Posted by: Putera Emas on: May 10, 2008
Bunyamin Omar (left) and Baddrol Bakhtiar will have the chance to show what they have learnt from their stint at Chelsea. FOOTBALL fans will be treated to a dash of English-flavoured football when Malaysia open their Intercontinental Cup campaign against Ireland on May 15. While Ireland are set to parade Sunderland striker Anthony Stokes, who [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: May 8, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Several police FA players have been identified as match-fixers in the team. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Ismail Omar, who is also the Police FA president, said they have identified several of them. “We are now compiling evidence and building up the case against them,” said Ismail at the special assembly for civilians [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: May 7, 2008
THE National under-23 team began preparations yesterday for the Inter-Continental Cup which will be held in Kuala Lumpur on May 15-25. The players, who reported on Sunday, left for a three-day session of light training in Port Dickson without Negri Sembilan’s Mohd Aidil Zaquan and Shafiq Rahim of Selangor. Both are nursing ankle injuries. “The [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: May 1, 2008
BERA: All state football associations have been ordered to submit accounts and players’ contracts to the Anti-Corruption Agency as investigations into alleged match-fixing activities intensified. A Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) official said the Sabah FA was the first to receive a call from the ACA, after investigations began in Sarawak. Officials from the Kuala [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: April 29, 2008
Terengganu FA president Datuk Che Mat Jusoh (left) and Penang FA president Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin. KUALA LUMPUR: News that several teams from the Malaysian Super League (MSL) are being investigated for match-fixing has football associations nationwide scrambling to find out if any of their players are involved in the sordid affair. Several state FAs have [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: April 27, 2008
Hamidin Amin says the fight against graft involves not only FAM but also the states KUALA LUMPUR: State football associations are split over the suggestion to suspend the Malaysia Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. While agreeing that stern measures must be taken to curb match-fixing, they could not reach a consensus if suspending both tournaments [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: April 26, 2008
KEDAH shouldn’t be denied their moment of glory but tonight’s presentation of the Malaysian Super League trophy before their match against Pahang will be against a backdrop of fear. Fear that the match-fixing scourge is back in Malaysian football and that this could well be the killer blow for a sport that has never recovered [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: April 25, 2008
Kuala Muda Naza coach K. Devan KUALA Muda Naza, who have been chasing KL Plus the whole season, have a great chance to move up the table if they defeat Selangor PKNS at the Langkawi Stadium tonight. KL Plus take a break this week, which gives Kuala Muda an opportunity to leapfrog over Mat Zan [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: April 25, 2008
KUCHING: At least five players from the Sarawak football team and an ex-national player were detained yesterday while several others from Malaysian Super League (MSL) teams are under investigation in a second wave of operations against match-fixing. The six were picked up by Anti-Corruption Agency officers yesterday evening and were believed to be held overnight [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: April 24, 2008
KUCHING: The Anti-Corruption Agency has confirmed investigations on alleged football match-fixing involving key players of the Sarawak team. Refusing to divulge details, Sarawak ACA director Mohamad Yusoff Akope said the probe was to determine if claims of their alleged involvement had any basis. The Borneo Post had reported about possible match-fixing involving the team, who [...]
