PETALING JAYA: Road to Gold’s Lee Zii Jia is staying upbeat despite crashing out in the men’s singles third round of the World Championships. The independent shuttler went down 18-21, 17-21 to homester Anders Antonsen of Denmark at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen on Thursday after enjoying two good early-round matches. It was world No. 13 Zii...
PETALING JAYA: Don’t fear them. Coach Rexy Mainaky kept repeating those words but women’s doubles pairs Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah allowed their past losses to China’s world No. 6 Zhang Shuxian-Zheng Yu to tear them apart at the end. And as a result, Pearly-Thinaah let slip a golden chance to become the first women’s pair to win a...
PETALING JAYA: Defending champions Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik continued to keep the Malaysian flag flying high in the World Championships. The world No. 4 smashed into the men's doubles semi-finals after pulling off a hard-fought 21-10, 15-21, 21-14 victory over China's Liu Yuchen-Ou Xuanyi in style at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen on Friday (Aug 25). Armed...
Imagine telling Charmaine, "Auntie, char kway teow extra hum!" Remember when Hong Kong actress Charmaine Sheh said she hopes to try Malaysia’s Penang prawn mee and other local delicacies when she’s there for work? Well, she got her wish and more. Earlier this week, the 48-year-old, who has been in Malaysia for the past two months filming the second season of Hong Kong drama Modern Dynasty, took to Xiaohongshu to share...
Fujisaki Nagi recently revealed that she's a mum on a Japanese talk show to the surprise of everyone. In fact, many people say she looks more like “an older sister looking after her younger siblings”. Japanese idol Fujisaki Nagi, 23, who is one half of the J-pop duo Saishu Mirai Shoujou, is well-known for her beauty. In fact, her...
Netizens are also saying he resembles Korean actor Lee Jong Suk. Many of us remember Malaysian singer Gary Chaw’s kids Joe and Grace as toddlers in Chinese reality show Where Are We Going, Dad? in 2014. Grace is now 13, and Joe just celebrated his 15th. And both teens have gotten a lot of attention for their good looks over the years. Gary, who split with his wife Taiwanese fashion...
KUALA LUMPUR: Students, parents and teachers turned up in droves when the doors opened at 11am at the Star Education Fair 2023, held at the Pavilion Bukit Jalil Exhibition Centre here on Saturday (Aug 26). A string of highlights is in store for the visitors, as a total of 39 institutions occupying 71 booths are participating...
JOHOR BARU: Pulai Umno division chief Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed has denied that they do not support Pakatan Harapan candidate Suhaizan Kaiat. This was in response to several banners claiming that branches in the Pulai division were against Suhaizan's nomination, photos of which went viral on social media. "This is a dirty tactic by some to confuse...
MUAR: The Simpang Jeram by-election is set to be a three-cornered fight between Pakatan Harapan's Nazri Abdul Rahman, Perikatan Nasional's Dr Mohd Mazri Yahya and Independent candidate S. Jeganathan. Election Commission returning officer Jamil Hasni Abdullah said that he received and accepted the nominations of three candidates at 10.13am. S. Jeganathan arrived at the nomination centre here...
JOHOR BARU: The nomination centres for the Pulai parliamentary and the Simpang Jeram state by-elections closed at 10am on Saturday (Aug 26), after being open for an hour since 9am. Bernama reported that both by-elections would be three-cornered fights involving Pakatan Harapan, Perikatan National and Independent candidates. The nomination centre for Pulai is at Dewan Jubli Intan...
