Archive for July, 2008
Uncertainty over Ronaldo clouds Fergie’s return to Aberdeen
LONDON: Alex Ferguson will put his concerns about Cristiano Ronaldo’s future plans to one side when Manchester United kick-start their preparations for the coming campaign with a friendly against the manager’s old club Aberdeen this weekend.
United will visit the Scottish Premier League side just 52 days after the dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over Chelsea in [...]
Aberdeen 0 Manchester United 2
United made a winning start to the new pre-season campaign, as goals from Michael Carrick and Wayne Rooney sealed a hard-fought victory over Aberdeen at Pittodrie.
The hosts, celebrating the 25th anniversary of winning the European Cup Winners’ Cup under Sir Alex Ferguson, piled plenty of pressure on the Champions League holders, and were unfortunate to see [...]
Tycoon Ronaldo backs Blatter ‘slave’ outburst
LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo believes FIFA president Sepp Blatter was right to controversially describe him as being treated like a “modern-day slave” by current club Manchester United.
Ronaldo was responding to Blatter’s comments made earlier in the day, in which the head of world football insisted the player should be allowed to join Spanish giants Real Madrid [...]
Doubles pairs take a break from training for camp in Genting
KUALA LUMPUR: The two national men’s doubles pairs for the Beijing Olympics will have a break from their routine daily training sessions when they go for a two-day camp at the Genting Highlands on Wednesday.
Coach Rexy Mainaky has decided to give Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah and Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong a change of [...]
Masters crown gives Malaysia best ever title haul in Asian meet
KUALA LUMPUR: Adrian Ang brought joy to the Malaysian bowling camp on the final day of the Asian Championships at the Hong Kong Bowling City in Kowloon yesterday.
Adrian had ensured the battle for the men’s Masters gold medal would be an all-Malaysian affair. And he went on to become the first Malaysian to win the [...]
Nicol to be a Penang Datuk
GEORGE TOWN: Crowned the youngest world woman’s squash champion in 2005, Nicol Ann David will be now be the youngest person in Penang to be conferred a Datukship.
Nicol, 25, is among 497 people who will be conferred state awards in conjunction with Yang di-Pertua Negri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas’ 70th birthday celebrations today.
The state’s first [...]
