Asian Match: Malay Mail:
Tengku Abdullah in charge of FIFA match
IT is a proud moment for FAM.Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, the FAM deputy president, has been appointed match commissioner for the FIFA Confederations Cup tie between Turkey and Cameroon in Paris this Saturday. Tengku Abdullah, an Asian Football Confederation vice-president, is the only Asian match commissioner in the tournament.Tengku Abdullah, who is a committee member of the FIFA Confederations Cup and the FIFA organising committee, said in Paris: "It is an honour...
Asian Match: Where in the World?
If there were a more critical time for Americans to understand world geography, who knows when it would be? This Geography Challenge, first published by the Chicago Tribune, encourages readers to learn more about the subject and our world. Many questions were adapted from the 2001 National Geography Bee, sponsored by the National Geographic Society. Others are from various sources. A reminder: This challenge is not a pass-fail exam. If you get stumped, look at an almanac or atlas...
Asian Match: Checkmate
The wide acceptance of chess should not let us to forget that the game has had and will continue to have its critics. Despite his friendship with the world titleholder Emanuel Lasker, Albert Einstein wrote: "I must confess the competitive spirit and struggle for power expressed in an ingenious game (chess) has always been repugnant to me."On a milder note the game has been criticized as frivolous and a waste of time. Thus, the aphorism that "skill...
Asian Match: The Statesman (India):
End of road for East Bengal
Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Sept. 22. — They had virtually giftwrapped and handed it to Al Jaish playing out a barren draw exactly a week ago in Kolkata. And if they had blown their home advantage, the Syrians, only a few shades superior to them, made the most of it in Damascus tonight, showing East Bengal the door out of the Asian Football Confederation Cup by winning the second-leg, quarter-final at a canter. Unconfirmed reports put the Syrians’ victory margin at...
Asian Match: Bangkok Post:
Captain's picks ready to face baptism of fire
Asia's four wild-cards for the Phoenix Dynasty Cup are ready to stand up and be counted when they face the might of Japan at Mission Hills Golf Club this week.Prayad Marksaeng of Thailand, Taiwan's Lin Keng-chi, Indian ace Jeev Milkha Singh and Chinese rising star Liang Wen-chong were picked by captain Hsieh Min-nan to bolster the squad, which includes eight automatic selections from the Asian PGA Tour. The inaugural Dynasty Cup, which starts on Friday, is poised to...