FAM perkenal format baru
Oleh Baharom Bakar
Adakan mesyuarat khas dengan semua pengurus, setiausaha persatuan
KECULASAN Persatuan Bola Sepak negeri untuk melepaskan pemain yang dipilih menyarung jersi kebangsaan serta penyusunan semula jadual perlawanan bagi mengelak pertembungan persaingan musim depan, akan dibincangkan pada mesyuarat khas pengurus pasukan dan setiausaha persatuan, 22 dan 23 Julai depan.
Pada mesyuarat itu, semua pengurus serta setiausaha persatuan diminta mengemukakan cadangan bagi memudahkan Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM) melakukan format baru untuk menghadapi saingan musim depan.
Naib Presiden FAM, Datuk Che Mat Jusoh berkata, semua cadangan dikemukakan pada mesyuarat selama dua hari itu akan diteliti dan format baru hasil cetusan idea pengurus dan setiausaha persatuan akan dilakukan bagi memastikan persaingan bola sepak tempatan musim depan berjalan lancar.
”Kita tidak mahu lagi mendengar sebarang masalah dan rungutan terutama berkaitan dengan keengganan persatuan melepaskan pemain untuk mewakili pasukan kebangsaan, jadual perlawanan ketat, jumlah pemain Bawah 21 Tahun yang akan diserapkan dalam setiap pasukan serta kedudukan pemain import.
”Pengurus pasukan serta setiausaha persatuan bola sepak negeri diminta memberi pandangan dan setiap pandangan akan diteliti sebelum format baru dilaksanakan,” katanya selepas sesi temubual penyerang import baru dari Ghana, Francis Gyemfy, 26, bersama pengurus Terengganu Sheikh Tajuddin Yusof dan Setiausaha Persatuan Bola Sepak Negeri Terengganu (PBSNT), Abdullah Salleh, semalam.
Che Mat yang juga Presiden PBSNT berkata, format baru perlawanan bola sepak musim depan akan ditukar bagi memastikan kelancaran persaingan yang sebelum ini sentiasa menjadi pertikaian.
Dalam perkembangan lain, Che Mat berkata, FAM sedang mengkaji untuk menyusun dan meminda semula jadual beberapa perlawanan Piala Malaysia yang sedang berlangsung ketika ini.
Katanya, kajian semula jadual perlawanan itu dibuat bagi membolehkan perlawanan Piala Malaysia disiarkan secara langsung menerusi kaca televisyen.
”Jika diteliti jadual perlawanan, kita dapati ada perlawanan diadakan pada Jumaat dan kita dapati ia tidak selaras dengan jadual diberikan RTM untuk siaran secara langsung,” katanya.
KLBA ingkar arahan Pesuruhjaya Sukan lagi
Oleh Meor Hisham Zulkifli
INGKAR arahan. Itu saja yang dapat disimpulkan berhubung kemelut Persatuan Badminton Kuala Lumpur (KLBA) yang mengetepikan perintah Pejabat Pesuruhjaya Sukan dengan mengarahkan Mesyuarat Agung Dwi-Tahunan (BGM) diteruskan pada 17 Julai ini.
Mei lalu, KLBA yang dipimpin Datuk Punch Gunalan - yang dipecat menerusi undi tidak percaya Persekutuan Badminton Antarabangsa (BWF) Mei lalu - dilihat akur dengan arahan pejabat itu untuk menangguhkan mesyuarat agung dan pemilihan jawatankuasanya.
Sebaliknya, KLBA tidak mematuhi perintah pihak berkuasa sukan itu bagi menyelesaikan segala masalah berbangkit berhubung isu akaun dan masalah pentadbiran apabila Bendahari Kehormat KLBA, M Tirunavukarasu dalam aduan terbarunya kepada Pesuruhjaya Sukan bertarikh 18 Jun lalu, menegaskan KLBA enggan akur dengan tuntutan itu.
“Majlis Exco yang bersidang 11 Jun lalu, mengetepikan bantahan ahli dengan membuat keputusan penyata akaun bagi tahun berakhir 2006 dan 2007, tidak perlu dibentangkan pada BGM 17 Julai ini kerana belum diaudit.
“Tindakan itu, jelas mencabuli perlembagaan KLBA fasal 11.6.6 yang menyatakan bendahari perlu menyedia dan mengemukakan penyata akaun pada tahun kewangan berakhir.
“Malah pelakuan pimpinan KLBA yang menyerahkan pengurusan akaun kepada pihak lain juga jelas bercanggah dengan perlembagaan KLBA fasal 11.6.8,” kata Tirunavukarasu yang membuat aduan polis kerana dihalang menjalankan tugasnya di KLBA, Mac lalu.
Kemelut dalaman KLBA tercetus berhubung `kehilangan RM350,000’ daripada kantung persatuan selain isu misteri pengurusan akaun yang mencurigakan kerana tidak pernah dibentang secara terperinci dalam mesyuarat agung atau mesyuarat exco sejak 2004.
Malah, KLBA sudah beberapa kali mempergunakan bendahari yang baru dilantik dalam BGM untuk memperaku laporan audit tahun sebelumnya, langkah yang menyebabkan Tirunavukarasu bertindak membuat laporan kepada Pesuruhjaya Sukan bagi menarik balik akuan yang dibuatnya pada penyata kewangan 2004 dan 2005.
Sebelum ini, Pesuruhjaya Sukan, Datuk Nik Mahmud Nik Yusuf, berkata pejabatnya hanya akan campur tangan andai persatuan itu terus gagal menangani kemelut itu dalam mesyuarat exconya sesudah BGM Mei lalu ditangguhkan.
Pada masa sama, keputusan mesyuarat exco itu juga jelas menimbulkan tanda tanya ketika Gunalan sebelum ini memberitahu BGM hanya akan dijalankan selepas segala kemelut itu berakhir.
PHM serah kepada polis
Oleh Hasnira Hassan
PERSEKUTUAN Hoki Malaysia (PHM) tidak akan menjalankan siasatan dalaman berhubung dakwaan salah laku pemain negara - mengatur perlawanan dan berjudi - ketika Kejohanan Piala Sultan Azlan Shah, bulan lalu.
Sebaliknya, Mesyuarat Pengurusan Kesembilan dan kali ketiga tahun ini selama kira-kira tiga jam di Bukit Jalil semalam, memutuskan untuk menyerahkan sepenuhnya kepada polis untuk menjalankan siasatan.
“Kami rasa kes sedemikian terutama membabitkan mengatur perlawanan adalah tuduhan yang berat. Maka, kami menyerahkannya kepada polis untuk membuat siasatan,” kata Presidennya, Tan Sri Laksamana Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor.
Menurut Setiausaha Kehormatnya, Mohd Hashim Mohamed: “Siasatan polis dijalankan secara sulit dan kami juga tidak akan dimaklumkan mengenainya. Polis hanya akan menghubungi sebaik semua siasatan selesai.”
Sebelum ini, beberapa pemain skuad kebangsaan termasuk pegawai dilaporkan melakukan salah laku membabitkan pinjaman wang selain mengatur keputusan perlawanan ketika Malaysia tewas 2-1 kepada India pada kejohanan edisi ke-17 di Ipoh bulan lalu hingga menyebabkan PHM membuat laporan polis di Balai Polis Pudu.
Swimming: Marellyn a breath away from reaching Beijing
JUST a little more than a tenth of a second separated Marellyn Liew (pic) from a ticket to the Beijing Olympics and not only is time running out, but opportunities as well.
The second leg of the Telstra Grand Prix on July 4-6 in Sydney is one of the final meets offering spots in the Olympics.
Marellyn needs to clock one minute 01.43 seconds which is the qualifying mark for the 100m butterfly.
"It is about the last 10 metres or so. That is where I need to make the time, so every time I keep trying, it should get better," said Marellyn.
Within two days, Marellyn had improved the national record she set in the Malaysia Games of 1:01.82s to a 1:01.56s mark in Singapore.
Marellyn will head to Sydney along with men's 50m and 100m freestyle national record holder Foo Jian Beng, but less hope rests on the latter to make the cut to Beijing.
That still makes a worthy combination of both the men and women athletes of the Malaysia Games this year giving it a go.
"I just have to keep trying until there are no more opportunities to do so. I know time is running out, but if there are more opportunities to make the Olympics after this, I will still take them," said Marellyn.
"If I don't make it, I'll be disappointed, but not too much because this is the first time I've given it a shot. I've had two chances and in both, I improved."
Hockey: Panel to probe crisis
THE Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) will set up an independent three-man committee to probe the drastic performance slide in the national team.
"However, the management committee decided to form an independent three-man committee to look into the slide of performance among players," said MHF president Tan Sri Admiral (rtd) Anwar Mohd Nor yesterday.
MHF deputy president Tunku Majid Sultan Iskandar and vice-president Datuk Dr S.S. Cheema were among those who attended the management committee meeting yesterday.
The national team, after a silver in the Azlan Shah Cup and a bronze medal in the Asia Cup last year, failed to perform at the Beijing Olympic Qualifier and then finished last in the Azlan Shah Cup this year.
National coach Sarjit Singh was called to the meeting and said: "I have presented a report on the Azlan Shah Cup and also the Japan Qualifier as requested. And I have also been given the green-light by the management committee to lodge a police report tomorrow (today) so that those who have written 'poison-pen e-mails', and blogged about the coaching set-up will be investigated.
"We want to know who these people are, as they have tarnished the name of the MHF's coaching set-up," said Sarjit.
A series of e-mails, alleging that national players have been involved in bribery, match-fixing, betting in English Premier League matches and money-lending activities have been circulating after the Japan Qualifier.
"We did not act on the e-mails because they did not have the name of sender(s) so we took them as poison-pen letters.
"But after the e-mails were re-produced in print (newspaper) and became 'public domain', we lodged a police report because there were allegations of criminal activities," said Anwar.
The police, according to Anwar, have yet to call any official or player for questioning.
And when Anwar was asked if the three-man committee will question players and officials on the allegations, he said: "That is up to them, but in the course of their investigation, if anything comes out, we will report it to the police as we want to get to the bottom of this matter, right or wrong."
On the ball: Beijing will decide future course of Malaysian sport
COULD sport, as far as Government funding is concerned, come to a grinding halt should Malaysia return empty-handed from the Beijing Olympics?
Indications have already been forthcoming from the corridors of the Sports Ministry and the National Sports Council, which have been sugar daddies to national associations since Malaysia won the bid in 1993 to host the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
Development took another meaning altogether after that as NSC began to play a pivotal role in almost all associations.
But with the economic scenario so uncertain today, the 33 Beijing-bound national athletes must realise that the future of sport is in their hands.
While the government will remain committed to sports, it won't be a surprise if funding is prioritised -- the deserving getting their dues and the non-achievers placed in cold storage.
Come to think of it, that wouldn't be so bad if it gets the non-achievers, and Malaysian sport has far too many, to start working.
Hockey and football, despite the millions spent, remain in the doldrums and the NSC must be finding it increasingly hard to justify the spending.
The funds, critics scream, would be better used elsewhere and given the problems in both, it is hard to argue in their favour.
But the disease is spreading as more and more associations are plunging into mediocrity without a care in the world.
While one can sympathise that running an association -- especially in the Malaysian context where positions are considered personal to holder -- is not easy, Malaysia should be approaching the Beijing Olympics assured of challenging for honours in several sports.
Instead, we are still dependent on the inconsistent shuttlers with archery, cycling and taekwondo considered outsiders for medals.
And if they fail, wouldn't it be better to divert what many consider is wasted money on sports to essential items like cheaper rice and petrol?
Beijing is where this will be decided.
Nafiizwan, Elvinn in final
NAFIIZWAN Adnan will shoulder the burden of delivering an expected gold medal for Terengganu when he lines up for the men's final today against Elvinn Keo in a clash of the last two Sea Games winners.
Interestingly, both finalists have yet to win a Malaysia Games gold but have already tasted success at the Sea Games.
World No 70 Nafiizwan is the 2005 Manila Sea Games champion while World No 154 Elvinn was victorious at the Korat Sea Games last December.
The women's final will see Penang's Low Wee Wern, the country's top national junior, defend her gold medal against top seed Delia Arnold of FT.
Badminton: Coach Rexy unhappy with Kien Keat’s no-show
By RAJES PAUL
KUALA LUMPUR: One doubles player overcame stomach cramps and knee pains to win at the Indonesian Open. Another has yet to show up for training since a freak accident.
And the different level of commitment showed by Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari and Koo Kien Keat over the last one week has drawn mixed reactions from national doubles chief coach Rexy Mainaky.
Where are you? Olympic-bound Koo Kien Keat has yet to report for training under national coach Rexy Mainaky. He has praises for Fairuzizuan, who together with Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif beat the formidable American-Indonesian combination of Candra Wijaya-Tony Gunawan to win the Indonesian Open title last Sunday.
A week earlier in Singapore, Fairuzizuan-Zakry won their first international Open title.
“Fairuzizuan did not give up even though he was not in the best condition. He gave a determined performance and the right attitude helped him win the title,” said Rexy.
The Indonesian attributed the rise of Fairuzizuan and Zakry as a world-beating combination with back-to-back titles to the better commitment of the former.
“It would have been nice if they had been doing this (playing well) since the start of the Olympic qualifying period (May last year). Then Zakry was more focused on the tasks. But now, Fairuzizuan is showing the same desire to excel,” said Rexy.
“They may have missed the boat to the Olympics but they are now the right candidates to replace (Choong) Tan Fook-(Lee) Wan Wah after the Beijing Games. They will prepare for the World Championships (in India) next year.”
Rexy said that he wanted the Olympic-bound doubles players, especially Kien Keat, to be inspired with the recent performances of Zakry-Fairuzizuan.
He was disappointed yesterday that Kien Keat’s return to court for training with his partner, Tan Boon Heong, was delayed again. Kien Keat had been undergoing rehabilitation programme for three weeks since injuring himself in Bukit Jalil when he broke the glass pane that he was leaning on.
“He was supposed to report for training today. All the stitches had been removed but he said he needs two more days. What is he waiting for? Does he want to join training in August?” said Rexy.
The team for the Olympics are scheduled to leave for Beijing on Aug 5.
“I am not expecting him to resume gruelling training immediately. It would be nice if he had come and practised on his serve and slowly get into training mode rhythm.
“It is that little extra and the ability to handle hardship that I hope to see in the players, especially those preparing for the Olympics.”
Meanwhile, Rexy confirmed that Zakry-Fairuzizuan will skip the Thailand Open, which begins tomorrow in Bangkok.
Swimming: Kah Yan tops the chart with four golds
PETALING JAYA: Kuala Lumpur swimmer Chan Kah Yan (pic) was the biggest winner for Malaysia with four gold medals in the South-East Asian age-group championships at the Thammasat University in Bangkok over the weekend.
Kah Yan had just completed an exhausting campaign in Sukma (Malaysia Games) in Terengganu early this month but in the regional championships, she still managed to dominate the freestyle races in the girls’ Group 1 category (15-17).
She won the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m races. In the 800m event, she broke the meet record of 9:11.76 with a time of 9:09.75.
In Sukma, Kah Yan bagged five silver medals in the individual events and earned a gold medal in anchoring the Federal Territories to victory in the 4x200m freestyle.
In the championships in Bangkok, Malaysia finished with a haul of 10-8-10 to finish behind Singapore (30-36-28) and Thailand (39-31-30).
The other Malaysian gold medallists were Ian James Barr, Erika Kong and Cheng Karmen, who each won two events.
Lack of quality so Rexy forced to spar with Olympic players
KUALA LUMPUR: The Olympic-bound doubles players are faced with a lack of quality sparring.
And coach Rexy Mainaky attributed it to the lack of professionalism showed by the sparring partners in the national team.
“I find this quite common among Malaysian players used for sparring sessions. They do not give their best. They would rather kill each other than helping one another,” he said. “They fail to realise that if they go all out, they will also benefit. Playing against the country’s top players is one of the best ways to improve their game. The sparring partners play well in the early stages of a drill but they dish out poor quality in the later stages. They should give full commitment and not play half-heartedly.”
For an immediate solution to the problem, Rexy has become one of the sparring partners for the Olympic-bound players.
“I am at wits’ end to find a way to inspire the sparring partners. For now, I have decided to play with the boys. At least, I feel satisfied with the quality they will receive in the sparring sessions,” said Rexy.
Currently, the BA of Malaysia (BAM) pay a full-time sparring partner RM2,000 a month.
MSSM to take over all age-group tournaments from next year
By S. RAMAGURU
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) have decided to hand the organisation of all age-group tournaments to the Malaysian Schools Sports Council (MSSM) from next year.
Earlier, the MHF sounded their intention to scrap the Champion Schools tournament because of the Education Ministry's plan to stage a new Premier Schools tournament. Now they have proposed to give up the Under-14 and the Under-16 tournaments as well.
The MHF will now look at the elite level and the domestic national tournaments that will come under their jurisdiction are the Under-21, Malaysia Junior Hockey League, the Malaysia Hockey League and the Razak Cup.
The MHF president, Tan Sri Laksamana (rtd) Mohamed Anwar Mohaned Nor, said after a management committee meeting yesterday that there was no point in having similar age-group tournaments.
“We felt that it was better for the MSSM to take over all the age-group tournaments because they involve schoolchildren. We will assist in the technical aspects of running the tournaments. We will be meeting them on Wednesday to discuss the options,” he said.
The MHF have also decided to form a three-man panel to look into the performances of the national hockey team in recent international tournaments, including the Olympic qualifiers and the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.
Anwar said that the reports submitted to the council recently on the two tournaments were not good enough and they had asked the team management to submit more detailed ones on the team's failures in the tournaments.
He also said that they could hire a foreigner this year in the capacity of either coach or consultant. South Korean Kim Sang-ryul, who is currently with the Chinese national team, has been mentioned as a possibility.
Meanwhile, the MHF have lodged a police report on allegations made in several poison-pen letters.
“There were allegations on match-fixing as well. At the moment, I do not want to comment further on the matter. It is in the hands of the police,” said Anwar.
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