01/12/2025

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Maba aiming high Malaysian Basketball Association target two medals at SEA Games T HE national basketball squad has a bright chance of winning two medals at the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand, scheduled to be held from Dec 9-20. squad had also undergone thorough preparations including undergoing training and having been invited to compete in tournaments in China, Taiwan and the Philippines before. Suitez @ KL City Centre project worth RM800 million in collaboration with the developer company, Exsim is expected to provide a return of at least RM170 million to Maba.

RESULTS & STANDINGS

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Brentford 3 (Thiago 81-pen, 86, Ouattara 90+3) Burnley 1 (Flemming 85-pen) , Everton 1 (Dewsbury-Hall 70) Newcastle 4 (Thiaw 1, 58, Miley 25, Woltemade 45) , Manchester City 3 (Foden 1, 90+1, Gvardiol 25) Leeds 2 (Calvert Lewin 49, Nmecha 68) , Sunderland 3 (Le Fee 30-pen, Traore 46, Brobbey 69) Bournemouth 2 (Adli 7, Adams 15) , Tottenham 1 (Kudus 59) Fulham 2 (Tete 4, Wilson 6) . P W D L F A Pts Arsenal 12 9 2 1 24 6 29 Man City 13 8 1 4 27 12 25 Chelsea 12 7 2 3 23 11 23 Sunderland 13 6 4 3 17 13 22 Aston Villa 12 6 3 3 15 11 21 Crystal Palace 12 5 5 2 16 9 20 Brighton 12 5 4 3 19 16 19 Brentford 13 6 1 6 21 20 19 Bournemouth 13 5 4 4 21 23 19 Tottenham 13 5 3 5 21 16 18 Newcastle 13 5 3 5 17 16 18 Man Utd 12 5 3 4 19 19 18 Liverpool 12 6 0 6 18 20 18 Everton 13 5 3 5 14 17 18 Fulham 13 5 2 6 15 17 17 Nottm Forest 12 3 3 6 13 20 12 West Ham 12 3 2 7 15 25 11 Leeds 13 3 2 8 13 25 11 Burnley 13 3 1 9 15 27 10 Wolves 12 0 2 10 7 27 2 CHAMPIONSHIP Leicester 2 Sheffield United 3, Portsmouth 0 Bristol City 1, Stoke City 1 Hull City 2, Coventry 3 Charlton Athletic 1, Middlesbrough 2 Derby County 1, Millwall 3 Southampton 2, Norwich 3 Queens Park Rangers 1, Sheffield Wednes day 2 Preston North End 3, West Bromwich Albion 3 Swansea 2, Wrexham 1 Blackburn Rovers 1. TOP 6 P W D L F A Pts Coventry 18 13 4 1 50 18 43 M’brough 18 9 6 3 24 19 33 Millwall 18 9 4 5 22 25 31 Stoke 18 9 3 6 26 14 30 Preston 18 8 6 4 25 19 30 Bristol City 18 8 5 5 26 20 29 LA LIGA Mallorca 2 (Muriqi 62-pen, 66) Osasuna 2 (Raul Garcia 82, Boyomo 90+2) , Barcelona 3 (Yamal 8, Olmo 26, 90+3) Alaves 1 (Ibanez 1) , Levante 0 Athletic Bilbao 2 (Navarro 3, Nico Williams 44) , Atletico Madrid 2 (Sorloth 16, 26) Real Oviedo 0. TOP 6 P W D L F A Pts Barcelona 14 11 1 2 39 16 34 Real Madrid 13 10 2 1 28 12 32 Atleti 14 9 4 1 27 11 31 Villarreal 13 9 2 2 26 11 29 Real Betis 13 5 6 2 20 14 21 Espanyol 13 6 3 4 17 16 21 SERIE A Genoa 2 (Colombo 40, Thorsby 62) Verona 1 (Belghali 21) , Juventus 2 (Yildiz 27, 45+1) Cagli ari 1 (Esposito 26) , AC Milan 1 (Leao 51) Lazio 0, Parma 0 Udinese 2 (Zaniolo 11, Davis 65 pen) . TOP 6 P W D L F A Pts AC Milan 13 8 4 1 19 9 28 Roma 12 9 0 3 15 6 27 Napoli 12 8 1 3 19 11 25 Inter Milan 12 8 0 4 26 13 24 Bologna 12 7 3 2 21 8 24 Como 13 6 6 1 19 7 24 BUNDESLIGA Bayer Leverkusen 1 Borussia Dortmund 2, Union Berlin 1 Heidenheim 2, Werder Bremen 1 Cologne 1, Bayern Munich 3 St Pauli 1, Hoffenheim 3 Augsburg 0. TOP 6 P W D L F A Pts Bayern 12 11 1 0 44 9 34 RB Leipzig 12 8 2 2 22 13 26 B. Dortmund 12 7 4 1 21 11 25 Leverkusen 12 7 2 3 28 17 23 Hoffenheim 12 7 2 3 25 17 23 Stuttgart 11 7 1 3 20 15 22 FRENCH LIGUE 1 Monaco 1 Paris Saint-Germain 0, Paris FC 1 Auxerre 1, Marseille 2 Toulouse 2.

“Of the amount, RM120 million will be used to buy back residential units for rent, which is expected to generate about RM6 million per year. “With this stable source of income, the future leadership can focus fully on sports development without financial burden,” he said. The construction project of two 60-storey twin towers adjacent to the Merdeka 118 tower also has a new Maba headquarters covering an area of 3,000 square feet and is equipped with a special 3x3 court. – Bernama

Malaysian Basketball Association (Maba) president Datuk Seri Lee Tian Hock said this was because the organisers have not allowed the participation of any naturalised players in this edition “All the players are in high spirits (facing the 2025 SEA Games). “As the team is playing well, I believe they can give a strong challenge,” he told reporters after the groundbreaking ceremony of the Maba Suitez @ KL City Centre, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. Tian Hock said the national basketball

He also said that a handsome bonus awaits the national basketball players if they can meet the medal target set by MABA in Thailand. Malaysia only managed to bring home one bronze medal at the 2023 SEA Games through the women’s squad in the 5x5 event. Thailand has offered four golds for the basketball competition at the SEA Games this time covering the 3x3 and 5x5 events, for men and women respectively. Meanwhile, Tian Hock said the Maba

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Saari Azrai in the 54th minute and Aizad Abu Kamal in the 54th and 58th minutes. But the joy was shortlived with seconds ticking away, the Koreans disappointed the home supporters when Kim Hyeonhong converted a penalty corner to register their victory. They will play the fifth and sixth placing match against Canada. Malaysian coach Sarjit Singh said he wants his team to be on the podium, it is important. “Our defence was again loose and not good enough. “We took our chances well to draw 3-3 but a silly error in the 25 yard line gave them a penalty corner and ended the game,“ he added. Meanwhile Korean coach Taeseok Min was happy with the first win in the tournament. “It was tough in the third and fourth quarters… we have to keep Malaysians away form scoring. Having played many matches against the Malaysians, we held the advantage,” he said. Belgium, who last played in the tournament 17 years ago, will go up against India, who hammered Canada 14-3. champion Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli who took bronze (17.30 m). However, the athlete from Sarawak said he is still wary of the challenge from Morrison given that his main challenger had a season-best record of 18.81m at the Philippine Athletics Championships in May. Meanwhile, the 22-year-old athlete admitted to facing pressure in his second appearance at the biennial games as he will be participating in another event, the discus throw. “This is the first time I have taken part in two events at a major sports event like the SEA Games, previously it was only at the Malaysia Games. “For me, it is added pressure this time,” he said. The 2025 SEA Games will be held from Dec 9-20 involving two regions, namely Bangkok and Chonburi. – Bernama

MALAYSIA qualified to play in the third fourth placing even after losing their last game 3-4 to South Korea at the 31st edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Invitational Hockey Tournament at Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Perak on Saturday night. The homesters will take on New Zealand for the bronze medal after the Kiwis lost 1-5 to Cup finalist Belgium in an earlier match. The home team and Canada share four points in the table but the host go through on goal difference. Malaysia staged a late comeback in the second half but it was not enough to stop the Koreans to register their first win after four defeats. The visitors netted two quick goals in the 4th and 5th minute through Oh Seyong and Park Cheoleon . After the break it was disappointment for the fans when the hosts fell behind from penalty corner by Yang Jihun in the 47th minute. However the Speedy Tigers found the rhythm and scored three goals in a space of six minutes to make it 3-3 . The Malaysians goals came from Faizal AFTER returning empty-handed at the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia, national shot put champion Jonah Chang Rigan decided to set a bold target for the 2025 edition in Thailand, next month. Not only aiming to grab gold, Jonah also wants to break the games record set by Filipino athlete William Morrison, which was 18.14m at the 2021 SEA Games in Vietnam, as well as his own national record of 18.66m at the 2025 Malaysian Educational Institutions (Sipma) Sports Championship in Johor Bahru, in September. “I am targeting to break the national record and hope to get a bonus by doing 19m, which will be a history (new games record) in the SEA Games,” he said when met recently. At the 2023 SEA Games, Jonah only managed to finish fourth with a record of 16.27m behind national track and field

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