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NST Online : 16 December 2008
By Devinder Singh
SIX years after being defeated in the vice presidency battle, former national athlete Datuk Mumtaz Jaafar (pic) is finally in a position of power in the Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union (MAAU).
Coincidentally, her rise came at the expense of another former national athlete in Rajemah Sheikh Ahmad, who [...]

NST Online : 11 December 2008
By : DEVINDER SINGH

THERE were no surprises when nominations for the Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union (MAAU) elections on Sunday were announced yesterday as Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim (pic) was returned unopposed for a second term as president.
Shahidan, who is also the Perlis AAA president, received near unanimous approval after [...]

NST Online : 6 Disember 2008
By Devinder Singh
THE Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union (MAAU) will not have a free hand in selecting its next general manager as the National Sports Council (NSC) is keen to have a say in the matter.
This follows the Nov 17 resignation of Aminuddin Mohd Nasir, who lasted just a little more [...]

NST Online : 1 Disember 2008
By Devinder Singhdevinder@nst.com.my
FORMER national sprinter Datuk Mumtaz Jaafar will be contesting one of the two vice president posts at the Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union’s (MAAU) elections on Dec 14.
With president Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim not expected to face a challenge and assured of being returned for a second term [...]

NST Online : 20 November 2008
INCUMBENT Malaysia Amateur Athletic Union (MAAU) president Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim has to date received six nominations from the 15 affiliates.
Deputy president Karim Ibrahim said Tuesday’s count stood at six after Perlis, Pahang, Kelantan, Johor, Malacca and Sabah nominated Shahidan who had offered to defend his post at [...]

NST Online : 15 November 2008
By Devinder Singh
THE Armed Forces will not take its exclusion from the Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union (MAAU) lying down as it moves to make its athletics body a full-fledged affiliate of MAAU.
Armed Forces Sports Council (AFSC) chairman First Admiral Datuk Gunaseelan Salamuthu has applied to the Sports Commissioner’s Office (SCO) [...]

NST Online : 14 November 2008
By Devinder Singh
DENYING the Armed Forces representation and voting rights in future Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union (MAAU) council meetings is one of the proposed amendments agreed upon at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
As the Armed Forces does not have an athletic association and was previously [...]

The Star Online : 7 November 2008
By Aftar Singh
KUALA LUMPUR: Asian high jump champion Lee Hup Wei will be out of action for four months after undergoing surgery on his broken left elbow at a hospital in Petaling Jaya yesterday.
Hup Wei suffered the injury when he fell during a training session at the National Sports [...]

The Star Online : 6 November 2008
By AFTAR SINGH
KUALA LUMPUR: High jumper Lee Hup Wei broke his left elbow in a freak accident during training at the National Sports Council (NSC) gymnasium in Bukit Jalil on Tuesday.
The 21-year-old, who made his Olympic debut in Beijing in August, fell awkwardly while doing jumping exercises.
Malaysian Amateur Athletics [...]

The Star Online : 31 October 2008
By Eric Samuel
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union (MAAU) received a huge boost yesterday for their track and field development programmes with a long-term com­mitment from sponsors Octagon Asia to pump in a total of RM5 million over the next 10 years.

The MAAU president, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, [...]