Zulfadli is the national Under-16 Boys’ singles champion

RECORD-seeking Lee Chong Wei and an unprepared Hafiz Hashim enjoyed the lack of a quality field as they notched one-sided victories in the preliminary stages of the National Grand Prix Finals in Alor Star yesterday.

Chong Wei, set to win his seventh consecutive national men’s singles title, [...]

SAO PAULO: Brazilian star Ronaldo was set to put pen to paper on a deal to join Brazilian giants Corinthians, the club announced here yesterday.

The 32-year-old striker has been out of action since picking up another career-threatening knee injury in February while playing for former club AC Milan.
Ronaldo has reportedly been working hard for the [...]

Tevez has fallen behind summer signing Dimitar Berbatov in United’s pecking order.

MANCHESTER: Carlos Tevez may make a rare Manchester United start in today’s Champions League meeting with Aalborg.

But the Argentina striker is unlikely to interpret selection for a fixture of little consequence as a sign that his stay at Old Trafford is [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional is confident of victory in the Kuala Terengganu by-election on Jan 17.

“We want to win. We want to win,” said BN chief Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday, when asked about the coalition’s chances in the by-election.
Abdullah said some confidence was needed to win, stressing that the BN was the “incumbent”.
“The [...]

BUTTERWORTH: Pakatan Rakyat has agreed to field a Pas candidate in the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election next month.

Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who said this yesterday, added that PKR would support any Pas candidate.
“We are quite optimistic of a Pakatan Rakyat victory,” he said, at Wisma Yayasan in Penanti [...]

KUALA TERENGGANU: The by-election which will be held here on Jan 17 will be “hotly contested” but it will not be as “hot” as the Permatang Pauh by-election, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar.

Nevertheless, the ministry is prepared to help the local police by sending in reinforcements from other states.
“We want to ensure [...]

Dr D. Jeyakumar

KUALA KANGSAR: The Ride for Change campaign by the Marginalised People’s Network (Jerit) took a detour when Sungai Siput member of parliament Dr D. Jeyakumar and four activists were arrested and detained for six hours at the district police station here for allegedly obstructing police from performing their duties yesterday.

Police stopped a [...]

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed an appeal by the public prosecutor to lengthen the 10-year jail sentence of a former police inspector for possessing 4kg of ganja.

Mohd Zulkapli Yusoff’s counsel Karpal Singh told the appellate court that his client was expected to be freed from prison on Jan 5, after taking into account [...]

KLANG: Shaken by his experience at a police station, a 28-year-old salesman went home and drank weedkiller.

K. Kathiravan drank the weed-killer in his home last Saturday after a traumatic experience at the Kapar police station earlier in the afternoon.
He was rushed to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah hospital here, where doctors managed to save him.
Relating the [...]

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says the Government will consider compensating victims of the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide. He was speaking to reporters after chairing the Barisan Nasional supreme council meeting Tuesday.