HANGZHOU: The Malaysian contingent now needs just seven more medals to surpass the target of 27 medals set for the Asian Games, with hosts China sitting in first place with pride on their National Day. The national diving camp continued their decent performance on the eighth day of the Games
HANGZHOU: World champion Feng Bin of China and India’s Avinash Mukund Sable set new Asian Games records en route to winning gold in women’s discus throw and men’s 3,000m steeplechase respectively here on Sunday, Xinhua reported. Feng, winner at the 2022 worlds and bronze medalist in 2023, sealed her first-ever
BEIJING: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Mindanao, Philippines at 2254 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. According to Xinhua, the epicentre, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 8.13 degrees north latitude and 126.69 degrees east longitude.
PUTRAJAYA: The results of the 2023 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia Ulangan (SPMU) Examination will be out on Oct 12, the Ministry of Education (MoE) said in a statement today. According to the ministry, 8,586 candidates had registered to sit for the repeat examination at 204 examination centres nationwide. Candidates can check
LONDON: Victoria Beckham has said the backlash David Beckham received after he was given a red card in the 1998 World Cup left him “clinically depressed”. A new Netflix series titled ‘Beckham’ is set for release on Wednesday and it takes a look into the former football star’s career with
HANGZHOU: The national diving camp bags another silver when the combination of Nur Dhabitah Sabri-Wendy Ng emerged runners-up in the women’s 3 metres (m) springboard synchronise here yesterday. In the final at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena here, Nur Dhabitah-Wendy started well in the first dive to be
KUALA LUMPUR: The fighting spirit and the ability of the national riders to compete with the WorldTeam and Proteam teams at Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) 2023 should be fully tapped to create more opportunities for them to continue riding in the future, according to national cycling head coach Mohd
KUALA LUMPUR: The Squash Rackets Association of Malaysia (SRAM) are hoping for another gold medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games after the women’s team had contributed one gold medal from the team event yesterday. Without specifically saying who has been targeted to deliver the gold medal, SRAM president Gerard
HANGZHOU: After a costly false start in his SEA Games debut in Hanoi last year, Malaysian sprint demon Muhammad Azeem Mohd Fahmi had found it tough to overcome the fear of repeating the same mistake in major competitions. The 19-year-old, who ended Malaysia’s 41-year wait for an Asian Games medal
HANGZHOU: The Malaysian contingent to the Asian Games is confident of achieving the target of 27 medals here, with eight days of competition remaining before the closing ceremony on Oct 8. The confidence was expressed by chief de mission (CDM) Datuk Chong Kim Fatt, after witnessing the fighting spirit of
