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BERA (Pahang), March 30 (Bernama) -- Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaakob said Sunday that he would seek clarification from the National Sports Council (NSC) about payments owing to sports bodies. "I need a clearer picture on this before making any comments," he told reporters here. Saturday, newspapers reported that the NSC still owed the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) almost RM1 million meant to be expenses borne by OCM for the country's contingent to the Doha Asian Games in 2006 and some RM2.5 million to the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) for its operating expenditure. Ismail Sabri had earlier opened the annual general meeting of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Felda Tembangau's Parent-Teacher Association. -- BERNAMA

MSN perlu perjelaskan Oleh Lukman Salleh, Ahmad Khawari Isa dan Irwan Shafrizan Ismail Datuk Wira Mazlan Ahmad dan Datuk Sieh Kok Chi Mazlan, Sieh minta badan induk lebih telus ke mana wang dibelanja BELENGGU 'hutang' kini menghimpit Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) wajar dituruti penjelasan terperinci dan telus mengenai projek serta program dibiayai hingga mengakibatkan kantung badan induk itu kini hampir kosong. Tambahan pula, ada perkhabaran tidak sampai tiga tahun sebelumnya, kedudukan kewangan MSN begitu ampuh tetapi kini berdepan situasi kritikal Desakan supaya penelitian rapi dan penjelasan telus itu diluahkan bekas Ketua Pengarah MSN, Datuk Wira Mazlan Ahmad dan Setiausaha Kehormat Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM), Datuk Sieh Kok Chi. "Sejak saya bersara pada Ogos 2005, sudah dua ketua pengarah MSN dilantik. Ketika memegang jawatan itu, sebelum merangka program, saya sentiasa pastikan ada peru

No Sweat For Kedah KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 (Bernama) -- Defending champions Kedah beat Sarawak 2-0 in their second round, second leg match to qualify for the quarterfinals of the FA Cup football competition. Accompanying Kedah in the last eight are Selangor, Sabah, Pahang, Melaka, Felda United, Terengganu and Kuala Muda. In the match in KUCHING, Mohd Fadly Baharom scored twice for Kedah in the 28th and 37th minute. In their first leg encounter at the Darul Aman Stadium, Kedah beat Sarawak 3-0. Kedah qualified advanced into the quarterfinals on a 5-0 aggregate. In SEREMBAN, Terengganu advanced into the last eight on a 5-1 aggregate after beating Negeri Sembilan 4-1. Terengganu's goals were scored by Zairol Anuar Zalani in the 5th and 90th minutes, Gleisson Jorge (28th) and Ismail Faruqi (90th) while Negeri Sembilan's solitary goal was scored by Udo Fortune in the 39th minute. Terengganu beat Negeri Sembilan 1-0 in their first leg match. In KOTA KINABALU, Sabah be

Second Season CYC Kicks Off In August KUALA LUMPUR, 27 March (Bernama) -- The second edition of the Under- 19 Champions Youth Cup (CYC) will kick off on August 2, with 16 clubs and national teams vying for the title. Ten out of the sixteen teams are prominent European-based clubs, led by defending champions Manchester United that narrowly beat Juventus of Italy 1-0 in last year's final at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil. The teams participating include Chelsea (England), Juventus (Italy), AC Milan (Italy), Bayern Munich (Germany), Barcelona (Spain), Ajax (Holland), PSV Eindhoven (Holland), Olympique Lyonnais (France) and FC Porto (Portugal). The other teams are two South American clubs, Flamengo (Brazil) and River Plate (Argentina) and the national squads of four Asian countries -- Qatar, India, Malaysia and Japan, which has yet to confirm its participation. Gifted Group chairman Jonathan Price said the 16 teams would be divided into four groups and only two to

"Special Officer" Post Will Be Created To Help Indian Youths, Says Sabri KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 (Bernama) -- In the absence of a parliamentary secretary, The Youth and Sports Ministry will create the post of a "Special Officer" to look after the development needs of Indian youths, said its newly-appointed minister Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He also said that the ministry was looking at a new mechanism to channel funding to sports associations in the states of Penang, Kedah, Perak and Selangor. Most likely it would follow the example of Kelantan which has been in opposition's hands since 1990, he told reporters after making a visit to the National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil here Tuesday. Also present were his deputy, Wee Jeck Seng, National Sports Council director-general Datuk Zolkples Embong and National Sports Institute director Datuk Dr Ramlan Abdul Aziz. On Malaysia's preparations of the Beijing Olympics, he said that he would be chai