The Malaysian Insider :: Sports
The Malaysian Insider :: Sports |
| Johor takes over top spot with 2-1 win Posted: 02 Mar 2013 02:55 PM PST
Dubbed Southern Tigers, they topped the table by collecting 16 points from 16 matches to topple the Malaysian Armed Forces to the second spot with one point difference. Johor Darul Takzim had an early scare when Negri Sembilan opened scoring in the 28th minute through midfielder Rashid Mahmud. However, they came back from behind to equalise late in the second half in the 82nd minute through a header by defender Kamarul Afiq Kamaruddin and found the winner in the dying minutes of the game through Mohd Nurul Azwan Roya. At the Shah Alam Stadium, Terengganu beat Selangor PKNS 2-0 with both goals scored in the first half with Jean Emmanuel Effa Owona making a breakthrough in the eight minute and Abdul Manaf Mamat in the 27th minute. Singapore's Lions XII were held to a scoreless draw by Felda United at the Petaling Jaya City Stadium, Selangor. Lions XII's Baihakki Khaizan was flashed the red card in the 62nd minute. – Bernama |
| Wrestling champion goes on hunger strike over Games axe Posted: 02 Mar 2013 06:00 AM PST  Wrestling is considered the oldest sport in the world and one of the original Olympic events. — WikiMedia CommonsMOSCOW, March 2 — Olympic wrestling champion Armen Nazaryan has decided to go on a hunger strike to protest against the sport's possible exclusion from the Games. "I'm protesting against the recommendation to drop wrestling from the Olympics," Nazaryan, 38, was quoted as saying by the Russian wrestling federation on its website (http://www.wrestrus.ru). "Wrestling has always been part of the Olympic programme and it's not right to exclude it from the Games. I'm starting my hunger strike and from now on I will drink only syrup," said Armenia-born Nazaryan, who won gold in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta Games, competing for his native country. He then switched his allegiance to Bulgaria, winning his second Olympic title four years later in Sydney. Nazaryan also won three world titles for Bulgaria from 2002 to 2005. Last month, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made a surprise recommendation to drop the ancient sport from the 2020 Summer Games. The decision has outraged the wrestling community throughout the world, prompting two former champions, Bulgaria's Valentin Yordanov and Russia's Sagid Murtazaliev, to return their Olympic gold medals back to the IOC in protest. Part of the first modern Olympics in 1896 and all further editions, except the 1900 Paris Games, wrestling now joins seven other candidates battling for one spot in a revamped programme. The IOC executive board will meet in St Petersburg in May to determine which of them will be put to the vote at the IOC session in Buenos Aires in September. — Reuters |
KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 – Johor Darul Takzim took over the top spot in the Super League when they edged Negri Sembilan 2-1 at the Tan Sri Hassan Yunos Stadium, Larkin, tonight.| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: Sports To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
0 ulasan:
Catat Ulasan