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| Badminton: Round 2 for peace talks Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:15 PM PDT 2011/09/06 IT turned out be an anti-climax at the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) yesterday regarding the dispute between the BA of Malaysia (BAM) and professional pair Gan Teik Chai-Tan Bin Shen. The OCM Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) committee, through its mediators Seumas Tan and Wong Lu Peen, met with both parties for nearly four hours before deciding to have a second session on Sept 13. ADR committee chairman Datuk Roy Rajasingham said both parties had asked for an extension as they wanted to discuss and deliberate on their own, two outstanding issues.
"However, I am confident this issue will be resolved as both parties want to carry on with other matters." It is believed that four issues -- selection criteria, public apology, compensation (tournaments) and sparring sessions -- were discussed yesterday.
Teik Chai-Bin Shen, who were dropped by BAM for last month's World Championships despite qualifying on merit, had sent a letter to OCM claiming that they had been unfairly treated and victimised by the national body. BAM selected third ranked Zakry Latif-Hoon Thien How, who were eliminated in the second round in London, ahead of Teik Chai-Bin Shen.
BAM secretary Ng Chin Chai had suggested in a letter to the Kedah BA and Selangor BA on July 27 calling for an inquiry regarding the two players. The inquiry was to be followed by disciplinary action but both the Kedah and Selangor BAs were against taking any action. BAM had offered to sponsor Teik Chai-Bin Shen for one tournament as compensation but the pair turned it down. They had played in 16 tournaments to earn ranking points to qualify for the world meet. When asked about selection criteria, Roy said associations had prerogative powers as stipulated in its constitution in regard to internal matters. "However, if one party feels injustice has been done, then they can take action in accordance to the law," Roy added. |
| Football / Malaysia Cup: Kelantan desperate to sign another goalkeeper Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:10 PM PDT 2011/09/06 Shahrizan Ismail will keep goal for Kelantan today. Team manager Azman Ibrahim, who received confirmation on the matter from FAM secretary general Datuk Azzuddin Ahmad on Sunday, said the team had no choice but to look for a replacement goalkeeper. "At the moment, only Shahrizan Ismail is fit enough to play as Halim Napi and Norhadi Ubaidillah are still recovering from injuries," Azman said at a Hari Raya reception at his residence in Kota Baru on Sunday.
Azman said one of the reserve Olympic squad goalkeepers could be available to play for Kelantan in Khairul Fahmi's absence. "But we have not decided on any particular goalkeeper just yet as we are still looking for the best on-loan goalkeeper.
Kelantan, who are Malaysia Cup defending champions, are drawn in Group C with Johor FC, Felda United and Sarawak. "We are not in any hurry to bring in a replacement goalkeeper as we do not have a deadline to meet. We will probably decide after our match against Sarawak on Tuesday (today).
Meanwhile, captain Badri Radzi said even without Khairul Fahmi, Kelantan are ready to defend the Malaysia Cup they won for the first time last season. "I am not trying to be cocky and with due respect to the other teams, I just feel that Kelantan are good enough to go all the way again," he said. "With new on-loan signings Azammuddin Mohd Akil and R. Surendran adapting well, we ought to be stronger than before." |
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