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‘FAM can solve leadership issue’ YOUTH and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh expressed confidence that Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) would be able to overcome the current leadership issue without affecting the continuity of the national football development programme. Yeoh said that a change in leadership in a sports association is not unusual, and she believes that FAM has a mechanism to find a solution. that FAM can resolve this internally. “They (FAM) just need to choose a new president and I hope they will choose some one who can last longer,” she told Bernama yesterday. At the same time, she said the leadership issue in the association cannot be allowed to protract.

ject in Putrajaya. I don’t want any disruption to such national projects,” added Yeoh. Meanwhile, Yeoh said football is fortunate because the Regent of Johor, Tunku Mahkota Ismail, has contributed a lot to the development of the sport. Last Wednesday, FAM confirmed that Datuk Mohd Joehari Mohd Ayub had resigned via a let ter sent recently, after taking office as president for only about six months. FAM also announced that deputy president Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mahadi has been appointed as acting president with immediate effect. Yesterday, Mohd Yusoff, in a press conference at Wisma FAM, Kelana Jaya, came out to explain that Mohd Joehari’s resignation was his own per sonal decision, besides also denying that there was any “unseen hand” behind the surprise deci sion. – Bernama

MALAYSIA SUPER LEAGUE: Sabah 1 Melaka 1, Negeri Sembilan 2 Kuching City 2. ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP: Leicester 2 Birmingham 0. LA LIGA: Elche 2 (Mir 46, Mendoza 51) Levante 0, Valencia 3 (Diakhaby 30, Danjuma 54, Duro 90+7) Getafe 0. SERIE A: Cremonese 3 (Terracciano 37, Vazquez 39, De Luca 90+3-pen) Sassuolo 2 (Pinamonti 64, Berardi 73-pen), Lecce 0 AC Milan 2 (Loftus-Cheek 66, Pulisic 86) . LIGUE 1: Lens 3 Brest 1. In Kota Kinabalu, Sabah FC’s wait for their first win of the season continued as they were held 1-1 by Melaka FC at the Likas Stadium. It was The Rhinos’ third consecutive league draw, following the 1-1 tie against Kuala Lumpur City FC and 0-0 against Kelantan The Real Warriors. Sabah were given an early scare in the fourth minute when Melaka’s import striker Juan Douglas found the net, but a video assistant referee (VAR) review ruled the goal offside. Sabah finally broke the deadlock in the 61st minute when Ajdin Mujagic easily converted a pass from Jafri Firdaus Chew. However, just as the home side looked set for victory, Irfan Zakaria emerged as Melaka’s saviour when he turned in a corner kick from Anderson Brito in the 85th minute to ensure both sides shared the spoils. NURAINI CREATES HISTORY The national para-cycling squad continued to create history on the world stage when women cyclist Nuraini Mohamad Shukri won the bronze medal in the individual time trial event at the 2025 Road Para Cycling World Cup in Ronse, Belgium on Friday. Nuraini’s maiden achievement on the world stage was even more meaningful as it comes ahead of the 68th National Day celebration today. In the individual time trial category – cycle 1, Nuraini finished the race with a time of 26 minutes 07.99 seconds behind champion from Australia Tahlia Clayton-goodie who won the gold (19:34.82s) while Victoria Maria De Camargo E Barbosa of Brazil won the silver (24:42.97s). Team manager Fuzaime Shamsudin in a statement yesterday described Nuraini’s success as a boost to strengthen the confidence of the national cycling squad in chasing greater achievements in the future. BRIEFS SABAH’S WAIT FOR FIRST WIN CONTINUES

According to her, she has contacted FAM honorary president Tan Sri Hamidin Mohd Amin regarding the issue given that there are several national projects under way between the Youth and Sports Ministry (KBS) and FAM. “We have the National Football Development Project (NFDP) which is cur rently going through a transition phase from the National Sports Council (MSN) to FAM, in addition to the National Training Centre pro-

She believed that FAM would be able to overcome the current issues well because the governing body itself had faced bigger challenges before. “I don’t consider it a crisis because they already have an acting president and all the programmes are still ongoing but a change in the leadership of a sports association is not strange, it is common and I am confident

PEARLY TAN-M.THINAAH made history in Paris yesterday when they became the first Malaysian women’s doubles pair to advance to the final of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships. In a dramatic 68-minute semifinal clash at the Adidas Arena, world No. 2 Pearly-Thinaah stayed calm and com posed to down world No. 3 Nami Matsuyama-Chiharu Shida of Japan 14 21, 21-13, 21-12. What’s more notable is that Dynamic duos Pearly-Thinaah, Tang Jie-Ee Wei continue dream runs in Paris think words can’t describe how happy we are,” Pearly said in an audio clip shared by the Badminton Association of Malaysia.

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This year’s world meet will be the Japanese pair’s swan song after they announced parting ways earlier this month, following their 11 year partnership. Shida will form a new women’s doubles pair with Arisa Higashino, while Matsuyama is shift ing to mixed doubles with an as-yet-unannounced partner. National shuttlers Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei also stormed into

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this is only the Malaysians’ third win in 16 encounters against the Japanese pair. Pearly-Thinaah will face either top seeds Liu Sheng Shu-Tan Ning of China or Japan’s Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi in the title showdown today. This is also

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Pearly-Thinaah’s best-ever achieve ment at the World Championships in four outings, with their previous best being a quar terfinal appear ance in the 2023 edition. “I still think

the finals, ending Malaysia’s nearly two-decade wait for a medal in the mixed doubles event. The world No. 4 pair had little trou ble defeating Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue of France 18 21, 16-21 in the semi finals at the Adidas Arena to assure them selves a silver or a gold medal.–Bernama

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Malaysia’s Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan celebrate after winning their women’s doubles semifinal match. – REUTERSPIC

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‘NSFC need to maintain positive momentum in Super League’ NEGERI SEMBILAN FC (NSFC) head coach, Mohd Nidzam Jamil admitted that the match against Kuching City FC last night required great determination from his team to keep their positive momentum in the Super League competition. “As one of the strong teams in the league, Kuching City FC are not easy to handle as their strikers are tall and fast with good personalities.

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NSFC to perform better and rise with new strength in the upcoming matches. “This is what football is, if we play against strong teams like JDT, Selangor, Kuching City or Sabah, we cannot afford to be in the wrong position or we will be severely punished. “This is the team’s challenge to improve their performance, I am relieved because the players acted quickly not to lose points last night,” he said. NSFC is currently sixth in the league with four points, while Kuching City is fifth with the same number of points. Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) continues to lead the league with 12 points. – Bernama

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“NSFC’s attempt to bounce back in the second half, makes me happy. Actually, it is not easy to do that. We were actually lucky to get a point,” he told reporters after the match. NSFC has shown commendable performance so far in three league matches by recording a victory over Selangor FC 2-1 and providing tough resistance to Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) before losing 3-5. Mohd Nidzam said that facing several strong teams in the league also encouraged

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He explained that NSFC’s comeback in the final minute of the match to tie the score at 2-2 with the opponent was not an easy task, but it was very important to ensure that at least one point could be taken home. According to him, the presence of thousands of supporters also fuelled the team’s enthusiasm to continue searching for goals in the match at Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi on Friday.

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