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Minister gives Sea Games the thumbs down
NST Online : 4 January 2009
By : Jugjet Singh
Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (third from left) talks to some participants after launching the Dataran Remaja in Bukit Jalil yesterday. — Pic: MOHD YUSNI ARIFFIN
THE Sea Games are a full-fledged circus and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob yesterday said it [...]
Arivalagan decides to remain as national karate coach
The Star Online : 30 December 2008
By LIM TEIK HUAT
PETALING JAYA: The national karate exponents had been in a state of uneasiness on whether they will lose coach P. Arivalagan but they can now look forward to the new year with plenty of optimism.
Arivalagan contemplated taking up an offer to coach in a foreign [...]
Malaysia triumph without the veterans
The Star Online : 22 December 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia, despite the absence of their most experienced karate exponents, still managed to emerge as overall champions in the senior ranks of the KOI (Kobe-Osaka International) Asian Championships at the National Sports Complex’s Gymnasium II in Bukit Jalil yesterday.
The hosts won six out of the 13 finals [...]
Lee Lee sets Malaysia on way to three-gold charge
The Star Online : 21 December 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian karate exponents got off to an impressive start when they bagged three out of the four gold medals at stake in the senior ranks of the KOI (Kobe-Osaka International) Asian Championships at Gymnasium Two of the National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil yesterday.
Seasoned kata exponent Lim [...]
Kunasilan gets a chance to prove himself at Asian meet
The Star Online : 17 December 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Korat SEA Games gold medallists R. Puwaneswaran, Lim Yoke Wai and G. Yamini will not be taking part in the KOI (Kobe-Osaka International) Asian Cham pionships, which Malaysia will be hosting for the first time at the National Sports Complex Gymnasium II in Bukit Jalil this weekend. [...]
KOI Asian meet draws 15 nations
The Star Online : 14 December 2008
PETALING JAYA: A total of 15 countries have signed up for the KOI (Kobe-Osaka International) Asian Championships, which Malaysia will be hosting for the first time at Gymnasium Two, National Sports Complex from Dec 20-21.
Besides hosts Malaysia, the participating countries are Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, United Arab Emirates, India, Sri [...]
World Games invite for Yoke Wai and Yamini
The Star Online : 11 December 2008
PETALING JAYA: National karate exponents Lim Yoke Wai and G. Yamini have been invited to take part in the World Games, which will be held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, from July 16-26.
The Malaysian duo were among those nominated as representatives from the Asian continent by the World Karate Federation (WKF) [...]
Malaysia welcome extra category
The Star Online : 19 November 2008
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian women’s karate exponents will have a better chance to boost the country’s medal haul in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou with the introduction of a new weight category.
The World Karate Federation (WKF) Congress met in Tokyo during the world championships last weekend and approved [...]
Karate: Ari to stay put
The Star Online : 18 November 2008
By LIM TEIK HUAT
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian karate team’s disappointing outing in the just concluded world championships in Tokyo may turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
It is likely to prompt P. Arivalagan to brush aside offers to coach a foreign national team. He had said that his [...]
Our exponents fire blanks in world meet
The Star Online : 17 November 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s dismal campaign in the World Karate Championships came to an end after both the Jamaludin siblings, Shaharudin and Jamaliah, failed to clear the early rounds at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo yesterday.
Jamaliah, the 2007 Korat SEA Games gold medallist, lost to Finland’s L. Wood in the [...]
