Woo-ing three sports
OthersWOO Jing Wen is good at ‘multi-tasking’ in sports. She is equally skilful in athletics, netball and basketball.The 12-year-old student of SJK (C) Jementah (1) (SJKCJ1) Segamat won a lot of medals...
View ArticleSearch for young tennis stars a big hit with primary school kids
OthersNINE-year-old N. Kirtana was thrilled to bits when she was picked by her school to participate in the Negri Sembilan First Serve Tennis Carnival at Centre Court in Paroi recently.She was among...
View ArticleSyzwani dominates MSSM shot put event
OthersNURUL Syzwani Mohd Syahrizal won her second shot put gold medal in three Malaysia Schools Sports Council (MSSM) athletics championships outings at the Johor edition on Monday.Syzwani, who won her...
View Article52 pupils attend athletics talent programme
OthersANIS Alisya Zairil and Firas Nur Iman Mohd Nazri were among 52 primary school pupils, aged between eight and 12, who took part in a Talent Identification Athletics Programme at SK Rahang in...
View ArticleMum inspires para athlete Jonathan to take big leap
OthersPARTIALLY-BLIND Jonathan Wong has two important assignments ahead — the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, from Nov 7-15 and Para Asean Games in Manila next month. And the 28-year-old...
View ArticleLi Ying, Javen are top paddlers at Seremban meet
OthersIM Li Ying and Choong Javen emerged as the top paddlers in the 39th Malaysia Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships at Chung Hua High School in Seremban recently. The pint-sized Li Ying, who...
View Article14-year-old Sarrvesh wows at SPI talent search
OthersM. SARRVESH had a field day learning athletic skill at the Anto Keney Martin Athletics and Talent Identification clinic at SMK St Paul (SPI) recently.The 14-year-old student, who is called the...
View ArticleOldsters Bala and Rama going strong
OthersKL’s E. Balasingam (eighth from left) and K. Ramasamy (seventh from left) with other gold medallists. (PIC BY S. SOLOMON SAMUEL)HARD work always pays off, no matter what your age.Just ask...
View ArticleJumping excellently from exams to track
OthersNICOLE Goh Zhi Wei is not only a high scorer in exams but she can really leap high when it comes to sport. The 16-year-old from Kuching won the girls’ high jump at the 54th Malacca Open Athletics...
View ArticleSMK St Paul student aims to walk tall despite tribulations
OthersHE was training on his own for three years and when he got a coach recently, the latter was just recovering from an accident. That’s the remarkable story of Vusuva Murugan, a distance runner,...
View ArticleAzam keeps Negri 'tennis factory' going
TennisNEGRI Sembilan, known as a tennis hub in the country, has quite often churned out good players. And dedicated officials like Azam Baba has played a key role for Negri in grassroots development...
View ArticleWhen competition gets too hot
Others FOR most teachers, the safety of their athletes is of the utmost importance and always in the back of their minds. And many of them had much to worry about at the five-day Negri Sembilan State...
View ArticleDarbi draws inspiration from Bolt
OthersNUSAJAYA: Ahmad Darbi Noor Risham is a determined lad who has been facing personal battles.But the sprinter has big dreams and he hopes to be famous just like his idol and eight-time Olympic...
View ArticleSyzwani dominates MSSM shot put event
OthersNURUL Syzwani Mohd Syahrizal won her second shot put gold medal in three Malaysia Schools Sports Council (MSSM) athletics championships outings at the Johor edition on Monday.Syzwani, who won her...
View ArticleYoung Eilisha follows in Pandelela's footsteps
OthersWHEN you are a diver from the same state as Olympian Pandelela Rinong, you are expected to be somebody. And Eilisha Rania Abrial Rajagopal is living up to such expectations. Aptly, Eilisha swept...
View ArticleGathering of Malaysia's athletics stars from a golden era
OthersKUALA LUMPUR: Former greats of Malaysian athletics of the last six decades gathered at a hotel in Petaling Jaya recently.About 300 Olympians, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games athletes, gold...
View ArticleJoin(t) the club: On the recent World Arthritis Walk and Awareness Campaign...
LifestyleONG Kui Hua was glad she attended the Negri Sembilan-level World Arthritis Walk and Awareness Campaign in Seremban Two’s City Park on Oct 8.The 47-year-old from Sikamat was among some 700...
View ArticleGreat sporting memories
Central SEREMBAN: ONCE again, it was time to reminisce about their days of prowess, how they were faster, higher and stronger than others. For many former Negri Sembilan athletes, it was an occasion to...
View ArticleSmashes and squeaks
CentralSEREMBAN: MANY girls may love the sounds of pop music or the piano. But for Gan Mei Yee, what is music to her ears is the sounds of smashes and squeaks of shoes on the badminton court. The...
View ArticleHis diving days are over
NorthernGEORGE TOWN: WHEN he was a boy 62 years ago, Singodayan Sillappan was full of energy, jumping around and diving – the good traits of a football goalkeeper. As a Year Four pupil of SJKT Ladang...
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