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PUTRAJAYA, The Federal Territories contingent (WiPers) is targeting to collect 70 gold medals in their mission to become the overall champions at the 2024 Malaysia Games (SUKMA) which will be held in Sarawak from Aug 17-24. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Dr Zaliha Mustafa said the target is based on WiPers’ success in finishing third overall with 55 gold medals, 68 silver and 64 bronze at SUKMA 2022. “It gives me confidence to set this target. After last becoming overall champions at SUKMA 2014, it is undoubtedly a great hope for the contingent to emerge as the

KUALA LUMPUR, There is a saying that when one door closes, another opens. And that’s how former national footballer Azlan Johar views Kim Pan Gon’s shocking resignation from the post of Harimau Malaya head coach. Azlan believes that Pan Gon’s resignation has given the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) the space to appoint someone who can offer much more than what the South Korean, who took charge of the Harimau Malaya in 2022, had been able to. He said this included considering making acting head coach Pau Marti Vicente a permanent replacement for Pan Gon should the Spaniard prove his

KUALA LUMPUR, National swimming coach Eric Anderson believes two national swimmers, Khiew Hoe Yean and Tan Rouxin, have the potential to make a ‘splash’ in their debut at the 2024 Olympics Games in Paris. However, the Danish-born coach hopes that both swimmers avoid putting undue pressure on themselves and instead focus on gaining as much valuable experience as possible for the future. ‘Our goal is to go there to compete in a very high-performance environment and succeed in that. ‘If we can achieve more than that it will be great. You know in swimming if you have the lane you

KUALA LUMPUR, There is no need for the national Paralympians to wear digital tracking devices throughout the 2024 Paralympics in Paris. Paralympic Council of Malaysia (PCM) president Datuk Seri Megat D. Shahriman Zaharudin said the decision was taken after receiving safety guarantees from the organisers of the world’s biggest multi-sports Games. “They (the organisers) have given their word that they are going to beef up security in Paris. So, I decided that there was no need for them to wear the tracking device over there. “I have informed the company sponsoring the digital wristband that we will not be wearing

KUALA LUMPUR, Pearly Tan-M.Thinaah breathed new hope for Malaysian badminton at the international level when the doubles pair teamed up in 2019 in the Badminton Association of Malaysia’s (BAM) women’s category. After just two years together, they pulled off a surprise upset, claiming their first title by winning the 2021 Swiss Open against the tournament’s third seeds Gabriela Stoeva-Stefani Stoeva of Bulgaria. The duo went on to win a gold medal for Malaysia at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, taming England’s Chloe Birch-Lauren Smith 21-5, 21-8. Ranked world No. 13, Pearly-Thinaah then went on to make history as the first