Athletics: Jonah’s historic third gold triumph
KUCHING: Jonah Chang Rigan made history by winning the hammer throw event, securing his third gold in the throwing events. Sarawak’s total medal count now stands at one gold and two bronzes in the Sukma athletics competitions held at Sarawak Stadium. With the latest medal haul on the final day, Sarawak’s total medals include five […]
SUKMA fosters talent, unity, and ambition
‘Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose – it teaches you about life.” – Billie Jean King, an American former world no one tennis player. The past and current weeks have been all about chasing the gold […]
Maiden sailing medal for state’s team
MIRI: Host state sailing team achieved a historic milestone by clinching a bronze medal in the Optimist Team Racing event on the third day of the 21st Malaysia Games (SUKMA) held at Marina Bay here today. According to a report by the Sarawak Public Communication Unit (UKAS), this victory marked the first time Sarawak won […]
Sarawak MLBB team exit competition in knockout stage
KUCHING: Sarawak’s Mobile Legends Bang Bang (MLBB) team has been eliminated from the 21st Malaysia Games (SUKMA) after losing in the lower bracket knockout stage today (Aug 22). Sarawak’s team comprised Amsyar Ahmad Ridzuan, Mohamad Hadzriezam Mohamad Bakri@Bekeri, Muhammad Haikal Mohd Hata, Nizman Abdullah, Oliver Qissven Ibat and Wei Hao Teo. Sarawak had advanced to […]
Association rejects coach agreement claims, demands lifting of stadium ban
MIRI: Rumpun Silat Sarawak (RSS) has refuted claims of an agreement between the team managers from Sarawak and the Federal Territories regarding a recent match result that happened last night (Aug 21). Kamarul Ariffin, the head technical delegate for the Malaysia Games (Sukma) pencak silat, said the outcome of the match between Sarawak’s Iman Syakilla […]
Kudos to Sarawak’s petanque squad for their achievements
KUCHING: The petanque team continues to deliver outstanding performances, surpassing expectations by contributing five gold medals and three silver medals to Sarawak’s contingent so far. Daro assemblyman, Safiee Ahmad, expressed pride in the achievement, noting that the petanque team had successfully contributed a significant number of medals. “We are grateful because, initially, we only aimed […]
Selangor crushes Sarawak’s badminton gold hopes
SIBU: Sarawak’s dream of winning team gold in badminton was crushed by Selangor after they lost 3-0 on Monday (Aug 19). The semi-final match saw Sarawak’s women’s singles player, Megan Tan Zhi Yi, losing to Selangor’s Letshanaa Karupathevan. As expected, Letshanaa, a national player and ranked 59th in the women’s world rankings, had an easy […]
Squash Men’s Double: Sarawak advances to final
KUCHING: The Sarawak men’s double pair of Harith Danial Jefri and Altamis Aqhar Sallam A Sufian, advanced to the final of the squash competition which will take place today (Aug 20). The pair defeated the duo from Melaka, Veroon Heng and Andrik Kai Shan Lim, in the semi-final held at the Squash Centre here yesterday […]
Sarawak to battle Sabah for men’s recurve team gold
KUCHING: Sarawak’s men’s recurve team has advanced to the archery final, where they will face Sabah on Friday (Aug 23). The team, comprising Isaac Ann Zhe Ting, Melvin Tieh Xuan Ruey, and Liew Yu Jie—who recently secured a bronze medal in the men’s recurve 70m category on Sunday (Aug 18), ranked second with a total […]
A victory for Sarawak
BINTULU: Mifdhal Wafiy Ayatullah won another gold medal in the male’s Wai Kru final and plans to use the second RM15,000 incentive as savings for his studies and future investments. The 17-year old lad from Kota Samarahan dedicated his victory to Sarawak. “This gold medal at the Malaysia Games (SUKMA) was unexpected. It is for […]