Team captain Rauf bags gold in men's individual time trial in Myanmar
Source: The Star
Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-22 16:53:16 -0700 | sports-news
National road cycling team captain Muhd Rauf Misbah did the country proud by bagging the men's individual time trial gold medal for Malaysia on the first day of the pre-SEA Games cycling championships in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Rauf overcame dehydration and...
Harrison makes swift U-turn
Source: The Star
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-22 16:53:11 -0700 | sports-news
British boxer Audley Harrison has announced that he is coming out of retirement, only three weeks after declaring that he had decided to turn his back on the sport. The 41-year-old, a gold medallist at the 2000 Olympics, decided to...
Dong-keun shows he's a capable replacement
Source: The Star
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-22 16:53:12 -0700 | sports-news
Following the retirement of Lee Hyun-il, South Korea had been searching for a new star to take over and they may have just found the right replacement in Lee Dong-keun (pic) if his performances in the ongoing Sudirman Cup is...
Jindapon aims to qualify for 2016 Olympics
Source: The Star
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-22 16:53:06 -0700 | sports-news
What more if you're armed with a positive outlook and fearless attitude. That's exactly how Nichaon Jindapon (pic) plans to approach her fledgling career in badminton as the young Thai aims to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de...
National badminton team's lack of depth a glaring factor in home tourney
Source: The Star
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-22 16:53:06 -0700 | sports-news
IT took two big blows in the Sudirman Cup to expose Malaysia's lack of depth and a rather disturbing future in the national badminton team. The dream of reaching the semi-finals at home was shattered when Malaysia lost both their...
Athletics runs in the veins of Vallabouy family
Source: The Star
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-22 16:52:58 -0700 | sports-news
Samson Vallabouy was a national runner from 1981 to 1991, winning three gold medals in the SEA Games. His wife Josephine Mary was even more illustrious, winning six gold medals in the SEA Games...So, it is only natural that their...
Malacca sprinter Mohd Azam Masri out to create history by winning five events in MSSM meet
Source: The Star
Bintulu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-22 16:52:55 -0700 | sports-news
He has won three golds in the boys' Under-18 100m, 400m and 4x100m and believes that he would be the favourite to win the 200m as well as the 4x400m today. Azam clocked the fastest time in the 200m semi-finals...
Indonesia drawn to meet China again – in knockout stage
Source: The Star
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-22 16:53:26 -0700 | sports-news
Thursday May 23, 2013 Indonesia drawn to meet China again in knockout stage IN a cruel twist of fate, Group A runners-up Indonesia were drawn against their group winners China in the quarter-finals of the Sudirman Cup. Top seeds China,...
Ice queen Nicol into British Open quarters
Source: The Star
Hull :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 16:53:24 -0700 | sports-news
World number one Nicol David survived a huge temperature drop to carry her bid for a fifth British Open title into the quarter-finals with a straight games win over a surprise survivor Wednesday. The game's greatest legend did that with...
Inmate: Accused jail guard preferred drugs to money
Source: United Press International
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 16:38:31 -0700 | allnews
A New York jail inmate told a jury an allegedly corrupt corrections officer at Rikers Island preferred cocaine to money for bribes. Rafael Montadoca testified Tuesday at the trial of Robert Whitfield, the New York Post reported. Montadoca was one...
TVB's Moses to wed Miss Hong Kong 2006 Aimee
Source: The Star
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-22 16:38:01 -0700 | entertainment-news
Thursday May 23, 2013 TVBs Moses to wed Miss Hong Kong 2006 Aimee TVB actor Moses Chan will marry Miss Hong Kong 2006 Aimee Chan soon and the ceremony may be held in Paris, Sin Chew Daily reported. The 42-year-old...
Stunt man turns villain at night
Source: The Star
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-22 16:38:00 -0700 | political-news
Luck ran out on Monday night for the man, identified as Johnson, when he was caught snatching a chain from a woman. The man from Tiruvallur told Chennai police that he would ride pillion on a motorcycle with his accomplice,...
14-month-old drowns in pail
Source: The Star
Kuantan :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-22 16:37:57 -0700 | political-news
Surianti Zahari's 14-month-old son, who drowned in a pail in the bathroom of their house in Kuantan, reported Harian Metro . The boy, who had just started to walk, drowned at 3.30pm yesterday while Surianti, 34, dashed off to make...
Fiery debates expected at Terengganu assembly
Source: The Star
Kuala Terengganu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-22 16:37:56 -0700 | political-news
The Terengganu legislative assembly, which starts its new season on June 19, is expected to be a fiery one as the Barisan Nasional and the opposition front have an almost equal number of representatives in the House. The Barisan scraped...
IHT Special: In Morocco, TV Is Part of Power Game
Source: The New York Times
Rabat :: Morocco | updated 2013-05-22 16:37:49 -0700 | political-news
A decision by Morocco 's Islamist-led government in April last year to make television reform one of its top priorities has turned the country's media industry into a pawn in an escalating power tussle between the governing Justice and Development...
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