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In other news, Dollah Salleh has been appointed as our new national head coach! pic.twitter.com/1MaK3e1keZ — twtbola / bayBola (@twt_bola) June 28, 2014 The appointment of a local coach for the Harimau Malaya squad is sufficient, based on the squad's current performance and existing crop of players, says Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He was commenting on the decision of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) to appoint Dollah Salleh as the football national chief coach from June 28 to replace Datuk K.Rajagobal whose contract was not renewed at the end of last year. Prior to this, FAM had listed two German coaches, Gert Engels and Wolfgang Sidka, as among the three short-listed candidates for the post which was vacant since last Dec 31. Khairy said he was not agreeable to FAM's earlier proposal to hire a foreign coach for the national squad as it would involve a high expenditure. "I have high hopes for the national squad after this ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 (Bernama) -- Fans of the national football squad 'Harimau Malaya' need to be more professional and not emotional when giving their support, said Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek. He said the Harimau Malaya players need the full backing of the fans in facing arch rivals Indonesia in their final group match in the AFF Suzuki Cup tournament tomorrow. "However, they (fans) need to adopt a more professional attitude. They must support the team till the very end and not quickly leave the stadium whenever Malaysia lose. "Don't only be with the team when we win and curse and scold when we lose. No matter the outcome, we must be loyal supporters," he said when met on the sidelines of the Umno general assembly at the Putra World Trade Centre here Friday. Earlier, Ahmad Shabery together with his deputy Datuk Razali Ibrahim had conducted a lucky draw for visitors of the ministry's booth at the assembly.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Bernama) -- The national football team is expected to face an uphill task to qualify for the finals of the 2015 Asia Cup after being drawn in Group D with three Arab nations, namely Qatar, Bahrain and Yaman. During the draw that was telecast live through the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) website www.the-afc.com, Singapore were also drawn with three Arab nations in Group A, namely Jordan, Syria and Oman. Three-time winner Iran head Group B together with 1980 champion Kuwait; Thailand and Lebanon while 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup runner-up, Indonesia are in Group C with Iraq, China and Saudi Arabia. Vietnam are drawn in Group E with Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan. The top two teams from each group automatically qualify for the next stage while the best third placed team among the five groups will earn one slot. Four teams have already earned their spots in the next round, namely host Australia, defending champion Japan, South Korea as third place wi...