Thursday, December 17, 2009

Malaysia bags football gold - Star

Dec 17, 2009 BY ERIC SAMUEL


VIENTIANE: Malaysia finally ended its 20-year gold drought in the SEA Games men’s football competition, when it defeated Vietnam 1-0 in the final played at the Main Stadium of the National Sports Complex in Vientiane on Thursday.

The National Under-23 boys, who came here as non-medal prospects, pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the Games to win the gold.

Watch the winning goal ... courtesy of RTM2:



The moment that we have been waiting for ...



Malaysia last won the football gold in the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games in 1989, with a 1-0 victory over Singapore.

The ‘winner’ came courtesy of an own goal by Vietnam’s Mai Xuan Hop’s in the 84th minute of a toughly-fought final. The football gold medal was also Malaysia’s 40th gold medal in Vientiane.

The victory was all the more sweeter as the Malaysians had lost 1-3 to Vietnam in a group match on Dec 6.

Earlier, the young Malaysians had knocked out defending champions Thailand 2-1 in the group stage to win a place in the semi-finals.

Then in the last four, they downed Laos 3-1 in front of a sell-out 20,000 fans.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Bahang Bola Sepak Piala Dunia 2010 Bermula ...


Juara Bola Sepak Dunia 1966 England telah diberi laluan mudah apabila diundi dalam Kumpulan C bersama USA, Algeria dan Slovenia. Undian yang dibuat pagi tadi di Afrika Selatan merupakan undian yang paling seimbang bagi semua pasukan kecuali Kumpulan G di mana Brazil akan bertemu pasukan handal dari Ivory Cost, Portugal serta Korea Utara.

Kejohanan bola sepak piala dunia 2010 di Afrika Selatan yang dijadualkan bermula pada 11 Jun 2010 sehingga 11 Julai 2010 akan menyaksikan pertandingan pembukaan di antara tuan rumah Afrika Selatan menentang Mexico di stadium bandaraya Johannesburg.

Lain-lain kumpulan adalah sepert berikut:

2010 World Cup draw


Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France

Group B: Argentina, South Korea, Nigeria, Greece

Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia

Group D: Germany, Australia, Ghana, Serbia

Group E: Netherlands, Japan, Cameroon, Denmark

Group F: Italy, New Zealand, Paraguay, Slovakia

Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Cost, Portugal

Group H: Spain, Honduras, Chile, Switzerland

Sumber: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8393328.stm