Posted by: Putera Emas on: June 24, 2008
Mohd Redzuan Othman of Perlis (right) tussles with Perak’s Sahahrulnizam Mustapa in their Malaysia Cup match on June 11. THE fall of Barisan Nasional in Perak has hit football hard. Not only has Perak FA not paid players and coaches their salaries since April, there is genuine fear that they may not be able to [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: April 27, 2008
PEKAN: “We will be questioned even if we win and our victory will be without dignity.” This was the concern of Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak as he instructed enforcement agencies to investigate bribery allegations in all sports. But, he felt, they would have to begin with football as it was the most [...]
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 [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: April 23, 2008
IN order to nip the problem in the bud, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) is urging all state FAs to report to the parent body as quickly as possible any suspicions of match-fixing which is threatening to rear its ugly head again in Malaysian football. “We hope that the state FAs and clubs will [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: March 29, 2002
KUCHING March 28 – The Sarawak FA today launched their “buy one get one free” corporate season ticket package. Zaidi Khaldin Zainie, the FA deputy president, launched the package through the “Football Fever Promotion”, which will last throughout the Premier League, FA Cup and Malaysia Cup campaign at the Merdeka Palace Hotel and Suites Victoria [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: January 30, 2002
KUCHING Jan 29 – Sarawak are set to field Lamin T. Kiawu in their next Premier One league match after they received the Liberian’s international transfer certificate (TC) today. Sarawak FA deputy-president Zaidi K. Zainie said the association received a faxed copy of Kiawu’s ITC from the player’s Singapore-based agent. Speaking to reporters at Sarawak [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: January 10, 2002
KUCHING Jan 9 – Despite hiring two import players and engaging the services of six peninsular- and Sabah-based players, the Sarawak FA’s budget for this season will probably be smaller compared to last season. “We are still ironing out certain matters such as salary for import players but the budget is likely to be less [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: August 4, 2001
KUCHING Aug 3 – Sarawak FA’s disciplinary board have postponed their decision on the fate of five state premier league players suspended for suspected drug abuse. FAS secretary-general Abang Zainuddin Abang Abdul Rahman said the decision was put off due to technical reasons as they could not obtain the medical report and that of the [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: June 25, 2001
PEKAN June 24 – The FA of Malaysia is waiting for a full report from Sarawak on its Premier League players arrested yesterday on suspicion of taking drugs, its Deputy President Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah said today. The form of action to be taken against the players would depend on the report and the [...]
