News alert on 28 July 2007

SEAG cage gold a must for RP 5, says Romero
INQ7.net - Philippines
Last year, Manila was SEA Games host for the third time but basketball was scrapped because of a Fiba (international basketball federation) suspension which ...
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Athletics: Malaysians fail to shine
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
Anointed as the successor to national record holder Loo Kum Zee and to carry on Malaysia's proud high jump tradition at the Sea Games, Hup Wei failed ...
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Football: Thais turn down Merdeka tourney, Maldives to come instead
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
Hosts Malaysia will be field the national Under-23 team under coach B. Sathianathan to prepare them for the Korat SEA Games in December. ...
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Former sprint queen to lead dash to success
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
Marina is best remembered for bagging seven gold medals, three silvers and a bronze in five consecutive Southeast Asia (Sea) Games in the 1970s. ...
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958 Vietnamese athletes to participate in 24th SEA Games
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Olympic Committee has finalised the list of members of the Vietnamese sports delegation to the 24 th SEA Games in Thailand ...
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Experience in athletics helps build competitiveness
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
The eldest of four siblings went on to pursue equestrian sports and won a bronze medal at the Chiangmai SEA Games in 1995 and silver medal in the Asian ...
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MTA galas tugas sediakan pasukan ke Sukan Sea

PERSATUAN Taekwando Malaysia (MTA) mempunyai tanggungjawab yang besar untuk segera menyediakan atlit bersaing di peringkat antarabangsa termasuk menyediakan pasukan untuk Sukan Sea di Korat, kelak.

Sambil mengalu-alukan kehadiran MTA selepas dua tahun pertubuhan itu digantung oleh Pesuruhjaya Sukan, Presiden Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM), Tan Sri Tunku Imran Tuanku Ja’afar berkata, persatuan itu perlu melupakan segala episod hitam bagi memboehkan atlit mereka bersaing di kancah antarabangsa.

“Mereka perlu melupakan segala permasalahan dalaman sebelum ini serta memberikan sepenuhnya tumpuan terhadap usaha melahirkan atlit yang berwibawa dan pada masa sama diharapkan semua pihak yang bertelingkah akan kembali di bawah satu bumbung,” katanya.

Sebelum ini, Presiden MTA, Kam Phaw Ho, menyeru semua persatuan atau kelab taekwando yang berpisah daripada MTA supaya kembali ke pangkuan persatuan demi kemajuan sukan itu.

“Menurut aku janji kita dengan Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Azalina Othman, kita sedia menggugurkan kes lama, menerima semula anggota gabungan selain mempersiapkan kembali atlit bagi membolehkan MTA kembali berfungsi.

“Selain itu, kita juga sudah mendapat pengiktirafan daripada Persekutuan Taekwando Dunia (WTF) menerusi surat bertarikh 24 Julai lalu untuk menjadi badan induk tunggal sukan ini di Malaysia,” katanya.

Ho juga berharap, semua pihak yang terbabit dalam persengketaan sebelum ini melupakan kisah silam dan kembali ke meja rundingan dengan menyertai MTA sebagai ahli gabungan.

“Sebagai ahli gabungan mereka mempunyai hak mengundi dan menyertai proses pemilihan. Kita sudah menghantar surat pelawaan itu sejak 9 Julai lalu sejurus dimaklumkan bahawa penggantungan sukan taekwando sudah ditarik balik,” katanya.

Awal minggu ini, Ketua Pengarah Majlis Sukan Negara, Datuk Zolkples Embong, berkata sejajar dengan keputusan Pesuruhjaya Sukan yang mengiktiraf semula MTA, persatuan itu perlu segera menjalankan tanggungjawabnya mengendalikan atlit.

“Sebagai menghormati keputusan yang dibuat MSN akan bekerjasama dengan MTA dalam penyediaan atlit dan segera meneliti segala keperluan mereka demi menjamin kejayaan atlit negara,” katanya yang mengulas mengenai nasib malang persatuan sukan itu yang tidak pernah gagal menyumbang pingat untuk negara di Sukan Sea.

Berita Harian 29 July 2007

News alert on 27 July 2007

Hup Wei Leaps To Gold In Amman
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
Hup Wei's height in Amman also equalled the 2.24m national record held by Loo Kum Zee who set the mark at the 1995 Chiang Mai SEA Games in Thailand and went ...
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Athletics: Historic win by Hup Wei
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - 1 hour ago
By AFTAR SINGH KUALA LUMPUR: High jumper Lee Hup Wei leapt into history when he became the first Malaysian to win a gold medal in the field event in the ...

High jumper Hup Wei first Malaysian to get gold at Asian meet
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - 17 hours ago
By AFTAR SINGH KUALA LUMPUR: High jumper Lee Hup Wei created history by becoming the first Malaysian athlete to win a gold medal at the Asian Track and ...

24th SEA Games: no broadcasting monopoly
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge - Under the rule set by the organising board of the 24 th SEA Games, the broadcasting right for this event belongs to the Olympic ...
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High hopes for Perez, divers
Sun.Star - Philippines
The divers were part of the team that left for China three weeks ago," said Garcia, who is chairman of the POC-PSC Task Force SEA Games. ...
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News alert on 26 July 2007

RP XI can still compete in SEA Games 2007: Monico
Sun.Star - Philippines
The solon said football and volleyball will most likely get the axe since baseball won the gold medal during the last SEA Games in Manila while both ...
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All Vietnamese channels can broadcast SEA games
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Chairman Hoang Vinh Giang cited article 59 of SEA Games Regulations that says television rights are to be distributed by the National Olympic Committees of ...
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News Alert on 24 July 2007

Olympic team gears up for SEA Games
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
... loss in the Asian Cup quarter-finals, officials and players said they now had to prepare for another big challenge at this year's end: the SEA Games. ...
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Football: U-23 squad to represent Malaysia in Merdeka tourney
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
By ERIC SAMUEL PETALING JAYA: The national Under-23 squad preparing for the Korat SEA Games in December will be participating in the 39th Merdeka Tournament ...
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News Alert on 23 July 2007

Buenavista stamps class at Milo Marathon
Manila Standard Today - Philippines
And to top it all, the three-time SEA Games gold medal winner ran the 42-kilometer distance race in sweltering heat that had him feeling dizzy with still 10 ...
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Young Vietnamese footballers have full schedule ahead
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
The same youngsters will compete in the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in December. In the Olympic qualifiers, Vietnam will battle group C members Japan, ...
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'Football, baseball teams can still make Thai SEAG'
Visayan Daily Star - Dumaguete City,Philippines
The Philippine Volleyball Federation has already decided not to field any team in the SEA Games because it has failed to form a competitive squad and has ...
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Korat-bound athletes complete motivational camp in Malacca

JOHOR BARU: A total of 41 athletes who have been shortlisted to represent Malaysia in aquatics, fencing and bodybuilding at the SEA Games in Korat, Thailand, completed their first phase of motivational training at a camp in Asahan, Malacca, yesterday.

The three-day camp organised by the National Sports Council (NSC) was led by the head of the NSC’s Welfare Department, Zaiton Othman.

According to NSC’s media relations manager Fahmi Omar, the camp was part of NSC’s programmes and activities to build esprit de corps before the Games in December.

“It’s also to motivate the athletes to do their best at the Games,” said Fahmi.

“Although not all of them will be selected by the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) to compete in the Games, the experience would be invaluable for them,” he said, adding that more such camps would be held to ensure all Games-bound athletes got a chance to participate in it. – Bernama

News Alert on 20 July 2007

Bernard peaking nicely for Seasa and SEA Games
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
Bernard has qualified for the SEA Games in December by meeting the 115 mark in a competition in England recently. Besides aiming to strike in the two ...
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News Alert on 19 July 2007

SAA to offer shot put record-holder new contract
Channel News Asia - Singapore
The new terms are more structured, with key performance indicators such as good performances at the SEA Games, Asian Championships and World Championships ...
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Shooter ready to bid for first SEA Games gold
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
... gold in the South-east Asian Shooting Championships and Thailand SEA Games by winning the County Championships in United Kingdom last weekend. ...
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Bola sepak ke Korat samar

MOM buat penentuan kelayakan skuad negara dalam mesyuarat akhir bulan ini

STATUS skuad bola sepak negara untuk tampil beraksi di Sukan Sea 2007 di Korat, Disember ini dalam serba kegelapan ketika ini andai berpandu kepada prestasi buruk dipersembahkan dalam kancah Piala Asia yang sedang berlangsung ketika ini di Kuala Lumpur.

Kehadiran pemain negara bakal mempunyai kesan besar apabila jawatankuasa pemilihan Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) mengadakan mesyuaratnya, akhir bulan ini.

Presiden MOM, Tan Sri Tunku Imran Tuanku Ja’afar, berkata persembahan buruk skuad kebangsaan di Piala Asia akan memberi kesan kepada pemilihan walaupun beliau tidak membayangkan apakah bentuk keputusan yang diambil nanti.

“Keputusan buruk bola sepak di Piala Asia akan membawa kesan kepada bola sepak untuk beraksi di Sukan Sea,” kata Tunku Imran pada sidang media selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat lembaga eksekutif di Wisma MOM, semalam.

“MOM akan mempertimbangkan segala faktor sebelum membuat keputusan dan saya pasti semua pihak mahukan yang terbaik untuk bola sepak,” kata Tunku Imran.

Ditanya apakah MOM akan menuntut jaminan daripada FAM bahawa skuad bola sepak kebangsaan Bawah 23 Tahun yang akan beraksi di Korat tidak akan memalukan kontinjen negara, Tunku Imran berkata, ia akan diputuskan kemudian.

Bola sepak pada Sukan Sea Korat Disember ini akan menampilkan saingan B-23 dan ketika ini tampak Vietnam pasukan pilihan kerana memiliki skuad Olimpik yang mara ke pusingan akhir kelayakan zon Asia.

Selain itu penampilan memberangsangkan Thailand dan Indonesia turut menjadi prospek menggerunkan mengenai apa yang bakal diterima skuad B-23 Malaysia kendalian B Sathianathan.

Menyentuh mengenai FAM, Tunku Imran berkata, badan induk bola sepak perlu melakukan perubahan total, satu anjakan paradigma dan bukan sekadar melakukan pelarasan atau pembaharuan kecil.

“FAM perlu melalui perubahan sepenuhnya termasuk strukturnya,” kata Tunku Imran. “Mereka melakukan kajian mengenal pasti punca kepada semua kemerosotan bola sepak negara dan masalah yang mereka hadapi cukup besar.

“FAM tidak boleh melakukan perubahan kecil dan selain itu semua pembaharuan yang perlu dilakukan ialah untuk jangka masa panjang, bukan dilakukan secara sementara.

“Saya juga berpendapat FAM perlu membabitkan pihak lain seperti kerajaan untuk membantu mereka menyelesaikan masalah yang dihadapi kerana badan induk itu tidak boleh bertindak berseorangan... mereka memerlukan pertolongan,” kata Tunku Imran.

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