(Reuters) - World number two Carlos Alcaraz said he felt like a frustrated 13-year-old searching for answers after his crushing defeat by Bulgarian veteran Grigor Dimitrov in the Miami Open quarter-finals on Thursday. Alcaraz, 20, arrived in Miami in top form after winning the Indian Wells trophy, but his hopes of becoming the first man to...
PETALING JAYA: National coaching director Rexy Mainaky could select five singles shuttlers for the Thomas Cup Finals from April 27-May 5 in Chengdu to ensure there will be no repeat of the crisis in the Asia Team Championships. In the Asia team meet in Shah Alam in February, Rexy was forced to name doubles player Mohd...
PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles shuttlers Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie, fresh off their Swiss Open victory last week, will have to brace for a fiery reception at the Asian Championships from April 9-14 in Ningbo, China, as they will take on world No. 5 pair Jiang Zhenbang-Wei Yaxin of China. World No. 13 Soon Huat-Shevon have...
PETALING JAYA: The government’s noble intention of helping the poor should not be derailed just because some people have not registered under the Central Database Hub (Padu), says Tan Sri Noor Azlan Ghazali. The director of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Malaysian Inclusive Development and Advancement Institute said the two issues should not be conflated. “It is important for...
KUALA LUMPUR: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia's call for all parties to stop exploiting the controversial socks issue should be respected and heeded, says Malaysian Unity Foundation trustee Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye. He said it was time to put the socks issue to rest and leave the matter to the authorities. "Any attempt to...
PETALING JAYA: A foreign man and a local woman died while 13 others were injured after a tour bus overturned on the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway on Friday (March 29). Bentong OCPD Supt Zaiham Mohd Kahar said the police received a distress call on the incident at 8am Friday. Ketua Polis Daerah Bentong Supt Zaiham Mohd Kah He said...
SHAH ALAM: Two bank officers are among 16 people arrested for alleged involvement in a syndicate that buys and sells bank accounts and ATM cards for fraudulent activities. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the suspects were arrested in several raids around Gombak between March 20 and 22. "One of those arrested was a...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim visits Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na'im Mokhtar, who is undergoing treatment following a minor surgery at the Putrajaya Hospital. Anwar, through posts and two photographs on Facebook and X on Friday (March 29), said Mohd Na’im had just undergone a minor surgical...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here ordered FGV Holdings Bhd's former chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad and former chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Emir Mavani Abdullah to pay more than RM3.31mil to the company. Judge Datuk Mohd Arief Emran Arifin made the order after allowing a suit filed by FGV against Mohd Isa and...
KOTA KINABALU: Police have obtained a further seven-day remand order for 13 vocational school students in connection with investigations into the murder of their dormitory mate in Lahad Datu on March 22. Magistrate Nur Asyraf Zolhani granted the application by police after the suspects were brought to the Lahad Datu courthouse at 9.20am on Friday (March...
