KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's challenge has ended in the home tournament with the defeats of men's doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi in the quarter-finals. Fans were left disappointed as world No. 4 and former world champions Aaron-Wooi Yik went down 21-16, 18-21, 13-21 to current world title holders Kang Min-hyuk-Seo...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian men’s singles strength in the Asia Team Championships is set to be diluted with Ng Tze Yong’s injury. Yesterday, it was confirmed that Tze Yong had suffered from a muscle tear in his lower back and would be out of next week’s Indian Open in New Delhi. Tze Yong got injured during the opening...
KUALA LUMPUR: Shuttler An Se-young (pic) is still not in her best condition but she will not let this stop her from trying to create history for South Korea in the Malaysian Open. The reigning world champion is aiming to become the first women’s singles player from her country to win the tourney. Se-young, though, is still...
KUALA LUMPUR: It may not be the best outing for independent mixed doubles shuttler Chan Peng Soon at the Malaysian Open, but he will always have fond memories of the home tourney. Peng Soon managed to reach the final twice with his former partner, Goh Liu Ying, in the 2013 and 2016 editions. Despite having to settle...
KUALA LUMPUR: There’s something about playing in Malaysia that gives Taiwan’s Lin Chun-yi the power to topple giants. The world No. 21 shuttler has been smashing personal records here at the Axiata Arena after securing a spot in the semi-finals of the Malaysian Open, the furthest he has progressed in a Super 1000 tournament. He did this...
SEPANG: The government is willing to consider Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s request for a removal and ban of the Man On The Run documentary on Netflix, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. “We will consider it,” the Prime Minister said when responding to questions from the media about the official letter that Najib had submitted to the...
IPOH: Police have arrested a man believed to be involved in the arson attack at Beruas MP Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham’s house in Ayer Tawar. Perak police chief Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said the suspect, in his 30s, was arrested at about 4am in Shah Alam yesterday. “We also seized two mobile phones from...
Aviation sector also facing shortage of other airline staff in growing industry PETALING JAYA: With new routes and increasing demand for air travel, airlines in the country are scrambling to expand and meet this challenge. But while the aviation sector is going full throttle towards pre-Covid-19 levels, there is now a manpower shortage for both pilots and...
MELAKA: A tourist from Chennai, India has died while two others suffered serious injuries after their bus caught fire following an accident at KM198 of the North-South Expressway here. Alor Gajah OCPD Supt Arshad Abu identified the deceased as Yafarah Taj Fakrudin Hussaini, 17, who was trapped in the burning bus during the accident at 3.50am...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Friday urged Germany to use its influence to press for a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict and to allow humanitarian access. He conveyed this stance to German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock during her courtesy call on him at Perdana Putra in Putrajaya. ALSO READ: Anwar conveys to Germany Malaysia's...
