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| Sports unites people, says Muhyiddin Posted: 28 Jun 2013 08:12 AM PDT Sports is an effective agent in uniting people of various races and religion in the country, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said proof that sports continued to be a uniting factor could be seen through the unwavering support by people when national athletes fight to make the country proud at sport championships here and abroad. According to Muhyiddin, sports is an important medium in realising the country's goal and vision as well as forming an active and competitive society. "Because of this, the government is committed towards ensuring sports is given priority in the country," he said when opening the 16th Malaysia Games (Sukma) at the Bukit Jalil Mini-Stadium here tonight. Also present were Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin and National Sports Council (NSC) director-general Datuk Seri Zolkples Embong. Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, said the government will continue to widen its initiatives by providing a platform to identify talented young athletes to represent the country in the future. He said the ministry was also involved in increasing efforts to produce more students who are active in sports, with the One Student One Sport programme introduced in 2011. "The Education Ministry is actively ensuring the programme's effectiveness, especially in preparing facilities, training equipment, qualified coaches and training programmes that are more structured have have continuity," he said. Besides that, Muhyiddin said efforts to develop sporting talent through Sukma was an important catalyst for the country. He said he was proud of Sukma which had contributed towards producing stars such as world number one badminton player Datuk Lee Chong Wei, world number one squash player Datuk Nicol Ann David and national cycling champion Mohd Azizul Hasni Awang. He also hoped that more national records, Sukma records and personal records would be set by athletes in this edition of the Sukma. "I hope this event will set a high standard in efforts to give sufficient exposure to the athletes taking part," he said.- June 28, 2013. |
| Eight Turks test positive for doping Posted: 28 Jun 2013 06:55 AM PDT Eight Turkish athletes, including an Olympic silver medallist hammer thrower, tested positive for banned substances at this month's European Team Championships in Gateshead, Turkish media reports said on Friday. If confirmed, the test results would be a fresh blow for Turkish athletics after officials said last month 1,500 metres Olympics gold medallist Asli Cakir Alptekin faced a lifetime ban for an anti-doping offence. Hammer thrower Esref Apak, who won a silver medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004, was among the eight athletes who tested positive, according to Sabah newspaper and other Turkish media outlets. The number of Turkish athletes who have tested positive in doping examinations this year has reached 24, Athletics Federation head Mehmet Terzi told reporters today. "Unfortunately there is an impression that athletes or coaches are being protected. No athlete or coach is being protected... Our approach to this issue has always been 'zero tolerance'," Terzi added. "Despite our close monitoring, an athlete can do it if he's determined to do it. Whoever does it must be caught and punished," Terzi, a former medal-winning athlete, said. Sabah said that including the latest eight, a total of 15 Turkish athletes had tested positive for illegal substances in the last month, potentially harming Istanbul's bid to stage the 2020 Olympics. Separately, eight weightlifters were left out of the Turkish national squad ahead of this month's Mediterranean Games in the Turkish city of Mersin after testing positive for doping, according to Turkish media reports. Among those who previously tested positive, Cakir was charged on the basis of abnormal blood values from her biological passport. She had previously been given a two-year ban in 2004 after a positive dope test at the world junior championships. Double European 100m hurdles champion Nevin Yanit, also faces a ban after "multiple positive findings in both in-competition and out-of-competition tests," the International Association of Athletics Federations said last month. -Reuters, June 28, 2013. |
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