





Brazil has definitively produced a series of the most thrilling talents in football history. And while the question of the country's greatest-ever player has frequently been debated, FIFA.com would now like to know who is the most exciting Brazilian you have seen; be it at the stadium, on television, from video footage or internet highlights.
Just like the pundit says, Chelsea survived an almigthy scared...this match was an entertainment 4 me...even we lost. Time to say "GooD ByE CL !!! GooD ByE CL !!! and thanks to the REDMEN for the match, YNWA !!"
KEUPAYAAN menundukkan Kelantan pada saingan Liga Super minggu lalu, menyuntik keyakinan Negeri Sembilan untuk mengulangi keputusan sama apabila berdepan lawan sama di separuh akhir Piala FA di Kota Bharu, malam ini.
Namun jurulatih Negeri Sembilan, Wan Jamak Wan Hassan, mengakui skuad bimbingannya bakal berhadapan tugas mencabar kerana menjangkakan Kelantan akan memberi tentangan hebat bagi mempertahankan maruah mereka selepas mengalami kekalahan tempoh hari.
"Saya pasti Kelantan tidak akan memberi ruang buat kami, lebih-lebih lagi saingan kali ini lebih besar ertinya yang bakal menentukan pasukan mana yang berjaya melangkah ke saingan kemuncak nanti.
FIRDAUS (dua dari kanan) yang menyumbang dua gol ketika bertemu Kuala Muda Naza, Sabtu lalu, diyakini mampu menggalas tugas Zaquan sekiranya penyerang utama itu tidak dapat beraksi.
"Pemain saya sudah diingatkan supaya tidak terperangkap dengan strategi lawan dan mereka juga tidak boleh terlalu yakin hanya dengan kemenangan lalu," katanya.
Sebaliknya, Wan Jamak mahu anak buahnya memperkukuhkan kekuatan mental sambil memberikan komitmen tinggi sepanjang perlawanan dalam usaha memastikan kemenangan bagi mencari bekalan selesa sebelum bertemu dalam perlawanan kedua di gelanggang sendiri.
"Saya berharap kami dapat modal yang baik sebaik tamat perlawanan walaupun cabaran yang bakal dihadapi bukan mudah," katanya yang berharap penyokong tuan rumah lebih berdisiplin bagi menjamin persembahan yang menarik.
Mengenai barisan yang akan diturunkan malam nanti, Wan Jamak berkata semua pemain utama cergas sepenuhnya kecuali khidmat Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak, yang belum dapat dipastikan.
Menurutnya, penyerang utama itu tidak sihat namun ia tidak menjejaskan persiapan pasukan, sebaliknya penyerang muda Mohd Firdaus Azizul, yang menyumbang dua gol ketika mengatasi Kuala Muda Naza, Sabtu lalu, diyakini mampu menggalas tugas itu sekali pun masih dalam proses pembelajaran.
"Hakikatnya pemain sudah bersedia untuk menggalas tugas dengan baik dan kita yakin mampu mengulangi kemenangan yang dicapai sebelum ini," katanya.
Malaysian religious authorities have threatened to sue the country's top legal body for using the word "Allah" on its website, in another row over the issue to hit the multi-ethnic country.
The Islamic religious council in central Selangor state said it would take action against the Malaysian Bar, which represents some 12,000 lawyers, for using the word as a translation for "God" in two online polls on its website.
Its comments came amid a long-running battle between the government and a Roman Catholic newspaper which has been threatened with closure for using the disputed word in its Malay-language edition.
The government has argued that the word should be used only by Muslims, who dominate the population of multicultural Malaysia.
The Malaysian Bar's polls asked lawyers to vote on whether any particular race in Malaysia had an exclusive right to use "Allah" and whether non-Muslim religious publications should be allowed to use the word.
"The issue raised in the polls can threaten the sensitivity of Muslims," the head of the religious council Mohamad Adzib Mohamad Isa said in a statement.
He said it was empowered under religious laws to lay charges against anyone misusing the word "Allah".
The Malaysian Bar said it would defend its use of the word.
"I haven't receive a (legal) notice yet, we are prepared to challenge it," its president Ragunath Kesavan told AFP.
Religion and language are sensitive issues in multiracial Malaysia, which experienced deadly race riots in 1969.
About 60 percent of the nation's 27 million people are ethnic Malay Muslims, who dominate the government.
The rest of the population includes indigenous tribes as well as ethnic Chinese and Indians -- practising Buddhism, Christianity and Hinduism, among others.
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Malaysia's state-owned Telekom Malaysia may bid for exclusive rights to show live matches in the next three English Premier League seasons, from 2010 to 2013, a report said Sunday.
The multimillion-dollar tender will open for bidding in the second quarter of this year and the country's largest telecommunications firm is considering taking part, the Edge financial weekly quoted an unnamed source as saying.
The weekly said Telekom Malaysia is likely to compete with Malaysia's dominant pay-TV operator, Astro All Asia Networks, which currently holds the Malaysian broadcast rights for 2007 to 2010 seasons, for the 2010-2013 rights.
"We hope to acquire interesting content for our triple-play platform that could help us to enrich and add value to our service offering," Telekom Malaysia vice-president Jeremy Kung told the weekly, declining further comment.
EPL matches draw a strong following among Malaysians especially top teams such as Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool.
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