April 2020

10 Apr Saba president: Report on Sukma boxers surviving only on ‘paku’ and rice an overstatement

Posted at 12:27h in News

KUCHING, April 8: The description of nine young Sarawak athletes from rural areas being neglected and left to fend for themselves, surviving on a minimal amount of food consisting of paku (wild fern) and rice is an “overstatement”, says Sarawak Amateur Boxing Association (Saba) president...

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10 Apr Sukma youth boxers’s plight: Abdul Karimvows to investigate, take action

Posted at 12:18h in News

Kuching, April 7: Tourism, Arts, Culture, Touth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Hamzah has pledged to look into issue of nine Sarawak Sukan Malaysia (Sukma) athletes who has been left to fend for themselves. Ï will get to the root of the problem, I will...

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01 Apr Local sports officials and athletes learn to cope with MCO

Posted at 14:21h in News

KUCHING: The past few months have been an unsettling period for everyone in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and nation-wide Movement Control Order (MCO). Athletes, coaches and sports administrators are not spared as events and competitions are cancelled or postponed. Athletes preparing for Sukma...

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01 Apr No need to rush into setting new dates for 20th Sukma — Karim

Posted at 14:18h in News

KUCHING: Minister of Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah has called on organisers of the 20th Malaysia Games (Sukma XX) to take their time in setting new dates for the biennial event because of the prevailing situation. According to him, the entire nation is...

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