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Bitah, baju kurung, abah-abah dan K-Pop
Tahun lalu majalah digital Arena menemu ramah Nur Dhabitah Sabri, dengan membawa kelainan. Kami meminta pelajar Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil itu mengenakan baju kurung untuk segmen Sepetang...
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OUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH LATIN MAESTROSA sumptuous through ball to Luciano Figueroa ended up with the ball in the back of the Lions XII net.Shortly after he sent a trademark free-kick beyond the despairing...
View ArticleFour-Four-Two column - February 2016
MIXING PROFIT WITH PLEASUREÂ Malaysian football was perceived to be in a healthy state in the 50s.On the global front, it had a showpiece event to be proud of in the form of the Merdeka Tournament, an...
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FOOTBALLERS ARE MERE COMMODITIESÂ IGNORANCE is bliss, so they say. But in footballing terms, ignorance is no excuse.It has been more than 20 years after the M-League turned fully professional (in name)...
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A BATTLE BETWEEN THE TECHNOCRAT AND THE BUREAUCRATFOR most expatriates who hail from traditionally strong football nations, they will notice that the chief coach in Malaysia does not necessarily enjoy...
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Heading: Forget about becoming world-beaters, focus on the regional goals first Sub head: When Malaysia’s hope of boarding the plane to Brazil went up in smokes, the public made a mockery of the FAM’s...
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ASIA IS EUROPE’S CASH COWI WAS in my teens when Italian Soccer was shown in the mid-80s over TV3, Malaysia’s first private television station.On the heels of Italy’s World Cup victory in 1982, Serie A...
View ArticleFOUR-FOUR-TWO COLUMN - July 2016
FMLLP IS SUBSERVIENT TO FAMIn March last year, I wrote about the M-League being operated by an entity independent of FA of Malaysia (FAM).Like many others, the patriot in me was seduced by the idea of...
View ArticleFAM, the league and community-based clubs
The idea of a league independent of the FA of Malaysia, on top of community-based clubs, was first discussed in 1999.This article appeared on The Malay Mail February 20, 2005, following FAM's decision...
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Returning the game to the masses
Usually I send my column to Lee Seng Foo, the managing editor of Four-Four-Two Malaysia, way beyond deadline! For the latest issue (December), it was written in early November. It has been overtaken by...
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Thirteen years ago, when the Super League was launched...
I wrote this for the Malay Mail shortly after the Malaysian Super League (MSL) was launched. Thirteen LONG years have passed since then...and most of the questions I posed in 2004 remain unanswered due...
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Serang, tembak atas, anam...
Bila umur dah nak separuh abad ni, aku tak sambut tahun baharu kalendar gregorian, tapi aku mengenang 2016 dengan perasaan bercampur baur.Astro Arena mengusahakan bakat barisan hadapan (frontliners)...
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#throwback - artikelku Oktober 2015 - Dilema FAM
Artikel ini disiarkan dalam stadiumastro.com pada Oktober 2015.APABILA isyarat jelas terpancar bahawa Allan Harris menghitung hari selaku jurulatih kebangsaan pada awal 2004, Persatuan Bola Sepak...
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#throwback artikel Oktober 2015 - Pelantikan Zainal Abas
BAGI penonton setia pelbagai program terbitan Astro, Zainal Abas bukan nama dan wajah yang asing. Dia antara penyampai perintis program bola sepak Astro SuperSport, 14 tahun sebelum Astro Arena...
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Esok bangun jadi jutawan!
PADA Ogos 1999, penulis membuat temu janji dengan beberapa pelajar sekolah berusia 13 dan 14 tahun. Mereka kelompok perintis Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil (SSBJ) untuk program bola sepak elit Persatuan...
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Kereta rosak, hantar bengkel, bola rosak, buat bengkel
Bila bola sepak menjadi topik bicara, pelbagai idea dicanai dan dibukukan. Isunya adalah sistem penyampaian atau pelaksanaannya.Tidak lama selepas skuad kebangsaan kendalian Abdul Rahman Ibrahim...
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PhD paling tinggi dalam sukan
UNTUK kita keluar daripada kepompong keselesaan kita, apakah kita perlukan sentuhan pakar asing atau tempatan?Persoalan ini bukan berkisar kepada bola sepak sahaja. Sukan lain turut berdepan dilema...
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Pertembungan budaya
ADA cetusan rasa tidak puas hati kenapa pengumuman pelantikan Frank Bernhardt selaku ketua jurulatih skuad Sukan SEA 2017 sekadar di buat di tepi Wisma FAM tanpa sidang akhbar khas, namun lebih wajar...
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Persamaan Ringgit Kreatif, KDSB, Ko-Kafa dan Nusa Wangsa #throwback Disember...
Pada zaman semi-pro atau separa profesional, Kelantan menjadi negeri pertama menswastakan pengurusan pasukannya kepada pihak ketiga.Pelantikan Ringgit Kreatif Sdn Bhd yang dipengerusikan oleh Timbalan...
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"ITU KEEPER TAK PAYAH KASI PINGAT"
IT is time to bury the ghosts of 2001. With N. Thanabalan on a hot streak, it is likely to happen! As a journalist with the Malay Mail the last time Kuala Lumpur hosted the SEA Games 16 years ago, I...
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MAJALAH DIGITAL ARENA - DALAM KENANGAN
Berikutan tulisanku yang disiarkan dalam stadiumastro.com pada 23 Februari, 2016.Kerjasama yang terjalin hasil cetusan ilham Astro Arena dengan Astro Digital Publications selaku penerbit menemui noktah...
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Boss dan Bossku - Mohd Zian Johari
Aku teruja sungguh apabila terserempak dengan bek kiri Kuala Lumpur, Nazim Din, sedang berbekam di sekitar Chow Kit. Sebagai peminat bola sepak, aku kenal dia, walaupun duduk dalam keadaan...
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Selamat Jalan Tokcik - legenda dunia penyiaran dan arena sukan
INNALILLAHI WAINNA ILAIHI ROJIUN.Semoga Allah SWT mengampuni dan merahmati roh Allahyarham Tuan Haji Amran Hamid, serta meringankan musibah keluarganya.Pemergian Allahyarham Tuan Haji Amran, pada usia...
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The days when R & D meant Rizal & Dhaliwal
BEFORE the world became consumed with Tik Tok and Instagram, Gen X like me and the rest of my fellow earthlings relied on mainstream media for our daily diet of news. Then came blogging.Inspired by...
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Farewell The Greatest of All Time
I was dispatched to Singapore by the Malay Mail to meet Pele in December 2001. My biggest regret was that I have misplaced the picture with arguably the Greatest Footballer of All Time.Below is the...
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