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Chong’s Bos Gaurus Debut Ends in 0-0 Stalemate
Chong Yee Fatt's competitive debut as Perak FC's new head coach ended in a goalless stalemate as his side were completely nullified by Petaling Jaya City in Sunday's 2021 Liga Super Malaysia Matchweek 1 action. The visitors managed to park the bus at the Perak Stadium to prevent their opponents from scoring and emerged out from the encounter with a respectable point. PJ City had surprised the M-League scene by deploying an all-local squad for this year's Liga Super, with their lofty aims for a spot in the top five raising even more eyebrows. However, the Phoenixes showed plenty of bravery and ...
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Selangor Stamp Early Authority with Sri Pahang Win
Former Swiss youth international Oliver Buff was the man of the hour for Selangor FC as his brace led the Red Giants into a comprehensive 3-1 victory over Sri Pahang FC in their 2021 Liga Super Malaysia Matchweek 1 encounter at the Petaling Jaya Stadium on Saturday. Former Perak FC man Shahrel Fikri also impressed in the match, opening his Selangor account with a goal of his own. Despite dominating proceedings, Selangor had to wait until the first minute of stoppage time to take the lead, with Buff scoring an absolute screamer from outside the area to leave Pahang goalkeeper Helmi Eliza utterl...
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JDT Kicks-Off 2021 M-League Season by Clinching Yet Another Piala Sumbangsih
Friday saw the commencement of the 2021 M-League season with the first match of the 2021 Liga Super Malaysia campaign between defending champions Johor Darul Ta'zim and last year's league runners-up Kedah Darul Aman at the former's Sultan Ibrahim Stadium. In the match billed as the 2021 Piala Sumbangsih, JDT managed to clinch themselves yet another silverware after seeing off Kedah 2-0. The Malaysian version of the Community Shield, the Piala Sumbangsih usually acts as the opening match of the new Liga Super season, which pits the league champions of the previous season against the Malaysia Cu...
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Malaysia won't hold elections until after the pandemic, PM says
Malaysia will not hold parliamentary elections during the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said in a Monday speech marking one year since he took office. "Once the pandemic is over, which I hope will be very soon, I will advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong [Malaysia's king] to dissolve the parliament," Muhyiddin said. "The main focus of this government at this moment is to steer this country clear of the double whammy of health and economic crises," said the premier, a 73-year-old who last week was the first to receive a Covid-19 shot at the start of the vaccination campaign....
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Tapir interrupts school exam in Malaysia by falling into drain
Pupils in Malaysia suffering through a national school exam on Thursday were handed an unexpected delay when a surprise visitor appeared on campus. While students at Sungai Soi School in the city of Kuantan were sitting for an examination, a tapir entered the compound and, shortly afterwards, fell into a drain. It took rescue forces six hours to liberate the animal, since the operation was hampered by the fact that the tapir weighed between 200 and 250 kilogrammes, news agency Bernama reported. The stray, who seemed to have fallen into the narrow drain while feasting on the leaves of a nearby ...
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Durakovic Leaves Bos Gaurus Post
With the kick-off of the 2021 Liga Super Malaysia season around the corner, Perak FC have made the decision to terminate the contract of their head coach Mehmet Durakovic. The 55-year old Australian departs the Bos Gaurus after four eventful years with the club, which saw them consistently finishing in the top half of the Liga Super table and even turning out in the AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs in 2019. Malaysian media have reported on Sunday that Perak's new management are mulling the decision to let Mehmet go before to the start of the 2021 season, with the Australian still cont...
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Hiu Utara Ace Siringoringo Joins the Red Warriors
Liga 2 Indonesia side Sulut United have announced the departure of their young rising star Natanael Siringoringo to Liga Premier Malaysia side Kelantan FC on Friday. This came after Kelantan owner Norizam "ZamSaham" Tukiman revealed that the Red Warriors have signed an Indonesian player for the 2021 season in his Facebook page on Monday. Norizam's Facebook post displayed a photograph of the Indonesian player signing a contract with Kelantan, however his facial features were obscured from view thus leaving viewers guessing about the player's identity. Malaysian sports website Vocket FC speculat...
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Safiq Rahim Returns to the Southern Tigers as Herrera, Sumareh Joins the Party
Reigning Liga Super Malaysia champions Johor Darul Ta'zim have announced a trifecta of signings in the past few days. Having signed both Danial Amier and Syahrian Abimanyu from FELDA United and Madura United respectively in December, JDT have entered the market once again and bagged themselves three signings to bolster their squad for the 2021 season - Argentine striker Jonathan Herrera, Gambian-Malaysian winger Mohamadou Sumareh, and most surprisingly of all, former club captain Safiq Rahim. Herrera's signing from Argentine top flight side Central Cordoba was confirmed three weeks ago, howeve...
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“Melaka United Must be Punished.”
Australian-Malaysian midfielder Curran Singh Ferns have called for Melaka United to be punished following their failure to pay his salary compensation, which is worth 97,500 Malaysian Ringgit. This came after it was discovered that Melaka had failed to pay Thai midfielder Narupon Wild after a 45-day window given to them by FIFA, which means that the Mousedeers are threatened to be slapped with a mid-season transfer ban. Melbourne-based Ferns have filed a complaint regarding the money owed to him by Melaka to the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) through the Professional Footballers Associ...
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Saddil Ramdani Set for Tembedau Switch
Indonesia national team winger Saddil Ramdani is set to become the latest Indonesian player to go abroad after Liga 1 Indonesia side Bhayangkara Solo FC and Liga Super Malaysia side Sabah FC agreed on the 22-year old's transfer from the former to the latter. With the registration deadline for new M-League players only one week away, Sabah have been on the lookout for a player to fill their ASEAN quota in the transfer market. And the Borneo-based club had their eyes set on Saddil, who had previous experience in the Liga Super with Pahang FA in 2019. Sabah had initially approached Bhayangkara wi...
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