past and he is clearly under siege within Umno. [...]

Mohd Muin Yaakub recuperating at Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital in Kubang Kerian. KOTA BARU: A 15-year-old boy, who is supposed to sit his Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) exam on Monday, lost three fingers when a firecracker exploded in his right hand yesterday. Mohd Muin Yaakub, a student at private religious school SM (Arab) Insaniah, was [...]

SHAH ALAM: Umno information chief Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib is joining the race for the deputy president’s post. Surrounded by supporters, Muhammad made his announcement at the Umno Selangor headquarters here yesterday. Earlier in July, Muhammad offered himself for one of the vice-president posts. “I don’t want to sit for SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) [...]