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Pegawai BAM jadi punca?

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Pegawai BAM jadi punca?

Pegawai BAM jadi punca?

Oleh Norzie Mohd. Khasbi
sukan@utusan.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR - Hanya dengan mengembalikan Misbun Ramdan ke pangkuan bapanya adakah memadai untuk memujuk Datuk Misbun Sidek kekal sebagai jurulatih Persatuan Badminton Malaysia (BAM)?

Sebaliknya, badan badminton itu mungkin perlu melakukan 'pengorbanan' lebih besar - merombak barisan Jawatankuasa Kejurulatihan dan Latihan (C&T).

Misbun amat terasa hati dengan 'kata-kata kasar' yang dilemparkan oleh segelintir pegawai BAM dalam mesyuarat C&T, sebelum memutuskan untuk meletak jawatan.

Justeru, tidak mungkin beliau dapat terus bekerjasama dengan pegawai berkenaan jika kekal dalam BAM.

Dalam perbualan hampir 15 minit bersama seorang lagi exco senior BAM, Datuk Sayed Abu Bakar Abdullah kelmarin, jurulatih itu mengakui, beliau tidak dapat menerima cara pegawai berkenaan bekerja dan amat mustahil untuk bekerjasama dengan mereka.

Persoalannya, apakah exco BAM bersedia mengetepikan pegawai-pegawai tersebut semata-mata hendak memberi laluan kepada Misbun untuk kekal dan itu belum termasuk memberi keistimewaan tambahan dengan membenarkan Ramdan menyertai kelompok pemain elit biarpun masih berstatus pelapis?

"Misbun terasa hati sangat dengan pegawai-pegawai berkenaan yang mengeluarkan kata-kata kasar terhadapnya dalam mesyuarat C&T, beliau tidak dapat menerima apa yang mereka perkatakan. Saya melihat masalah sekarang sebenarnya lebih besar daripada sekadar isu Misbun Ramdan.

"Bagaimanapun, exco BAM kena tegas apabila membuat keputusan kerana kita tidak boleh dilihat sebagai sebuah persatuan yang lemah. Keputusan akhir banyak bergantung kepada pandangan yang diberikan presiden (Datuk Seri Nadzmi Mohd. Salleh) hasil daripada pertemuannya dengan Misbun baru-baru ini.

"Saya tidak menyebelahi mana-mana pihak tetapi pegawai berkenaan ada cara kerjanya sendiri dan Misbun juga ada cara beliau sendiri, sekarang terpulang kepada kami bagaimana hendak selesaikan perbezaan cara kerja antara Misbun dan dua pegawai tersebut.

''Bagaimanapun kalau Misbun kekal di sini, beliau akan tetap bekerja dengan pegawai berkenaan secara langsung, kecuali ada rombakan dilakukan,'' kata Sayed Abu Bakar, yang juga presiden Persatuan Badminton Terengganu.

Ketika ditanya apakah kewajaran untuk melayani permintaan Misbun melatih anaknya, Ramdan dan melakukan beberapa rombakan demi mengekalkan jurulatih itu, Sayed Abu Bakar tidak menafikan, perkara ini jika dituruti BAM boleh menimbulkan rasa kurang senang beberapa pihak lain, namun itu tidak bermakna ia tidak boleh dipertimbangkan.

Jika Ramdan dibenarkan berlatih bersama Misbun, ia mungkin menimbulkan rasa tidak gembira di kalangan pemain dan jurulatih, manakala andai pegawai terlibat terpaksa diketepikan ia sudah tentu menimbulkan suasana tidak gembira dalam BAM.

Sayed Abu Bakar bagaimanapun turut mengingatkan, sekalipun jika BAM bersedia memberi kelonggaran dan merombak beberapa perkara demi Misbun, pada akhirnya ia tetap terpulang kepada jurulatih itu sama ada mahu kekal atau tetap dengan pendirian berundur.

Sementara itu, bendahari BAM, Datuk Lim Teong Kiat menegaskan, kepentingan peribadi tidak harus mengatasi kepentingan nasional dalam membuat keputusan hari ini.

Katanya, beliau tidak menentang Misbun tetapi berpendapat adalah tidak wajar BAM melakukan rombakan dalam sistem mereka semata-mata untuk memberi laluan kepada individu tertentu.

"Exco hanya akan membuat keputusan yang terbaik untuk sukan badminton kerana apa saja yang hendak dilakukan mestilah berteraskan kepentingan negara dan bukan peribadi. Saya tidak nafikan, mungkin kita kena melonggarkan beberapa perkara jika mahu Misbun kekal tetapi kita kena tengok juga apa yang perlu diubah.

"Mungkin ia tiada masalah kalau cuma perubahan kecil tetapi jika perlu melakukan rombakan sehingga melibatkan C&T, saya rasa itu amat mustahil. Apa pun, kita akan mendapatkan butiran daripada presiden esok, sebelum membuat keputusan secara kolektif,'' kata Teong Kiat.

Bagaimanapun tegas Teong Kiat, jika diminta pandangannya, beliau tetap bertegas, Ramdan sepatutnya mengikut sistem sedia ada, di mana dia perlu berlatih bersama pemain-pemain pelapis yang lain dan akan dinaikkan ke skuad elit secara automatik jika menunjukkan prestasi yang bagus.

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Safee tetap mahu ke seberang walau dapat ancaman

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Safee tetap mahu ke seberang walau dapat ancaman

KUALA LUMPUR - Di sebalik kerisauan keluarga terhadap keselamatannya, penyerang sensasi negara Mohd. Safee Mohd Sali tetap mahu beraksi dalam Liga Super Indonesia (ISL) biarpun mendapat ancaman bunuh daripada penyokong fanatik negara itu.

"Saya tahu perangai penyokong Indonesia lain dari negara kita tetapi saya tetap yakin kepada diri kerana saya hanya mahu menimba pengalaman dalam karier bola sepak luar negara.

"Saya harap mereka (penyokong) perlulah realistik dan bersikap terbuka. Mengenai ancaman bunuh, saya tetap yakin tidak akan berlaku apa-apa terhadap keluarga saya nanti," katanya kepada Bernama di sini, semalam.

Beberapa laman web tempatan melaporkan ahli keluarganya bimbang tentang keselamatannya kerana membuat keputusan untuk bermain dengan sebuah kelab di Indonesia.

Malaysia menumpaskan Indonesia dengan agregat 4-2 untuk muncul juara Piala AFF Suzuki selepas menunggu selama 14 tahun.

Dalam kedua-dua perlawanan akhir secara timbal balik itu, Safee menjadi wira negara apabila menyumbat tiga gol, termasuk satu di Jakarta, sekali gus membawa pulang Kasut Emas selaku penjaring terbanyak dengan dengan lima gol sepanjang kejohanan itu. - Bernama

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Arsenal need centre-half after Vermaelen setback, says Wenger

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 05:58 PM PST

Arsenal's coach Arsene Wenger reacts during their Champions League Group H soccer match against Sporting Braga at Braga City stadium on November 23, 2010. — Reuters pic

LONDON, Jan 12 — Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is searching for another centre-half following a setback suffered by injured Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen.

Vermaelen is recovering from an Achilles problem while Sebastien Squillaci is out with a hamstring injury sustained in the 1-1 draw against Leeds United in the FA Cup on Saturday.

The French central defender will only be out for two-to-three weeks but Wenger could not say when Vermaelen would be fit again and therefore may have to bring in a replacement.

"He (Vermaelen) had another setback on Saturday that we are concerned with," Wenger was quoted as saying on the club's website (http://www.arsenal.com).

"We are consulting top specialists around the world. We'll know more on Wednesday. "

"Unfortunately, I can't give you any precise date but I concede that, with this little setback from Thomas, we are in a situation where we will have to look around. "

"Squillaci will be out for a maximum of three weeks, minimum two. It is a hamstring injury but it is not too bad — a grade one. He'll be back in two weeks if all goes well."

Wenger said that while he had "internal solutions" he also knew the sort of player he was looking for."

"Ideally it would be better if they were adapted to English football," he said. "If you need players now in January then you cannot wait three months before they can play."

"If the opportunity turns up we will fetch it but, if not, I believe we can cope."

Arsenal visit Ipswich Town in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final on Wednesday before travelling across London to play Premier League basement club West Ham United on Saturday.

Wenger's side are third in the standings four points behind leaders Manchester United who also have a game in hand.

 

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Disciplined Iran grab late winner over Iraq

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 05:09 PM PST

Iran's Andranik Teymourian (left) and Javad Nekonam celebrate after beating Iraq in their 2011 Asian Cup Group D soccer match at Al Rayyan stadium in Doha on January 11, 2011. — Reuters pic

DOHA, Jan 12 — Iran showed the discipline and organisation teams need to win major titles when they came from behind to beat arch-rivals and reigning champions Iraq 2-1 in their opening Asian Cup Group D match yesterday.

After trailing to an early goal from Iraqi captain Younus Mahmood, Iran equalised through Gholam Rezaei three minutes before halftime and grabbed all three points with Iman Mobali sweeping home an angled free-kick six minutes from time.

Iran coach Afshin Ghotbi, who predicted his team would bring the Asian Cup back to Tehran for the first time since 1976, was pleased with the win that put his side top of the table after North Korea's 0-0 draw with United Arab Emirates earlier.

Asked about the significance of the result on a chilly night at the Al Rayyan Stadium, Ghotbi said: "I think very simply three points. I think we still did not achieve the level of football we can."

The match, between two neighbors who fought an eight-year war in the 1980s, was free of trouble on or off the pitch and was played in a sporting spirit just as Ghotbi and his Iran counterpart Wolfgang Sidka forecast beforehand.

Ghotbi added that he needed to tell his team to calm themselves down at halftime and maintain their discipline for the rest of the match.

"I think we started the game with a lot of stress and the stress led to the mistakes we made," he said.

MINUTE'S SILENCE

The only sour note was that a planned one minute's silence for the victims of Sunday's IranAir plane crash in northwestern Iran in which almost 80 people were killed, was cut short after about 10 seconds because of chants from the Iraqi fans.

Once that was over, and a cat running around the dugout area was shooed away, Iraq were the first to settle and went ahead when Iran's defense failed to cut out a deep raking cross from the right.

Although Emad Mohammed, whose header appeared destined for the net, was credited by the stadium announcer with the goal, Mahmood had the final touch before it crossed the line.

Iran quickly shook off that disappointment and, with Andranik Teymourian and the outstanding Mobali working well in midfield, they began to threaten an equaliser.

It duly arrived in the 42nd minute when Teymourian played a perfectly weighted pass into Rezaei's path.

He timed his run to perfection, ignored appeals for offside and, with goalkeeper Mohammed Kassid advancing, swept the ball into the far corner of the net from the right corner of the six-yard box.

Iraq's Samal Saeed had the most spectacular effort of the opening period when his swerving, dipping 30-metre shot was superbly tipped over the bar by Iran keeper Mahdi Rahmati.

But while neither team truly mastered the other in an entertaining game, Iran increasingly looked the more likely winners and could have gone ahead after 76 minutes.

Iraq substitute Ahmed Ibrahim lost the ball on the edge of his own penalty area and was lucky that Rezaei hit his gift of a chance into the side netting.

When the goal did eventually arrive, the only surprise was the nature of its execution. Mobali swept a long hopeful free-kick into the Iraq penalty area, and the ball evaded everyone and ended up in the net.

Iran's next match is against North Korea Saturday when Iraq play the UAE. — Reuters

 

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'El Pulga' still rules

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 08:56 PM PST

Messi voted the best in 2010

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 12:48:00

ZURICH: Argentine wizard Lionel Messi this morning became the inaugural winner of the Fifa Ballon d'Or at a glittering awards ceremony in Zurich.

Lionel Messi

THE MESSI-AH: Messi won the first Fifa Ballon D'or this morning

Messi was selected ahead of Barcelona teammates Xavi and Andres Iniesta, who both won the World Cup with Spain in South Africa last summer.

The 23-year-old scored an astonishing 60 goals for club and country in 2010 and is regarded by many as the most gifted player of his generation.

In fact, he had a phenomenal 12 months in which he led Barca to a Spanish Primera Liga triumph and was widely acknowledged as the finest player in the world.

The Fifa Ballon d'Or was created following the merging of France Football magazine's European Footballer-of-the-Year prize with the Fifa World Player-of-the-Year gong. As such, it is awarded based on votes cast by journalists from around the world and coaches and captains of national teams.

Messi, or La Pulga or "The Flea", was the holder of both titles and therefore joins former Brazil strikers Ronaldo and Rivaldo and Frenchman Zinedine Zidane as a multiple winner of the latter accolade.

Alfredo Di Stefano, Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Kevin Keegan, Michel Platini, Marco van Basten, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Ronaldo are the only other men to win the Ballon d'Or more than once.

Messi also became the first player to be awarded the prize in a World Cup year without having won the tournament for the first time since 1994 (when non-Europeans were ineligible).

Messi admitted he did not expect to win. He remained humble and told the congregation at the Zurich Kongresshaus: "It's a very special day for me.

"I didn't expect to win it today. Already, it's a source of happiness to be here with my friends and even more to win it."

Messi won surprisingly easily — polling 22.65 per cent of the votes to Iniesta's 17.36 and Xavi's 16.48. For the record, the only Spanish winner of either prize was Luis Suarez who won the Ballon D'Or in 1960.

Spain's only consolation was that they had six players in the world team of the year. Iniesta and Xavi were joined by Iker Casillas, David Villa, Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique.

Brazilians Lucio and Maicon, Dutchman Wesley Sneijder, Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi completed the line-up.

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Real Special

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 08:48 PM PST

Mourinho proud to be named the best in 2010

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 12:45:00

ZURICH: Jose Mourinho put himself on the same pedestal as revered compatriots Eusebio, Luis Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo after becoming the first Portuguese winner of the Coach-of-the-Year award in Zurich this morning.

Jose Mourinho

I'M SO SPECIAL: Mourinho giving his acceptance speech after receiving the Coach-of-the-Year award

But Mourinho was not entirely satisfied with the evening, saying the Inter Milan team he coached to a treble last season should have been represented among the three candidates for the Player-of-the-Year award won by Lionel Messi.

"Obviously for me, the most important are the collective titles, not the individual ones... but it's a historic trophy, historic for me, historic for Portuguese football as well and obviously I feel great pride," he said.

"I'm proudly Portuguese, the Portuguese don't have so many of these proud moments, and this is certainly good for Portuguese ego.

"After Eusebio, Figo, and Ronaldo, we are now four golden balls." Mourinho's award was the result of a poll conducted jointly by Fifa and France Football magazine, who also joined forces to produce the first Fifa Ballon D'Or Player-of-the-Year award.

Figo and Ronaldo each won both the old Fifa and France Football awards while Eusebio, who played long before the Fifa award existed, also won the latter. Mourinho, now with Real Madrid, won a Champions League, Serie A and Italian Cup treble with Inter last season.

That success only went on to enhance his reputation further as he was already one of the world's most sought after coaches having won the Serie A title with Inter in 2008-2009, two Premier League and one FA Cup titles with Chelsea and Champions League, Uefa Cup and two league titles with Porto.

Barcelona trio Messi, Andres Iniesta and Xavi were contenders for the player's award but Mourinho said there should have been room for at least one member of his Inter team.

"Inter — European champions, world champions, champions of everything — were a little hard done by in my opinion," he said.

"To have not had anyone among the players sitting in these three chairs, for me, it was something of an injustice. It had special meaning that their trainer had won a historic trophy."

Mourinho was close to tears during the ceremony when Inter player Wesley Sneijder thanked him from the stage after being picked in the world XI.

"The most important is to hear words like the ones from Sneijder which affect you more than the trophies you can win," said Mourinho.

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Korea Utara Tanpa Gol Dengan UAE

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 10:15 AM PST

Doha (ANTARA News/AFP) - Korea Utara harus berjuang keras untuk mengamankan hasil imbang melawan Uni Emirat Arab saat mereka mengawali upaya mereka di Piala Asia, Selasa.

Korea Utara, yang tampil pada putaran final Piala Dunia di Afrika Selatan tapi kalah pada seluruh tiga pertandingan mereka, bisa bertahan dari rangkaian tekanan yang dilakukan UAE selama 90 menit di Qatar Sports Club Stadium.

Setelah kapten Korea Utara Hong Yong-Jo menyia-nyiakan peluang tembakan penalti, UAE secara berangsung-angsur meningkatkan permainan mereka, menyerang tim Korea yang berantakan.

Tembakan Hong dari titik penalti membentur mistar gawang pada menit kedelapan setelah Hamdan Al Kamali menjatuhkan striker Bochum Jong Tae-Se di kotak penalti.

Sejak itu, UAE hampir mendominasi secara keseluruhan dengan kapten Subait Khater melepaskan tembakan bebas 30 meter namun mengarah langsung pada kiper Korea Ri Myong-Guk pada menit ke-17.

Ahmed Khali juga mendapat peluang namun juga mengarah pada sang kiper beberapa menit kemudian. Dia kembali mendapat peluang namun gagal mengalahkan Ri saat sudah berhadapan satu lawan satu dalam sebuah kemelut di depan gawang.

Tim Teluk, runner-up 1996 yang ditangani pelatih asal Slovenia Srecko Katanec, meneruskan serangan dengan Al Kamali melepaskan sundulan namun melesat di atas mistar gawang.

Striker Ismaeil Matar lalu melepaskan tembakan voli di depan ghawang namun melebar ke sisi gawang.

Beberapa peluang diciptakan kembali para pemain UAE namun hingga pertandingan berakhir gagal menghasilan gol. (I015/Z002/K004)

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PSM Datangkan Mantan Timnas Korsel

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 07:14 AM PST

Makassar (ANTARA News) - Manajemen PSM Makassar mendatangkan mantan pemain Timnas Korea Selatan U-19, Kwon Jun, untuk memperkuat tim Juku Eja menghadapi kompetisi Liga Primer Indonesia.

Humas PSM, Suparno di Makassar, Selasa, mengatakan, pemain yang sebelumnya membela klub Brasilis FC (2004-2005), serta tim Figueirense FC Brasil musim 2006-2007 itu tiba di Makassar, Selasa (11/1).

Setelah tiba di Makassar sekitar pukul 15.00 Wita, Kwon Jun langsung bergabung bersama para pemain PSM lainnya. Kedatangan Kwon merupakan rekomendasi asisten pelatih PSM, Fabio B Oliviera.

"Kita memang mencari dua pemain asing untuk mengisi posisi yang ditinggalkan Basile Onambele dan Obiora Ricard yang kabur dari Makassar, kita berharap kehadiran Kwon Jun akan membantu PSM," katanya.

Suparno menambahkan, pengalaman Kwon bermain di kompetisi Brasil diharapkan bisa membantu PSM berjaya di LPI. Apalagi Kwon merupakan satu-satunya pemain Korsel yang sempat merumput di Liga I Brasil.

"Soal apakah kita akan rekrut atau tidak, kita serahkan semuanya kepada pelatih kepala. Kita hanya berharap agar negosiasi pemain bisa cepat sehingga segera menyiapkan tim menghadapi laga perdana nanti," jelasnya.

Setelah sukses mendatangkan pemain berusia 23 tahun tersebut, manajemen juga segera mendatangkan seorang striker berkebangsaan Brasil. Pemain yang belum diketahui identitasnya ini menurut rencana akan tiba di Makassar, Rabu (12/1).

Jika sesuai rencana, maka kuota lima pemain asing yang diperbolehkan konsorsium LPI sudah terpenuhi. Karena tiga pemain asing lainnya yakni Marwan Sayedeh, Srecko Mitrovic, dan Goran Subara hampir pasti tetap berkostum PSM.

"Untuk tiga pemain PSM yang lain sisa menunggu negosiasi ulang oleh pihak konsorsium. Namun manajemen sendiri akan berjuang keras mempertahankan ketiganya," ujarnya.(*)
(T.KR-MH/S016/R009)

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Iran Tumbangkan Juara Bertahan

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 10:45 AM PST

DOHA - Hasil positif diraih Iran saat mengawali langkah di babak penyisihan Grup D Piala Asia 2011. Mereka berhasil menumbangkan juara bertahan, Irak dengan skor 1-2, Rabu (12/1/2011).

Sempat tertinggal awal babak pertama, Iran mampu membalikkan kedudukan lima menit jelang laga bubar. Dua gol Iran masing-masing dihasilkan Gholamreza Rezaei dan Iman Mobali, sedangkan gol Irak disarangkan oleh sang kapten, Younis Mahmoud.

Kedua kubu sudah tampil menyerang sejak pertandingan dimulai. Kombinasi permainan bola pendek dan lambung dipraktekkan oleh mereka.

Irak langsung mencatatkan keunggulan tepat di menit ke-13. Sebuah umpan silang dari sisi kiri disambut tandukan keras Mahmoud di tiang jauh. Kiper Iran, Mehdi Rahmati hanya bisa terperangah menyaksikan bola meluncur deras ke dalam gawang.

Dalam kondisi tertinggal, Iran berusaha bangkit. Mereka mengintensifkan serangan, sehingga berhasil mengepung area pertahanan Irak. Hasil kongkret sendiri baru didapat jelang rehat, tepatnya menit ke-41. Berawal dari kesalahan pemain bertahan lawan saat membuang bola, gelandang Iran mampu mengirim umpan terukur ke dalam kotak penalti dan diselesaikan dengan tenang oleh Rezaei menjadi sebuah gol. Kedudukan imbang 1-1 menyudahi babak pertama.

Pada paruh waktu kedua, Iran mengambil kontrol permainan. Namun, Irak sesekali tetap mengancam lewat serangan balik, bahkan Rahmati tercatat beberapa kali harus jatuh bangun menyelamatkan gawangnya.

Petaka bagi Irak hadir lima menit jelang waktu normal habis. Free-kick dari sisi kiri secara mengejutkan masuk ke dalam gawang yang di kawal Mohammed Kassid. Mobali, sang eksekutor sebenarnya tidak bermaksud menendang langsung, dia ingin mengirimkan umpan ke area pertahanan. Skor 1-2 itu bertahan sampai wasit meniup peluit panjang.

Dengan kemenangan tersebut, Iran berhak memuncaki klasemen sementara Grup D dengan torehan 3 poin. Sementara, Irak harus rela menjadi juru kunci karena Korea Utara dan Uni Emirat Arab berbagi satu poin pada pertandingan sebelumnya.

Susunan pemain:
Irak: Kassid, Shaker (Ibrahim 46'), Saeed, Erhaima, Kareem, Muneer (Kareem 88'), Akram, Abdulzehra, H.Mohammed, I.Mohammed  (Saeed 82'), Mahmood.

Iran: Rahmati, Nosrati, Aghili, Hosseini, Haji Safi, Rezaei, Nekounam, Teymourian, Mobali (Nouri 87'), Gholami (Ansari Fard 84'), Shojaei (Khalatbari 69'). (msy)

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Milan Pinjamkan Onyewu ke Twente

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 09:04 AM PST

MILAN – Tidak kunjung mendapatkan tempat di AC Milan, Oguchi Onyewu akhirnya memutuskan hengkang. Bek asal Amerika Serikat baru saja resmi bergabung ke FC Twente.

Seperti dilansir Football Italia, Rabu (12/1/2011) Onyewo hijrah dengan status pinjaman. Dia dipastikan berlaga di Eredivisie (Liga Belanda) sampai akhir musim ini.

Pemain 28 tahun bisa dibilang sebagai talenta terbuang di skuad Rossoneri. Tampil apik bersama The Yanks pada Piala Dunia 2010 lalu, Onyewu tetap gagal memikat pelatih Massimiliano Allegri yang lebih suka menduetkan Thiago Silva dan Alessandro Nesta sebagai tembok pertahanan tim.

Onyewu sendiri baru bergabung ke Milan pada 2009 silam dengan status bebas transfer dari Standard Liege. Saat ini dia masih menyisakan kontrak sampai 2013, namun uniknya pemain 28 tahun rela tidak digaji untuk satu musim.

Banyak pihak meyakini keputusan Onyewu dipinjamkan ke Twente salah satunya terkait pertikaian dengan Zlatan Ibrahimovic beberapa waktu silam. Onyewu tidak terima dengan tekel kerasa yang dilancarkan Ibrahimovic pada sesi latihan. (msy)

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Ferrari to detail overhaul at winter retreat

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 02:15 AM PST

ROME (AP) - Ferrari team director Stefano Domenicali considered stepping down after the Italian team's disastrous final race of 2010.

Technical director Aldo Costa had nightmares for several days.

It's been that kind of offseason for Ferrari, which has done some deep soul-searching in the wake of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso entered the final race leading the drivers' standings but Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won the title after a series of strategic errors by the Italian team.

Ferrari has made several management changes since the forgettable November race and the team is due to introduce its new outlook at its annual winter retreat in the Alpine resort of Madonna Di Campiglio this week.

Domenicali will detail the changes on Wednesday and Alonso and fellow driver Felipe Massa will discuss their outlooks Thursday.

Last week, Ferrari announced that former Red Bull strategist Neil Martin will head up its new operations research department and that technical deputy Pat Fry will take on the additional role of head of race track engineering.

Chris Dyer, who previously was in charge of race track engineering, will have his company role "redefined," having allegedly made the final call on the failed race strategy in Abu Dhabi.

Italian media have reported that Martin will not travel to races, but instead direct Ferrari's remote control center at its Maranello headquarters.

In Abu Dhabi, Ferrari made a miscalculation on how long its tires would last, which led to a poor pit-stop strategy that didn't consider traffic problems created by slower cars when Alonso came back out onto the track.

At the remote control center, Martin and a group of 10 or so technicians can work without the noise and stress of the pitlane, feeding helpful data to the team at the track.

A 38-year-old Australian, Martin spent 11 seasons with McLaren then joined Red Bull in 2007. He left Red Bull in May of last year with the Ferrari job in mind.

Fry, a 46-year-old Englishman who spent 17 years with McLaren before joining Ferrari last year, will have the final word on strategic decisions at the track, while Domenicali will still coordinate the team.

"From a methodology point of view, we have changed nearly everything and I'm certain that we will see the results of all this work soon," Domenicali said in a recent interview with La Repubblica.

Since Domenicali replaced Jean Todt at the end of the 2007 season, Ferrari has not won a drivers title, and in the last two years it hasn't won any championships at all - drivers' or constructors'.

Domenicali acknowledges that he did some "necessary reflecting" after the Abu Dhabi disaster.

"But I came to the conclusion that resigning would have been a mistake," he told Repubblica.

"I know the team and I think I'm the right person to take best advantage of everything that has happened in the last few months. ... We've got to avoid throwing everything away because of (one) mistake."

Ferrari also missed out on winning the drivers' title on the final day of the 2008 season, when Massa was beaten by Lewis Hamilton by one point.

And in 2009, Ferrari won only one race as it struggled to compete with Brawn GP.

In the end, Domenicali acknowledges that the best solution would be developing a faster car.

"Last year's car was definitely slower than the Red Bull cars - 0.40 seconds in qualifying and 0.20 in the race," he said.

"We've got to try and bridge that gap, right away."

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No. 1 Nadal back to practice in Melbourne

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 12:02 AM PST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Top-ranked Rafael Nadal has returned to practice and commenced his fine-tuning for his "Rafa Slam" ahead of the Australian Open.

Nadal, who was ousted in the semifinals by Nikolay Davydenko last week at the Qatar Open, had his first practice cut short by rain in Melbourne on Tuesday, local media reported.

Nadal was recovering from a cold which forced him to rest for two days in Doha before making the trip to Australia for the season's first major, which starts Monday at Melbourne Park.

The Spaniard is aiming to be the first man since Rod Laver to hold all four Grand Slam trophies at once, although it won't be a true Grand Slam. Laver won all four in a calendar year in 1969.

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Totti Belum Tentu Roma Selamanya

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 11:23 AM PST

Rabu, 12/01/2011 02:23 WIB

Totti Belum Tentu Roma Selamanya
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Roma - Hubungan Francesco Totti dengan Claudio Ranieri dilaporkan mengalami keretakan. Si pemain pun tak yakin akan dapat terus bersama AS Roma sampai akhir karirnya.

Totti telah menyepakati perpanjangan kontrak yang akan mengikatnya hingga 2014. Setelah pensiun, peran sebagai direktur klub sudah menunggu mantan pemain internasional Italia tersebut.

Tetapi belakangan tersiar kabar tak enak mengenai hubungan Totti-Ranieri. Er Pupone disebut-sebut sudah gerah karena sering dibangkucadangkan.

Puncaknya terjadi pada akhir pekan lalu saat Roma menghadapi Sampdoria. Totti yang tampil dari bangku cadangan diminkan saat injury time yang membuat dia cuma semenit beraksi di atas lapangan.

Totti mengaku cukup sedih dengan situasinya sekarang. Saat ditanya apakah masih ingin sampai gantung sepatu bersama Giallorossi, sang kapten tampak tidak terlalu yakin.

"Saya sungguh sedih, sepertinya semua waktu latihanku sia-sia," ungkapn pemain berusia 34 tahun itu kepada Sky Sport Italia yang dilansir Football-Italia.

"Masa depan di luar Roma? Mari berpikir saja untuk saat ini, kemudian kita lihat apa yang terjadi. Saya akan mengulang apa yang saya katakan beberapa hari lalu bahwa saya sedih ketika masuk ke kamp latihan Roma. Tapi di luar itu, saya baik-baik saja," tambahnya.

Perihal masalahnya dengan Ranieri, Totti telah membicarakan hal ini dengan para direktur klub.

"Saya menerima segalanya, seperti saat ini saya berada di dalam pembuangan dari klub dan pelatih. Saya sudah bicara denga para direktur (Gian) Montali, (Bruno) Conti dan (Daniele) Prade sebelum bicara dengan Ranieri," aku Totti.

"Kami telah berbicara tentang semua hal. Ini penting memiliki orang-orang di belakang Anda yang mendukung Anda,"lugas pemain terbaik Italia lima kali itu.

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Iran Atasi Irak 2-1

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 10:45 AM PST

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Iran Atasi Irak 2-1
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Al Rayyan - Sempat tertinggal terlebih dahulu, Iran akhirnya menang tipis 2-1 atas Irak di babak penyisihan grup Piala Asia 2011. Gol Iman Mobali di menit akhir pertandingan memberikan tiga angka buat Javad Nekounam dkk.

Dalam pertandingan Grup D di Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Selasa (11/1/2011), Irak punya kans di menit keempat. Sepakan keras Younis Mahmood dari jarak dekat masih tepat mengarah ke kiper Iran, Mahdi Rahmati.

Irak membuka keunggulan di menit ke-13. Berawal dari umpan silang dari sayap kiri, bola disundul Imad Mohammed ke muka gawang Iran. Mahmood tanpa kesulitan mencocornya untuk menggetarkan gawang Rahmati.

Iran coba membalas di menit ke-23. Namun sundulan Hadi Aghili memanfaatkan sebuah tendangan bebas masih bisa dijinakkan kiper Irak, Mohammed Kassid.

Tim asuhan Afshin Ghotbi akhirnya sukses menyamakan kedudukan di menit ke-42. Lolos dari jebakan offside, Gholam Reza Rezaei mampu menaklukkan Kassid lewat tembakan ke tiang jauh.

Dua menit berselang, Irak berpeluang kembali memimpin. Namun sundulan Ala'a Abdulzehra masih mudah dijinakkan Rahmati.

Babak pertama berakhir dengan kedudukan sama kuat. Irak 1 Iran 1.

Di babak kedua, Iran lebih banyak mendominasi permainan. Setelah beberapa peluang masih gagal dimaksimalkan, mereka akhirnya balik memimpin lewat gol Mobali enam menit jelang bubaran. Tandangan bebas pemain bernomor punggung 23 itu gagal dihalau barisan pertahanan Irak dan menggetarkan gawang Kassid untuk kedua kalinya.

Kemenangan Iran ini bertahan hingga laga berakhir.

Hasil ini mengantarkan Iran ke puncak klasemen Grup D dengan tiga poin. Mereka unggul atas Korea Utara dan UEA yang sama-sama punya satu poin. Irak di posisi juru kunci dengan poin nol.

Susunan pemain:
Irak: Kassid, Shaker (Ibrahim 46'), Saeed, Erhaima, Kareem, Muneer (Kareem 88'), Akram, Abdulzehra, H.Mohammed, I.Mohammed  (Saeed 82'), Mahmood

Iran: Rahmati, Nosrati, Aghili, Hosseini, Haji Safi, Rezaei, Nekounam, Teymourian, Mobali (Nouri 87'), Gholami (Ansari Fard 84'), Shojaei (Khalatbari 69')

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Pique: Messi Selangkah di Depan

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 05:57 PM PST

BARCELONA, KOMPAS.com - Keberhasilan Lionel Messi meraih  Ballon d'Or tak terlalu mengejutkan rekannya, Gerrard Pique. Menurutnya, Messi memang berhak atas gelar itu karena setingkat di depan para pesaingnya, Xavi Xernandez dan Andreas Iniesta.

"Ketiga pemain itu berhak memenangkannya. Pada akhirnya orang melihat dari level individu dan saat ini dia (Messi) selangkah di depan," kata Pique seperti dikutip fifa.com

Messi kembali meraih gelar keduanya setelah menungguli Iniesta dan Xavi dalam voting yang dilakukan oleh beberapa kalangan. Pemain berjuluk "Messiah" ini mengumpulkan suara sebanyak 22,65 persen, diikuti Iniesta 17,63 persen, dan Xavi 16,48 persen.

Penunjukkan Messi sebagai yang terbaik sempat mengejutkan beberapa pihak karena prestasinya di tingkat tim nasional pada tahun 2010 lalu kurang begitu bagus. Sebaliknya, dua saingannya yang juga rekannya di Barcelona, Xavi dan Iniesta, sukses membawa Spanyol juara Piala Dunia 2010.

Bahkan, pelatih Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho, menilai Messi tak berhak atas gelar itu. Menurutnya, Xavi dan Wesley Sneijder lebih layak mendapatkan Ballon d'Or. (FIFA)

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Leonardo Juga Bidik Coppa

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 05:47 PM PST

MILAN, KOMPAS.com - Pelatih Inter Milan, Leonardo, tak mau hanya terpaku pada Liga Serie-A dan Liga Champions. Pria yang menggantikan peran Rafael Benitez itu juga ingin menjuarai Coppa Italia.

Meskipun hanya kompetisi kasta kedua, menurut Leonardo, Coppa Italia tetap menjadi salah satu target "I Nerazzurri"

"Coppa Italia telah memperlihatkan Inter sebagai sosok protagonis di beberapa tahun terakhir dan menjadi salah satu sasaran klub untuk kampaye saat ini," ujar Leonardo seperti dikutip Inter Channel.

"Ini sangat khusus mengingat untuk mencapai final harus memenangkan tiga pertandingan sulit, dimulai dari Genoa."

Leonardo juga mengisyaratkan untuk merotasi para pemainnya pada laga Coppa Italia. Setelah dua kemenangan di laga Serie-A, mantan pelatih AC Milan ini tampaknya ingin memberikan waktu istirahat kepada para bintangnya. Meski begitu, ini bukan berarti dia meremehkan kompetisi tersebut.

"Saya rasa Anda bisa merotasi skuad di Serie-A, tak hanya di Coppa Italia. Hampir seluruh pemain ada dalam pengawasan saya sekarang. Jadi, ini tak hanya soal fisik, tapi juga memberikan kesempatan kepada siapa saja yang hingga saat ini jarang mendapat kesempatan bermain. Seperti yang saya katakan, ini bisa terjadi di kompetisi mana pun dan tak hanya Coppa Italia," jelas pria berusia 41 tahun ini.

"Untuk saat ini, setelah dua kemenangan dan dengan perkembangan tim, kami masuk ke dalam pertandingan yang penting. Saya ingin pemain melepaskan hal itu dan belajar sesuatu setiap menginjakkan kaki di lapangan. Itu sebabnya kenapa kami harus menghadapi pertandingan dengan cara yang sama," tambahnya.

Inter akan berhadapan dengan Genoa di babak 16 Besar Coppa Italia. "I Nerazzurri" akan menjamu Genoa pada hari Rabu (12/1) atau Kamis (13/1) dini hari WIB.

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Wajah baru Selangor

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Oleh WAN FAKHRUL BAKAR
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BARISAN pemain Selangor giat menjalani latihan di Padang SUK, Shah Alam semalam.


JUARA bertahan, Selangor tampil dengan wajah baru bagi menghadapi saingan Liga Super 2011 yang akan bermula 29 Januari ini.

Selepas pulang dari latihan pra musim selama seminggu di Perth, Australia Ahad lalu, skuad Selangor kembali turun menjalani latihan seperti biasa di Padang SUK, Shah Alam petang semalam.

Mereka kini tampil dengan kelengkapan latihan dan jersi tajaan jenama sukan, Kappa untuk menggantikan Adidas yang menaja skuad Selangor selama enam musim dari 2005 hingga 2010.

Setiausaha Agung Persatuan Bola Sepak Selangor (FAS), Datuk Hamidin Mohd. Amin berkata, majlis memperkenalkan pemain baru Selangor 2011 serta jersi baru pasukan berjenama Kappa itu akan diada- kan di Stadium Shah Alam, Selasa depan.

"Selepas kembali dari Australia, pemain-pemain mula berlatih petang ini (semalam) dan kita akan mengadakan persiapan terakhir menjelang sepak mula bertemu Kelantan pada 29 Januari nanti.

"Latihan kini kembali lengkap setelah enam pemain kebangsaan (Safee Sali, Amri Yahyah, Safiq Rahim, Amirulhadi Zainal, Asraruddin Putra Omar dan Razman Roslan) sudah bersama pasukan," kata Hamidin kepada Kosmo! semalam.

Dua minggu menjelang saingan sebenar, Selangor merancang tiga aksi persahabatan iaitu bertemu ATM (Sabtu), Sime Darby (19 Januari) dan Pulau Pinang pada 22 Januari.

Sesi latihan petang semalam menyaksikan kelibat enam pemain baru Selangor musim ini iaitu Fadzli Saari, Saiful Amar Sudar, Azidan Sarudin, Yosri Derma Raju, S. Sritharan dan K. Depan Sakwati.

Bagi Fadzli, 28, yang merupakan penyerang KL Plus musim lalu, dia tidak berasa begitu janggal dan sukar menyesuaikan diri kerana pernah menyarung jersi Selangor selama dua musim iaitu pada 2007 dan 2008.

"Cuma ini pertama kali saya berlatih di bawah kendalian jurulatih K. Devan. Tetapi tiada banyak masalah sangat dan saya perlu menunjukkan komitmen bagi merebut tempat dalam kesebelasan," kata Fadzli selepas latihan semalam.

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Amaran keras MB Terengganu

Oleh MUSTAPA LAKAWA
mustapa@kosmo.com.my


AHMAD (dua dari kiri) menyampaikan replika cek kepada Sharbinee, Muslim dan Izzaq Faris di Hotel Primula, Kuala Terengganu kelmarin.


KURANG tiga minggu sebelum bermulanya sepak mula kempen Liga Malaysia (Liga M), dua pasu- kan dari Pantai Timur, Terengganu dan T-Team awal-awal lagi diberikan amaran keras oleh Menteri Besar Terengganu, Datuk Seri Ahmad Said.

Menurut Ahmad, mana-mana pemain yang beraksi dalam Liga M atas nama negeri itu, perlu mempunyai sikap profesional yang tinggi selain memiliki disiplin diri yang kental.

Jika kedua-dua elemen tersebut tiada, Ahmad menegaskan, tindakan penyingkiran termasuk pemo- tongan elaun dan gaji akan dilaku- kan.

"Tidak kira pemain itu beraksi untuk pasukan Terengganu atau pasukan T-Team, jika mereka mempunyai masalah disiplin, saya mahu mereka disingkirkan.

"Apa guna kita menyimpan pemain hebat jika mereka tidak mempunyai disiplin dan semangat yang baik. Kita tidak mahu pemain yang terlibat dalam jual beli permainan sehingga merosakkan maruah pasukan.

"Saya mahu mereka ini disingkirkan dan saya tidak akan berkompromi dalam hal ini kerana kita telah melabur sejumlah wang yang besar," katanya kelmarin.

Ahmad sebelum itu ditemui selepas menyampaikan wang tunai RM5,000 serta surat kontrak berupa satu lot tanah kepada enam anak Terengganu yang mengharumkan nama Malaysia pada Kejo- hanan Piala Suzuki AFF 2010 baru-baru ini.

Enam pemain tersebut ialah Mohd. Sarbini Alawee Ramli, Mohd. Ashaari Shamsuddin, Mohd. Muslim Ahmad, Izzat Faris Ramlan, Mohd. Faizal Mohamad dan Norshahrul Idlan Talaha.

Pada majlis sama, Ahmad turut menyaksikan upacara menandata- ngani kontrak bagi pemain-pemain Terengganu dan T-Team untuk musim 2011.

Mengulas lanjut mengenai amaran itu, Ahmad juga mahu pemain yang tidak profesional di atas padang dikenakan pemotongan gaji dan elaun sebagai suatu pengajaran kepada mereka.

"Kita akan memperkenalkan sistem potong elaun atau gaji terhadap pemain-pemain yang ponteng latihan atau sengaja mencari masalah sewaktu perlawanan sehingga dilayangkan kad merah atau kuning.

"Mereka ini adalah pemain yang tidak profesional. Dengan bayaran gaji yang cukup besar, pemain-pemain sepatutnya bermain bersungguh-sungguh tanpa mengenal erti penat," jelasnya lagi.

Ahmad yang juga peminat No. 1 bola sepak di Terengganu turut melahirkan harapannya agar dua pasukan yang mewakili Terengganu pada kempen Liga Malaysia musim ini dapat membawa balik sekurang-kurangnya satu piala.

"Untuk tahun ini, saya tidak kisah kejuaraan mana yang kita peroleh sama ada Piala Malaysia, Liga Super atau Piala FA, asalkan dua pasukan ini dapat membawa balik sekurang-kurangnya satu piala," katanya.

Sebagai pembakar semangat, Ahmad turut menjanjikan hadiah lumayan kepada pasukan yang berjaya mengharumkan nama Terengganu pada pentas saingan Liga Malaysia musim ini.

Pada aksi pembukaan Liga Super 29 Januari ini, Terengganu yang dibimbing Irfan Bakti akan melayan kunjungan Sabah di Stadium Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, Kuala Terengganu.

T-Team pula yang di bawah kendalian jurulatih baru, Yunus Aliff akan berkunjung ke Alor Setar menentang Kedah.

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Habuan menanti pelumba negara

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Habuan menanti pelumba negara

Oleh JAGATHESWARY NARAYANAN
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GANJARAN wang tunai akan diberikan kepada mana-mana pelumba Malaysia yang berjaya meraih tempat pertama setiap peringkat perlumbaan Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) 2011.

Berita baik itu diumumkan oleh Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif (CEO) LTdL, Mohamed Salleh di Pusat Akuatik Kebangsaan, Kompleks Sukan Negara, Bukit Jalil semalam.

Beliau berkata, ganjaran wang tunai tersebut adalah sumbangan peribadi beliau sendiri sebagai motivasi kepada pelumba Malaysia untuk meningkatkan prestasi mereka dan menaikkan nama negara dalam perlumbaan paling berprestij di Asia itu.

"Sebelum ini, saya telah memutuskan untuk memberi RM500 tetapi setelah melihat semangat para pelumba, apa salahnya jikalau ganjaran ini ditambah kepada RM1,500.

"Sama seperti ganjaran (Tabung Aku Janji) yang diberikan kepada pasukan bola sepak kebangsaan semasa menyertai Piala AFF Suzuki baru-baru ini, para pelumba skuad negara juga layak diberi ganjaran yang sama.

"Ini disebabkan mereka juga berusaha gigih untuk menaikkan nama negara di arena sukan antarabangsa.

"Ini adalah janji saya kepada setiap pelumba Malaysia. Kalau ada pihak atau individu yang mahu menyumbang sama, saya meng- alu-alukannya," kata Mohamed.

Terdahulu, beliau menerima penajaan daripada Nestle Products Sdn. Bhd. berjumlah RM250,00.

Mengenai penajaan bagi edisi LTdL 2011, Mohamed berkata, pihaknya kini memper- oleh penajaan wang tunai dan barangan berjumlah kira-kira RM6 juta.

Jelasnya, bagi perlumbaan kali ini, 23 pasukan telah mengesahkan penyertaan mereka.

"Walaupun setakat ini tiada pasukan Pro-Tour yang menyertai LTdL kali ini, kita mempunyai sembilan pasukan profesional benua, 12 pasukan benua dan dua pasukan kebangsaan," katanya.

Pada LTdL 2011, selain pasukan kebangsaan Malaysia, peminat-peminat tempatan juga akan menyaksikan dua pasukan benua Malaysia yang turut mengambil bahagian iaitu Terengganu Pro Asia Cycling Team (TSG) dan Le Tua Cycling Team (L2A).

"Ada juga pelumba kita yang berlumba dengan pasukan benua. Misalnya, Mohd. Adiq Husainie Othman yang berlumba dengan pasukan Drapac Profes- sional Cycling Team. Dia boleh menjadi tarikan pada perlumbaan kali ini," katanya.

LTdL 2011 yang menawarkan hadiah wang tunai keseluruhan berjumlah hampir RM1 juta dijadualkan bermula pada 23 Januari ini hingga 1 Februari depan meliputi 10 peringkat membabitkan jarak keseluruhan sejauh 1,315.4 kilometer.

Ia akan bermula di Pulau Langkawi dan berakhir di Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur.

Sementara itu, Karnival LTdL 2011 akan berlangsung di Dewan Datuk Ahmad Badawi, Butterworth, Pulau Pinang selama lapan hari bermula 24 Januari ini.

Selain Pulau Pinang, ia turut diadakan di beberapa lokasi lain antaranya Plaza D'Mara (Setiawan, Perak), Tapak Pasar Malam Tanah Rata (Cameron Highlands, Pahang), Istana Kehakiman (Putrajaya), pekan Tampin (Negeri Sembilan), Gedung Ten-ten (Jasin, Melaka), Dataran Nilai (Negeri Sembilan) dan Dataran Merdeka.

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Badminton: Chong Wei ready to walk with Misbun

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 04:02 PM PST

2011/01/11
By K.M. Boopathy
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MISBUN SIDEK

LEE Chong Wei is not ready to change coaches and will quit the national squad if Misbun Sidek is not persuaded by the BA of Malaysia (BAM) executive council (exco) to reconsider his decision.

Chong Wei, who returned from Taiwan yesterday, said it will take at least six months to adapt to the training methods of a new coach and the World No 1 does not want to risk his preparations for the 2012 London Olympics.

The BAM exco meeting will be held tomorrow where president Datuk Seri Nadzmi Salleh is likely make an official announcement on the Misbun issue.


The majority of exco and council members favour accepting Misbun's resignation which means Chong Wei's departure also looks inevitable.

"I don't want to train under anyone other than Misbun and if he decides to leave, I will join him. If BAM accepts his resignation, I will leave immediately," said Chong Wei yesterday.

"It takes about six months to adapt to the training of a new coach and I don't want to take the risk at this stage of my career. I need to prepare for the 2012 London Olympics and I want to be under Misbun."


Chong Wei also disclosed that Misbun had been calling him in Taiwan and helping him during the World Super Series Masters Finals which the former won.

Chong Wei is also looking forward to a confrontation with China's Olympic champion Lin Dan in a likely semi-final encounter in the Malaysia Open, and no matter what transpires in the next few days, he is certain Misbun will be guiding him in the Super Series event next week.

"People are expecting a battle against Lin Dan in the Malaysia Open and Misbun will be there to guide me, no matter what happens in the coming days," said Chong Wei.


"If a decision is finalised on Wednesday (tomorrow) where Misbun's resignation is accepted, I will go out (of the national team) but I will compete in the Malaysia Open as I am serious about defending the title."

It appears that BAM should be prepared to let Misbun and Chong Wei go and this could be followed by the departure of several elite players like Tan Chun Seang, Chan Kwong Beng and Liew Daren.

However, BAM may have to accept that the only way it can persuade Misbun to stay is by making an about-turn on the recently revamped national training structure.

That prospect doesn't look bright if the mood of the BAM management and council members is any indication.

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Athletics: Athletes scream for changes in MAAU

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

2011/01/11
Ajitpal Singh
ajitpalsingh@nst.com.my


 Sports Minister Datuk Seri  Ahmad Shabery   chairing the Malaysia Games supreme council meeting in Bukit Jalil yesterday. — Picture by Fariz Iswadi Ismail.

Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery chairing the Malaysia Games supreme council meeting in Bukit Jalil yesterday. — Picture by Fariz Iswadi Ismail.

EIGHT disgruntled track and field athletes are up in arms with the the Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union (MAAU) for failure to provide adequate needs for them to become world class competitors.

These athletes met Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek at the National Sports Council (NSC) in a closed-door meeting yesterday.

They want a change in the MAAU system, which they claimed was the main contributing factor to the dismal showing in recent competitions and multi-sports games.


Malaysia, who were once among the best nations in track and field in Asia, produced their worst ever showing in the Sea Games at the 2009 Laos edition by returning with only six gold while in last year's Guangzhou Asian Games, they failed to win medals.

Among those who met the minister were hurler Norasheela Khalid, Norbani Hassan, Roslinda Samsu and Lee Hup Wei.

"These athletes are concerned about the current state of the sport. They want changes in the training and coaching system and also want more competitions," said Ahmad Shabery after chairing the Malaysia Games supreme council meeting in Bukit Jalil yesterday.


"I have to admit that our performance in competitions has not been encouraging of late. Even our youngsters are staying away and we can't even attract a respectable number of participants in local meets.

"We don't even have enough athletes with potential coming through the ranks. It is a serious matter and we need to address it quickly."

Ahmad Shabery said several athletes are also unhappy with the MAAU plan to move its training centre to Ranau, Sabah.


"They do not agree with it as some of them are still studying while others feel Ranau is too far," he said.

MAAU deputy president Karim Ibrahim had recently stated that athletes needed to train in isolated areas to avoid distractions and proposed Ranau.

"We do not know whether MAAU needs funding but if does, we will have to make a trip to Ranau. I need to know MAAU's future plans and also make a check on the existing facilities there.

"If they are only laying a track without other facilities like a gym, then it will not be adequate for the athletes," said Ahmad Shabery, adding that he will speak to MAAU on these complaints and other pending issues after its elections later this month.

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