Posted on 11 October 2008
Brazil’s Robinho (right) fights for the ball with Alex during a training session in Teresopolis, Brazil on Thursday. — APpic
MONTEVIDEO: Brazil and Argentina will seek to close in on top spot this weekend in Latin American World Cup qualifiers with the samba stars travelling to Venezuela while the ‘albiceleste’ host neighbouring Uruguay.
The two [...]
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Posted on 11 October 2008
Luka Modric has not been at his best since his move to Tottenham.
PARIS: Rejuvenated England, European kings Spain and Italy, the defending champions, hope their young guns can fire them closer to the 2010 World Cup finals today.
But former champions Germany and France, whose qualifying campaigns have yet to hit top gear, will [...]
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Posted on 11 October 2008
LEE Chong Wei’s brilliant run in the second part of the Super Series last year is back to haunt him as he has no choice but to compete in at least three more tournaments to consolidate his World No 1 ranking.
Chong Wei, despite not at his best physically, will be competing in the Denmark [...]
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Posted on 10 October 2008
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 reunited for [...]
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Posted on 10 October 2008
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 [...]
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Posted on 10 October 2008
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 [...]
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Posted on 08 October 2008
FORMER national striker Khalid Jamlus will don Kelantan colours next season.
Khalid, whose 18 goals for Perak last season made him the top local scorer in the Malaysian Super League, said he believes playing Premier League football will help revive his career.
“This is something new for me. I am trying to revive my career with Kelantan [...]
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Posted on 08 October 2008
THE Denmark Open will be an important Super Series event for Lee Chong Wei and men’s doubles Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong who will be targeting victory in Odense on Oct 21-26 for different reasons.
Chong Wei, the top seed, has not won a title since becoming the World No 1 in August, and will be [...]
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Posted on 08 October 2008
RASHID Sidek has challenged the back-up shuttlers, who will be promoted to the senior squad, to start thinking big and go the extra mile to justify their inclusion in the 2012 London Olympics project.
Chong Wei Feng, Arif Latif, Tan Chun Seang and Liew Daren are certain to make the grade in the men’s singles, while [...]
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Posted on 07 October 2008
A GROUP of Iranian journalists, most of whom are football writers, paid a visit to Balai Berita yesterday.
Their main focus of attention was supposed to be the newspaper’s operations but they were not about to end their visit, arranged by the Asian Football Confederation, without talking about Malaysian football.
Some of the Iranians have been sportswriters [...]
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