PETALING JAYA: Viktor Axelsen will be defending his world crown as the sentimental favourite and this could work wonders for another Dane Anders Antonsen (pic) who is looking to cash in on playing at home in the World Championships. Antonsen is a Copenhagen native and it’s only natural that he picked up badminton and had gone...
PETALING JAYA: Shuttler Lee Zii Jia admits he still has the desire to become the first Malaysian to win the men’s singles title after getting off to a solid start in the World Championships. But he doesn’t want to speak too soon. Yesterday, Zii Jia gave an assured performance to dispatch fifth seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia...
PETALING JAYA: It’s time to introduce prize money for the World Championships – at least some think so. The premier badminton event has been organised since 1977 but the Badminton World Federation (BWF) have always evaded the discussion of offering prize money for their major tournaments, justifying that playing and winning in some tournaments are just...
KUALA LUMPUR: It may be Toh Ee Wei’s first World Championships but she is not in Copenhagen to make up the numbers. Ee Wei and partner Chen Tang Jie will open their campaign later than the others in the Malaysian camp as they have received a first-round bye and will most probably play Hong Kong’s Reginald...
PETALING JAYA: Singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong produced a superb display to upstage Zhao Junpeng of China in the first round of the World Championships in Copenhagen on Monday (Aug 21). Both players battled point for point before world No. 22 Tze Yong secured a narrow 21-19, 26-24 win over Junpeng in 48 minutes. In the Tokyo...
SEREMBAN: A 41-year-old man has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing his nine-year-old daughter. The High Court here on Tuesday (Aug 22) found ex-soldier Mohammad Abdullah Mohamed guilty of the offence committed five years ago. Judge Datin Rohani Ismail meted out the sentence on after his defence failed to raise reasonable doubt against the prosecution's...
KUALA LUMPUR: The public can now make complaints about damaged roads through the MYJalan application, said Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi. He said the application has been in use since last week. "The MYJalan campaign is scheduled to be launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim this Thursday, and the application is already accessible...
KUANTAN: The Pelangai state seat will continue to be contested by an Umno candidate representing Barisan Nasional. Bentong Umno deputy chief Datuk Seri Mohamad Zaini Salleh said Pelangai was the only seat in the Bentong parliamentary constituency that had always been contested by Umno. A by-election is on the cards to fill the vacancy left by the...
PUTRAJAYA: All federal civil servants are required to don Malaysian batik on Thursdays, while wearing batik on other working days is encouraged. The directive, effective Monday (Aug 21), is stated in the Service Circular on the Wearing of Malaysian Batik Attire During Working Hours for Federal Public Service Officers, dated Aug 21, 2023, signed by the...
KOTA KINABALU: The bodies of two anglers have been recovered some 36 hours after they went missing while fishing in Labuan. Local fishermen found the remains of Yasin Johnar, 20, at 5.20pm on Monday (Aug 21) and Mohammad Shah, 19, two minutes later. Labuan Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director Capt Nudin Jusoh said the bodies were...
