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Lee Chong Wei returns a shot to Germany’s Dieter Domke during the second round of the World Championships in Copenhagen on Wednesday. — Bernama COPENHAGEN: It is no secret that world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei wants to win his first world title. He has another wish too – for the World Championships to be held once every two years instead of yearly now. On Wednesday, top seed Chong Wei took another step closer to achieving his childhood dream when he crushed towering German Dieter Domke 21-12, 21-9 in the second round of the World Championships at the Ballerup Super Arena. Chong Wei should get past his next opponent Scott Evans of Ireland for a place in the quarter-finals. “I’m here to win the world title but, for now, I’d rather take it one match a day. I don’t want to get all muddled up by thinking about the final. I shouldn’t be over-confident – I know that the matches will only get tougher from here,” said Chong Wei. Chong Wei, who is competing in his eight...

BWF #WC2014 Lee Chong Wei tewaskan Scott Evans (IRL) 21-11 21-12 untuk mara ke peringkat suku akhir — Team Malaysia (@TeamMsia) August 28, 2014 COPENHAGEN: WORLD No 1 Lee Chong Wei is through to the quarter-final of the World Championships in Copenhagen, following an easy win over Ireland's Scott Evans in the third round earlier today. Chong Wei, who decided to go with a softer approach, needed only 36 minute to dispatch the Irish shuttler 21-11, 21-12. The 31-year-old, will face former World Junior Champion Wang Zhengming of China next. Chong Wei is also expected to up his tempo as he edges closer toward his maiden world title. "Chong Wei decided to add a little variety into his game today after two quick matches in the first and second round. "It may have seemed that Chong Wei had slowed down in his attack, but the fact is he only soften his game. He never slows down. "The match against Zhengming will be totally different though. The China sh...

Hoon Thien How-Tan Wee Kiong survived a close call against Japan's Takeshi Kamura-Keigo Sonoda to make the quarter-finals - Bernama COPENHAGEN: Malaysia’s Hoon Thien How-Tan Wee Kiong lived up to their seeding to reach the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles in the World Championships at Bellarup Super Arena. On Thursday, seventh seeds Thien How-Wee Kiong fought valiantly to beat Japan’s Takeshi Kamura-Keigo Sonoda 19-21, 21-17, 21-19 in a 63-minute match that was marred with poor line calls. They will take on South Koreans Ko Sung-hyun-Shin Baek-cheol for a place in the semi-finals. Both were engaged in fierce mid-court exchanges and clever winning jabs to stay hot on the heels of one another. The Japanese did just enough to take the fast-paced opener but the Malaysians fought back to take the second amidst several pool line calls. The boiling point happened when the Malaysians were leading 19-17 in the decider. A shot by ...

David stilkeeps run going: [1] Nicol David (Mas) 3-1 Emma Beddoes (Eng) 11/4, 11/6, 8/11, 11/7 pic.twitter.com/MU4Q6YSzWB — Hong Kong Squash (@HKsquash) August 28, 2014 KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Ogos (Bernama) -- Pemain skuasy nombor satu dunia, Datuk Nicol David meneruskan pencapaian cemerlangnya selepas menempah tiket ke suku akhir Terbuka Hong Kong 2014. Pada pusingan kedua yang berlangsung di Pusat Skuasy Hong Kong, hari ini, Nicol selaku juara bertahan diberi tentangan sengit oleh pemain England, Emma Beddoes sebelum menang 11-4, 11-6, 8-11 dan 11-7 dalam 46 minit. "Saya berasa selesa dalam dua set pertama tetapi beliau beraksi dengan cukup baik pada set ketiga...beliau menemui rentak dan tidak melakukan sebarang kesilapan. Saya tahu bahawa saya perlu memperkemaskan permainan dan berjaya merapatkan kembali dalam set keempat," kata Nicol seperti dipetik dalam laman web kejohanan; www.hksquashopen.com. Ratu skuasy negara yang berasal dari Pulau Pinang itu...

Beregu wanita negara, Lee Meng Yean dan Lim Yin Loo COPENHAGEN, 28 Ogos (Bernama) -- Skuad wanita negara mempamerkan aksi hambar apabila menamatkan cabaran lebih awal pada Kejohanan Badminton Dunia BWF 2014 di Ballerup Super Arena, di sini, Rabu. Pada saingan pusingan kedua, tiada seorang pun wakil negara yang berjaya melangkah ke pusingan berikutnya selepas kalah kepada lawan masing-masing. Beregu Lee Meng Yean dan Lim Yin Loo memulakan hari malang skuad negara selepas kalah 7-21, 15-21 kepada pilihan kelapan yang merupakan pasangan kembar, Luo Ying dan Luo Yu dari China. Langkah longlai skuad wanita berterusan selepas perseorangan utama negara, Tee Jing Yi tewas 18-21, 21-16 dan 10-21 kepada pilihan kesembilan, Carolina Marin dari Sepanyol. Pasangan adik beradik, Ng Hui Ern dan Ng Hui Lin pula nyata bukan tandingan bagi pilihan ke-14 dari Belanda, Eefje Muskens dan Selena Piek selepas kecundang 17-21 dan 20-22. Dua lagi beregu wanita negara -- Amelia A...

[Admin] BWF #WC2014 Dato' @lee_c_wei - Dieter Domke (GER): 21-12, 21- 9 #MalaysiaBoleh via @ManOlimpik pic.twitter.com/FM0TgDuvQ3 — Dato' Lee Chong Wei (@lee_c_wei) August 27, 2014 COPENHAGEN, 28 Ogos (Bernama) -- Datuk Lee Chong Wei memperagakan aksi pemanas badan untuk melangkah ke pusingan ketiga Kejohanan Badminton Dunia BWF 2014 di sini, Rabu. Pemain nombor satu dunia itu hanya mengambil masa 30 minit untuk menyingkirkan pemain bukan pilihan berusia 26 tahun, Dieter Domke, dari Jerman dengan keputusan 21-12 dan 21-9. Chong Wei, yang memburu gelaran sulung pada kejohanan dunia, akan menentang pemain Ireland, Scott Evans, pada pusingan ketiga esok. Evans, pemain nombor 49 dunia, menempah tiket ke pusingan ketiga selepas mengalahkan pemain Austria, David Obernosterer, 21-7 dan 21-18. Chong Wei dijangka tidak menghadapi masalah untuk melangkah ke suku akhir dan dijangka akan berdepan dengan pilihan keenam, Zhengming Wang dari China. Zhengming...

BWF #WC2014 Pasangan beregu Kien Keat/Boon Heong berjaya mara setelah tewaskan Junhui Li/Yuchen Liu (CHN) 21-14, 21-18 #MalaysiaBoleh — Man Olimpik (@ManOlimpik) August 27, 2014 COPENHAGEN, (Denmark), 27 Ogos (Bernama) -- Bekas pemain beregu negara, Koo Kien Kiat menyatakan kesediaan beliau untuk mewakili negara dalam mana-mana kejohanan sekiranya khidmat beliau masih diperlukan. Beliau yang kini merupakan jurulatih di salah sebuah kelab profesional di Thailand berkata peluang mewakili negara sewajarnya dimanfaatkan oleh mana-mana pemain sebaik mungkin. "Saya sentiasa bersedia menawarkan diri untuk mewakili negara walaupun sudah berusia selain sudah berkeluarga," katanya ketika ditemui pemberita pada Kejohanan Badminton Dunia BWF 2014 di Ballerup Super Arena, di sini, Rabu. Terdahulu, beliau yang bergandingan dengan Tan Boon Heong mengesahkan slot ke pusingan ketiga kejohanan selepas menundukkan beregu muda China, Li Junhui dan Liu Yuchen 21-14 dan...

V Shem-Khim Wah conceded a w.o to Taiwanese Lee Sheng-mu-Tsai in 2nd round - at 11-21, 7-11 due to V Shem's back problem. #Denmark2014 — StarSport (@StarSport_my) August 27, 2014 COPENHAGEN, (Denmark), 27 Ogos (Bernama) -- Jurulatih beregu negara, Pang Cheh Chang berkata barisan kejurulatihan badminton negara sentiasa berbincang dengan pemain sebelum mereka dibenarkan beraksi dalam mana-mana kejohanan. Beliau berkata sekiranya seseorang pemain disahkan mengalami kecederaan, jurulatih terlibat tidak akan memaksa mereka untuk beraksi bagi mengelakkan kecederaan tersebut bertambah parah. Misalnya kecederaan belakang yang dialami pemain beregu lelaki negara, Goh V Shem, Pang berkata pemain berkenaan bersetuju untuk turun beraksi pada Kejohanan Dunia yang berlangsung ketika ini walaupun sudah mengetahui beliau belum pulih sepenuhnya. "Selepas balik dari Sukan Komanwel 2014, saya ada bertanya dengan Goh mengenai kecederaan beliau. Selain itu, saya akan ber...

#Nanjing2014 Malaysia's overall medal tally: 1 Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze! Congrats @AtletMalaysia @Pelapis @Khairykj pic.twitter.com/UFWVM0bEko — Man Olimpik (@ManOlimpik) August 27, 2014 NANJING, 27 Ogos (Bernama) -- Penerjun pelapis negara, Loh Zhiayi gagal menyumbang pingat pada hari terakhir cabaran temasya Sukan Olimpik Remaja (YOG 2014) edisi kedua selepas menduduki tempat ketujuh acara terjun berkumpulan antarabangsa di Nanjing OSC Natatorium hari ini. Loh yang digandingkan bersama penerjun Perancis, Jandard Alexis hanya mampu mengumpul 318.20 mata selepas bersaing dengan 11 peserta. Pingat emas bagi acara itu menjadi milik gandingan bersama Orozco Loza Alejandra (Mexico)/Jensen Daniel (Norway) selepas mereka mengumpul 379.50 mata. Pingat perak bagi acara itu dikongsi penerjun China, Wu Shengping dan Elkordy Mohab (Mesir) dengan kutipan 374.90 mata, pingat gangsa pula milik Leydon Mahoney Gracia (Amerika Syarikat)/Tkachenko Pylyp (Ukraine) selepas...

World no. 1 squash player Nicol David celebrates her birthday on Tuesday in Hong Kong where she is the defending champion. PETALING JAYA: There was to be no birthday blues for world No. 1 Nicol David as she made a lightning quick rebound at the Hong Kong Open. Nicol, who turned 31 on Tuesday, received a birthday cake from team-mates Low Wee Wern and Delia Arnold on Monday. Twelve hours later Nicol, who has won nine straight Hong Kong Open titles since 2005, made quick work of national No. 3 Delia in the first round with an 11-6, 11-5, 11-5 win in 28 minutes. It was the perfect response from the Penangite, who was not at her usual sharpness in losing to Egypt’s Raneem El Weleily in the semi-finals of the Malaysian Open last week. The 28-year-old Delia, who notched her biggest career win against world No. 6 Alison Waters of England last week, came into match full of confidence and managed to match Nicol early in the first set. ...

  Nicol David scored a 11-6, 11-5, 11-5 win over national teammate Delia Arnold in the Hong Kong Open yesterday. Nicol David celebrated turning 31 yesterday with a straight-forward win over national teammate Delia Arnold in a positive start to her Hong Kong Open title defence. Looking to put last week’s Malaysian Open semi-final loss behind her, Nicol won the first round match 11-6, 11-5, 11-5 with national No 3 Delia still to take a game off the seven-time world champion. This was only the pair’s second meeting on the WSA Tour after the 2011 World Open but fifth in all competitions, with the last meeting prior to yesterday coming at the 2013 National Championships. Nicol, who has won the Hong Kong Open for eight years running, next plays England’s Emma Beddoes, a 12-10, 11-5, 11-6 winner over South African Siyoli Waters, tomorrow. In the men’s first round, top seed Grego...

Malaysian diver Loh Zhiayi in action in the Youth Olympics in Nanjing. - BERNAMA PETALING JAYA: Pandelela Rinong first made her name with two silver medals in the inaugural Youth Olympics in Singapore in 2010 before going on to bag a Commonwealth Games gold in India and an Olympic bronze in London two years later. Young diver Loh Zhiayi is now trying to follow in Pandelela’s footsteps, having earned the right to join her illustrious team-mate as the two Malaysian representatives in the 10m platform individual at the Incheon Asian Games next month. The 17-year-old from Taiping claimed a silver in the 10m platform individual at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing on Saturday to become a double medallist with her bronze in the 3m springboard individual on Monday. That was enough for head coach Yang Zhuliang to put his faith in the youngster to see action at the Asian Games. ”Zhiayi raised her degree of difficulties before the Youth Olympics ... we expec...

Chong Wei Feng lost to England's Rajiv Ouseph in the first round of the badminton world championships in Denmark on Wednesday. - Filepic COPENHAGEN: It was the end of the road for men singles shuttler Chong Wei Feng in the World Championships at Bellarup Super Arena. On Wednesday, Wei Feng went down to England’s Rajiv Ouseph 21-17, 22-24, 16-21 in a 65-minute first round battle. Just a year ago, Wei Feng had beaten the English player in convincing fashion at the first round of World Championships in Guangzhou. The 27-year-old Wei Feng, seeded 16 th , did well to take the opening game and had held Ouseph by the jugular in the second game at 17-14 but unfortunately for the Malaysian, that’s when the Englishman fought back. The lanky Ouseph doggedly pushed Wei Feng deep into baseline and punished him with a flurry of smashes. Wei Feng allowed the pressure to get to him and collapsed at 22-24 in the second game. It was hoped t...

COPENHAGEN, (Denmark), 26 Ogos (Bernama) -- Pemain perseorangan lelaki nombor dua dunia Chen Long dari China menafikan cakap-cakap kononnya dia menjadi ancaman besar kepada Datuk Lee Chong Wei untuk meraih gelaran juara dunia. Pemain tinggi lampai berusia 25 tahun itu berkata walaupun ketiadaan rakan sepasukannya Lin Dan, yang merupakan musuh ketat Chong Wei, masih terdapat pemain lain yang mampu memberi ancaman kepada pemain Malaysia itu pada Kejohanan Badminton Dunia BWF 2014 yang berlangsung di sini sekarang. "Laluan saya ke peringkat akhir juga agak sukar dan oleh itu, saya tidak fikir saya merupakan satu-satunya pemain yang mampu memberi ancaman kepada Chong Wei," katanya pemberita melalui penterjemah hari ini. Chen Long menempah tiket ke pusingan kedua kejohanan yang berlangsung di Ballerup Super Arena di sini hari ini setelah mengetepikan pemain Austria Luka Wraber dengan mata 21-8 dan 21-10. Mengenai prestasinya hari ini, Chen Long berk...

COPENHAGEN, 27 Ogos (Bernama) -- Kegagalan menahan asakan lawan dan mengawal tekanan menjadi punca Chong Wei Feng 'bungkus awal' pada Kejohanan Badminton Dunia BWF 2014 yang berlangsung di Ballerup Super Arena, di sini pada Selasa. Perseorangan lelaki kedua negara itu bermula cemerlang pada set pertama dengan mata 21-17, sebelum kecundang 22-24 dan 16-21 kepada semifinalis Sukan Komanwel 2014, Rajiv Ouseph dari England. Bercakap kepada pemberita selepas perlawanan itu, pemain kidal itu mengakui, beliau agak gugup ketika ketinggalan pada set ketiga sehingga menyebabkan pihak lawan mengutip mata mudah untuk meraih kemenangan. "Saya tidak beraksi baik ketika sedang mendahului lawan pada set ketiga sebelum lawan berjaya mengurangkan jurang mata dengan saya. Mungkin saya hilang fokus selain banyak memberi tekanan kepada diri sendiri...saya akui perlawanan pertamanya biasanya agak sukar bagi saya dalam mana-mana kejohanan," katanya. Pemain kelahir...

COPENHAGEN (Denmark), 27 Ogos (Bernama) -- Beregu wanita negara, Lee Meng Yean dan Lim Yin Loo optimis mereka mampu melakar kejutan ke atas pasangan kembar dari China, Luo Yu dan Luo Ying pada pusingan kedua Kejohanan Badminton Dunia BWF 2014 di Denmark. Lim berkata, walaupun pernah kalah dalam dua pertemuan sebelum ini, beliau percaya mereka mampu membuat kejutan ke atas pilihan kelapan itu yang mendapat 'bye' pada pusingan awal kejohanan. "Kami pernah kalah dua kali kepada kembar dari China itu, namun kami berharap dapat mencipta kemenangan menentang mereka hari ini. "Kita akan lihat dahulu corak permainan mereka pada set pertama sebelum memikirkan langkah seterusnya," kata Lim kepada pemberita, di sini, pada Selasa. Mereka sebelum itu menumpaskan wakil England, Gabrielle Adcock dan Lauren Smith, 21-9 dan 21-19 pada perlawanan yang berlangsung di Ballerup Super Arena. "Saya gembira kerana kita berjaya mengatasi pasangan Engla...

COPENHAGEN, (Denmark), 26 Ogos (Bernama) -- Beregu lelaki negara, Goh V Shem dan Lim Khim Wah berpuas hati dengan kemenangan yang diraih pada pusingan awal Kejohanan Badminton Dunia BWF 2014 di Ballerup Super Arena, di sini, hari ini. Lim berkata, kemenangan tersebut memberikan keyakinan kepada mereka untuk terus kekal konsisten dalam perlawanan seterusnya berdepan pilihan keenam, Lee Sheng Mu dan Tsai Chia Sin dari Taiwan pada Rabu. Terdahulu, mereka mengalahkan pasangan Afrika Selatan, Andries Malan dan Willem Viljoen dengan kemenangan 21-12 dan 21-11. "Saya agak berpuas hati dengan persembahan kami yang sudah lama tidak beraksi bersama, jadi saya rasa keserasian permainan antara kami masih ada," katanya kepada pemberita, hari ini. Lim mengakui bahawa demam denggi yang dihidapinya sebelum ini nyata memberi kesan kepada prestasinya, namun gembira keadaan tersebut sudah berubah sambil bertekad meneruskan rentak kemenangan pada kejohanan kali ini. ...

Kuala Lumpur: Sebanyak 10 pertuduhan dikemukakan Pejabat Pesuruhjaya Sukan kepada Persekutuan Kebangsaan Berbasikal Malaysia (PKBM) yang kini berdepan penggantungan pendaftaran susulan isu membabitkan peruntukan kewangan yang disalurkan Kementerian Belia dan Sukan (KBS). Menteri Belia dan Sukan Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar selepas mengadakan mesyuarat bersama Panel Penasihat Sukan pada minggu lalu mengarahkan surat tunjuk sebab dikeluarkan kepada PKBM susulan audit dijalankan pihaknya pada awal tahun ini untuk tempoh tiga tahun, bermula 2011 hingga tahun lalu. Khairy menjelaskan banyak kesalahan berlaku membabitkan perlembagaan, salah urus kewangan, konflik kepentingan dan kekurangan tanggungjawab yang serius sehingga menyebabkan beliau memutuskan proses ke arah penggantungan dimulakan terhadap badan induk berbasikal negara itu. “Sepuluh pertuduhan yang dikemukakan kepada PKBM itu dilihat terlalu umum. Antara pertuduhan yang dikemukakan termasuk mengena...

Loh Zhiayi in action en route to winning a bronze in the women's 3m springboard at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing. - Bernama PETALING JAYA: With back to back podium finishes at the ongoing Youth Olympic Games has made diver Loh Zhiayi a bankable young star in the making. Zhiayi scored 446.70 to bag the bronze in the women’s 3m springboard in Nanjing on Monday for her – and Malaysia’s – second medal. The gold went to China’s Wu Shengping (492.05) with Ukraine’s Ganna Krasnoshlyk (459.10) taking silver. On Saturday, Zhiayi delivered Malaysia’s first medal after clinching the silver in the women’s 10m platform. The 17-year-old looked to be in control scoring 67.50, 54.60 and 63.00 in her first three dives to maintain her second spot. However, in the final dive, Krasnoshlyk who was in third place pulled off a reverse 2½ somersault tuck to earn a massive 67.20 which was her biggest score of the day. Zhiayi’s fourth dive – a back 1½ sommersault with 1½ t...

Big tablet in the diving pool. Only in China. #China #divingtechnology #modern #Awesome http://t.co/q6aNlBnNgj — Lulu G Dolphine (@Pandelela_R) August 24, 2014 PANDELELA Rinong’s injury issues have forced coach Yang Zhuliang to rethink his plans to have the diver compete in three events in next month’s Asian Games in Incheon. The Olympic bronze medallist sprained her left knee during training before the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Pandelela will now compete in the 10m platform individual and synchro with Leong Mun Yee but not the 3m springboard synchro with Cheong Jun Hoong. In Glasgow, the 21-year-old was supposed to compete in three events but later skipped the springboard synchro. Despite not being at her best, Pandelela did well in the Commonwealth Games by clinching one silver (platform individual) and one bronze (synchro with Nur Dhabitah Sabri) “It is risky for Pandelela to bounce off the springboard. She could aggravate her injury,” said Zhuliang re...

Kuala Lumpur: Pemenang pingat emas Sukan Komanwel 2014 Glasgow, Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei tidak mempunyai masalah mara ke pusingan kedua Kejohanan Dunia 2014 Copenhagen apabila menumpaskan pasangan Republik Czech Sarka Krizkova-Katerina Tomalova semalam. Anak didik Rosman Razak itu hanya mengambil masa 27 minit untuk mencatat kemenangan straight set, 21-11, 21-12 dalam perlawanan berlangsung di Ballerup Super Arena. Menurut Vivian, lawan mereka yang menduduki ranking ke-100 dunia tidak terlalu sukar untuk dikalahkan. “Bagi saya aksi kami sederhana saja dan ia lebih kepada menyesuaikan diri dengan gelanggang,” kata pemain berusia 24 tahun itu. VIVIAN (kanan) dan Khe Wei bakal menentang pasangan Denmark di pusingan kedua. Jelasnya, mereka mampu beraksi dengan lebih baik terutama menjelang perlawanan pusingan kedua menentang pilihan ke-15 dari Denmark, Line Damk jaer Kruse-Marie Roepke. “Saya rasa pertemuan dengan pasangan Denmark akan lebih sukar, malah ...

Woon Khe Wei (right) and Vivian Hoo beat Czech Republic’s Sarka Krizkova-Katerina Tomalova 21-11, 21-12 in Copenhagen yesterday. Bernama pic COMMONWEALTH Games champions Woon Khe Wei-Vivian Hoo got off to a splendid start in the World Championships by easily reaching the women’s doubles second round in Copenhagen yesterday. The World No 26 hardly raised a sweat in the 21-11, 21-12 win over Czech Republic’s Sarka Krizkova-Katerina Tomalova in 27 minutes. Khe Wei-Vivian, however, face a tough second round match against 15th seeds Line Damkjaer Kruse-Marie Roepke of Denmark tomorrow. It will be the Malaysians’ first meeting with the World No 16. “We had it easy today against our lowly ranked opponents. A good warm-up to get used to the venue,” said Vivian when contacted in Copenhagen yesterday. “It is a good start and hopefully we can get better after each match.” ...

Lee Chong Wei tumpaskanLee Dong-Keun 21-12, 21-11 di Kejohanan Dunia BWF #Denmark2014 Tahniah! #FitMalaysia pic.twitter.com/XW3XPXmgVN — Man Olimpik (@ManOlimpik) August 26, 2014 COPENHAGEN: World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei got off to a cracking start in the World Championships to show his clear intention of ending the country’s elusive chase for a world title. On Monday, he went on a ferocious mode to break apart Lee Dong-keun of South Korea 21-11, 21-12 in 45 minutes at Ballerup Super Arena in Copenhagen. And the Malaysian was simply overjoyed with his performances after having had to take a break for almost two months due to an inner thigh injury. “This is my first tournament after two months and I am quite happy with my performances. Despite not being 100 percent at my best, I was able to play a good attacking game,” said the 31-year-old Chong Wei. Chong Wei’s last tournament was the Indonesian Open in June. He lost to Kenichi Tago of the Japan in the sem...

Get fit, Malaysia! #FitMalaysia Fit for Life! @Khairykj @FitMalaysians @NST_Online pic.twitter.com/lCBTgmBJ7O — Man Olimpik (@ManOlimpik) August 26, 2014 KHAIRY Jamaluddin has a target to realise this October, but it is not of the type that is usually announced by his boss, the Prime Minister. The Minister of Youth And Sports has signed up for the 10km run at the Standard Chartered KL Marathon and he aims to finish it in under an hour, an average of one kilometre in 6 minutes. The 10km run is divided into three categories, based on the time limit for each runner to complete the race. Seventy-five minutes is the shortest time limit (Speed Category), so this makes his target of 60 minutes very respectable. “On a good day, I can run a kilometre in 5 minutes. But it takes longer on other days, so that is something that I have to work on,” says Khairy. But he’s confident and enjoys the exercise. He’s even considering taking part in a short triathlon in...

👍 “ @ManOlimpik : Gangsa dari @joeylz_97 3m springboard! Tahniah #MalaysiaBoleh #YOGDiving @nanjing2014yog pic.twitter.com/tFvpvWWNjI ” — Khairy Jamaluddin (@Khairykj) August 25, 2014 NANJING, 25 Ogos (Bernama) -- Atlet terjun remaja negara, Loh Zhiayi seakan tidak percaya apabila berjaya menyumbang sebutir lagi pingat kepada kontinjen negara pada Temasya Sukan Olimpik Remaja (YOG 2014). Loh meraih pingat gangsa dalam acara 3m papan anjal individu wanita yang berlangsung di Nanjing Olimpic Sport Centre Natatorium dekat sini hari ini. Atlet itu mengumpul 446.70 mata dengan perbezaan 12.4 mata di belakang pemenang pingat perak, Krasnoshlyk Ganna dari Ukraine dengan 459.10 mata. Pingat emas menjadi milik penerjun China, Wu Shengping dengan catatan 492.05 mata untuk mengatasi 11 penerjun lain. Pada Sabtu, Loh menyumbang pingat perak apabila berjaya mengungguli acara 10m platform individu wanita. "Semua penerjun lain bermula dengan lebih baik, namun m...

#MalaysiaBoleh @malaysianheroes on the podium! @nanjing2014yog Congrats @joeylz_97 #YOGDiving @Pandelela_R pic.twitter.com/mOtyNe7CR9 — Man Olimpik (@ManOlimpik) August 25, 2014 NANJING, 25 Ogos (Bernama) -- Kem terjun negara menyumbang pingat gangsa menerusi acara 3m papan anjal individu wanita pada hari kesembilan Temasya Sukan Olimpik Remaja (YOG 2014) kali kedua di sini, Isnin. Loh Zhiayi meraih pingat gangsa itu selepas mengutip 446.70 mata pada aksi final di Pusat Sukan Nanjing Natatorium. Dengan kejayaan itu, Malaysia kini mengumpul satu pingat emas, dua perak dan satu gangsa. Semalam, pemanah pelapis negara Muhamad Zarif Syahiir Zolkifli melengkapkan sasaran tiga pingat di YOG 2014 selepas menghadiahkan sebutir pingat perak menerusi acara recurve campuran antarabangsa. Pingat emas pertama negara disumbang pemain badminton pelapis negara, Cheam June Wei dalam acara beregu campuran antarabangsa manakala pingat perak oleh penerjun pelapis wanita neg...

Lee Chong Wei is expected to capitalize on the various withdrawals and injuries that have plagued this year's World Championships. - Bernama COPENHAGEN: All eyes will be on Lee Chong Wei to finally get it right in his eighth attempt at the elusive World Championship title. And victory this Sunday will be a timely gift for Malaysia as we celebrate the 57th Merdeka Day. A spate of withdrawals and the absence of his nemesis and five-time world champion Lin Dan of China has brighten Chong Wei’s chances to end the drought. Lin Dan failed to qualify while Indonesia’s Simon Santoso is down with dengue. Thailand’s Boonsak Ponsana picked up an injury when he tripped over the steps at his home. Kenichi Tago of Japan and Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia are also out injured. On paper, this could not get any better for the world No. 1. Yesterday, Chong Wei, who is recovering from a thigh injury, remained cautious of his chances. “Pressure is nothing new to me. I...

Kejohanan Dunia (BWF) 2014 dari 25-31 Ogos ini di Copenhagen, Denmark. Doakan kejayaan buat pemain2 #badminton negara pic.twitter.com/t8hEJjTSqt — Man Olimpik (@ManOlimpik) August 23, 2014 COPENHAGEN (Denmark), 24 Ogos (Bernama) -- Kejohanan Dunia Persekutuan Badminton Dunia (BWF) 2014 yang bermula Isnin di Ballerup Super Arena, di sini merupakan medan terbaik Datuk Lee Chong Wei meraih kejuaraan sulungnya sebelum bersara daripada arena badminton. Hampir kesemua kejuaraan sudah berada dalam kabinet kemenangan jaguh badminton negara berusia 31 tahun itu melainkan tiga kejohanan -- Sukan Asia, Sukan Olimpik dan Kejohanan Dunia -- yang masih belum dicapai. Peluang terbaik perseorangan lelaki nombor satu dunia itu meraih kejuaraan dunia hadir pada 2011 di London, England dan 2013 di Guangzhou, China namun impian berkenaan tidak kesampaian selepas disekat musuh tradisinya yang juga bekas pemain nombor dua dunia, Lin Dan dari China. Chong Wei kalah kepada Lin Dan d...

Got together with the urban squash kids from Squash Urbano Colombia to talk about my squash experience. Lovely... http://t.co/HzMHvz6eUZ — Nicol Ann David (@NicolDavid) August 24, 2014 NICOL David will attempt to bounce back from her CIMB Malaysian Open loss in Hong Kong this week as the World No 1 spoke of the pressure to perform in front of home fans. An eight-time winner of the Malaysian Open, Nicol made her earliest exit from the tournament in more than 12 years following her semi-final defeat by Egypt’s eventual winner Raneem El Weleily. It was the second time this year Nicol failed to live up to home expectations, following a more painful semi-final loss at the World Championship in her home state Penang. They are Nicol’s only two losses this year while winning WSA Tour titles in New York, Cleveland and the British Open, Commonwealth Games gold and the Asian Team Cham pionship. Nicol has triumphed only once, at the 2013 Malaysian Open, in the last five W...

After a semi-final defeat on home soil, world No.1 Nicol David will look to stamp her class at the Hong Kong Open this week.  PETALING JAYA: Let’s face it, Nicol David is not going to win every single tournament she competes in. That was evident from the recently concluded Malaysian Open as the world No.1, fresh from winning a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games earlier this month, was unable to lift her game and lost to eventual winner Raneem El Weleily of Egypt in the semi-finals. It certainly comes as a shock as Malaysians are not used to watching Nicol lose in her own backyard. But last Friday’s defeat is Nicol’s fourth on home soil since the 2012 Malaysian Open final – also to Raneem. It will be unfair to say that the Penangite, who turns 31 tomorrow, has suffered a dropped in her performance as she has always played with a very high intensity. With Nicol having set such high standards in the game, the catch-up pack, featu...

Kuala Lumpur: Setiausaha Kehormat Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) Datuk Sieh Kok Chi menasihatkan Persekutuan Kebangsaan Berbasikal Malaysia (PKBM) agar memahami secara terperinci pertuduhan yang dikemukakan kepada mereka termasuk mendapatkan khidmat peguam sekiranya perlu. PKBM kini berdepan penggantungan pendaftaran andai gagal memberikan alasan kukuh terhadap surat tunjuk sebab dikeluarkan Pejabat Pesuruhjaya Sukan (PPS) beberapa hari lalu susulan isu peruntukan kewangan yang disalurkan Kementerian Belia dan Sukan (KBS) dari 2011 hingga tahun lalu. PKBM sebelum ini pernah dipanggil pihak audit dalaman KBS dan seterusnya Panel Penasihat Sukan bagi memberi penjelasan namun ia jelas mencukupi kerana keputusan tidak memihak mereka apabila Menteri Belia dan Sukan Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar pada Khamis lalu mengarahkan proses ke arah penggantungan. Khairy selepas mesyuarat bersama Panel Penasihat Sukan menjelaskan banyak pelanggaran terhadap perlembagaan yang berla...

Archer Mohd Zarif Syahiir partnered Germany’s Cynthia Freywald win silver in the mixed team event at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing on Sunday. - File pic PETALING JAYA: Malaysia won another mixed team medal at the Youth Olympics Games in Nanjing – this time through archery. Archer Mohd Zarif Syahiir partnered Germany’s Cynthia Freywald to finish second on Sunday. Zarif-Freywald who started off by beating Luis Tapia-Rosangel Sainz of Mexico-Cuba in the first round on Friday, stepped it up a notch by reaching the final in superb fashion. The pair who competed in four matches yesterday, first eliminated Andreas Mayr-Lucy Tatafu (Germany-Tonga) 5-4 in the second round, before beating Bradley Denny-Miasa Koike of Britain-Japan by a similar score. In the semi-finals, they outshot Rick Martens-Regina Romero of Belgium-Guatemala 6-2. But they finally met their match in the final against the Philippines-China combination of Luis Gabriel...

Nanjing, China: Pemanah pelapis negara, Muhamad Zarif Syahiir Zolkifli berjaya melengkapkan sasaran tiga pingat di temasya Sukan Olimpik Remaja (YOG 2014) selepas meraih pingat perak acara recurve campuran antarabangsa di Lapangan Memanah Fangshan, semalam. Pada aksi final, Muhamad Zarif dengan gandingan Cynthia Freywald dari Jerman tewas 0-6 kepada pasangan emas Luis Gabriel (Filipina)-Li Jiaman (China). Pingat gangsa acara itu menjadi milik gandingan Peters Eric (Kanada)-Tuokkola Mirjam (Finland) selepas mereka mengalahkan gandingan Martens Rick (Belgium)/Regina Romero (Guatemala) dengan mata 6-2. Muhamad Zarif, 16, berkata, dia bangga dan gembira dengan kejayaan itu kerana menjadi antara penyumbang pingat untuk negara. “Pada awalnya saya tidak jangka dapat menang pingat kerana tidak berani meletakkan sebarang sasaran pingat di YOG 2014. “Saya tidak berasa tertekan bila beraksi di final kerana pingat sudah pasti akan menjadi milik Malaysia,” katanya. Walaupun ...

Olympism is the marriage of sport & culture ~ Juan Antonio Samaranch @ocm_mom pic.twitter.com/fPdK5M7k8v — Man Olimpik (@ManOlimpik) August 24, 2014 NANJING (China), 24 Ogos (Bernama) -- Kontinjen negara mendiamkan mulut pengkritik dengan merangkul pingat ketiga pada Sukan Olimpik Remaja (YOG 2014) menerusi pemanah Muhamad Zarif Zolkifli pada hari kelapan temasya edisi kedua di sini hari ini. Muhamad Zarif, yang bersaing dalam acara recurve campuran antarabangsa, menghadiah sebutir pingat perak, sekali gus meningkatkan pungutan pingat negara kepada satu emas dan dua perak. Pencapaian tersebut di Lapangan Memanah Fangshan di sini telah menepati sasaran peribadi ketua kontinjen Wong Pei Tty yang sebelum ini dihujani kritikan setelah gagal mendapat sebarang pingat pada awal temasya khususnya empat hari selepas memulakan saingan. Pingat emas pertama negara sebelum ini disumbang oleh pemain badminton Cheam June Wei dalam acara beregu campuran antarabangsa man...

Pingat Perak dari Muhamad Zarif lengkapkan 3 pingat Negara di @nanjing2014yog @youtholympics Tahniah @malaysianheroes pic.twitter.com/lVFBk5LGuj — Man Olimpik (@ManOlimpik) August 24, 2014 NANJING (China), 24 Ogos (Bernama) -- Pemanah pelapis negara, Muhamad Zarif Syahiir Zolkifli berjaya melengkapkan sasaran tiga pingat di temasya Sukan Olimpik Remaja (YOG 2014) selepas meraih pingat perak dalam acara recurve campuran antarabangsa di Lapangan Memanah Fangshan, dekat sini. Pada aksi final hari ini, Muhamad Zarif dengan gandingan Freywald Cynthia dari Jerman tewas 0-6 kepada pasangan emas Luis Gabriel (Filipina)/Li Jiaman dari China. Pingat gangsa bagi acara tersebut menjadi milik gandingan Peters Eric (Kanada)/Tuokkola Mirjam (Finland) selepas mereka mengalahkan gandingan Martens Rick (Belgium)/Romero Regina (Guatemala) dengan mata 6-2. Walaupun Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) mahupun Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) tidak meletakkan sebarang sasaran pingat, namun...