Sports
Malaysia is perhaps the only Muslim-country in the world that has a great blueprint to “halalize” everything, except its currency note. A Saudi wannabe, the country had declared Jihad (holy war) on Cadbury over pork-laced chocolate, which turned out to be a false allegation. It had launched the first halal airline – Rayani Air – […]
... written on Jan 03 2017Some say it was the jinx of Najib and wife Rosmah which had denied the country of its first-ever gold medal in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Auntie Rosy and PM Najib should not have had sent letters and messages of congratulation to Malaysian badminton players before the game ends. As a result, the badminton […]
... written on Aug 22 2016Malaysia’s mixed doubles pair Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying didn’t make it for the gold. But their silver medal was sufficient to create history. Haters such as pro-government media, Berita Harian and Kosmo’s, which splashed headline “Mixed doubles pair merely manages a silver” and “Peng Soon-Liu Ying disappoint millions of Malaysians” respectively, obviously doesn’t appreciate […]
... written on Aug 19 2016Vietnam has won its first-ever gold medal since it began competing in the Olympic Games 64 years ago in 1952. Likewise, Singapore has won its first-ever gold medal since it first entered the Olympics in 1948 – 68 years ago. Malaysia, as a country, first participated at the 1964 Olympic Games, although the country competed as “Malaya” in […]
... written on Aug 17 2016Singapore first entered the Olympics in 1948 but had never won an Olympic gold – until now. Singapore’s first medal was a silver, contributed by Tan Howe Liang, in weightlifting at Rome in 1960. The country waited 48 years before winning their next medal, also a silver in table tennis team at Beijing in 2008, thanks […]
... written on Aug 14 2016The early bird gets the worm – the saying goes. Since an American mobile game developer – Niantic Labs – launched “Pokémon Go” last month, the game has raked in US$200 million (£153 million; RM800 million) in net revenue globally on the App Store and Google Play in its first month – beating popular games such as […]
... written on Aug 11 2016Every 4 years, there are new athletes to watch and new record ready to be broken. The Olympics is the most prestigious sports event where athletes compete for the gold medal. The gold, silver and bronze winners would stand on the platform, receive their medals, and solemnly listen to the gold medal winner’s national anthem. […]
... written on Aug 10 2016Unless you live in China, India or South Korea, chances are you’ve been hunting Pokémon since the game was introduced in Asia 2 days ago. Even if you haven’t started doing that, at least you should have heard about Pokémon which is taking the entire planet by storm. So, which are the 15 countries in […]
... written on Aug 08 2016Float like a butterfly. Sting like a bee. He was “The Greatest”. Muhammad Ali, one of the world’s greatest boxers, died on Friday, June 3, at the age of 74. Born Cassius Marcellus Clay on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, Ali started boxing at age 12 after his new bicycle was stolen and he vowed to policeman, Joe […]
... written on Jun 06 2016There was a mega scandal hitting the world over the weekend. It was so huge that Wikileaks now looks like a kindergarten playground. Called the “Panama Papers”, it consists of approximately 11.5 million documents – more than the combined total of the Wikileaks Cablegate, Offshore Leaks, Luxembourg Leaks, and Swiss Leaks. The Panama Papers’ data […]
... written on Apr 05 2016
