Sports
On March 20, 2025, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) submitted two names to FIFA for eligibility to play for Malaysia – Gabriel Palmero andHector Hevel. Coincidentally and amusingly, both players’ ancestors were born in Malacca. Palmero’s supporting birth certificate showed his grandmother was born in Malacca on May 17, 1956, while Hevel’s grandfather was […]
... written on Nov 08 2025When FIFA President Gianni Infantino attended the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur in October 2025, there were concerns of hanky-panky, which might lead to a successful (or a partial successful) appeal by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) following an embarrassing document forgery scandal that has rocked Malaysian football. The timing and purpose had aroused suspicion. […]
... written on Nov 05 2025Despite Home Affairs Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail’s defiance that all foreign players were granted citizenship after a very rigorous process, the scandal involving the fabrication of birth certificates for seven foreign football players so that they can represent Malaysia isn’t going away. Worse, it is turning the heat on Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government. […]
... written on Oct 14 2025When seven out of 11 football (soccer) players in your national team do not resemble local ethnics – Malay, Chinese, Indian, Kadazan or Iban – it already smells fishy. And it screams “cheating” when they were actually imported foreign-born players passed off as Malaysian footballers. It becomes a scandal – even a national embarrassment – […]
... written on Oct 08 2025At the age of 17 years and 131 days, Quan Hongchan becomes the youngest triple-gold medalist in China’s Olympic history – breaking the record held by another diving star Fu Mingxia (17 years and 350 days). While Quan was only the second-youngest Chinese diver to win an Olympic gold medal (the youngest was 12-year-old Fu […]
... written on Aug 22 2024For 64 years since the men’s 4×100 metres medley relay was introduced at the 1960 Rome Games, the United States swimmers had never lost even once – till now. The only time it did not win gold in the event was when the U.S. boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics. On final day Sunday (August 4), however, […]
... written on Aug 13 2024Malaysia is being offered £100 million pounds to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games. That looks like a jackpot given on a silver platter. Even the Taylor Swift’s just concluded exclusive concert in Singapore in the Southeast Asian leg of her Eras Tour looked lame compared to this international sports event involving 74 Commonwealth nations and […]
... written on Mar 16 2024China appears to be laughing at the U.S.’ latest U-turn in sending officials to the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, scheduled to kick off on Feb 4. President Joe Biden announced on Dec 6 that as part of the U.S. boycott against so-called China’s “ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights […]
... written on Dec 28 2021Using data of about 6,000 matches played since 1980, American investment bank Goldman Sachs has devised a probability model which predicts that England will win the Euro 2020. If the prediction comes true, it will be the “Three Lions” first major soccer tournament victory in 55 years since 1966. England thrashed West Germany 4-2 in […]
... written on Jul 06 2021Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq, in his attempt to suck up to his boss – PM Mahathir Mohamad – appear to have made a fool of himself after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) stripped Malaysia of the right to host the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, scheduled to be held in Kuching, Sarawak, between July […]
... written on Jan 29 2019
