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Former president Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim has pulled out of the race for the presidency. KUALA LUMPUR: The fight for the president’s post in the Malaysian Athletic Federation (MAF) will be a two-horse race. With former MAF president Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim pulling out, it will be left to Datuk Karim Ibrahim and Datuk Wan Hisham Wan Salleh to fight it out for the top post when the election is held at the Dewan Komanwel in Bukit Jalil on Oct 31. Incumbent president Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad had declined to defend his post after serving just one term. In the last election two years ago, Wan Hisham beat Karim by 25-19 for the MAF deputy president’s post. But in the fight for the top post this time, Wan Hisham believes he will be the underdog against Karim, who is the Perak AAA president. “I’ve only received one nomination – from Terengganu – while Karim obtained six. It clearly shows that he is the favourite for the president’s post,” said Wan ...

KUALA LUMPUR, 30 Okt (Bernama) -- Bekas presiden Kesatuan Olahraga Malaysia (KOM), Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim hari ini membuat keputusan untuk menarik diri daripada bertanding jawatan presiden pada pemilihan badan induk olahraga itu, Sabtu ini. Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri itu berkata beliau membuat keputusan itu setelah meneliti beban tugasnya sebagai anggota kabinet kerajaan dan juga Anggota Parlimen Arau. Shahidan, yang juga Penasihat Persatuan Olahraga Perlis (POPs) dan pernah menerajui KOM dari 2006 sehingga 2012, menjelaskan beliau akan memberikan sokongan padu kepada bekas timbalannya, Datuk Karim Ibrahim bagi merebut jawatan presiden pada pemilihan itu nanti. "Insya-Allah, negeri Perlis dan beberapa ahli gabungan lain akan memberikan sokongan padu kepada Karim dan saya yakin beliau akan memenangi jawatan tersebut," katanya pada sidang media di pejabatnya di bangunan Parlimen, hari ini. Dalam pada itu, Karim yang turut hadir, melahirkan ...

KLHC players with the Charity Shield after beating TNB at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday. Pic by Goh Thean Howe NATIONAL player Razie Rahim’s hat-trick handed Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC) the Charity Shield when they beat Tenaga Nasional 5-3 at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday. The Malaysia Hockey League (MHL) Premier Division curtain raiser also handed four-time consecutive double champions KLHC three vital points. “The Charity Shield Trophy is nice to lift, but more importantly, my players fought for three points which is a first step towards defending our league title,” said KLHC coach K. Dharmaraj. KLHC fielded six foreign players, while Tenaga had an-all local outfit. “My six guest players have only been in the country for a few days, and the young Australians need more time to settle down as compared to my P...

KLHC players celebrate after winning the Charity Shield, which is also the opening match of the 2014 Malaysia Hockey League, by beating Tenaga National at the National Hockey Stadium on Wednesday. - GLENN GUAN/ The STAR KUALA LUMPUR: Defending champions Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC) began the pre-season playing down their chances in the Malaysia Hockey League (MHL). But after the first match of the season on Wednesday – the curtain-raiser Charity Shield – it’s clear that KLHC were just playing mind games. KLHC proved that they are far from being a spent force when they beat Tenaga Nasional 5-3 – for their first silverware of the season – at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil. Penalty corner specialist Mohd Razie Rahim was the hero for KLHC, bagging a hat-trick to help his team take all three points in this Premier Division clash. Razie’s goals came in the 19th, 29th and 57th minutes while Mohd Rahim Baharom (26th) and ...

Tiket3 @OfficialJohor vs @PahangFA http://t.co/fzc4dKatRF #PialaMalaysia pic.twitter.com/bMBqGyXF4f — Man Olimpik (@ManOlimpik) October 28, 2014 JOHOR BAHARU, Oct 29 (Bernama) -- Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) manager Bojan Hodak expressed disappointment with the condition of the field at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil. According to Bojan the pitch at the National Stadium was in a deplorable condition and may affect the quality of the match and his team's rhythm during the Malaysia Cup final against Pahang on Saturday. "From the pictures I have seen and information received, the pitch is in an awful condition. We have prepared well but the condition of the pitch might ruin all our efforts. However, we cannot do anything about the status," he told reporters after a training session at Padang Sri Gelam, here today. Bojan said the stadium management should not allow the pitch for events or any action that can affect the condition of the fiel...

KUANTAN, 29 Okt (Bernama) -- Malaysia berjaya mencipta sejarah muncul pasukan pertama menjuarai Kejohanan Bola Sepak Pantai Persekutuan Bola Sepak Asean (AFF) selepas menundukkan Vietnam 6-4 pada perlawanan akhir di Pantai Teluk Chempedak di sini, Rabu. Dalam perlawanan itu, pasukan kebangsaan mula mencuri tumpuan menerusi jaringan ketua pasukan Mohd Zaharim Mohd Yusof yang meledakkan dua gol pada suku pertama minit kedua dan kelapan. Berbekalkan semangat tinggi, Malaysia terus menguasai perlawanan dengan menambah jaringan pada minit pertama suku kedua oleh Mohammad Fakhrullah Mohamad untuk Malaysia mendahului 3-0. Vietnam kemudian cuba merapatkan jurang menerusi Bui Tran Van Luan pada minit kelapan suku kedua sebelum Malaysia kembali bangkit menerusi jaringan hatrik Mohd Zaharim dua minit kemudian bagi kedudukan 4-1. Jaringan kelima Malaysia kemudian berjaya diperolehi Mohamad Norazman A. Bakar pada minit ke-11 suku kedua sebelum Vietnam membalas jaringan ...

KUALA LUMPUR, 29 Okt (Bernama) -- Kelab Hoki Kuala Lumpur (KLHC) memenangi trofi Piala Sumbangsih pada Liga Hoki Malaysia TNB 2014 di Stadium Hoki Nasional Bukit Jalil, di sini. Pada perlawanan itu, KLHC menewaskan pasukan Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) 5-3, sekali gus meraih tiga mata penuh bagi liga yang membuka tirainya pada Rabu. TNB terlebih dahulu membuka tirai jaringan pada minit kesembilan menerusi jaringan padang oleh Mohd Ramadan Rosli sebelum KLHC menyamakan kedudukan pada minit ke-19 menerusi pukulan sudut penalti oleh kapten pasukan, Muhammad Razie Abd Rahim. KLHC menambah gol kedua menerusi Rahim Baharom pada minit ke-26 dan dua minit kemudian TNB menyamakan kedudukan menerusi pukulan sudut penalti yang disempurnakan oleh Muhamad Amin Rahim. Muhammad Razie sekali lagi cemerlang menyempurnakan pukulan penalti buat KLHC pada minit ke-29 namun selang tiga minit kemudian, TNB segera menyamai kedudukan 3-3 menerusi gol padang oleh Muhammad Azammi Adab...

Tiket3 @OfficialJohor vs @PahangFA http://t.co/fzc4dKatRF #PialaMalaysia pic.twitter.com/bMBqGyXF4f — Man Olimpik (@ManOlimpik) October 28, 2014 JOHOR BAHARU, 29 Okt (Bernama) -- Jurulatih pasukan Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT), Bojan Hodak melahirkan rasa kecewa dengan keadaan padang di Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil menjelang pertemuan akhir Piala Malaysia menentang Pahang Sabtu ini. Beliau mendakwa keadaan padang di stadium terbabit agak teruk dan ia boleh menjejaskan corak permainan anak buahnya dalam usaha meraih kejuaraan berganda musim ini. "Berdasarkan gambar dan maklumat yang saya terima, keadaan padang amat teruk. Kami telah melakukan persiapan dengan baik tetapi keadaan padang yang teruk amat mengecewakan. Namun, kami tidak boleh buat apa-apa tentang perkara ini," katanya ketika ditemui pada sesi latihan skuad Harimau Selatan di Padang Sri Gelam, di sini, Rabu. Beliau berkata pihak pengurusan stadium sepatutnya lebih peka dan tidak membe...

KHAIRY (kanan) ketika mempengerusikan Mesyuarat Post Mortem Sukan Asia, semalam. - See more at: http://www.hmetro.com.my/node/4840#sthash.wtvK5Ku7.dpuf Kuala Lumpur: “Alet itu bukan penagih dadah.” Demikian tegas Menteri Belia dan Sukan Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar yang menafikan atlet dikaitkan positif ujian air kencing Sampel A pada Kejohanan Dunia 2014 di Copenhagen, Ogos lalu seorang penagih. Jelas Khairy, persepsi itu sama sekali tidak benar kerana bahan yang diambil atlet berkenaan bukanlah dadah yang benar-benar terlarang. “Dalam kes ini dia bukan penagih dadah, bukan hisap gam, bukan cucuk heroin dan juga bukan ambil (pil) ecstasy. “Ia berkaitan dengan bahan dexamethasone,” katanya pada sidang media selepas mempengerusikan Mesyuarat Post Mortem Sukan Asia, semalam. Dexamethasone sejenis steriod untuk rawatan perubatan dan kesan anti-radang yang biasanya digunakan dalam rawatan pemulihan atlet. Sebelum ini, timbul laporan...

Tuesday will be D-Day for Lee Chong Wei when his B sample is tested for banned substance in a laboratory in Norway. The World No 1 will fly to Norway with National Sports Institute (NSI) chief executive officer Datuk Dr Ramlan Aziz on Sunday and both will be present during the test. It is learnt that his urine sample will be tested for dexamethasone. Dexamethasone is not a performance-enhancing drug but a type of steroid medication with anti-inflammatory effects that is usually used to aid an athlete’s rehabilitation. Chong Wei, who arrived in Kuala Lumpur yesterday after a long holiday overseas, was allegedly tested positive for the substance after his semi-final win over Denmark’s Victor Axelsen at the World Championships in Copenhagen in August. “Chong Wei is nervous and upset. Hopefully we will get some good news,” said a source yesterday. “Chong Wei and Dr Ramlan will be present when the former’s urine sample, which is stored in Norway, is test...

Itu nada berang bekas Timbalan Presiden Kesatuan Olahraga Ma­laysia (KOM), Datuk Karim Ibrahim kepada individu dalam badan induk tersebut yang cuba melancarkan serangan peribadi ke atasnya menjelang pemilihan Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan (AGM), Sabtu ini. Karim yang akan bertanding untuk jawatan Presiden KOM memberitahu, individu tersebut telah menjadi dalang untuk memburukkan dirinya dengan cubaan melibatkan Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Khairy Jamaluddin. Semalam, satu laporan daripada hasil siasatan berhubung insiden atlet olahraga gagal ujian doping dua tahun lalu juga telah dihantar kepada Khairy pada sesi post mortem Sukan Asia 2014. Tambah Karim, tindakan individu tersebut dianggap tidak profesional kerana cuba menghalang dirinya daripada bertanding. Malah Karim berkata, pendiriannya tetap sama pada pemilihan tersebut iaitu tidak akan menarik diri daripada bertan­ding jawatan No. 1 KOM biarpun imejnya cuba diburukkan oleh individu yang dirahsiakan namanya itu, melai...

Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has made it clear that he is not able to meddle with the internal selection process of national sports associations (NSAs) unless there is a clear cut reason to do so. A group of current and former athletics athletes and coaches had handed a petition and a report against the return of Karim Ibrahim to the Malaysian Athletics Federation’s (MAF) to Khairy yesterday. Karim was suspended by MAF for his involvement in a doping scandal and failure to account for over RM60,000 for a 2009 training stint in Germany but had his six-year ban overturned in court last year. He was voted out as deputy president in September 2012 but will contest the president’s post in the elections on Saturday. “ I cannot get involved in the election process of NSA’s. If a person is not worthy of holding a position because of a criminal case then we can take action,” said Khairy. “But if they do not want a person for other re...

Morten Frost speaks to his charge Tine Baum Rasmussen during the Malaysian Open badminton meet in 2009. - Filepic KUALA LUMPUR: Former Danish great Morten Frost Hansen has been hired to revive Malaysian badminton’s fortunes. Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin announced the appointment of Frost on Tuesday. The former All-England men’s singles champion will start work as the national technical director for Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) next March. The 56-year-old Frost will coordinate the programmes from the development to the elite level and empower the coaches at the national centre. BAM have been without a “national coaching director” to plan, strategise and coordinate the training and coaching programmes for some time. This is a second big stint for Frost with the national team. He was with BAM for 3½ years from 1997-2000 as national coaching director. His past dealings and insights into Malaysia’s system and his vast ...

' @Pandelela_R to use 2-week break to treat Injuries http://t.co/mZzZ3unzQJ #Diving — Inst. Sukan Negara (@isnmas) October 28, 2014 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 (Bernama) -- Pandelela Rinong said she will fully use the two-week break given by national diving chief coach, Yang Zhuliang to get her injuries treated at the National Sport Institute (ISN). The national diving queen, and winner of a bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games in the 10m women's platform event, said although the time was short, she was confident her shoulder and ankle injuries could heal. "Although, my injuries are not serious, I will still see ISN's medical officers during the rest period. "To me, although it is quite difficult to fully recover in two weeks as the injuries are longstanding ones, I am confident they will be cured before I perform in any championship next year," she told Bernama. Pandelela said, the national squad would not be participating in any champi...

KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Okt (Bernama) -- Kementerian Belia dan Sukan akan membuat kajian terperinci berhubung peruntukan kepada semua persatuan sukan tempatan bagi menghadapi temasya utama dalam tempoh empat tahun akan datang. Menteri Belia dan Sukan Khairy Jamaluddin berkata peruntukan itu perlu diberi keutamaan bagi menghadapi Sukan Olimpik 2016, Sukan Asia dan Sukan Komanwel, kedua-duanya pada 2018 selain Sukan SEA 2015 dan 2017. "Segala keputusan mengenai peruntukan ini berdasarkan prestasi dan hala tuju yang dibentangkan oleh setiap persatuan sukan. "Saya tidak boleh bagi jaminan setiap sukan akan dapat pendedahan dan peruntukan yang sama kerana semua itu tertakluk kepada kajian yang akan dibuat oleh Institut Sukan Australia bermula bulan depan," katanya. Beliau ditemui pemberita selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat post-mortem Sukan Asia 2014 di Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN), Bukit Jalil, di sini pada Selasa. Mengulas prestasi atlet pada Sukan Asia 2014 ...

KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Okt (Bernama) -- Menteri Belia dan Sukan Khairy Jamaluddin hari ini menegaskan bahawa atlet tersohor negara yang didakwa positif ujian doping sampel A, tidak mengambil dadah. Sebaliknya, beliau berkata semua pihak perlu faham bahan terlarang yang menyebabkan atlet kebangsaan itu positif ujian doping ialah dexamethasone iaitu sejenis ubat penahan sakit untuk kecederaan yang dialaminya. "Atlet itu bukan 'penagih dadah', dia bukan suntik heroin atau pun mengambil ecstasy. "Perkara ini melibatkan bahan-bahan dadah yang dipanggil dexamethasone," katanya kepada pemberita selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat post-mortem Sukan Asia 2014 di Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) di sini, Selasa. Difahamkan, Khairy berjumpa dengan atlet berkenaan hari ini dan tarikh untuk pembukaan sampel B akan dilakukan pada 4 atau 5 Nov ini, di sebuah makmal di Norway. Dalam pada itu, Khairy masih enggan mendedahkan nama atlet dari Persatuan Badminton Malays...

LEE Chong Wei, who is alleged to have failed a doping test, will return from abroad today and meet Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin to discuss when he will leave for Norway to witness the testing of his B sample. Khairy said he expects to meet the athlete in question to discuss the matter either today or tomorrow. The test will be done in Oslo on either Nov 4 or 5. He is likely to be accompanied to Norway by National Sports Institute (NSI) chief executive officer Datuk Dr Ramlan Aziz or Malaysian Anti Doping Agency (Adamas) unit head Nishel Kumar. “From what I understand, the athlete is coming back tomorrow (today) and I will meet with him to make a decision (on when to leave for Norway),” said Khairy. “Nishel and Dr Ramlan are the people likely to accompany the athlete to open the sample but at the moment it looks like only Dr Ramlan will go.” Chong Wei is believed to be on holiday now in Europe. Khairy also commended Badminton Associatio...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- The decision to set up a joint committee by the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) and the Youth and Sports Ministry (KBS) is needed to trigger preparations if the sample B of a top national badminton player is reported positive. Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said apart from that, the committee was also important in coordinating all information on the issue. He told this to reporters after chairing an Umno Youth Exco meeting at Menara Dato Onn here Monday, when asked to comment on the announcement of BAM yesterday to set up a special committee headed by its deputy president Datuk Norza Zakaria to assist the defence of the player who was found to have failed a doping test recently. This followed local media reports which alleged that a leading Malaysian badminton player failed a random doping test at the World Badminton Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark in August. Khairy said: "The special committ...

KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Okt (Bernama) -- Keputusan menubuhkan Jawatankuasa Khas Persatuan Badminton Malaysia (BAM) dan Kementerian Belia dan Sukan (KBS) perlu bagi memastikan persiapan dapat diambil jika ujian sampel B pemain badminton negara positif. Menteri Belia dan Sukan Khairy Jamaluddin berkata penubuhan jawatankuasa itu juga penting bagi memastikan segala maklumat berkaitan isu doping itu dapat diselaraskan. "Jawatankuasa khas ini memang patut (ditubuhkan) sebab kita dimaklumkan, pada 4 atau 5 Nov ini ujian untuk sampel kedua (sampel B) akan dibuat. Kalau ujian itu negatif maka tiada masalah. Cuma dengan adanya jawatankuasa ini, dapat kita tahu dengan lebih teliti apa sebenarnya berlaku. "Ia amat penting kerana apabila kita buat siasatan nanti dan segala persiapan dibuat...sekiranya ujian kedua positif, kita boleh merayu kepada Mahkamah Timbang Tara Sukan dan proses itu memerlukan jawatankuasa khas daripada BAM dan KBS," katanya selepas mempengeru...

KUANTAN, 27 Okt (Bernama) -- Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM) sedia mengkaji cadangan untuk menggunakan khidmat pengadil dari luar negara bagi meningkatkan lagi mutu sukan bola sepak negara. Bagaimanapun Presiden FAM Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah bertitah dalam masa yang sama juga cadangan yang akan dipertimbangkan itu tidak sesekali akan membelakangkan serta merendahkan pengadil sedia ada di negara ini. "Kita perlu mengkaji secara mendalam perkara ini...pada musim akan datang insya-Allah. Saya akan buat kursus untuk pengadil-pengadil tempatan ini dalam masa yang terdekat dan akan membincangkan tentang perkara itu," titah baginda. Tengku Abdullah bertitah demikian kepada pemberita selepas Majlis Pengurniaan Bendera Pahang kepada pengamal media Pahang yang menyertai Ekspedisi ke Gunung Fansipan di Vietnam pada 4 hingga 11 Nov nanti. Cadangan menggunakan pengadil dari luar negara sebelum ini pernah disuarakan oleh Tengku Mahkota Johor Tunku Ismai...

KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Okt (Bernama) -- Kekurangan dana menjadi faktor persatuan hoki negeri tidak menghantar pasukan masing-masing untuk menyertai Liga Hoki Malaysia TNB (TNBMHL) tahun ini. Edisi Liga Hoki Malaysia kali ini hanya disertai enam pasukan dan daripada jumlah itu, hanya Terengganu menjadi pasukan negeri tunggal yang menyertainya. Selain Terengganu, pasukan lain yang terlibat ialah Kelab Hoki Kuala Lumpur (KLHC), Maybank, Sapura, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) dan Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL). "Saya akui dengan hanya enam pasukan yang mengambil bahagian, kejohanan tidak menjadi meriah. "Pihak MHC (Konfederasi Hoki Malaysia) juga sedang memikirkan cara bagaimana untuk kita menyalurkan dana kepada persatuan negeri. MHC juga akan mencari dana tambahan daripada syarikat swasta," kata Naib Presiden MHC Datuk Nur Azmi Ahmad selepas majlis pelancaran kejohanan dan laman web TNBMHL di sini, Isnin. Menurut Nur Azmi, kos sesebuah pasukan premier d...

Perebutan kerusi Presiden Kesatuan Olahraga Malaysia (KOM) pada Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan (AGM) pada 1 November bakal menyaksikan saingan tiga penjuru membabitkan timbalan presiden semasa serta bekas presiden dan timbalan presiden badan induk berkenaan. Presiden KOM Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad yang tidak akan mempertahankan jawatannya bagi penggal baru 2014-2016, mengumumkan timbalan presiden semasa Datuk Wan Hisham Wan Salleh akan dicabar bekas presiden Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim dan timbalannya sebelum ini, Datuk Karim Ibrahim. Karim yang juga Presiden Persatuan Olahraga Perak (POP) mendahului senarai dengan enam pencalonan, manakala Shahidan mendapat dua dan Wan Hisham, satu. Ketika ditanya mengenai status Shahidan selaku anggota kabinet bagi merebut jawatan tertinggi badan induk itu, Zainal menjawab perkara itu terpulang kepada budi bicara Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak untuk membenarkan ahli kabinetnya memegang jawatan dalam sesuatu organisasi sukan. ...

MAF president Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad unveils the nominees for office bearers with deputy president Datuk Wan Hisham Wan Salleh (left) and general manager Datuk Kenneth J. Luis (right) yesterday. Pic by Hasriyasyah Sabudin DATUK Seri Shahidan Kassim and his former deputy, Karim Ibrahim, secured eight nominations between them for the Malaysian Athletics Federation’s (MAF) top post when the nominees were unveiled yesterday. Former MAF president Shahidan and Karim, who were both voted out as president and deputy president at the last elections in September 2012, will face MAF deputy president Datuk Wan Hisham Wan Salleh in a three-way contest on Nov 1. With incumbent president Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad choosing not to defend his post, it paves the way for the 14 affiliates of MAF to decide whether to continue with the present set-up or return to the conflict-ridden...

We have sought experts’ advice and discussed with doping specialists to see what could be the next steps. — KHAIRY JAMALUDDIN KUALA LUMPUR: The Youth and Sports Ministry is investigating the course of treatment administered to a national athlete who subsequently failed a doping test. Its minister Khairy Jamaluddin declined to reveal the athlete’s name until further tests confirm the presence of the banned drug. “We have sought experts’ advice and discussed with doping specialists to see what could be the next steps. We are still gathering the facts,” he said. Khairy told The Star yesterday when asked to comment on a report in StarSport of a national athlete who had failed a random test conducted during a major tournament. The minister said he first knew about the matter on Oct 2 when an international federation informed the national association affiliated to it here about the athlete failing the drug test. Khairy said the banned substanc...

KUALALUMPUR: An official from the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) yesterday confirmed that a top Malaysian shuttler has failed a random doping test conducted during the World Championships in Copenhagen in August. BAM and other concerned parties were notified after the recent Asian Games in Incheon. The top male player, who had won a string of tournaments, had played in Incheon and also contributed medals. The latest revelation came after a Malaysian bookie allegedly approached two Danish players to fix matches in the Japan Open in June. The official said the player’s doping test showed traces of a low-level drug banned by the World Anti- Doping Agency (WADA). The shuttler is awaiting the result of the “B” sample. “I can’t remember the name of the banned substance but it is neither anabolic steroids nor a performance- enhancing drug. “The shuttler must have taken it unintentionally but he should have been more careful,” said the official yesterday....

Arena badminton tanah air akhirnya dipalit detik hitam selepas Persatuan Badminton Malaysia (BAM) mengesahkan salah seorang pemain utama negara gagal dalam ujian doping yang dilakukan secara rawak di Kejohanan Dunia Copenhagen, Ogos lalu. Belumpun reda dengan isu rakyat Malaysia didakwa menjadi bookie menyogok sejumlah wang kepada dua pemain Denmark bagi mengatur perlawanan di Terbuka Jepun, Jun lalu, insiden terbaru ini pasti sekali lagi mengheret sukan popular negara itu ke kancah memalukan. Menurut pegawai kanan BAM yang enggan namanya disiarkan, badan induk itu serta organisasi yang berkaitan sudah dimaklumkan mengenai keputusan ujian doping sampel A pemain itu yang didapati positif selepas berakhir temasya Sukan Asia di Incheon, baru-baru ini. Setakat ini pihak BAM masih belum mahu mendedahkan identiti sebenar pemain itu hingga keputusan sampel B dikeluarkan, namun difahamkan pemain lelaki itu memenangi banyak kejohanan di pentas antarabangsa serta turut mewakili...